Ed Whitson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: May 19, 1955 in Johnson City, TN us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Unicoi County HS (Erwin, TN).

High School: Unicoi County HS (Erwin, TN)

Debut: September 4, 1977 (Age 22-108d, 13,941st in major league history)
vs. LAD 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1991 (Age 36-133d)
vs. CIN 0.1 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Eddie Lee Whitson

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.2

126

123

ERA

3.79

452

333

2240.0

1266

WHIP

1.312

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-19 / in Starts: 15-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	86	2	Apr 11	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-5	GS-6		99	5.2	5	2	2	5	1	0	0	3.18	5.05	25	9	5	0	0	5	47			1	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.010	1.95	-0.01%	0.13	1b start a 2	6b 12- 2 out tie
2	87	6	Apr 15	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-8	GS-5	L(0-1)	3	5.0	6	5	5	2	3	0	0	5.91	3.97	23	6	6	1	1	6	36			0	0	0	20	0	2	0	0	1	0	1.22	-0.422	1.72	-0.36%	-2.74	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
3	88	10	Apr 19	SFG		SDP	L,0-3	GS-4	L(0-2)	3	3.2	7	3	1	2	2	0	0	5.02	3.80	21	7	3	0	0	7	39			2	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	1	.88	-0.191	1.16	-0.15%	-1.72	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d3
4	89	14	Apr 23	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-4	GS-4	L(0-3)	3	3.2	5	4	2	3	2	0	1	5.00	4.03	20	5	4	0	0	5	38			4	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	2	1	.94	-0.226	.99	-0.14%	-2.79	1b start tie	4b -23 2 out d4
5	90	18	Apr 27	SFG		CIN	L,1-3	GS-8	L(0-4)	3	8.0	6	3	3	1	4	1	0	4.50	3.94	32	14	8	0	1	5	61			1	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	1	.79	-0.078	.87	-0.05%	0.47	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	91	22	May 3	SFG	@	MON	W,3-2	GS-7		5	6.1	5	2	2	1	4	0	1	4.18	3.65	26	8	12	3	2	0	58			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	0.215	.65	0.07%	1.65	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a1
7	92	27	May 7	SFG	@	STL	L,2-12	GS-6	L(0-5)	3	5.0	9	6	6	2	2	0	0	5.06	3.58	25	8	4	0	0	9	25			2	0	0	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	.75	-0.160	.32	-0.04%	-3.01	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out d4
8	93	30	May 11	SFG	@	CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-5)	3	9.0	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	4.08	3.12	34	11	9	0	0	7	80			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.89	0.466	.36	0.11%	4.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
9	94	33	May 15	SFG		PIT	L,2-3	GS-8		3	7.0	5	2	2	4	5	0	0	3.88	3.11	29	9	6	0	0	5	60			1	1	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.11	0.102	.53	0.03%	1.67	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
10	95	37	May 20	SFG		CHC	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-5)	4	9.0	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.32	2.96	34	6	16	2	0	9	72			0	1	1	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	0.509	.62	0.17%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
11	96	40	May 24	SFG	@	PIT	W,10-9	GS-4		3	4.0	5	4	3	2	0	1	0	3.53	3.23	19	5	7	1	0	5	36			1	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.229	.58	-0.08%	-2.16	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
12	97	44	May 28	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS-6		3	5.2	9	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.50	3.14	25	5	9	0	1	9	45			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.054	1.01	-0.02%	0.29	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 2 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	98	48	Jun 2	SFG		ATL	L,2-4	GS-7	L(2-6)	4	6.2	9	4	4	1	3	0	0	3.66	3.07	30	9	8	0	0	9	42			1	0	0	28	0	1	1	0	1	0	.99	-0.181	.64	-0.07%	-1.16	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d3
14	99	52	Jun 7	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-3	GS-5	L(2-7)	4	5.0	9	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.76	3.10	23	7	4	0	0	9	36			2	1	0	21	2	1	1	0	0	1	1.01	-0.125	.50	-0.04%	-0.94	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
15	100	56	Jun 11	SFG	@	PHI	W,7-4	GS-8	W(3-7)	3	7.2	6	4	3	5	4	1	0	3.74	3.29	32	10	7	1	0	6	52			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.081	.19	0.01%	-0.46	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 2 out a2
16	101	60	Jun 16	SFG		MON	W,5-1	CG	W(4-7)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	5	1	0	3.50	3.27	32	12	9	1	0	6	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.330	.30	0.08%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	102	65	Jun 21	SFG		PHI	W,9-3	CG	W(5-7)	4	9.0	7	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.46	3.25	38	9	13	3	1	7	62			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.097	.44	0.03%	0.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
