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Lou Whitaker

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 160lb (180cm, 72kg)

Born: May 12, 1957 in Brooklyn, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Martinsville HS (Martinsville, VA).

High School: Martinsville HS (Martinsville, VA)

Debut: September 9, 1977 (Age 20-120d, 13,958th in major league history)
vs. BOS 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1995 (Age 38-142d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Rick Brode

Full Name: Louis Rodman Whitaker

Nicknames: Sweet Lou

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Rookie of the Year
5x All-Star
1984 World Series
3x Gold Glove
4x Silver Slugger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

75.1

8570

2369

244

.276

1386

RBI

1084

143

OBP

.363

SLG

.426

OPS

.789

OPS+

117

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

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
2	2	Apr 9	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	48	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
3	3	Apr 10	DET		BOS	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
4	4	Apr 11	DET	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
5	5	Apr 12	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
6	6	Apr 13	DET	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
7	7	Apr 14	DET	@	CHW	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
8	9 (1)	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
9	10	Apr 18	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
10	12 (1)	Apr 21	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
11	13	Apr 22	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
12	14	Apr 23	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
13	15	Apr 25	DET		CHW	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B
14	16	Apr 26	DET		CHW	L,4-5	GF	17	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 2B
15	17	Apr 27	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
16	18	Apr 29	DET		KCR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	20 (1)	May 2	DET		MIN	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	4	4	0	8	4	2B
18	21	May 3	DET		MIN	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
19	22	May 4	DET		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
20	23	May 5	DET	@	TEX	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
21	24	May 6	DET	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
22	25	May 7	DET	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
23	26	May 9	DET	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
24	28 (1)	May 11	DET	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	2B
25	29	May 12	DET	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
26	30	May 13	DET	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	41	10.1	2	2	0	4	1	2B
27	31	May 14	DET		TEX	W,8-2	GS	26	8.0	4	4	1	9	1	2B
28	32	May 15	DET		TEX	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
29	33	May 16	DET		CAL	L,1-11	CG	50	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
30	34	May 17	DET		CAL	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
31	35	May 20	DET		SEA	W,12-0	GS	30	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
32	36	May 21	DET		SEA	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
33	37	May 22	DET		SEA	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
34	38	May 23	DET		OAK	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
35	39	May 24	DET		OAK	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
36	40	May 25	DET		OAK	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
37	41	May 26	DET		OAK	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
38	42	May 28	DET	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
39	43	May 29	DET	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
40	44	May 30	DET	@	SEA	L,7-8	CG	54	11.1	1	5	0	6	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	46 (1)	Jun 1	DET	@	SEA	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
42	47	Jun 2	DET	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
43	48	Jun 3	DET	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
44	49	Jun 4	DET	@	OAK	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
45	50	Jun 6	DET		TOR	L,2-12	GS	39	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
46	51	Jun 7	DET		TOR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
47	52	Jun 8	DET		TOR	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
48	53	Jun 9	DET		NYY	L,7-9	CG	52	11.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
49	54	Jun 10	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	4	6	0	10	4	2B
50	55	Jun 11	DET		NYY	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
51	56	Jun 12	DET	@	TOR	L,0-9	CG	34	6.2	1	2	0	3	0	2B
52	57	Jun 13	DET	@	TOR	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
53	58	Jun 14	DET	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
54	59	Jun 15	DET	@	TOR	L,6-9	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 2B
55	60	Jun 16	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
56	61	Jun 17	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
57	62	Jun 18	DET	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
58	63	Jun 19	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
59	64	Jun 20	DET	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
60	65	Jun 21	DET	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
61	66	Jun 22	DET	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	1	5	0	6	0	2B
62	67	Jun 24	DET		BAL	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
63	68	Jun 25	DET		BAL	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
64	69	Jun 26	DET		BAL	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
65	70	Jun 27	DET		MIL	W,4-2	CG	44	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
66	71	Jun 28	DET		MIL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
