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Lou Whitaker

Full name Louis Rodman Whitaker
Born May 12, 1957, Brooklyn, New York
First Game: September 9, 1977; Final Game: October 1, 1995
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 160
Named AL Rookie of the Year by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1978)
Named second baseman on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1983 to 1984)
Won AL Gold Glove as second baseman (1983 to 1985)
Named second baseman on The Sporting News AL Silver Slugger Team (1983 to 1985 and 1987)
Ejections: 1979 (1), 1982 (1), 1984 (1), 1986 (1), 1987 (1), 1990 (1), 1993 (1). Total: 7
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1977 DET A    Daily Splits   11    32    5    8   1   0   0    2    4   0    6   0   1   0   0   1   0    2   2  .250  .333  .281  -0.5 1977 DET A
1978 DET A    Daily Splits  139   484   71  138  12   7   3   58   61   0   65   1  13   8   0   6   9    7   7  .285  .361  .357   2.9 1978 DET A
1979 DET A    Daily Splits  127   423   75  121  14   8   3   42   78   2   66   1  14   4   0   8  10   20  10  .286  .395  .378   3.1 1979 DET A
1980 DET A    Daily Splits  145   477   68  111  19   1   1   45   73   0   79   0  12   6   0  10   9    8   4  .233  .331  .283  -1.0 1980 DET A
1981 DET A    Daily Splits  109   335   48   88  14   4   5   36   40   3   42   1   3   3   0   5   5    5   3  .263  .340  .373   1.6 1981 DET A
1982 DET A    Daily Splits  152   560   76  160  22   8  15   65   48   4   58   1   6   4   0  10   8   11   3  .286  .341  .434   3.0 1982 DET A
1983 DET A    Daily Splits  161   643   94  206  40   6  12   72   67   8   70   0   2   8   0   9   9   17  10  .320  .380  .457   2.1 1983 DET A
1984 DET A    Daily Splits  143   558   90  161  25   1  13   56   62   5   63   0   4   5   0  14   9    6   5  .289  .357  .407   1.3 1984 DET A
1985 DET A    Daily Splits  152   609  102  170  29   8  21   73   80   9   56   2   5   5   0   8   3    6   4  .279  .362  .456   1.5 1985 DET A
1986 DET A    Daily Splits  144   584   95  157  26   6  20   73   63   5   70   0   0   4   0   7  20   13   8  .269  .338  .437   2.1 1986 DET A
1987 DET A    Daily Splits  149   604  110  160  38   6  16   59   71   2  108   1   4   4   0   9   5   13   5  .265  .341  .427   0.5 1987 DET A
1988 DET A    Daily Splits  115   403   54  111  18   2  12   55   66   5   61   0   6   2   0   4   8    2   0  .275  .376  .419   1.2 1988 DET A
1989 DET A    Daily Splits  148   509   77  128  21   1  28   85   89   6   59   3   1   9   0   8   7    6   3  .251  .361  .462   3.5 1989 DET A
1990 DET A    Daily Splits  132   472   75  112  22   2  18   60   74   7   71   0   1   5   0   4  10    8   2  .237  .338  .407   2.8 1990 DET A
1991 DET A    Daily Splits  138   470   94  131  26   2  23   78   90   6   45   2   2   8   0   6   3    4   2  .279  .391  .489   2.8 1991 DET A
1992 DET A    Daily Splits  130   453   77  126  26   0  19   71   81   5   46   1   5   4   0   3   9    6   4  .278  .386  .461   1.4 1992 DET A
1993 DET A    Daily Splits  119   383   72  111  32   1   9   67   78   4   46   4   7   4   0   3   5    3   3  .290  .412  .449   4.3 1993 DET A
1994 DET A    Daily Splits   92   322   67   97  21   2  12   43   41   4   47   1   3   5   0   2   8    2   0  .301  .377  .491   1.3 1994 DET A
1995 DET A    Daily Splits   84   249   36   73  14   0  14   44   31   4   41   2   0   3   0   2   6    4   0  .293  .372  .518   1.3 1995 DET A
Total    (19 Years) Splits 2390  8570 1386 2369 420  65 244 1084 1197  79 1099  20  89  91   0 119 143  143  75  .276  .363  .426  35.2 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1984 DET A    Daily Splits    3    14    3    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   2   0    0   0  .143  .143  .143 1984 DET A
1987 DET A    Daily Splits    5    17    4    3   0   0   1    1    7   0    3   0   0   0   0   1   0    1   0  .176  .417  .353 1987 DET A
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits    8    31    7    5   0   0   1    1    7   0    6   0   0   0   0   3   0    1   0  .161  .316  .258 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1984 DET A    Daily Splits    5    18    6    5   2   0   0    0    4   0    4   0   1   0   0   2   1    0   0  .278  .409  .389 1984 DET A

