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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Aug 20)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	DET	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
2	2	Apr 11	DET	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
3	3	Apr 12	DET	@	KCR	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
4	4	Apr 13	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	8	0	10	1	2B
5	5	Apr 14	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
6	6	Apr 16	DET	@	BOS	L,9-10	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 2B
7	7	Apr 17	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
8	8	Apr 18	DET		KCR	L,6-9	CG	52	11.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
9	9	Apr 19	DET		KCR	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	2B
10	10	Apr 20	DET		KCR	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	2B
11	11	Apr 21	DET	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
12	12	Apr 22	DET	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
13	13	Apr 23	DET	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
14	14	Apr 25	DET		BOS	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
15	15	Apr 26	DET		BOS	L,7-12	CG	48	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
16	16	Apr 27	DET		BOS	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
17	17	Apr 29	DET		TEX	L,5-10	GS	32	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
18	18	Apr 30	DET		TEX	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 2	DET	@	OAK	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
20	20	May 3	DET	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
21	21	May 4 (1)	DET	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
22	22	May 4 (2)	DET	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
23	23	May 6	DET	@	SEA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	3	2B
24	24	May 7	DET	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	46	9.2	3	5	0	8	0	2B
25	26 (1)	May 9	DET	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	2B
26	27	May 10	DET	@	CAL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
27	28	May 11	DET	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	5	1	12	1	2B
28	29	May 13	DET		OAK	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
29	30	May 14	DET		OAK	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
30	31	May 16	DET		BAL	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
31	32	May 18	DET		BAL	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
32	33	May 19	DET		NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
33	34	May 20	DET		NYY	W,12-8	GF	17	4.0	0	3	0	3	0	PH 2B
34	35	May 21	DET		NYY	L,5-9	CG	49	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
35	36	May 22	DET	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
36	44 (7)	May 31	DET		CAL	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	45	Jun 2	DET		SEA	T,3-3	CG	51	13.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
38	46	Jun 3	DET		SEA	W,4-2	GS	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
39	47	Jun 4	DET		SEA	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
40	48	Jun 6	DET	@	MIL	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
41	49	Jun 7	DET	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
42	52 (2)	Jun 11	DET		MIN	L,5-9	GF	7	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 2B
43	53	Jun 12	DET		MIN	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
44	54	Jun 13	DET		CHW	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
45	55	Jun 14	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
46	56	Jun 16 (1)	DET		MIL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
47	57	Jun 16 (2)	DET		MIL	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
48	59 (1)	Jun 19	DET	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
49	60	Jun 20	DET	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	42	11.0	1	8	0	9	2	2B
50	61	Jun 21	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
51	62	Jun 22 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	GF	12	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
52	63	Jun 22 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
53	64	Jun 23	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	PH 2B
54	65	Jun 24	DET	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
55	66	Jun 25	DET	@	CLE	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	3	2B
56	67	Jun 27	DET	@	TOR	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
57	68	Jun 28	DET	@	TOR	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
58	69	Jun 29	DET	@	TOR	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	5	1	9	1	2B
59	70	Jun 30	DET		CLE	W,9-4	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	71	Jul 1	DET		CLE	L,7-8	GS	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
61	72	Jul 2	DET		CLE	W,7-6	GF	9	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
62	73	Jul 3	DET		TOR	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
63	74	Jul 4	DET		TOR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
64	75	Jul 5	DET		TOR	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
65	76	Jul 6	DET		TOR	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
66	78 (1)	Jul 11	DET	@	KCR	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
67	81 (2)	Jul 14	DET	@	BOS	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
68	82	Jul 16	DET	@	OAK	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
69	83	Jul 17	DET	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
70	84	Jul 18	DET	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	44	10.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
71	85	Jul 19	DET	@	SEA	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
72	86	Jul 20	DET	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
