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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: 17-19 / in Starts: 17-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 0

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 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	305	2	Apr 7	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	4	4	3	1	3	2	0	3.86	6.16	27	10	11	4	0	2	57			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.166	1.46	-0.15%	-0.61	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
2	306	6	Apr 12	SDP	@	CIN	W,5-2	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	6.0	4	2	2	2	5	2	0	3.46	6.33	24	9	4	0	0	4	59			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.185	1.07	0.11%	1.15	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a1
3	307	11	Apr 17	SDP		LAD	L,3-5	GS-3	L(1-2)	4	2.1	5	5	5	1	5	4	0	5.87	8.74	13	1	2	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.339	.35	-0.15%	-4.06	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d5
4	308	16	Apr 22	SDP		CIN	W,6-3	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	6.0	5	3	3	4	4	2	0	5.48	8.50	27	8	8	1	0	3	50			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.03	-0.030	.52	-0.01%	-0.47	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a3
5	309	21	Apr 28	SDP	@	STL	W,5-2	GS-7	W(3-2)	5	6.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	1	4.94	7.30	24	4	8	0	0	5	56			0	0	1	21	1	1	0	1	0	0	.87	0.185	.27	0.03%	1.16	1b start a 2	7b --3 0 out a4
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	310	25	May 2	SDP	@	CHC	L,3-7	GS-7	L(3-3)	3	7.0	10	6	6	0	6	3	0	5.50	7.18	30	8	6	1	0	10	39			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.464	.30	-0.07%	-2.36	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
7	311	29	May 6	SDP		STL	L,0-3	GS-7	L(3-4)	3	7.0	7	2	2	4	3	0	0	5.01	6.60	28	9	10	3	0	2	54			1	1	0	24	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.10	0.095	.15	0.01%	1.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
8	312	33	May 10	SDP		CHC	W,14-2	GS-6	W(4-4)	3	5.2	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.79	6.40	23	8	7	0	0	5	52			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.040	.05	0.00%	0.48	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a5
9	313	37	May 15	SDP	@	PHI	L,4-7	GS-5	L(4-5)	4	4.2	5	6	5	5	5	0	1	5.23	6.24	23	7	5	3	0	0	32			2	1	0	16	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.25	-0.346	.05	-0.01%	-2.85	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d3
10	314	42	May 20	SDP	@	NYM	L,3-10	GS-4	L(4-6)	4	3.2	4	6	5	4	3	0	0	5.69	6.12	19	5	3	0	0	4	30			1	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.404	.08	-0.02%	-3.31	1b start a 2	4b 1-- 2 out d3
11	315	46	May 25	SDP		PHI	L,4-6	GS-6		4	6.0	5	4	4	3	5	2	0	5.72	6.21	25	8	9	2	0	0	48			3	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.105	.03	0.00%	-1.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
12	316	51	May 31	SDP		NYM	W,1-0	GS-8	W(5-6)	5	7.2	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	5.09	5.74	27	9	12	7	0	0	75			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.511	.02	0.00%	3.65	1t start tie	8t 1-- 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
13	317	56	Jun 6	SDP	@	ATL	W,5-3	GS-5	W(6-6)	5	5.0	8	3	3	1	1	1	0	5.11	5.74	23	7	6	0	1	8	39			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.040	.02	0.00%	-0.38	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a1
14	318	62	Jun 12	SDP	@	SFG	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-6)	5	9.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	4.55	5.28	31	11	10	0	0	4	85			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.274	.00	0.00%	4.36	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
15	319	66	Jun 17	SDP		LAD	W,8-7	GS-5		4	4.2	8	6	6	2	4	2	0	4.93	5.43	23	6	10	1	2	1	26			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.503	.01	0.00%	-3.89	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d2
16	320	71	Jun 23	SDP		HOU	W,4-1	CG	W(8-6)	5	9.0	2	1	1	5	6	0	0	4.56	5.22	34	9	14	1	0	0	80			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.318	.01	0.00%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
17	321	76	Jun 28	SDP		ATL	L,2-5	GS-6	L(8-7)	4	6.0	5	4	3	3	3	1	0	4.56	5.24	27	8	12	3	2	1	48			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.188	.02	0.00%	-1.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
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
18	322	81	Jul 4	SDP	@	MON	L,3-4	GS-7		5	6.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	0	4.47	5.07	23	6	7	1	0	3	59			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	0	.92	0.169	.01	0.00%	1.73	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a2
