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: 18-13 / in Starts: 18-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 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	213	4	Apr 7	SDP		CHC	W,7-6	GS-4		99	4.0	5	4	3	2	1	1	0	6.75	7.02	21	8	5	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	2	1.23	-0.282	2.03	-0.28%	-2.19	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
2	214	8	Apr 12	SDP		ATL	W,6-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.27	4.04	27	7	11	0	0	5	65			0	0	0	25	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.23	0.280	2.69	0.37%	2.17	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
3	215	13	Apr 19	SDP	@	LAD	L,0-4	GS-5	L(1-1)	6	5.0	5	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.38	4.71	20	7	5	0	0	5	48			1	1	2	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	.81	-0.024	2.17	-0.04%	0.22	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
4	216	18	Apr 24	SDP		SFG	W,6-1	GS-8	W(2-1)	4	7.2	6	1	1	4	3	0	0	2.66	4.33	30	11	6	0	0	6	62			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	.30	0.117	.72	0.17%	2.21	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a5
5	217	23	Apr 29	SDP		LAD	L,0-6	GS-7	L(2-2)	4	7.0	4	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.64	4.27	28	8	10	0	0	3	64			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.73	0.043	2.14	0.08%	1.17	1t start tie	7t 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	218	27	May 5	SDP	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-6		5	6.0	6	5	5	0	7	2	0	3.44	4.35	26	11	8	2	1	0	47			1	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	2	.62	-0.236	1.19	-0.27%	-2.06	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
7	219	33	May 13	SDP		PHI	L,3-8	GS-5	L(2-3)	7	5.0	6	5	4	1	4	2	1	3.89	4.74	23	4	7	0	0	6	40			2	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	.68	-0.272	1.12	-0.27%	-2.74	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
8	220	38	May 18	SDP		NYM	W,5-4	GS-6	W(3-3)	4	5.2	5	3	3	4	5	1	0	3.99	4.82	24	6	4	0	0	5	48			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.01	0.032	1.48	0.03%	-0.49	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a1
9	221	43	May 25	SDP	@	PHI	W,7-3	GS-6	W(4-3)	6	5.0	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.13	4.70	23	3	10	0	1	7	40			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	.65	0.012	1.12	0.01%	-0.66	1b start a 2	6b 12- 0 out a4
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
10	222	51	Jun 4	SDP		HOU	W,3-0	GS-6	W(5-3)	9	5.1	3	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.75	4.47	21	1	8	0	0	3	65			1	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.128	3.00	0.17%	1.37	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out a1
11	223	56	Jun 9	SDP		CIN	W,12-2	GS-6	W(6-3)	4	5.2	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.69	4.36	23	8	7	0	0	7	46			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	.70	0.172	1.70	0.25%	0.25	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out a5
12	224	61	Jun 15	SDP		SFG	W,3-2	GS-7	W(7-3)	5	7.0	7	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.58	4.09	26	8	7	0	0	7	59			0	1	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.214	3.09	0.32%	1.17	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
13	225	66	Jun 21	SDP	@	HOU	L,5-11	GS-5	L(7-4)	5	4.1	5	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.86	4.04	20	3	8	0	0	5	37			1	1	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.204	3.23	-0.32%	-1.02	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out tie
14	226	71	Jun 26	SDP	@	LAD	W,5-0	GS-8	W(8-4)	4	7.1	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.51	3.93	30	10	10	0	0	5	67			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.73	0.272	2.50	0.56%	2.42	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a5
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
15	227	76	Jul 1	SDP		STL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(9-4)	4	6.2	6	1	1	1	2	0	1	3.35	3.86	26	6	10	0	0	6	59			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.28	0.344	3.53	0.57%	2.76	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
16	228	81	Jul 6	SDP		PIT	W,7-3	CG	W(10-4)	4	9.0	9	3	3	0	4	1	0	3.32	3.81	34	11	10	0	0	9	61			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	3	0	1	.64	0.267	1.74	0.44%	1.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	229	85	Jul 13	SDP	@	STL	L,4-7	GS-6		6	5.1	6	3	3	1	3	0	1	3.41	3.76	23	6	6	0	0	6	46			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.087	2.98	-0.13%	-0.19	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out tie
18	230	90	Jul 18	SDP	@	CHC	L,1-4	GS-1	L(10-5)	4	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.63	3.75	7	0	3	1	0	4	33			0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.238	1.98	-0.30%	-2.51	1b start tie	1b 3 out d3
19	231	95	Jul 22(1)	SDP	@	PIT	W,5-1	GS-7	W(11-5)	3	6.1	4	1	1	0	6	1	0	3.51	3.70	24	7	7	0	1	4	67			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	0.171	2.65	0.25%	1.31	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out a3
20	232	100	Jul 27	SDP		HOU	W,7-3	GS-6	W(12-5)	4	5.0	7	3	1	4	3	0	0	3.43	3.71	27	4	9	0	0	7	44			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.158	2.43	-0.23%	-1.11	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a1
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
21	233	106	Aug 1	SDP		LAD	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	8	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.46	3.75	27	10	8	0	0	8	50			0	1	0	26	2	0	0	3	1	1	1.13	-0.065	1.91	-0.07%	0.17	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
22	234	111	Aug 7	SDP	@	CIN	L,7-8	GS-5		5	4.1	7	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.62	3.83	22	6	5	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.244	1.07	-0.13%	-1.89	1b start a 2	5b --- 1 out tie
23	235	117	Aug 12	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-5	GS-4	L(12-6)	4	3.1	5	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.81	3.93	18	3	4	0	0	5	34			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.184	.71	-0.12%	-1.57	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d3
24	236	122	Aug 19	SDP		MON	L,0-3	GS-8	L(12-7)	6	8.0	9	3	3	1	10	1	0	3.78	3.83	34	4	10	0	0	9	61			2	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.050	1.05	0.03%	0.62	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
25	237	128	Aug 25	SDP	@	MON	W,4-3	GS-9		5	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.61	3.72	32	8	13	0	0	5	77			1	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.462	1.00	0.22%	2.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
26	238	133	Aug 31(1)	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-1	GS-7	W(13-7)	5	7.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.51	3.65	25	9	8	0	3	6	63			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.20	0.161	.33	0.03%	2.14	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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	239	139	Sep 4	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS-7		3	6.1	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.42	3.67	23	8	8	0	0	4	63			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.095	.11	0.01%	1.21	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out d1
28	240	144	Sep 11	SDP		LAD	L,2-5	GS-8	L(13-8)	6	8.0	3	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.42	3.69	28	6	15	0	0	3	66			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	.82	-0.028	.10	0.00%	0.62	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
29	241	149	Sep 17	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-9		5	8.2	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.36	3.62	32	5	16	0	0	6	67			2	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.66	0.054	.29	0.01%	1.93	1b start tie	9b -2- 2 out tie
30	242	154	Sep 22	SDP		ATL	L,2-5	GS-6		4	6.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.34	3.56	24	6	5	0	0	8	51			0	2	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.72	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
31	243	161	Sep 29	SDP	@	ATL	W,6-2	GS-6	W(14-8)	6	6.0	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.24	3.49	25	5	9	0	0	7	62			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.180	.00	0.00%	2.91	1b start tie	6b 3 out a5
							18-13		W-L:14-8	4.8	189.0	181	72	68	42	103	16	3	3.24	3.49	773	0.79		1%	1%	173	54		---%	16	7	2	710	22	5	1	19	7	11	.98	1.082	1.58	1.35%	12.95

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