Ernie Whitt

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: June 13, 1952 in Detroit, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 15th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Macomb Community College (Warren, MI).

High School: Roseville HS (Roseville, MI)

School: Macomb Community College (Warren, MI)

Debut: September 12, 1976 (Age 24-091d, 13,811th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 3, 1991 (Age 39-020d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Himself, Richard Box

Full Name: Leo Ernest Whitt

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.3

3774

938

134

.249

447

RBI

534

OBP

.324

SLG

.410

OPS

.734

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	TOR	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
2	2	Apr 11	TOR	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 12	TOR	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
4	4	Apr 13	TOR		NYY	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
5	5	Apr 15	TOR		NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	6	Apr 16	TOR		DET	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
7	7	Apr 17	TOR		DET	L,5-8	GS	35	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	8	Apr 18	TOR		DET	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	9	Apr 19	TOR		DET	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
10	10	Apr 20	TOR		MIL	L,4-5	GS	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	C
11	11	Apr 21	TOR		MIL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
12	12	Apr 22	TOR		MIL	L,1-8	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
13	13	Apr 24	TOR	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	4	3	1	8	0	C
14	14	Apr 25	TOR	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
15	15	Apr 26	TOR	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	16	Apr 27	TOR	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS	29	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
17	17	Apr 28	TOR	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
18	18	Apr 29	TOR	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	49	14.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
19	19	Apr 30	TOR	@	BAL	L,0-4	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 2 (1)	TOR	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS	40	8.1	3	1	0	4	0	C
21	22 (1)	May 3	TOR	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
22	23	May 6	TOR		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	24	May 7	TOR		CLE	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	25	May 8	TOR		BOS	L,2-4	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
25	26	May 9	TOR		BOS	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
26	27	May 10	TOR		BOS	L,5-9	GF	20	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	PH C
27	28	May 11	TOR		BOS	L,6-7	GS	28	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	34 (5)	May 17 (1)	TOR	@	CLE	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
29	35	May 17 (2)	TOR	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	38 (2)	May 20	TOR		CHW	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
31	40 (1)	May 23	TOR	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	55	14.1	15	3	0	18	0	C
32	42 (1)	May 24 (2)	TOR	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	43	May 25	TOR	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	44	May 26	TOR	@	CAL	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	45	May 27	TOR	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	46	May 29	TOR		OAK	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
37	47	May 30	TOR		OAK	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	49 (1)	Jun 1	TOR		CAL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
39	50	Jun 2	TOR		CAL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
40	52 (1)	Jun 5	TOR	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	56	11.2	8	2	0	10	0	C
41	53	Jun 6	TOR	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
42	54	Jun 7	TOR	@	TEX	L,0-9	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	55	Jun 8	TOR	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
44	56	Jun 9	TOR	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
45	57	Jun 10	TOR		KCR	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	59 (1)	Aug 10	TOR	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
47	61 (1)	Aug 12	TOR	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
48	62	Aug 14	TOR		MIL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
49	63	Aug 15	TOR		MIL	W,4-3	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
50	64	Aug 16 (1)	TOR		MIL	L,2-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
51	66 (1)	Aug 17	TOR	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
52	71 (4)	Aug 23	TOR		CHW	L,2-13	CG	52	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	72	Aug 24	TOR		TEX	L,0-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
54	73	Aug 25	TOR		TEX	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
55	75 (1)	Aug 28	TOR		KCR	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
56	76	Aug 29	TOR		KCR	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
57	77	Aug 31	TOR	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	78	Sep 1	TOR	@	TEX	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	80 (1)	Sep 3	TOR	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
60	81	Sep 4	TOR	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
61	82	Sep 5	TOR	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
62	84 (1)	Sep 7	TOR	@	MIN	L,0-4	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
63	85	Sep 8	TOR	@	MIN	L,0-1	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
64	86	Sep 9	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-3	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	87	Sep 10	TOR		SEA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
66	94 (6)	Sep 19	TOR		CAL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
67	97 (2)	Sep 22 (2)	TOR		OAK	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
68	98	Sep 23	TOR		OAK	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
69	100 (1)	Sep 26	TOR	@	CAL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
70	103 (2)	Sep 30	TOR	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
71	104	Oct 2	TOR	@	SEA	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
72	105	Oct 3	TOR	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							72gm		551.1	297	46	3	346	5