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.

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	TOR	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 6	TOR	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
3	4	Apr 7	TOR	@	TEX	W,10-9	GS	22	4.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
4	7 (2)	Apr 10	TOR	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	11 (3)	Apr 15	TOR		KCR	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	13 (1)	Apr 17	TOR		NYY	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
7	14	Apr 18	TOR		NYY	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
8	15	Apr 19	TOR		NYY	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
9	16	Apr 21	TOR		TEX	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
10	17	Apr 22	TOR		TEX	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	18	Apr 23	TOR		TEX	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
12	19	Apr 24	TOR	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	10	0	0	10	0	C
13	20	Apr 25	TOR	@	OAK	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
14	21	Apr 26	TOR	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	22	Apr 27	TOR	@	SEA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	23	Apr 28	TOR	@	CAL	L,0-9	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
17	25 (1)	Apr 30	TOR	@	CAL	L,0-1	GS	36	10.0	6	1	1	8	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	26	May 2	TOR		OAK	L,5-8	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	27	May 3	TOR		OAK	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	28	May 4	TOR		CAL	L,2-3	CG	45	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
21	30 (1)	May 6	TOR		CAL	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	31	May 8	TOR		SEA	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
23	32	May 9	TOR		SEA	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
24	35 (2)	May 13	TOR	@	MIN	L,8-10	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
25	37 (1)	May 15	TOR		CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
26	38	May 16	TOR		CLE	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
27	40 (1)	May 19	TOR	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	41	May 20	TOR	@	CHW	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	42	May 21	TOR	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
30	46 (3)	May 26	TOR		CHW	W,11-3	GS	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	47	May 27	TOR		CHW	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
32	48	May 28	TOR		CHW	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
33	49	May 29	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
34	50	May 30	TOR	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
35	51	May 31	TOR	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	52	Jun 2	TOR	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	53	Jun 3	TOR	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
38	54	Jun 4	TOR	@	BOS	W,13-11	CG	59	12.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
39	55	Jun 5	TOR		MIL	L,3-5	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	57 (1)	Jun 7	TOR		MIL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
41	59 (1)	Jun 10	TOR		DET	L,8-11	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	60	Jun 11	TOR		DET	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
43	61	Jun 12	TOR		DET	W,5-4	GS	48	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
44	62	Jun 13	TOR	@	MIL	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
45	64 (1)	Jun 15	TOR	@	MIL	L,4-6	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	65	Jun 16	TOR		SEA	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	66	Jun 17	TOR		SEA	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
48	67	Jun 18	TOR		SEA	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
49	69 (1)	Jun 20	TOR	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	70	Jun 21	TOR	@	CAL	W,6-1	GS	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	71	Jun 22	TOR	@	OAK	W,4-2	GF	23	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	PH C
52	72	Jun 23	TOR	@	OAK	W,10-8	GF	5	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
53	73	Jun 24	TOR	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	74	Jun 25	TOR	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	75	Jun 27	TOR	@	BAL	L,6-16	GS	46	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	76	Jun 28	TOR	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
57	77	Jun 29	TOR	@	BAL	W,11-1	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
58	78	Jun 30	TOR		BOS	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	79	Jul 1	TOR		BOS	L,1-3	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	80	Jul 2	TOR		BOS	L,1-4	CG	45	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	81	Jul 3	TOR		BOS	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
62	83 (1)	Jul 5	TOR		BAL	L,4-5	GS	28	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
63	86 (2)	Jul 8	TOR	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	88 (1)	Jul 13	TOR		OAK	L,7-11	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
65	89	Jul 14	TOR		OAK	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
66	93 (3)	Jul 17 (2)	TOR		CAL	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
67	94	Jul 18	TOR		CAL	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
68	95	Jul 20	TOR	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
69	100 (4)	Jul 25	TOR	@	TEX	W,4-0	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
70	101	Jul 26	TOR	@	TEX	L,1-11	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
71	104 (2)	Jul 30	TOR	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	106 (1)	Aug 1	TOR		KCR	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
73	107	Aug 2	TOR		KCR	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
74	108	Aug 3	TOR		KCR	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	109	Aug 4	TOR		NYY	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
76	110	Aug 5	TOR		NYY	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
77	111	Aug 6	TOR		NYY	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
78	113 (1)	Aug 8	TOR		TEX	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
79	114	Aug 9	TOR		TEX	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
80	115	Aug 11	TOR	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
81	116	Aug 12	TOR	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
82	117	Aug 13	TOR	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
83	118	Aug 14	TOR	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
84	119	Aug 15	TOR	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	121 (1)	Aug 17	TOR	@	BAL	L,6-11	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
86	122	Aug 18	TOR	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
87	123	Aug 19	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
88	124	Aug 20	TOR	@	BAL	L,2-7	GS	34	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
89	125	Aug 22	TOR		DET	W,3-2	GF	22	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	PH C
90	126	Aug 23	TOR		DET	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
91	127	Aug 24	TOR		DET	W,11-3	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
92	128	Aug 25	TOR		MIL	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
93	130 (1)	Aug 27	TOR		MIL	W,5-4	GS	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
94	131	Aug 28	TOR		MIL	L,2-8	GS	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
95	132	Aug 29	TOR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
96	133	Aug 30	TOR		CHW	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	136 (2)	Sep 2	TOR		MIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
98	137	Sep 3	TOR		MIN	L,4-9	GS	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
99	138	Sep 4	TOR	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
100	140 (1)	Sep 6	TOR	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
101	141	Sep 7	TOR	@	CLE	W,12-4	GS	23	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
102	142	Sep 8	TOR	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
103	143	Sep 9	TOR	@	CLE	W,7-5	GF	16	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
104	144	Sep 10	TOR	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
105	145	Sep 12	TOR	@	MIN	L,2-8	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
106	146	Sep 13	TOR	@	MIN	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
107	149 (2)	Sep 16	TOR		CLE	W,3-2	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
108	150	Sep 17	TOR		CLE	W,2-1	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
109	151	Sep 18	TOR		BOS	L,3-6	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
110	152	Sep 19	TOR		BOS	W,6-5	CG	56	13.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
111	153	Sep 20	TOR		BOS	L,3-10	GS	38	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
112	155 (1)	Sep 23	TOR	@	MIL	L,1-4	GS	28	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
113	156	Sep 24	TOR	@	MIL	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
114	159 (2)	Sep 27	TOR	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
115	160	Sep 29	TOR		BAL	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
116	161	Sep 30	TOR		BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
							115gm		897.1	550	43	5	598	5