             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1983 AL       Daily Splits    1     1    1    1   0   1   0    2    0   0    0   0   0   1   0   1   0    0   0 1.000  .500 3.000 1983 AL   
1984 AL       Daily Splits    1     3    0    2   1   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .667  .667 1.000 1984 AL   
1985 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1985 AL   
1986 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    1    1   0   0   1    2    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500 2.000 1986 AL   
Total    ( 4 Years) Splits    4     8    2    4   1   1   1    4    0   0    1   0   0   1   0   1   0    0   0  .500  .444 1.250 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team


                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1977 DET A Daily Splits  2B    9    9    7    74      17   18    0    2   0 1.000
1978 DET A Daily Splits  2B  136  123  119  1122.1   301  458   17   95   0  .978
1978 DET A               DH    2    0    0                                      -
1979 DET A Daily Splits  2B  126  114  106  1017.1   280  369    9  103   0  .986
1980 DET A Daily Splits  2B  143  130  120  1199     340  428   12   93   1  .985
1981 DET A Daily Splits  2B  108  104   97   918.1   227  354    9   77   0  .985
1982 DET A Daily Splits  2B  148  143  135  1283     331  470   10  120   0  .988
1982 DET A               DH    1    0    0                                      -
1983 DET A Daily Splits  2B  160  151  140  1358     299  447   13   92   0  .983
1984 DET A Daily Splits  2B  142  131  119  1195     290  405   15   83   0  .979
1985 DET A Daily Splits  2B  150  146  133  1307.2   314  414   11  101   0  .985
1986 DET A Daily Splits  2B  141  136  129  1207.1   276  421   11   98   0  .984
1987 DET A Daily Splits  2B  148  145  126  1266.2   275  416   17   99   0  .976
1988 DET A Daily Splits  2B  110  103   94   903.2   218  284    8   53   0  .984
1989 DET A Daily Splits  2B  145  137  119  1178     327  393   11   99   0  .985
1989 DET A               DH    2    1    1                                      -
1990 DET A Daily Splits  2B  130  116  111  1037.1   286  372    6   98   0  .991
1990 DET A               DH    1    0    0                                      -
1991 DET A Daily Splits  2B  135  119  110  1063.2   255  361    4   91   0  .994
1991 DET A               DH    3    3    3                                      -
1992 DET A Daily Splits  2B  119  112  102   978.1   256  312    9   72   0  .984
1992 DET A               DH   10    5    5                                      -
1993 DET A Daily Splits  2B  110   97   91   864     236  322   11   75   0  .981
1994 DET A Daily Splits  2B   83   73   67   641.2   136  246   12   44   0  .970
1994 DET A               DH    5    5    4                                      -
1995 DET A Daily Splits  2B   63   53   39   452.2   107  163    4   32   0  .985
1995 DET A               DH    8    8    1                                      -
Total (19 Years) Splits  2B 2306 2142 1964 19068    4771 6653  189 1527   1  .984
Total ( 8 Years)         DH   32   22   14                                      -
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1984 DET A Daily Splits  2B    3    3    2    27       6    6    0    0   0 1.000
1987 DET A Daily Splits  2B    5    5    5    43      11   14    0    1   0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) Splits  2B    8    8    7    70      17   20    0    1   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1984 DET A Daily Splits  2B    5    5    5    44      15   18    0    2   0 1.000

             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1983 AL    Daily Splits  2B    1    0    0     2       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1984 AL    Daily Splits  2B    1    1    0     5       0    5    0    0   0 1.000
1985 AL    Daily Splits  2B    1    1    0     5       1    1    0    0   0 1.000
1986 AL    Daily Splits  2B    1    1    0     6       0    3    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 4 Years) Splits  2B    4    3    0    18       2    9    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG


Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 5-18-1979     BOX  DET A  Derryl Cousins      Call at 3B
 9-21-1982     BOX  DET A  Dale Ford           Call at HP (Threw helmet)
 8-17-1984     BOX  DET A  Steve Palermo       Bench jockeying (Gestured to umpire)
 9-10-1986     BOX  DET A  Mike Reilly         Call at 1B
 8-24-1987     BOX  DET A  Dave Phillips       Called third strike
 6-27-1990     BOX  DET A  Gary Cederstrom     Balls and strikes
10- 1-1993     BOX  DET A  Vic Voltaggio       Balls and strikes


Transaction Information

Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1975).

Granted free agency (November 2, 1992).

Signed by Detroit Tigers (December 7, 1992).

Granted free agency (November 7, 1995).

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