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: 14-17 / in Starts: 11-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 3

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 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	182	5	Apr 10	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	6	4	4	4	2	1	0	7.20	6.96	23	6	5	0	0	6	37			1	2	0	18	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.247	1.81	-0.26%	-1.53	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
2	183	10	Apr 15	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-6	GS-3	L(0-2)	4	3.0	7	5	4	1	0	1	0	9.00	7.38	18	6	4	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.365	1.34	-0.34%	-3.64	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d4
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
3	184	46	May 31	SDP		MON	W,5-3	GS-5		45	5.0	8	3	3	2	1	1	0	7.62	6.91	25	2	12	0	0	8	38			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.141	.43	-0.03%	-0.78	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
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
4	185	51	Jun 5	SDP		PHI	L,1-2	GS-8	L(0-3)	4	8.0	5	2	2	1	4	2	0	5.57	6.33	31	8	13	0	3	5	67			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.061	.39	0.01%	1.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
5	186	55	Jun 10	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS-6	L(0-4)	4	5.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	5.19	5.45	22	6	5	0	0	6	50			1	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.165	.40	-0.05%	-1.34	1b start tie	6b -23 0 out d1
6	187	60	Jun 15	SDP		CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(1-4)	4	9.0	3	1	0	2	5	0	0	3.86	4.64	32	6	16	0	2	3	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	.53	0.200	.14	0.03%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	188	65	Jun 20	SDP	@	LAD	W,4-1	GS-9	W(2-4)	4	8.0	3	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.35	4.13	28	9	10	0	4	3	76			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.276	.58	0.10%	2.25	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a3
8	189	70	Jun 25	SDP	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	1	4	3	0	0	3.12	4.08	25	3	10	1	0	5	55			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.025	.72	-0.01%	0.66	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
9	190	75	Jun 30	SDP		LAD	W,7-6	GS-6		4	5.1	6	5	4	4	1	1	0	3.48	4.37	26	5	10	0	3	6	35			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.357	.81	-0.17%	-2.81	1t start tie	6t 1-- 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
10	191	83	Jul 11	SDP		CHC	W,6-5	GS-5		10	4.0	7	4	4	0	3	3	0	3.86	4.83	19	3	6	1	0	7	35			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.147	.41	-0.05%	-2.22	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out a2
11	192	88	Jul 16	SDP		PIT	L,2-3	GS-7	L(2-5)	4	7.0	11	3	3	1	3	3	0	3.86	5.16	31	4	13	4	0	10	45			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.126	.54	-0.04%	0.11	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
12	193	93	Jul 22	SDP	@	CHC	L,3-7	GS-4		5	4.0	2	1	1	1	4	1	1	3.76	5.18	16	3	5	0	1	2	57			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.074	.48	0.02%	0.90	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
13	194	98	Jul 26(2)	SDP	@	PIT	L,5-10	GS-4	L(2-6)	3	3.0	8	9	9	2	3	3	0	4.73	5.62	20	1	6	1	0	8	8			1	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	1	0	.66	-0.386	.23	-0.08%	-7.96	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d9
14	195	102	Jul 30	SDP		ATL	L,2-5	8-GF		3	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.72	5.51	9	2	2	0	0	4		0	0	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.043	.07	-0.01%	-0.11	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
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
15	196	105	Aug 2	SDP		HOU	L,2-4	GS-8		2	8.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.48	5.21	29	9	11	1	0	5	66			3	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	.79	0.063	.15	0.01%	1.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
16	197	111	Aug 7	SDP		CIN	L,3-5	GS-6	L(2-7)	4	6.0	7	5	5	1	5	2	0	4.69	5.26	25	7	5	0	3	7	42			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	.97	-0.292	.12	-0.02%	-2.34	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
17	198	114	Aug 11	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-5	7-8		3	1.1	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.92	5.25	9	1	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	.69	-0.011	.07	0.00%	-0.63	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 123 1 out d1
18	199	115	Aug 12	SDP	@	CIN	L,5-6	5-6		0	1.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.95	5.25	8	3	2	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	-0.060	.07	0.00%	-0.51	5b 1-- 1 out d1	6b 1-3 2 out d2
19	200	117	Aug 14	SDP	@	CIN	W,10-9	6-7		1	2.0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.94	5.27	9	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	-0.078	.07	0.00%	-0.06	6b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
20	201	119	Aug 16	SDP	@	ATL	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.92	5.26	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.47	0.097	.42	0.01%	0.23	10b 1-- 2 out a1	10b end a 1
21	202	120	Aug 17	SDP		PHI	W,5-4	9-9		0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.92	5.29	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	-0.061	.27	0.00%	-0.20	9t 1-- 2 out a1	9t 12- 2 out a1
22	203	121	Aug 18	SDP		PHI	L,2-4	8-9		0	1.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.96	5.28	7	0	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.115	.08	-0.01%	-0.92	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 1-- 0 out d1
23	204	123	Aug 21(1)	SDP		MON	L,0-3	9-GF		2	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.00	5.21	5	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.031	.01	0.00%	-0.56	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
24	205	128	Aug 26	SDP	@	MON	L,4-10	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.95	5.16	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 8
25	206	129	Aug 27	SDP	@	MON	L,4-6	4-6		0	3.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.80	5.15	12	4	5	1	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.085	.01	0.00%	1.36	4b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
26	207	134	Aug 30(2)	SDP	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS-8	W(3-7)	2	7.0	6	5	5	0	3	2	0	4.91	5.18	26	11	6	2	0	6	48			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-1.20	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a3
Sept				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	208	140	Sep 6	SDP	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	W(4-7)	6	9.0	7	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.76	5.08	35	11	13	4	2	7	63			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.201	.00	0.00%	1.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
28	209	145	Sep 13	SDP		SFG	W,4-3	GS-8		6	7.2	6	3	3	2	8	2	0	4.68	5.06	30	6	8	0	0	6	61			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.019	.00	0.00%	0.15	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out tie
29	210	150	Sep 19	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-2	GS-6	W(5-7)	5	5.2	5	2	2	4	3	0	0	4.62	5.01	26	4	10	0	0	5	50			2	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.065	.00	0.00%	0.26	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out a1
30	211	154	Sep 24	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	0	4.48	4.85	30	4	14	2	0	5	67			1	1	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.327	.00	0.00%	1.77	1b start a 2	8b 3 out tie
31	212	159	Sep 29(1)	SDP		LAD	W,7-1	GS-8		4	7.2	7	1	1	6	7	0	0	4.30	4.76	35	7	8	0	2	7	62			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.25	0.296	.00	0.00%	2.15	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out tie
							14-17		W-L:5-7,Sv:1	3.1	144.1	143	73	69	50	81	23	1	4.30	4.76	617	0.65		5%	6%	142	51	3	0%	16	5	0	559	20	2	1	4	4	5	.90	-0.930	.33	-0.90%	-9.34

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