Ed Whitson

Full Name: Eddie Lee Whitson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/195	First Game: September 4, 1977
Birthdate: May 19, 1955	Final Game: September 29, 1991
Birthplace: Johnson City, Tennessee	MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on May 19, 1955 in Johnson City, Tennessee, Ed Whitson (Eddie Lee Whitson) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres and New York Yankees over the course of his 15 year career. Whitson broke into the bigs on September 4, 1977 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.27 ERA in 74.1 innings pitched in 1978, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Ed Whitson's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1989, when he posted a 2.66 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 117 batters. However, others believe that it was 1990, when he posted a 2.60 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 127 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1977	PIT	N	5	2	1	0	3.45	10	6	6	0	0	0	15.2	11	0	9	1	0	0
1978	PIT	N	43	0	5	6	3.27	64	31	27	0	0	4	74.1	66	5	37	5	1	2
1979	SF	N	18	17	5	8	3.95	62	47	44	2	0	0	100.1	98	5	39	6	3	4
1979	PIT	N	19	7	2	3	4.37	31	36	28	0	0	1	57.2	53	6	36	3	2	1
1979	TOT	N	37	24	7	11	4.10	93	83	72	2	0	1	158	151	11	75	9	5	5
1980	SF	N	34	34	11	13	3.10	90	88	73	6	2	0	211.2	222	7	56	7	1	4
1981	SF	N	22	22	6	9	4.02	65	61	55	2	1	0	123	130	10	47	5	3	2
1982	CLE	A	40	9	4	2	3.26	61	43	39	1	1	2	107.2	91	6	58	3	4	0
1983	SD	N	31	21	5	7	4.30	81	73	69	2	0	1	144.1	143	23	50	1	2	1
1984	SD	N	31	31	14	8	3.24	103	72	68	1	0	0	189	181	16	42	1	3	3
1985	NY	A	30	30	10	8	4.88	89	100	86	2	2	0	158.2	201	19	43	0	1	2
1986	SD	N	17	12	1	7	5.59	46	48	47	0	0	0	75.2	85	8	37	0	1	0
1986	NY	A	14	4	5	2	7.54	27	37	31	0	0	0	37	54	5	23	1	2	0
1986	Total		31	16	6	9	6.23	73	85	78	0	0	0	112.2	139	13	60	1	3	0
1987	SD	N	36	34	10	13	4.73	135	113	108	3	1	0	205.2	197	36	64	3	2	3
1988	SD	N	34	33	13	11	3.77	118	93	86	3	1	0	205.1	202	17	45	1	2	1
1989	SD	N	33	33	16	11	2.66	117	77	67	5	1	0	227	198	22	48	6	2	5
1990	SD	N	32	32	14	9	2.60	127	73	66	6	3	0	228.2	215	13	47	8	2	1
1991	SD	N	13	12	4	6	5.03	40	47	44	2	0	0	78.2	93	13	17	3	1	0
Total	NL		368	290	107	111	3.66	1089	865	788	32	9	6	1937	1894	181	574	50	25	27
Total	AL		84	43	19	12	4.63	177	180	156	3	3	2	303.1	346	30	124	4	7	2
Total			452	333	126	123	3.79	1266	1045	944	35	12	8	2240.1	2240	211	698	54	32	29

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1977	PIT	N	P	5	1	15.2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1978	PIT	N	P	43	0	74	3	8	1	0	1	8	3	0	.917
1979	SF	N	P	18	17	100.1	2	15	2	1	2	18	4	0	.895
1979	PIT	N	P	19	7	57.2	2	6	0	1	2	7	1	1	1.000
1979	TOT	N	P	37	24	158	4	21	2	2	4	25	5	1	.926
1980	SF	N	P	34	34	211.2	8	27	3	0	0	26	10	4	.921
1981	SF	N	P	22	22	123	10	11	3	1	0	12	6	0	.875
1982	CLE	A	P	40	9	107.2	4	8	0	0	1	17	2	1	1.000
1983	SD	N	P	31	21	144.1	4	6	0	0	1	16	5	0	1.000
1984	SD	N	P	31	31	189	11	35	0	3	3	16	7	1	1.000
1985	NY	A	P	30	30	158.2	8	16	3	3	0	6	6	0	.889
1986	SD	N	P	17	12	75.2	6	13	2	1	0	10	4	1	.905
1986	NY	A	P	14	4	37	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
1986	Total		P	31	16	112.2	7	18	2	1	0	13	4	1	.926
1987	SD	N	P	36	34	205.2	14	19	1	0	4	20	7	1	.971
1988	SD	N	P	34	33	205.1	10	30	4	2	0	8	5	2	.909
1989	SD	N	P	33	33	227	17	22	2	1	1	8	5	0	.951
1990	SD	N	P	32	32	228.2	18	42	0	3	1	12	7	0	1.000
1991	SD	N	P	13	12	78.2	5	9	0	0	0	8	2	0	1.000
Total			P	452	332	2240	123	274	21	16	16	197	74	11	.950

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1977	PIT	N	5	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	0
1978	PIT	N	43	11	0	2	0	0	.182	.182	.182	0	0	6	1	0
1979	SF	N	18	32	1	5	0	2	.156	.156	.156	0	0	10	5	0
1979	PIT	N	19	13	1	0	0	0	.000	.071	.000	0	1	5	4	0
1979	TOT	N	37	45	2	5	0	2	.111	.130	.111	0	1	15	9	0
1980	SF	N	34	66	2	6	0	4	.091	.104	.091	0	1	21	9	1
1981	SF	N	22	33	2	3	0	1	.091	.167	.091	0	3	13	9	0
1982	CLE	A	40	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1983	SD	N	31	44	1	8	0	3	.182	.217	.182	0	2	11	2	0
1984	SD	N	36	61	0	3	0	1	.049	.065	.049	0	1	12	6	0
1985	NY	A	30	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1986	SD	N	17	18	1	3	0	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	8	2	0
1986	NY	A	14	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1986	Total		31	18	1	3	0	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	8	2	0
1987	SD	N	36	65	1	8	0	4	.123	.136	.138	1	1	17	10	0
1988	SD	N	34	66	4	11	0	3	.167	.179	.212	3	1	23	9	0
1989	SD	N	36	72	4	10	0	4	.139	.195	.194	4	5	19	7	1
1990	SD	N	33	67	6	10	1	4	.149	.174	.209	1	2	16	13	1
1991	SD	N	13	24	1	3	0	1	.125	.160	.125	0	1	6	2	0
Total	NL		377	576	24	72	1	27	.125	.152	.146	9	18	169	79	3
Total	AL		84	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total			461	576	24	72	1	27	.125	.152	.146	9	18	169	79	3

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1974).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Fred Breining and Al Holland to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Bill Madlock, Lenny Randle and Dave Roberts (June 28, 1979).
Traded by San Francisco Giants to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Duane Kuiper (November 14, 1981).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to San Diego Padres in exchange for Juan Eichelberger and Broderick Perkins (November 18, 1982).
Granted free agency (November 8, 1984).
Signed by New York Yankees (December 27, 1984).
Traded by New York Yankees to San Diego Padres in exchange for Tim Stoddard (July 9, 1986).

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