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Ernie
Whitt		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: June 13, 1952 in Usa, MI, DETROIT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1978   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1976 24 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1977 25 BAL AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8
1978 26 BAL AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 6 8 8 8
1979 27 BAL AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1980 28 BAL AL $ 1,371,429   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1981 29 BAL AL $ 2,257,143   6 6 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 7 7 7
1982 30 MIA NL $ 2,257,143   6 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 6
1983 31 BAL AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1984 32 BAL AL $ 808,000   5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 6
1985 33 NYG NL $ 1,000,001   5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1986 34 NYG NL $ 1,000,001   5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 6 6 6
1987 35 NYG NL     4 4 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,257,143   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 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
1976 24 TOR AL 44 148 17 34 9 2 3 20 1 1 10 16 .230 .277 .378 .655 15.8 2.2
    AAA   20 50 5 12 4 1 0 8 2 0 6 8 .240 .321 .360 .681 6.2  
    AA   68 222 42 54 9 0 17 49 2 2 40 26 .243 .359 .514 .872 42.2  
1977 25 BAL AL 116 399 34 88 16 2 15 53 2 1 42 45 .221 .296 .383 .680 43.0 6.3
    AAA   28 106 16 34 9 1 5 17 2 2 11 13 .321 .385 .566 .951 20.8  
1978 26 BAL AL 146 478 56 139 17 2 15 59 4 0 66 35 .291 .376 .429 .805 76.9 16.8
1979 27 BAL AL 147 511 46 111 20 4 9 73 0 0 51 51 .217 .286 .325 .611 48.4 3.3
1980 28 BAL AL 137 525 75 139 22 5 13 69 1 2 49 65 .265 .326 .400 .726 63.6 8.8
1981 29 BAL AL 33 87 13 21 6 0 2 14 0 1 10 12 .241 .316 .379 .696 9.9 1.4
1982 30 BAL AL 28 73 8 22 2 0 2 12 0 0 2 9 .301 .320 .411 .731 8.6 1.9
  MIA NL 35 108 8 22 1 2 2 8 0 1 8 19 .204 .259 .306 .564 7.9 0.1
  TOT   63 181 16 44 3 2 4 20 0 1 10 28 .243 .283 .348 .631 16.5 2.0
1983 31 BAL AL 34 97 12 21 4 0 2 12 0 0 8 33 .216 .274 .320 .593 8.6 0.4
    AAA   19 21 5 10 2 0 3 7 0 0 2 5 .476 .522 1.000 1.522 7.9  
1984 32 BAL AL 36 66 15 21 4 1 2 8 0 0 10 8 .318 .403 .500 .903 12.3 3.1
1985 33 NYG NL 118 399 38 102 17 1 8 54 0 1 33 67 .256 .313 .363 .676 42.7 8.3
1986 34 NYG NL 119 394 54 84 16 0 10 45 0 0 44 81 .213 .288 .330 .618 41.0 4.6
1987 35 NYG NL 62 136 7 32 11 1 1 15 0 0 7 25 .235 .271 .353 .624 12.4 1.2
12 Years Sim 1055 3421 383 836 145 20 84 442 8 7 340 466 .244 .311 .372 .683 391.1 58.2
3 Years AAA 67 177 26 56 15 2 8 32 4 2 19 26 .316 .381 .559 .940 34.8  
1 Years AA 68 222 42 54 9 0 17 49 2 2 40 26 .243 .353 .514 .867 42.2  
4 Years Minors 135 399 68 110 24 2 25 81 6 4 59 52 .276 .365 .534 .899 77.0  
162 Game Average 525 58 128 22 3 12 67 1 1 52 71 .244 .311 .372 .683 60.1  
Career Highs 147 525 75 139 22 5 15 73 4 2 66 81 .318 .403 .500 .903 76.9  
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   2628 300 652 114 14 68 353 5 6 260 348 .248 .314 .380 .694 320.2
vs LH   793 83 184 31 6 16 89 3 1 80 118 .232 .302 .347 .649 86.1
Home 520 1681 199 402 62 5 38 208 5 2 167 242 .239 .306 .350 .656 187.3
Away 535 1740 184 434 83 15 46 234 3 5 173 224 .249 .316 .394 .710 219.0
RISP   891 0 232 51 4 20 344 0 0 104 137 .260 .330 .394 .724 120.3
Pinch Hitting   109 19 23 2 2 1 12 0 0 14 13 .211 .301 .294 .594 10.5
Close/Late   431 39 107 23 1 5 51 0 0 59 63 .248 .339 .341 .680 52.8
Mar/Apr 148 483 61 113 20 4 13 55 1 1 58 77 .234 .315 .373 .688 59.3
May 157 538 54 129 21 1 8 67 1 0 49 74 .240 .304 .327 .631 54.8
June 180 563 62 138 25 4 11 89 0 1 61 72 .245 .316 .362 .679 66.6
July 162 528 56 133 21 3 15 60 2 2 45 59 .252 .309 .388 .697 63.9
August 209 680 75 177 24 4 19 90 3 1 74 90 .260 .332 .391 .723 90.9
