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Lou
Whitaker		  
Nickname: Sweet Lou
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 165
 
Born: May 12, 1957 in Usa, NY, BROOKLYN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1981   
All-Star Selections 1980    1983    1986    1990   
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
1977 20 DET AL     5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
1978 21 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
1979 22 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 7 7 7 7
1980 23 DET AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1981 24 DET AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 8 8
1982 25 DET AL $ 2,535,714   9 9 9 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
1983 26 DET AL $ 4,642,857   9 9 9 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1984 27 KCR AL $ 4,642,857   9 9 8 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1985 28 SEM AL $ 18,000,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 8 8 8
1986 29 SEM AL $ 18,000,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 8 8
1987 30 SEM AL $ 18,000,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 6 8 8 8
1988 31 SEM AL $ 18,000,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8
1989 32 CLE AL $ 9,000,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8
1990 33 CLE AL $ 9,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 18,000,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8
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
1977 20 AAA   81 312 49 81 13 1 16 47 6 1 40 36 .260 .344 .462 .805 51.1  
    AA   55 198 37 60 14 0 8 30 1 2 42 16 .303 .425 .495 .920 41.2  
1978 21 DET AL 129 430 56 105 17 7 13 62 8 9 48 49 .244 .318 .407 .725 52.7 6.5
    AAA   24 97 16 32 6 1 6 18 1 0 12 6 .330 .404 .598 1.002 21.5  
1979 22 DET AL 151 523 65 137 29 3 11 63 14 4 63 60 .262 .341 .392 .733 69.5 10.8
1980 23 DET AL 155 619 94 182 27 4 14 99 12 6 54 69 .294 .349 .418 .768 85.1 14.4
1981 24 DET AL 148 525 72 130 18 1 14 58 12 6 63 48 .248 .324 .366 .690 64.6 9.4
1982 25 DET AL 152 586 92 184 28 4 22 105 8 2 67 46 .314 .382 .488 .870 103.9 25.6
1983 26 DET AL 152 620 98 185 35 1 24 90 8 2 50 49 .298 .350 .474 .824 97.7 19.2
1984 27 DET AL 33 124 14 39 10 1 6 24 0 0 9 9 .315 .361 .556 .917 22.1 5.9
  KCR AL 78 283 50 109 19 0 13 58 0 1 40 22 .385 .460 .590 1.050 65.7 19.9
  TOT   111 407 64 148 29 1 19 82 0 1 49 31 .364 .431 .580 1.011 87.8 25.7
1985 28 SEM AL 152 540 63 126 21 4 16 56 0 4 64 56 .233 .311 .376 .687 64.8 10.2
1986 29 SEM AL 156 587 86 160 35 4 22 92 3 1 65 53 .273 .345 .458 .803 89.4 19.7
1987 30 SEM AL 154 615 82 153 20 5 30 74 4 4 60 56 .249 .314 .444 .758 87.1 13.6
1989 32 CLE AL 138 484 66 130 30 1 16 68 0 0 58 65 .269 .347 .434 .781 67.4 13.1
1990 33 CLE AL 155 604 90 191 29 5 24 91 3 2 53 55 .316 .369 .500 .869 101.0 18.7
12 Years Sim 1753 6540 928 1831 318 40 225 940 72 41 694 637 .280 .347 .444 .791 971.0 186.9
2 Years AAA 105 409 65 113 19 2 22 65 7 1 52 42 .276 .356 .494 .850 72.6  
1 Years AA 55 198 37 60 14 0 8 30 1 2 42 16 .303 .424 .495 .919 41.2  
3 Years Minors 160 607 102 173 33 2 30 95 8 3 94 58 .285 .379 .494 .874 113.8  
162 Game Average 604 85 169 29 3 20 86 6 3 64 58 .280 .347 .444 .791 89.7  
Career Highs 156 620 98 191 35 7 30 105 14 9 67 69 .364 .431 .580 1.011 103.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4714 649 1335 226 27 150 673 53 35 522 425 .283 .353 .438 .791 724.2
vs LH   1826 279 496 92 13 75 267 19 6 172 212 .272 .334 .459 .793 278.1
Home 879 3197 456 922 163 20 119 453 40 19 348 297 .288 .356 .464 .820 520.6
Away 874 3343 472 909 155 20 106 487 32 22 346 340 .272 .339 .425 .764 481.7
RISP   1612 0 463 99 10 56 672 0 0 204 153 .287 .358 .465 .824 270.4
Pinch Hitting   75 16 25 6 3 2 21 0 0 12 6 .333 .420 .573 .994 16.6
Close/Late   779 88 221 37 7 25 116 0 0 110 73 .284 .372 .445 .817 129.8
Mar/Apr 237 896 117 247 39 3 23 103 8 4 82 88 .276 .335 .403 .738 121.1
May 287 1078 152 320 40 6 46 170 14 10 112 99 .297 .362 .473 .835 179.9
June 305 1145 177 327 64 13 40 198 15 10 140 122 .286 .361 .469 .830 190.8
July 287 1084 169 335 49 8 44 172 11 5 113 89 .309 .374 .491 .865 190.9
August 329 1233 162 323 66 4 38 148 14 7 133 126 .262 .331 .414 .746 172.0
Sep/Oct 308 1104 151 279 60 6 34 149 10 5 114 113 .253 .321 .410 .731 147.7
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
1978 21 DET AL 3B 107 101 910.7 48 303 8 28 .978 3.47   2.7
    2B 20 18 157.0 38 74 2 13 .982 6.42   0.6
1979 22 DET AL 2B 149 146 1287.0 281 624 14 112 .985 6.33   7.3
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 23 DET AL 2B 151 143 1303.7 272 547 18 105 .978 5.65   6.0
    3B 2 2 21.0 2 3 0 2 1.000 2.14   0.0
1981 24 DET AL 2B 147 142 1269.3 261 612 14 121 .984 6.19   9.4
1982 25 DET AL 2B 152 149 1327.7 303 581 5 115 .994 5.99   7.9
1983 26 DET AL 2B 150 144 1284.7 252 502 16 96 .979 5.28   2.6
1984 27 DET AL 2B 32 31 267.4 54 116 4 25 .977 5.72   0.8
    CF 0 0 2.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.46   0.0
