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: 5-8 / in Starts: 5-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	440	1	Apr 9	SDP		SFG	W,7-4	GS-8		99	7.1	3	4	3	2	3	1	0	3.68	4.63	29	102	70	18	5	17	7	2	1	0	59			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.15	0.094	1.76	0.09%	0.89	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a1
2	441	6	Apr 14	SDP	@	LAD	W,5-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	4	6.0	3	2	2	0	4	1	0	3.38	4.21	21	73	52	10	6	9	8	1	0	0	62			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.044	1.26	0.05%	0.69	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
3	442	11	Apr 19	SDP		LAD	L,0-4	GS-8	L(1-1)	4	8.0	8	4	3	0	2	2	0	3.38	4.73	31	103	74	16	8	16	13	6	1	0	54			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	2	1	1	.49	-0.083	.99	-0.10%	-0.23	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
4	443	16	Apr 24	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-6	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	6.1	7	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.90	4.41	27	102	62	13	3	10	11	4	3	0	43			0	1	0	23	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.06	-0.153	2.22	-0.19%	-0.82	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out d2
5	444	20	Apr 29	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-7	GS-6	L(1-3)	4	6.0	11	5	4	1	1	1	0	4.28	4.55	31	95	64	13	12	13	16	5	2	0	32			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	2	1	.88	-0.322	1.48	-0.33%	-2.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	445	25	May 5	SDP	@	MON	W,6-3	CG	W(2-3)	5	9.0	7	3	3	3	8	1	0	4.01	4.33	36	131	88	20	12	11	14	6	2	0	66			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.83	0.304	1.46	0.32%	1.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
7	446	29	May 10	SDP		MON	L,4-6	GS-6		4	6.0	8	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.88	4.38	27	91	61	15	11	10	11	6	2	0	50			2	0	0	25	1	0	2	1	0	1	1.20	0.040	2.09	0.04%	0.83	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
8	447	34	May 15	SDP		NYM	L,1-7	GS-7	L(2-4)	4	6.2	10	7	7	4	5	2	0	4.55	4.70	32	120	76	21	13	8	15	6	4	0	27			3	1	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.259	1.08	-0.20%	-3.80	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out d6
9	448	38	May 20	SDP	@	ATL	W,7-3	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	11	3	3	0	4	1	0	4.34	4.52	37	116	80	18	12	19	14	5	1	0	57			0	0	0	37	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.167	1.93	0.19%	1.37	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
10	449	44	May 26	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-13	GS-3	L(3-5)	5	3.0	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.68	4.65	15	53	37	9	4	4	9	3	0	0	31			1	0	0	14	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.314	1.29	-0.33%	-2.72	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
11	450	76	Jun 29	SDP		SFG	L,4-6	GS-5	L(3-6)	33	5.0	6	4	4	1	5	1	0	4.85	4.61	22	59	45	9	13	9	7	4	1	0	43			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.210	.90	-0.14%	-1.65	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
12	451	81	Jul 5	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-2	GS-6	W(4-6)	5	6.0	8	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.71	4.64	24	76	50	8	3	11	13	5	3	0	48			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	.95	0.101	.54	0.04%	0.64	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	452	156	Sep 29	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-8	7-7		85	0.1	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.03	4.64	5	18	11	3	0	1	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-3.03	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 1-- 1 out d6
							5-8		W-L:4-6	4.3	78.2	93	47	44	17	40	13	0	5.03	4.64	337	1139	68%	15%	9%	0.97		20%	7%	0	48	0	---%	8	2	0	311	11	3	3	10	3	6	.88	-0.639	1.43	-0.57%	-9.04

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