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Steve
Whitaker		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 197
 
Born: May 7, 1943 in Usa, WA, TACOMA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1969   
Gold Glove 1969   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 23 BOS AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 5
1967 24 BOS AL     6 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 5 5
1968 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5
1969 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
1970 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1971 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1972 29 BOS AL $ 1,700,000   6 6 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1973 30 BOS AL $ 2,321,429   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 5 4 5 6 5 4 5 5
1974 31 BOS AL $ 850,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5
1975 32 BOS AL $ 850,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4
1976 33 BOS AL $ 850,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,321,429   6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1966 23 AAA   31 122 9 29 3 1 5 12 0 2 6 28 .238 .273 .402 .675 12.9  
    AA   106 389 52 105 16 4 16 51 4 9 48 78 .270 .350 .455 .805 60.1  
1967 24 AAA   137 543 80 159 20 3 34 82 14 3 59 115 .293 .362 .529 .891 102.2  
1968 25 BOS AL 81 245 34 74 14 4 13 43 0 2 18 49 .302 .348 .551 .900 43.0 11.0
1969 26 BOS AL 149 539 73 133 15 3 19 52 5 5 38 93 .247 .302 .391 .694 60.6 9.2
1970 27 BOS AL 128 357 51 82 5 4 18 59 2 3 28 57 .230 .283 .417 .700 44.4 6.8
1971 28 BOS AL 146 457 58 99 24 3 22 66 3 1 29 101 .217 .266 .427 .692 52.6 7.4
1972 29 BOS AL 147 477 64 119 16 1 24 81 2 3 43 127 .249 .314 .438 .752 62.6 8.4
1973 30 BOS AL 139 451 53 97 18 3 19 53 3 5 42 102 .215 .282 .395 .676 48.7 3.3
1974 31 BOS AL 104 235 29 51 10 2 3 28 2 2 25 55 .217 .291 .315 .606 22.5 1.5
1975 32 BOS AL 90 172 24 34 4 0 6 17 2 1 12 40 .198 .250 .326 .576 12.8 0.0
1976 33 AAA   137 523 89 141 16 3 40 120 12 11 62 100 .270 .347 .541 .888 96.3  
8 Years Sim 984 2933 386 689 106 20 124 399 19 22 235 624 .235 .293 .412 .704 347.1 47.5
3 Years AAA 305 1188 178 329 39 7 79 214 26 16 127 243 .277 .348 .521 .869 211.4  
1 Years AA 106 389 52 105 16 4 16 51 4 9 48 78 .270 .351 .455 .806 60.1  
4 Years Minors 411 1577 230 434 55 11 95 265 30 25 175 321 .275 .349 .505 .853 271.5  
162 Game Average 482 63 113 17 3 20 65 3 3 38 102 .235 .293 .412 .704 57.2  
Career Highs 149 539 73 133 24 4 24 81 5 5 43 127 .302 .348 .551 .900 62.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2283 301 553 83 19 97 328 14 17 197 444 .242 .303 .423 .726 294.2
vs LH   650 85 136 23 1 27 71 5 5 38 180 .209 .255 .372 .628 61.9
Home 488 1402 188 349 57 8 58 198 6 8 111 309 .249 .304 .425 .730 181.1
Away 496 1531 198 340 49 12 66 201 13 14 124 315 .222 .282 .399 .681 175.0
RISP   711 0 183 23 4 38 276 0 0 66 154 .257 .317 .461 .779 106.2
Pinch Hitting   110 16 37 5 1 2 26 0 0 7 22 .336 .376 .455 .831 17.4
Close/Late   392 57 89 14 4 10 43 0 0 36 78 .227 .290 .360 .650 42.3
Mar/Apr 171 529 62 111 11 3 22 61 2 5 43 119 .210 .271 .367 .638 53.5
May 181 561 69 129 20 4 17 64 3 3 53 117 .230 .300 .371 .671 63.2
June 160 498 69 113 18 2 22 70 4 5 35 103 .227 .276 .404 .680 56.3
July 150 420 69 102 14 2 19 54 4 3 29 81 .243 .292 .421 .713 52.1
August 166 482 59 125 24 2 27 86 1 4 35 110 .259 .310 .485 .796 70.8
Sep/Oct 156 443 58 109 19 7 17 64 5 2 40 94 .246 .309 .436 .745 60.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1968 25 BOS AL LF 32 31 268.0 54 0 1 0 .982 1.81   1.6
    RF 25 18 176.0 38 2 1 0 .976 2.05    
    CF 19 14 132.0 45 3 0 0 1.000 3.27    
1969 26 BOS AL CF 142 136 1221.7 343 8 0 3 1.000 2.59   6.0
    RF 3 2 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    LF 2 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
1970 27 BOS AL CF 114 108 931.0 252 5 0 1 1.000 2.48   3.8
    LF 5 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1971 28 BOS AL CF 133 121 1095.3 287 5 1 0 .997 2.40   2.9
    LF 7 2 26.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38    
    RF 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1972 29 BOS AL CF 91 79 731.0 200 4 0 0 1.000 2.51   2.7
    LF 34 24 241.3 70 1 6 0 .922 2.65    
    RF 17 5 66.3 13 0 2 0 .867 1.76    
1973 30 BOS AL LF 121 110 982.3 217 11 12 2 .950 2.09   2.5
    RF 11 4 52.7 8 0 1 0 .889 1.37    
    CF 7 2 27.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67    
1974 31 BOS AL LF 27 15 149.7 24 1 2 0 .926 1.50   1.0
    CF 25 13 137.7 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.55    
    RF 19 13 118.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.45    
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50   0.0
1975 32 BOS AL CF 25 19 173.0 56 1 0 1 1.000 2.97   1.8
    LF 28 16 164.3 31 1 2 0 .941 1.75    
    RF 12 3 46.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.93    
  CF 556 492 4448.7 1230 26 1 5 .999 2.54   17.1
  LF 256 199 1849.7 402 14 23 2 .948 2.02   5.1
  RF 91 46 488.0 98 2 4 0 .962 1.84    
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   904 737 6788.3 1730 43 29 7 .984 2.35   22.2
Career Highs   147 139 1247.7 347 11 13 3 1.000 2.56    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1968 25 BOS AL 4 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .182 .250 .182 .432
1969 26 BOS AL 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 .333 .762
Career Post-Season Batting 7 17 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .235 .316 .235 .551
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Homeruns
1972-10-24
 Strikeouts
1972-10-127
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 34th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1966
Had first career hit on 4/2/1968, off Luis Tiant (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/8/1968, off Dave Wickersham (MIN)
Injured on 5/29/1968 with a Fractured Hand, out for 8 weeks
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Tampa Bay on 9/5/1968
Injured on 9/28/1969 with a Fractured Finger, out for 3-4 weeks
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1969
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1969
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,700,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,321,429 through salary arbitration
10/14/1973: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $850,000 per year, for 3 years
 
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