Sep/Oct 199 629 75 146 34 4 18 81 1 2 53 94 .232 .290 .385 .675 70.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1976 24 TOR AL C 44 44 379.0 230 23 0 2 1.000 6.01 37 16 .432 1 1.9
1977 25 BAL AL C 22 18 169.0 79 9 2 0 .978 4.69 26 9 .346 0 0.8
    1B 2 0 3.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 8.11 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 26 BAL AL C 125 119 1075.3 524 60 9 2 .985 4.89 102 37 .363 5 7.5
    1B 12 0 27.0 38 2 0 6 1.000 13.33 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1979 27 BAL AL C 85 79 712.3 313 44 6 0 .983 4.51 82 30 .366 2 3.3
    1B 6 0 11.0 17 1 1 2 .947 14.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 28 BAL AL C 135 129 1161.0 631 64 9 0 .987 5.39 126 43 .341 2 6.6
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 29 BAL AL C 24 22 194.3 135 14 1 0 .993 6.90 25 10 .400 0 1.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 30 BAL AL C 20 18 140.2 90 7 2 0 .980 6.23 15 6 .400 0 0.9
    1B 5 0 13.1 15 1 0 1 1.000 10.99 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  MIA NL C 24 22 216.8 139 12 2 0 .987 6.27 24 9 .375 1 1.8
    1B 6 1 20.2 22 2 0 2 1.000 10.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 44 40 357.0 229 19 4 0 .984 6.25 39 15 .385 1 2.7
      1B 11 1 33.3 37 3 0 3 1.000 10.81   0.1
1983 31 BAL AL C 32 25 233.7 163 15 2 0 .989 6.86 19 8 .421 1 1.2
    1B 3 0 3.3 3 0 0 1 1.000 8.11 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 32 BAL AL C 17 15 130.0 90 6 2 0 .980 6.65 12 5 .417 0 0.4
1985 33 NYG NL C 106 102 894.0 521 56 6 1 .990 5.81 93 39 .419 1 5.3
    1B 6 0 11.0 12 1 0 1 1.000 10.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1986 34 NYG NL C 110 108 962.0 592 49 7 0 .989 6.00 103 37 .359 3 6.0
    1B 3 0 3.3 2 0 1 1 .667 5.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 35 NYG NL C 34 27 259.3 173 10 1 0 .995 6.35 16 4 .250 1 1.3
    1B 17 7 79.7 100 4 1 10 .990 11.75 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  C 778 728 6527.0 3680 369 49 5 .988 5.58 680 253 .372 17 38.0
  1B 63 8 175.0 217 11 3 24 .987 11.73 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   844 736 6705.9 3897 380 52 29 .988 5.74 680 253 .372 17 38.4
Career Highs   138 129 1164.0 633 64 9 10 1.000 7.62 126 43 .432 5  
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
1981 29 BAL AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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.
On-Base Pct
1978-10-.376
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Ed Ott (962)
  2. Gene Oliver (957)
  3. Frankie Hayes (957)
  4. Jimmie Coker (956)
  5. Hank Foiles (955)
  6. Andy Etchebarren (951)
  7. Clyde McCullough (949)
  8. Matt Batts (949)
  9. Harry Danning (947)
  10. Gus Suhr (941)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1976
Traded from New York (N) to Toronto on 6/1/1976 (Going to NYG: RF Lee Lacy. Going to TOR: C Ernie Whitt)
Had first career hit (double) on 8/2/1976, off Bob Reynolds (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 8/10/1976, off Catfish Hunter (PIT)
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1979, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Detroit on 9/16/1979
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,371,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/2/1981 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Baltimore to Miami on 7/31/1982 (Going to BAL: P Gil Patterson. Going to MIA: C Ernie Whitt, RF Ken Singleton)
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 4/3/1983 to a 1-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 4/3/1984 to a 1-year deal worth $808,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/10/1985 to a 3-year deal worth $1,000,001 per year
Injured on 3/7/1987 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by New York (N) on 9/22/1987
 
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