67	72	Jun 29 (1)	DET		MIL	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
68	74 (1)	Jun 30	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	77 (2)	Jul 3	DET	@	NYY	L,5-9	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
70	78	Jul 4	DET	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
71	79	Jul 5	DET	@	TEX	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
72	80	Jul 6	DET	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
73	81	Jul 7	DET	@	MIN	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
74	82	Jul 8	DET	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
75	84 (1)	Jul 11 (1)	DET	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
76	85	Jul 11 (2)	DET	@	KCR	W,8-7	CG	47	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
77	87 (1)	Jul 13	DET	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
78	88	Jul 17	DET		TEX	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
79	89	Jul 18	DET		TEX	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
80	90	Jul 19	DET		TEX	W,5-3	CG	45	12.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
81	91	Jul 20	DET		TEX	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	1	3	2	2B
82	93 (1)	Jul 22	DET		MIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
83	95 (1)	Jul 24	DET		KCR	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	2B
84	96	Jul 25	DET		KCR	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
85	97	Jul 26	DET		KCR	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
86	98	Jul 27	DET		KCR	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
87	99	Jul 28	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
88	100	Jul 29	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	42	11.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
89	101	Jul 30	DET	@	CLE	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
90	102	Jul 31	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	103	Aug 1	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
92	105 (1)	Aug 3	DET	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
93	106	Aug 5 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
94	107	Aug 5 (2)	DET		CLE	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
95	108	Aug 7 (1)	DET		CLE	W,15-1	GS	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
96	109	Aug 7 (2)	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
97	110	Aug 8	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
98	111	Aug 9	DET		BOS	L,7-8	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
99	112	Aug 10	DET		BOS	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
100	113	Aug 11	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
101	114	Aug 12	DET		CHW	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
102	115	Aug 13	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
103	116	Aug 14	DET		CHW	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
104	117	Aug 15	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
105	118	Aug 16	DET	@	BOS	W,12-6	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
106	119	Aug 17	DET	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
107	120	Aug 19 (1)	DET		CAL	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
108	121	Aug 19 (2)	DET		CAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
109	123 (1)	Aug 21	DET		CAL	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
110	124	Aug 22	DET		SEA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
111	125	Aug 23	DET		SEA	W,14-0	GS	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
112	126	Aug 24	DET		SEA	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
113	127	Aug 25	DET		OAK	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
114	128	Aug 26	DET		OAK	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
115	129	Aug 28	DET	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
116	130	Aug 29	DET	@	CAL	L,12-13	CG	45	8.2	6	5	1	12	1	2B
117	131	Aug 30	DET	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	32	8.1	4	4	0	8	2	2B
118	132	Aug 31	DET	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	133	Sep 1	DET	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
120	134	Sep 2	DET	@	SEA	W,7-5	GF	14	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 2B
121	135	Sep 3	DET	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.2	0	4	1	5	0	2B
122	136	Sep 5	DET	@	OAK	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
123	137	Sep 6	DET	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	44	9.2	1	5	0	6	0	2B
124	138	Sep 7	DET	@	OAK	L,4-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
125	139	Sep 9	DET		MIL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
126	140	Sep 10	DET		MIL	W,11-7	GS	21	4.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
127	144 (3)	Sep 14	DET		BAL	W,7-0	GS	25	7.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
128	145	Sep 16	DET	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
129	146	Sep 17	DET	@	TOR	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
130	147	Sep 19	DET		NYY	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
131	149 (1)	Sep 21	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
132	150	Sep 22	DET		TOR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
133	151	Sep 23	DET		TOR	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
134	152	Sep 24	DET		TOR	L,2-8	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
135	153	Sep 25	DET		TOR	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
136	155 (1)	Sep 27	DET	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	36	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
137	156	Sep 28	DET	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
138	159 (2)	Oct 2	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
139	160	Oct 3	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
140	161	Oct 4	DET	@	BAL	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
141	162	Oct 5	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
							141gm		1207.1	276	421	11	708	98