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.

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
2	2	Apr 10	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
3	3	Apr 11	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	4	2	0	6	0	2B
4	4	Apr 12	DET		BOS	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
5	5	Apr 13	DET		BAL	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
6	6	Apr 14	DET		BAL	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	2B
7	7	Apr 15	DET		BAL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
8	8	Apr 17	DET		NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
9	10 (1)	Apr 19	DET	@	BAL	L,2-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
10	11	Apr 20	DET	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
11	12	Apr 21	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
12	13	Apr 22	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
13	14	Apr 23	DET	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
14	15	Apr 24	DET	@	MIN	L,4-16	GS	41	6.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
15	16	Apr 25	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
16	17	Apr 27	DET		MIL	L,6-9	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
17	18	Apr 28	DET		MIL	W,13-5	GS	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
18	19	Apr 29	DET		MIL	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
19	20	Apr 30	DET		MIL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	21	May 1	DET		MIN	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
21	23 (1)	May 3	DET		MIN	L,1-3	CG	43	10.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
22	24	May 4	DET	@	TOR	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
23	25	May 5	DET	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
24	26	May 6	DET	@	TOR	L,7-11	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
25	27	May 7	DET	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
26	28	May 8	DET	@	MIL	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
27	29	May 9	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
28	30	May 10	DET		TOR	W,10-5	GS	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
29	31	May 11	DET		TOR	L,2-4	GF	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
30	32	May 13	DET		TOR	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
31	33	May 14	DET		TOR	L,3-8	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
32	34	May 15	DET	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
33	36 (1)	May 17	DET	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	46	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
34	37	May 18	DET	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	2B
35	38	May 19	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
36	39	May 20	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
37	40	May 21	DET		KCR	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
38	41	May 22	DET		KCR	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
39	42	May 23	DET		TEX	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
40	43	May 24	DET		TEX	L,2-3	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
41	45 (1)	May 26	DET		CHW	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
42	46	May 27	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
43	47	May 28	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
44	48	May 29	DET	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
45	49	May 30	DET	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	6	0	6	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	50	Jun 1	DET	@	SEA	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
47	52 (1)	Jun 3	DET	@	SEA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
48	53	Jun 5	DET	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
49	55 (1)	Jun 7	DET	@	CLE	W,8-0	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
50	56	Jun 8 (1)	DET		SEA	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	7	5	0	12	1	2B
51	57	Jun 8 (2)	DET		SEA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
52	58	Jun 9	DET		SEA	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
53	59	Jun 10	DET		SEA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
54	60	Jun 12	DET		CLE	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
55	61	Jun 13	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
56	62	Jun 14	DET		CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
57	63	Jun 15	DET		CAL	W,2-1	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
58	64	Jun 16	DET		CAL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
59	65	Jun 17	DET		CAL	L,3-7	GF	6	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 2B
60	66	Jun 18	DET		OAK	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
61	67	Jun 19	DET		OAK	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
62	68	Jun 20	DET		OAK	L,7-12	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
63	69	Jun 21	DET	@	CAL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
64	70	Jun 22	DET	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
65	71	Jun 23	DET	@	CAL	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
66	72	Jun 24	DET	@	CAL	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
67	73	Jun 25	DET	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
68	74	Jun 26	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
69	75	Jun 27	DET	@	OAK	W,5-4	GS	22	5.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
70	76	Jun 29	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
71	77	Jun 30	DET	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	78	Jul 1	DET	@	KCR	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
73	79	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	2B
74	80	Jul 3	DET	@	CHW	W,13-7	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	2B
75	81	Jul 4	DET	@	CHW	W,10-7	CG	55	12.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
76	82	Jul 5	DET		KCR	L,3-15	CG	50	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
77	83	Jul 6	DET		KCR	W,4-0	CG	27	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
78	84	Jul 7	DET		KCR	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
79	86 (1)	Jul 12	DET		TEX	L,1-11	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
80	87	Jul 13	DET		TEX	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
81	88	Jul 14	DET		TEX	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
82	89	Jul 15	DET		TEX	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
83	90	Jul 16	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
84	91	Jul 17	DET		CHW	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
85	92	Jul 18	DET		CHW	L,5-7	GF	13	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 2B
86	93	Jul 19	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
87	94	Jul 20	DET	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
88	96 (1)	Jul 22	DET	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
89	97	Jul 23	DET		BAL	L,3-13	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
90	98	Jul 24	DET		BAL	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
91	99	Jul 25	DET		BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
92	100	Jul 26	DET		BOS	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	6	2	1	9	2	2B
93	102 (1)	Jul 28	DET		BOS	W,17-9	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
94	103	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,3-13	CG	49	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
95	105 (1)	Jul 31	DET	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	106	Aug 1	DET	@	NYY	W,15-4	CG	39	9.0	3	7	0	10	0	2B
97	107	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	57	14.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
98	108	Aug 3	DET	@	BOS	L,5-14	CG	44	8.0	5	4	1	10	3	2B
99	109	Aug 4	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
100	110	Aug 5	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
101	113 (2)	Aug 9	DET	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
102	114	Aug 10	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
103	115	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	L,4-13	GF	18	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
104	116	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
105	117	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
106	118	Aug 14	DET		MIL	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	1	9	0	10	1	2B
107	119	Aug 15	DET		MIL	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
108	120	Aug 16	DET		MIL	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
109	126 (5)	Aug 24	DET		OAK	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
110	127	Aug 25	DET		OAK	W,14-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
111	128	Aug 26	DET		OAK	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
112	129	Aug 28	DET	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	3	1	0	4	0	2B
113	131 (1)	Aug 30	DET	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	3	0	10	2	2B
114	132	Aug 31	DET	@	MIN	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	134 (1)	Sep 2	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
116	136 (1)	Sep 4	DET		TOR	W,3-1	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
117	137	Sep 5	DET		TOR	L,3-7	GF	5	1.0	0	1	1	2	0	PH 2B
118	138	Sep 6	DET		CLE	L,0-6	CG	26	5.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
119	139	Sep 7	DET	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
120	140	Sep 8	DET	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
121	141	Sep 9	DET	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
122	142	Sep 10	DET	@	BAL	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	1	5	0	6	3	2B
123	143	Sep 11	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
124	144	Sep 12	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
125	145	Sep 13	DET		NYY	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
126	146	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
127	147	Sep 15	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
128	150 (2)	Sep 19	DET	@	CAL	W,12-5	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
129	151	Sep 21	DET	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
130	152	Sep 22	DET	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	2B
							130gm		1037.1	286	372	6	664	98