18	103	69	Jun 26	SFG	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS-9	W(6-7)	4	8.1	7	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.29	3.26	33	15	5	0	0	7	69			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.120	.36	0.02%	1.68	1b start tie	9b 1-3 1 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	104	75	Jul 1	SFG		CIN	W,4-1	CG	W(7-7)	4	9.0	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	3.06	3.19	32	11	13	1	2	6	75			1	0	1	31	0	0	0	0	1	1	.94	0.287	.44	0.08%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
20	105	79	Jul 5	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-7	L(7-8)	3	7.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.10	3.27	28	10	7	1	0	6	54			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.11	-0.113	.67	-0.04%	0.10	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
21	106	82	Jul 11	SFG		SDP	W,7-3	GS-7	W(8-8)	5	7.0	11	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.14	3.24	31	12	8	1	0	11	43			0	1	1	31	1	1	0	1	0	2	.55	0.121	.26	0.03%	0.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
22	107	88	Jul 16	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS-6	L(8-9)	4	6.0	8	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.19	3.22	26	9	6	0	0	8	45			2	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	1	.89	-0.092	.82	-0.05%	-0.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
23	108	93	Jul 21 susp	SFG	@	CHC	W,2-0	GS-8		4	8.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.03	3.19	28	12	8	2	0	3	77			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.539	1.36	0.34%	3.83	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	109	116	Aug 15	SFG		ATL	L,2-8	GS-7		24	6.0	2	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.02	3.18	23	8	8	2	0	2	61			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.158	1.00	0.11%	1.64	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a2
25	110	122	Aug 22	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-1		6	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.06	3.17	5	2	1	0	0	2	45			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.051	.51	-0.02%	-0.53	1b start a 2	1b 3 out a1
26	111	126	Aug 27	SFG	@	MON	W,1-0	GS-6	W(9-9)	4	6.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.95	3.17	20	7	8	1	0	1	70			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.367	.28	0.07%	2.68	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	112	131	Sep 1	SFG		PHI	L,4-6	GS-7		4	6.0	10	4	3	1	2	0	2	3.01	3.18	30	11	4	2	0	10	39			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.288	.29	-0.04%	-1.76	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d2
28	113	136	Sep 6	SFG		MON	L,0-9	GS-4	L(9-10)	4	3.2	7	7	2	1	1	0	0	3.05	3.18	22	6	7	1	0	7	29			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	3	.86	-0.323	.01	0.00%	-4.47	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d6
29	114	140	Sep 12	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-5	GS-6	L(9-11)	5	5.2	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.10	3.17	24	8	8	1	0	6	45			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.226	.00	0.00%	-0.92	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d2
30	115	144	Sep 16	SFG	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	W(10-11)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.00	3.11	31	11	11	2	2	5	75			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.243	.00	0.00%	3.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
31	116	148	Sep 20	SFG		HOU	L,2-3	GS-6		3	5.1	8	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.96	3.13	24	6	5	0	0	8	47			0	1	1	20	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.32	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.77	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a1
32	117	153	Sep 25	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS-8	W(11-11)	4	7.1	9	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.90	3.16	31	9	10	0	1	8	58			3	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	0.264	.00	0.00%	1.91	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out a2
33	118	157	Oct 1	SFG		LAD	L,4-8	GS-3	L(11-12)	5	2.0	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	3.09	3.16	13	5	0	0	0	8	20			0	0	0	12	0	2	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.335	.00	0.00%	-4.09	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d4
34	119	161	Oct 5	SFG		SDP	L,3-7	GS-5	L(11-13)	3	5.0	7	4	2	5	4	0	0	3.10	3.18	29	10	3	0	0	7	40			4	0	0	24	1	1	1	1	0	3	1.27	-0.291	.00	0.00%	-1.83	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
							15-19		W-L:11-13	3.8	211.2	222	88	73	56	90	7	4	3.10	3.18	898	1.21		5%	2%	214	52		---%	26	10	4	819	24	12	7	12	9	19	1.02	0.531	.54	0.04%	6.06

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