Lou Whitaker

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 160lb (180cm, 72kg)

Born: May 12, 1957 in Brooklyn, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Martinsville HS (Martinsville, VA).

High School: Martinsville HS (Martinsville, VA)

Debut: September 9, 1977 (Age 20-120d, 13,958th in major league history)
vs. BOS 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1995 (Age 38-142d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Rick Brode

Full Name: Louis Rodman Whitaker

Nicknames: Sweet Lou

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Rookie of the Year
5x All-Star
1984 World Series
3x Gold Glove
4x Silver Slugger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

75.1

8570

2369

244

.276

1386

RBI

1084

143

OBP

.363

SLG

.426

OPS

.789

OPS+

117

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1994 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1994 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	DET	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
2	3 (1)	Apr 7	DET	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	46	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
3	4	Apr 8	DET	@	NYY	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 2B
4	6 (1)	Apr 10	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
5	7	Apr 11	DET		BAL	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
6	9 (1)	Apr 14	DET		BAL	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
7	10	Apr 15	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
8	11	Apr 16	DET		NYY	W,5-4	GF	10	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 2B
9	12	Apr 17	DET		NYY	L,6-8	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
10	13	Apr 18	DET		KCR	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
11	14	Apr 19	DET		KCR	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	2B
12	15	Apr 20	DET		KCR	L,6-11	CG	42	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	2B
13	16	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
14	17	Apr 23	DET	@	CHW	L,3-9	GF	12	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
15	18	Apr 24	DET	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
16	19	Apr 26	DET	@	TEX	L,1-6	GS	21	4.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
17	20	Apr 28	DET	@	KCR	L,4-13	CG	44	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	2B
18	21	Apr 29	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	22	May 1	DET		CHW	W,8-5	GS	23	6.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
20	25 (2)	May 4	DET		TEX	W,14-7	GS	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
21	27 (1)	May 7	DET		SEA	W,10-4	CG	27	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
22	28	May 8	DET		SEA	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
23	29	May 10	DET		OAK	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
24	30	May 11	DET		OAK	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	9	0	10	3	2B
25	31	May 12	DET		OAK	W,6-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
26	32	May 13	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
27	36 (3)	May 17	DET	@	TOR	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
28	37	May 18	DET	@	TOR	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
29	38	May 20	DET		MIL	W,10-4	GS	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
30	39	May 21	DET		MIL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	8	0	10	0	2B
31	40	May 22	DET		MIL	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
32	42 (1)	May 25	DET		CAL	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
33	44 (1)	May 27	DET	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
34	45	May 28	DET	@	MIN	L,9-10	GF	24	4.2	0	1	1	2	0	PH 2B
35	46	May 29	DET	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
36	47	May 30	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
37	48	May 31	DET	@	BAL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	49	Jun 1	DET	@	BAL	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
39	50	Jun 2	DET	@	BAL	L,5-11	CG	45	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
40	51	Jun 3	DET		MIN	W,9-8	GF	11	3.0	1	2	0	3	1	PH 2B
41	52	Jun 4	DET		MIN	L,7-21	GS	25	3.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
42	53	Jun 5	DET		MIN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
43	55 (1)	Jun 7	DET		BOS	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
44	56	Jun 8	DET		BOS	W,14-5	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
45	59 (2)	Jun 11	DET	@	CAL	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
46	63 (3)	Jun 16	DET	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	2B
47	64	Jun 17	DET		TOR	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
48	66 (1)	Jun 19	DET		TOR	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
49	68 (1)	Jun 21	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
50	69	Jun 22	DET		CLE	L,6-9	CG	50	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
51	70	Jun 24	DET	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
52	71	Jun 25	DET	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
53	72	Jun 26	DET	@	OAK	L,5-10	CG	38	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
54	74 (1)	Jun 28	DET	@	SEA	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	76 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	TEX	L,6-10	CG	45	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
56	78 (1)	Jul 2	DET	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
57	79	Jul 3	DET	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
58	81 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
59	82	Jul 5 (2)	DET		CHW	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
60	83	Jul 6	DET		CHW	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
61	85 (1)	Jul 8	DET		TEX	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
62	87 (1)	Jul 10	DET		TEX	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
63	88	Jul 14	DET	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
64	89	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	KCR	W,14-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	2B
65	91 (1)	Jul 16	DET	@	KCR	W,13-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
66	92	Jul 17	DET	@	KCR	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
67	93	Jul 18	DET	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	58	12.2	4	4	0	8	0	2B
68	94	Jul 19	DET	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
69	95	Jul 20	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
70	96	Jul 22	DET		KCR	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
71	97	Jul 23	DET		KCR	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
72	102 (4)	Jul 29	DET		OAK	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
73	103	Jul 30	DET		OAK	W,14-2	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
74	104	Jul 31	DET		OAK	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	2	5	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	105	Aug 1	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
76	106	Aug 2	DET	@	CLE	W,12-9	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
77	107	Aug 3	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
78	108	Aug 4	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
79	110 (1)	Aug 6	DET	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	6	5	0	11	1	2B
80	111	Aug 7	DET	@	TOR	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
81	113 (1)	Aug 9	DET		MIL	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
82	114	Aug 10	DET		MIL	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
83	115	Aug 11	DET		MIL	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	2	3	2	7	2	2B
							83gm		641.2	136	246	12	394	44