19	323	85	Jul 8	SDP	@	CHC	L,8-12	GS-6		3	5.1	8	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.58	5.00	25	9	13	5	0	0	35			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.42	1b start a 3	6b 1-- 1 out a5
20	324	89	Jul 16	SDP		STL	W,9-8	GS-4		7	3.2	7	7	7	4	4	1	0	4.97	5.08	21	4	9	5	0	0	19			2	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	-0.615	.01	0.00%	-5.38	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d3
21	325	94	Jul 21	SDP		CHC	W,4-3	GS-7		4	6.2	7	3	3	1	7	2	0	4.92	5.08	27	9	8	4	1	2	54			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.132	.01	0.00%	0.17	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d1
22	326	99	Jul 26	SDP		PIT	W,7-4	CG	W(9-7)	4	9.0	7	4	4	1	3	2	0	4.86	5.11	35	20	8	1	0	3	59			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	.58	0.088	.00	0.00%	0.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
23	327	103	Jul 31	SDP	@	HOU	W,6-2	GS-7	W(10-7)	4	6.2	10	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.76	4.99	30	8	9	0	0	10	47			3	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.149	.00	0.00%	0.90	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a2
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
24	328	108	Aug 6	SDP	@	ATL	W,7-4	GS-6		5	6.0	4	3	3	3	2	1	0	4.75	5.03	24	10	8	2	1	1	51			0	1	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.27	-0.091	.00	0.00%	0.15	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
25	329	113	Aug 11	SDP		ATL	W,7-6	GS-7		4	7.0	6	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.76	5.00	28	9	15	4	0	0	51			1	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.024	.01	0.00%	-0.61	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
26	330	118	Aug 16	SDP		CIN	L,0-2	GS-8	L(10-8)	4	8.0	5	2	2	1	6	2	0	4.64	5.00	29	11	9	2	0	2	69			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.118	.01	0.00%	1.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
27	331	123	Aug 22	SDP	@	NYM	W,8-3	GS-3		5	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.58	4.97	8	5	3	2	0	0	52			1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.059	.00	0.00%	0.58	1b start tie	3b 1-- 0 out a3
28	332	128	Aug 28	SDP		PHI	L,1-8	GS-5	L(10-9)	5	5.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	0	4.71	4.98	23	9	5	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.284	.00	0.00%	-2.58	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
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
29	333	133	Sep 2	SDP		NYM	L,3-4	GS-9	L(10-10)	4	8.1	9	4	4	2	10	2	0	4.70	4.95	34	8	5	1	0	9	57			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.187	.00	0.00%	-0.54	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out d1
30	334	138	Sep 8	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-4	GS-5	L(10-11)	5	5.0	7	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.76	4.96	23	7	13	5	1	0	38			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	.57	-0.206	.00	0.00%	-1.38	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
31	335	143	Sep 14	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS-6		5	6.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	1	4.76	4.95	26	7	5	0	0	5	53			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.09	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
32	336	148	Sep 19	SDP	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS-9		4	9.0	6	1	0	0	7	0	0	4.54	4.79	32	12	7	0	0	6	80			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.15	0.515	.00	0.00%	3.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
33	337	153	Sep 25	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-5	L(10-12)	5	4.1	6	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.66	4.81	21	9	1	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.342	.00	0.00%	-3.20	1b start a 2	5b -2- 1 out d3
34	338	157	Sep 29	SDP		SFG	L,3-5	6-7		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.62	4.78	7	2	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.97	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
35	339	159	Oct 1	SDP		CIN	L,3-4	6-6		1	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.64	4.79	5	0	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.52	6t --- 0 out d1	6t 3 out d2
36	340	162	Oct 4	SDP		LAD	L,3-5	GS-2	L(10-13)	2	2.0	3	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.73	4.81	9	3	3	1	0	1	40			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	.75	-0.214	.00	0.00%	-2.03	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
							17-19		W-L:10-13	4.1	205.2	197	113	108	64	135	36	3	4.73	4.81	858	1.01		11%	1%	108	50	0	---%	20	7	1	784	28	7	3	17	2	5	.98	-1.974	.13	-0.25%	-11.22

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