73	87	Jul 21	DET	@	CAL	W,14-3	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
74	88	Jul 22	DET	@	CAL	L,4-6	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
75	89	Jul 23	DET	@	CAL	W,7-6	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
76	90	Jul 25	DET		OAK	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
77	91	Jul 26	DET		OAK	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
78	92	Jul 27 (1)	DET		OAK	W,4-2	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
79	93	Jul 27 (2)	DET		OAK	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
80	94	Jul 28	DET		CAL	L,2-3	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 2B
81	95	Jul 29	DET		CAL	L,0-7	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
82	96	Jul 30	DET		CAL	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
83	97	Jul 31	DET		CAL	W,15-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	99 (1)	Aug 1 (2)	DET		SEA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
85	100	Aug 2	DET		SEA	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
86	101	Aug 3	DET		SEA	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
87	102	Aug 4	DET		KCR	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
88	103	Aug 5	DET		KCR	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
89	104	Aug 6	DET		KCR	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
90	105	Aug 8	DET	@	TEX	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	6	5	0	11	2	2B
91	106	Aug 9	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	GF	20	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	2B
92	107	Aug 10	DET	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
93	108	Aug 11	DET		BOS	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
94	109	Aug 12	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
95	110	Aug 13	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
96	111	Aug 14	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
97	113 (1)	Aug 16	DET		TEX	L,5-12	CG	50	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
98	114	Aug 17 (1)	DET		TEX	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
99	115	Aug 17 (2)	DET		TEX	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
100	116	Aug 18	DET	@	MIL	L,5-12	GS	37	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
101	117	Aug 19	DET	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
102	118	Aug 20	DET	@	MIL	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	2	5	2	9	0	2B
103	119	Aug 21 (1)	DET	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
104	120	Aug 21 (2)	DET	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
105	121	Aug 22	DET	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	60	12.2	6	8	0	14	1	2B
106	122	Aug 23	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	2	5	0	2B
107	123	Aug 24	DET	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
108	124	Aug 26	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
109	125	Aug 27	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	58	13.1	3	9	0	12	1	2B
110	126	Aug 28	DET		MIL	W,11-7	CG	52	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
111	127	Aug 29	DET		MIL	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	2B
112	128	Aug 30	DET		MIL	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
113	129	Aug 31	DET		MIL	L,6-11	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	130	Sep 1	DET		CHW	L,3-11	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	2B
115	131	Sep 2 (1)	DET		CHW	W,11-2	GS	27	7.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
116	132	Sep 2 (2)	DET		CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
117	133	Sep 3	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
118	134	Sep 5	DET		MIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
119	135	Sep 6	DET		MIN	L,0-4	GS	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
120	136	Sep 7	DET		MIN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
121	137	Sep 8 (1)	DET		BAL	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
122	139 (1)	Sep 9	DET		BAL	L,0-2	GS	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
123	140	Sep 10	DET		BAL	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
124	141	Sep 12	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
125	142	Sep 13	DET	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	52	13.0	6	6	0	12	5	2B
126	143	Sep 14 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	54	12.2	0	0	0	0	0	2B
127	145 (1)	Sep 16	DET	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
128	146	Sep 17	DET	@	BAL	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
129	147	Sep 18	DET	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
130	148	Sep 19	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	1	8	3	2B
131	149	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,13-3	GS	27	6.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
132	150	Sep 21	DET		CLE	W,13-1	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
133	151	Sep 22	DET		TOR	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
134	152	Sep 23	DET		TOR	L,7-9	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
135	153	Sep 24	DET		TOR	W,9-8	CG	48	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
136	154	Sep 26	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	2B
137	155	Sep 27	DET		NYY	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	2B
138	156	Sep 28	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
139	157	Sep 29	DET	@	TOR	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
140	158	Sep 30	DET	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	6	1	10	2	2B
141	159	Oct 1	DET	@	TOR	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
142	160	Oct 2	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
143	161	Oct 4 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
							143gm		1199.0	340	428	12	780	93