    3B 1 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  KCR AL 2B 75 73 651.3 133 282 11 62 .974 5.73   4.0
    CF 1 1 6.4 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.22   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   2B 107 104 918.7 187 398 15 87 .975 5.73   4.7
      CF 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.0
      3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1985 28 SEM AL 2B 103 101 909.0 202 377 16 78 .973 5.73   4.4
    3B 39 38 339.0 29 93 3 9 .976 3.24   1.9
    RF 1 1 10.0 7 0 1 0 .875 6.30   0.0
1986 29 SEM AL 2B 145 142 1279.3 270 503 16 103 .980 5.44   5.3
    3B 8 0 20.0 1 7 0 1 1.000 3.60   0.2
1987 30 SEM AL 2B 135 132 1180.0 237 516 19 95 .975 5.74   6.4
    CF 15 15 134.0 31 0 1 0 .969 2.08   0.5
    3B 3 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 1 9.0 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00   0.0
1989 32 CLE AL 2B 125 124 1099.0 218 453 12 77 .982 5.49   4.4
    3B 10 0 14.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.1
1990 33 CLE AL 2B 151 145 1322.3 230 491 17 78 .977 4.91   3.1
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1535 1490 13337.7 2751 5678 164 1080 .981 5.69   62.1
  3B 175 142 1326.7 80 409 11 40 .978 3.32   4.8
  CF 16 16 143.0 35 0 1 0 .972 2.20   0.5
  RF 1 1 10.0 7 0 1 0 .875 6.30   0.0
  SS 1 1 9.0 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00   0.0
Career Totals   1728 1650 14826.3 2873 6090 178 1120 .981 5.44   67.6
Career Highs   154 149 1335.0 303 624 21 121 .994 6.31    
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
1980 23 DET AL 17 69 8 21 4 0 0 8 3 0 7 5 .304 .368 .362 .731
1981 24 DET AL 19 74 8 16 0 0 3 8 2 0 4 12 .216 .253 .338 .591
1982 25 DET AL 7 29 7 12 1 0 3 10 0 1 2 0 .414 .452 .759 1.210
1983 26 DET AL 7 32 6 11 1 0 1 6 0 1 3 5 .344 .400 .469 .869
1984 27 KCR AL 11 46 9 15 3 1 0 5 0 0 4 4 .326 .373 .435 .807
1989 32 CLE AL 5 20 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .100 .143 .150 .293
Career Post-Season Batting 66 270 39 77 10 1 7 38 5 2 21 29 .285 .334 .407 .742
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.
Batting Average
1982-5-.314
1984-6-.327*
1990-6-.316
 On-Base Pct
1982-6-.382
1984-3-.392*
 Slugging Pct
1982-4-.488
1984-3-.522*
1990-9-.500
 OPS
1982-3-.870
1984-2-.915*
1990-8-.869
 XR
1982-2-103.9
1983-8-97.7
1990-6-101.0
 Games
1980-6-155
1986-5-156
1990-7-155
At-Bats
1980-5-619
1983-3-620
1987-3-615
1990-5-604
 Runs
1980-9-94
1982-7-92
1983-6-98
 Hits
1980-9-182
1982-5-184
1983-2-185
1990-5-191
 Total Bases
1982-4-286
1983-8-294
1990-4-302
 Singles
1980-8-137
1982-9-130
1990-3-133
 Triples
1978-9-7
Homeruns
1982-10-22
1987-6-30
 RBIs
1980-7-99
1982-4-105
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 66    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Gary Geiger (910)
  2. Tony Lazzeri (900)
  3. Jorge Orta (899)
  4. Sal Bando (888)
  5. Lee Walls (884)
  6. Bobby Thomson (883)
  7. Willie Horton (877)
  8. Bill Madlock (868)
  9. Rance Mulliniks (862)
  10. Billy Cox (862)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Detroit in 1977
Had first career hit on 5/1/1978, off Jerry Koosman (TOR)
Hit first career homerun on 5/5/1978, off Mike Wallace (PHN)
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (A) on 4/23/1980
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Seattle on 10/15/1980
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1981
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,535,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,642,857 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Oakland on 4/19/1983
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Seattle on 5/28/1983
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1983, hitting .462 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Baltimore on 8/18/1983
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 9/22/1983
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,642,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/13/1984 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6-7 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Kansas City on 7/1/1984 (Going to KCR: 2B Lou Whitaker, P Scott Sanderson, P Dick Ruthven, P Mike Lacoss. Going to DET: P Balor Moore, CF Tony Armas, 2B Bobby Grich, P Phil Hennigan)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1984, hitting .520 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1984, hitting .394 with 4 HR, 20 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 8/12/1984
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1984, hitting .386 with 6 HR, 24 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/8/1985 to a 4-year deal worth $18,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1985, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/6/1989 to a 4-year deal worth $9,000,000 per year
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1990, hitting .402 with 5 HR, 25 RBI
Was selected to the 1990 Allstar game
 
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