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: 7-24 / in Starts: 2-14

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: 8

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 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	274	2	Apr 9	NYY		KCR	L,4-7	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	2.2	6	4	3	0	1	1	0	10.13	6.90	15	3	6	0	0	5	33			1	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.13	-0.202	1.48	-0.16%	-1.79	1t start tie	3t -2- 2 out d1
2	275	8	Apr 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-6	7-GF(8)		7	1.2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	8.31	6.23	9	3	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.018	.13	-0.02%	-0.81	7b -2- 1 out d4	8b end d 6
3	276	12	Apr 21	NYY	@	KCR	W,8-4	GS-7	W(1-1)	3	6.2	5	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.91	4.41	28	8	9	1	0	5	56			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	1	0	.84	0.070	1.26	0.06%	0.87	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a4
4	277	18	Apr 27	NYY		CLE	L,7-9	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	4.27	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.018	.52	0.02%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
5	278	19	Apr 29	NYY		MIN	W,14-11	6-9	W(2-1)	1	3.1	6	5	5	4	3	1	0	6.46	5.18	20	2	5	0	0	6		0	0	1	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.083	.90	0.09%	-3.23	6t --- 0 out d2	9t --- 1 out a3
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	279	41	May 23	NYY		CAL	W,10-5	3-8	W(3-1)	23	5.1	3	1	1	0	6	0	0	5.23	3.98	18	7	2	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	1	0	.49	0.097	.91	0.11%	1.79	3t 1-- 2 out a3	8t 3 out a5
7	280	45	May 28	NYY	@	SEA	W,6-5	3-6	W(4-1)	4	3.1	3	2	2	5	4	1	0	5.25	4.65	18	3	5	2	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.024	2.40	-0.03%	-0.36	3b 1-- 1 out a2	6b 12- 2 out a1
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
8	281	50	Jun 2	NYY	@	CAL	L,7-8	GS-2		4	1.1	3	6	2	2	1	0	0	5.68	4.71	11	2	3	0	0	3	31			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.58	-0.418	2.87	-0.46%	-5.40	1b start a 1	2b -23 1 out d4
9	282	55	Jun 8	NYY		BAL	L,9-18	GS-1	L(4-2)	5	0.2	5	3	3	0	0	1	0	6.58	5.16	7	1	1	0	0	5	30			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.265	1.91	-0.28%	-3.00	1t start tie	1t 1-3 2 out d3
10	283	56	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	W,9-7	10-11	W(5-2)	0	1.0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	6.33	5.40	7	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.24	-0.096	4.49	-0.08%	-0.48	10b --- 0 out tie	11b 12- 0 out a2
11	284	58	Jun 11	NYY	@	DET	L,3-9	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	3	3	3	1	2	0	0	7.07	5.27	7	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.025	.24	-0.03%	-2.48	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 6
12	285	63	Jun 16	NYY		BOS	L,1-10	3-GF		4	7.0	11	6	5	3	2	0	0	6.94	4.91	34	14	15	6	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	31	2	2	0	1	0	1	.20	-0.093	.57	-0.16%	-2.04	3t 1-- 0 out d3	9t end d 9
13	286	69	Jun 22	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-15	7-GF(8)		5	1.2	5	4	4	0	3	1	0	7.61	5.01	10	3	3	3	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-3.92	7b 1-- 1 out d9	8b end d14
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
14	287	78	Jul 2	NYY		DET	L,3-8	9-GF		9	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.54	4.93	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.002	.06	0.00%	0.51	9t 1-3 2 out d5	9t end d 5
				Player went from New York Yankees to San Diego Padres
15	288	87	Jul 12	SDP		STL	L,2-4	GS-5	L(5-3)	9	5.0	7	4	4	1	2	0	0	7.50	4.65	22	8	4	0	0	7	38			2	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.226	1.36	-0.25%	-1.73	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
16	289	91	Jul 19	SDP	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-7		6	7.0	4	2	2	1	6	0	0	6.80	4.20	25	11	7	4	0	0	66			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	1	1	.77	0.017	1.39	0.02%	1.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
17	290	96	Jul 25	SDP	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(5-4)	5	7.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	6.43	4.04	27	7	7	0	2	6	54			2	1	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	1	.94	-0.097	1.11	-0.07%	0.24	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
18	291	101	Jul 30	SDP		CIN	W,9-3	GS-8	W(6-4)	4	7.2	6	2	2	5	3	0	0	5.94	4.03	34	11	14	5	0	1	57			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.205	.69	0.14%	1.22	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a5
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
19	292	106	Aug 5	SDP		ATL	L,2-3	GS-6	L(6-5)	5	6.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	5.68	3.92	25	10	10	5	0	0	53			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.015	.90	0.01%	0.73	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
20	293	111	Aug 11	SDP	@	ATL	L,6-11	GS-2	L(6-6)	5	1.0	3	7	7	4	0	0	0	6.50	4.07	10	2	3	2	0	1	15			0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.350	.29	-0.07%	-5.50	1b start tie	2b 12- 0 out d5
21	294	117	Aug 16	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS-6	L(6-7)	4	6.0	7	4	4	4	1	1	0	6.46	4.27	28	6	14	2	0	3	39			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.132	.11	-0.01%	-1.11	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
22	295	123	Aug 22	SDP		PHI	L,1-4	GS-8	L(6-8)	5	7.2	9	4	4	1	6	0	0	6.30	4.03	33	11	16	7	0	0	50			1	0	0	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.096	.07	-0.01%	-0.78	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d4
23	296	128	Aug 27	SDP		NYM	L,5-6	GS-5		4	5.0	6	5	4	3	4	1	0	6.35	4.11	23	8	8	2	0	0	38			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	.63	-0.302	.02	0.00%	-2.73	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
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
24	297	132	Sep 1	SDP	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-5		4	5.0	9	4	4	1	3	3	0	6.39	4.42	24	7	10	2	0	3	35			1	2	0	23	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.286	.03	-0.01%	-1.61	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
25	298	138	Sep 8	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS-4	L(6-9)	6	4.0	7	4	4	7	3	0	0	6.50	4.51	25	8	0	0	0	7	28			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.271	.00	0.00%	-2.24	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
26	299	143	Sep 13	SDP		HOU	W,4-3	7-8		4	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.37	4.49	8	1	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.91	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
27	300	148	Sep 20	SDP	@	HOU	L,6-10	2-4		6	2.2	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	6.20	4.36	11	3	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.25	2b 12- 1 out d1	4b 3 out d3
28	301	152	Sep 25(1)	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-4	6-8		4	3.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.03	4.31	12	4	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.027	.00	0.00%	1.29	6b --- 0 out d3	8b 3 out d3
29	302	155	Sep 27	SDP		CIN	L,4-7	6-8		1	3.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	6.03	4.37	11	5	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.64	6t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d4
30	303	157	Sep 29	SDP		LAD	L,0-10	3-4		1	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.95	4.38	5	1	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.67	3t 1-- 2 out d3	4t 3 out d3
31	304	161	Oct 4	SDP	@	CIN	L,7-10	GS-3		4	2.1	5	5	5	2	3	2	0	6.23	4.57	14	3	1	0	0	5	28			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.430	.00	0.00%	-3.81	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out d1
							7-24		W-L:6-9	4.3	112.2	139	85	78	60	73	13	0	6.23	4.57	526	0.97		13%	1%	75	41	10	40%	13	4	1	457	25	7	1	8	5	9	.78	-2.851	.74	-1.16%	-33.85

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