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.

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
2	2	Apr 8	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
3	3	Apr 9	DET		NYY	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
4	4	Apr 10	DET	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
5	5	Apr 11	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
6	6	Apr 12	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
7	7	Apr 14	DET	@	KCR	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
8	8	Apr 15	DET	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
9	9	Apr 17	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
10	10	Apr 18	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
11	11	Apr 19	DET		CHW	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
12	12	Apr 20	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
13	13	Apr 21	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
14	14	Apr 22	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
15	15	Apr 24	DET		KCR	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
16	19 (3)	Apr 28	DET	@	SEA	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
17	20	Apr 29	DET	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
18	21	Apr 30	DET	@	CAL	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	22	May 1	DET	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	46	12.1	4	4	0	8	3	2B
20	23	May 2	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	54	12.1	0	3	0	3	0	2B
21	24	May 3	DET	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
22	25	May 5	DET		SEA	L,5-7	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
23	26	May 6	DET		SEA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
24	27	May 8	DET		OAK	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
25	28	May 9	DET		OAK	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
26	29	May 10	DET		OAK	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	2	2B
27	30	May 11	DET		CAL	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
28	31	May 12	DET		CAL	W,15-2	GS	21	5.0	0	1	1	2	0	2B
29	32	May 13	DET		CAL	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
30	33	May 15	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
31	34	May 16	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
32	35	May 17	DET		CLE	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
33	36	May 18	DET	@	TEX	W,6-3	GS	9	3.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
34	38 (1)	May 20	DET	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	2B
35	39	May 22	DET	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
36	40	May 23	DET	@	MIN	L,5-7	CG	43	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
37	41	May 24	DET	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
38	42	May 25	DET		TEX	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
39	43	May 26	DET		TEX	W,8-7	CG	47	11.0	3	2	2	7	1	2B
40	44	May 27	DET		TEX	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
41	45	May 29	DET		MIN	W,15-7	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	49 (3)	Jun 3	DET	@	CLE	W,15-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
43	50	Jun 4	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	47	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
44	51	Jun 5	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
45	52	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	55	14.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
46	53	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	W,18-8	GS	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
47	54	Jun 9	DET		MIL	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
48	55	Jun 10	DET		MIL	L,5-8	CG	44	10.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
49	56	Jun 11	DET		MIL	L,5-8	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
50	57	Jun 12	DET		BOS	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
51	58	Jun 13	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	2B
52	59	Jun 14	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
53	60	Jun 15	DET	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
54	61	Jun 16	DET	@	TOR	L,4-10	GS	35	6.0	0	3	3	6	1	2B
55	62	Jun 17	DET	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
56	63	Jun 19	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
57	64	Jun 20 susp	DET	@	BAL	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
58	65	Jun 21	DET	@	BAL	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
59	66	Jun 22	DET		TOR	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
60	67	Jun 23	DET		TOR	L,7-8	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	2B
61	68	Jun 24	DET		TOR	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
62	69	Jun 26	DET		BAL	W,9-0	GS	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
63	70	Jun 27	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	2	2B
64	71	Jun 28	DET		BAL	W,8-7	GF	18	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 2B
65	72	Jun 29	DET	@	MIL	W,11-1	GS	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
66	73	Jun 30	DET	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	47	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	74	Jul 1	DET	@	MIL	L,2-13	GS	32	5.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
68	75	Jul 2	DET	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
69	76	Jul 3	DET	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
70	77	Jul 4	DET	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
71	78	Jul 5	DET	@	SEA	W,7-5	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
72	79	Jul 6	DET	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
73	80	Jul 7	DET	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
74	81	Jul 8	DET	@	OAK	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
75	82	Jul 9	DET	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
76	83	Jul 10	DET	@	CAL	W,9-4	GS	29	7.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
77	84	Jul 11	DET	@	CAL	W,12-5	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
78	85	Jul 12	DET	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
79	86	Jul 16	DET		SEA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
80	87	Jul 17	DET		SEA	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
81	88	Jul 18	DET		SEA	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
82	89	Jul 19	DET		SEA	L,4-5	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
83	90	Jul 20	DET		OAK	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
84	91	Jul 21	DET		OAK	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
85	92	Jul 22	DET		OAK	L,1-10	GS	38	7.0	5	1	1	7	1	2B
86	93	Jul 24	DET		CAL	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
87	94	Jul 25	DET		CAL	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	2	4	1	7	2	2B
88	96 (1)	Jul 27	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
89	97	Jul 28	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
90	99 (1)	Jul 31	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	33	8.1	1	6	0	7	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	100	Aug 1	DET	@	NYY	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
92	101	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
93	102	Aug 3	DET		KCR	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
94	103	Aug 4	DET		KCR	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
95	104	Aug 5	DET		KCR	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	2B
96	105	Aug 6	DET		NYY	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
97	106	Aug 7	DET		NYY	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
98	107	Aug 8	DET		NYY	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
99	108	Aug 9	DET		NYY	W,15-4	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
100	109	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	8	0	9	0	2B
101	110	Aug 11	DET	@	CHW	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
102	111	Aug 12	DET	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
103	112	Aug 13	DET	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
104	113	Aug 14	DET	@	KCR	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
105	114	Aug 15	DET	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
106	115	Aug 16	DET	@	KCR	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	2B
107	116	Aug 18	DET		MIN	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
108	117	Aug 19	DET		MIN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
109	119 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-12	CG	45	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
110	121 (1)	Aug 22	DET	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
111	122	Aug 23	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
112	124 (1)	Aug 25	DET	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
113	125	Aug 26	DET	@	MIN	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
114	126	Aug 28	DET		TEX	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
115	127	Aug 29	DET		TEX	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
116	128	Aug 30	DET		TEX	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
117	129	Aug 31	DET		CLE	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	130	Sep 1	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
119	131	Sep 2	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
120	132	Sep 3	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
121	133	Sep 4	DET	@	TEX	W,11-2	GS	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
122	134	Sep 5	DET	@	TEX	L,7-8	CG	46	8.1	2	4	0	6	2	2B
123	135	Sep 6	DET	@	TEX	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
124	136	Sep 7	DET	@	BAL	W,12-4	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
125	137	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-4	GS	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
126	138	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,6-0	GS	28	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
127	139	Sep 10	DET	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
128	140	Sep 11	DET	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
129	141	Sep 12	DET	@	MIL	L,2-11	GS	42	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
130	142	Sep 13	DET	@	MIL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
131	143	Sep 14	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
132	144	Sep 15	DET		BOS	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
133	145	Sep 16	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	2B
134	146	Sep 18	DET		MIL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
135	147	Sep 19	DET		MIL	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
136	148	Sep 20	DET		MIL	L,4-11	GS	35	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
137	149	Sep 21	DET	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	4	5	0	9	4	2B
138	150	Sep 22	DET	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
139	151	Sep 23	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	GS	27	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
140	152	Sep 24	DET	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
141	153	Sep 25	DET	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	5	2	1	8	1	2B
142	154	Sep 26	DET	@	TOR	L,9-10	CG	45	8.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
143	155	Sep 27	DET	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	51	13.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
144	156	Sep 28	DET		BAL	L,0-3	GS	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
145	159 (2)	Oct 1	DET		BAL	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
146	160	Oct 2	DET		TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	5	0	11	3	2B
147	161	Oct 3	DET		TOR	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
148	162	Oct 4	DET		TOR	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
							148gm		1266.2	275	416	17	708	99