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Lou Whitaker

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Full Name: Louis Rodman Whitaker Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/160 First Game: September 9, 1977
Birthdate: May 12, 1957 Final Game: October 1, 1995
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York MLB Experience: 19 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Lou Whitaker (Louis Rodman Whitaker) was born on May 12, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York. He made his Major League debut on September 9, 1977 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1978, his rookie year, he hit .285 with 3 home runs and 58 RBI. Whitaker played for the Detroit Tigers for his entire 19 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Lou Whitaker's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1985, when he slugged 21 home runs, hit for a .279 average and knocked in 73 runs. However, others believe that it was 1983, when he hit for a .320 average and knocked in 72 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1977 DET A 11 32 5 8 0 2 .250 .333 .281 1 0 4 6 0 1 2 0 0
1978 DET A 139 484 71 138 3 58 .285 .361 .357 12 7 61 65 1 13 7 0 9
1979 DET A 127 423 75 121 3 42 .286 .395 .378 14 8 78 66 1 14 20 2 10
1980 DET A 145 477 68 111 1 45 .233 .331 .283 19 1 73 79 0 12 8 0 9
1981 DET A 109 335 48 88 5 36 .263 .340 .373 14 4 40 42 1 3 5 3 5
1982 DET A 152 560 76 160 15 65 .286 .341 .434 22 8 48 58 1 6 11 4 8
1983 DET A 161 643 94 206 12 72 .320 .380 .457 40 6 67 70 0 2 17 8 9
1984 DET A 143 558 90 161 13 56 .289 .357 .407 25 1 62 63 0 4 6 5 9
1985 DET A 152 609 102 170 21 73 .279 .362 .456 29 8 80 56 2 5 6 9 3
1986 DET A 144 584 95 157 20 73 .269 .338 .437 26 6 63 70 0 0 13 5 20
1987 DET A 149 604 110 160 16 59 .265 .341 .427 38 6 71 108 1 4 13 2 5
1988 DET A 115 403 54 111 12 55 .275 .376 .419 18 2 66 61 0 6 2 5 8
1989 DET A 148 509 77 128 28 85 .251 .361 .462 21 1 89 59 3 1 6 6 7
1990 DET A 132 472 75 112 18 60 .237 .338 .407 22 2 74 71 0 1 8 7 10
1991 DET A 138 470 94 131 23 78 .279 .391 .489 26 2 90 45 2 2 4 6 3
1992 DET A 130 453 77 126 19 71 .278 .386 .461 26 0 81 46 1 5 6 5 9
1993 DET A 119 383 72 111 9 67 .290 .412 .449 32 1 78 46 4 7 3 4 5
1994 DET A 92 322 67 97 12 43 .301 .377 .491 21 2 41 47 1 3 2 4 8
1995 DET A 84 249 36 73 14 44 .293 .372 .518 14 0 31 41 2 0 4 4 6
Total 2390 8570 1386 2369 244 1084 .276 .363 .426 420 65 1197 1099 20 89 143 79 143

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1977 DET A 2B 9 9 74 17 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 DET A DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 DET A 2B 136 123 1122.1 301 458 17 95 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1979 DET A 2B 126 114 1017.1 280 369 9 103 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1980 DET A 2B 143 130 1200 340 428 12 93 1 0 0 0 0 .985
1981 DET A 2B 108 104 918.1 227 354 9 77 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1982 DET A 2B 148 143 1283 331 470 10 120 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1982 DET A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 DET A 2B 160 151 1358 299 447 13 92 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1984 DET A 2B 142 131 1195 290 405 15 83 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1985 DET A 2B 150 146 1307.2 314 414 11 101 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1986 DET A 2B 141 136 1207.1 276 421 11 98 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1987 DET A 2B 148 145 1266.2 275 416 17 99 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1988 DET A 2B 110 103 903.2 218 284 8 53 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1989 DET A 2B 145 137 1178 327 393 11 99 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1989 DET A DH 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1990 DET A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1990 DET A 2B 130 116 1037.1 286 372 6 98 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1991 DET A 2B 135 119 1063.2 255 361 4 91 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1991 DET A DH 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1992 DET A 2B 119 112 978.1 256 312 9 72 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1992 DET A DH 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1993 DET A 2B 110 97 864 236 322 11 75 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1994 DET A 2B 83 73 641.2 136 246 12 44 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1994 DET A DH 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1995 DET A DH 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1995 DET A 2B 63 53 452.2 107 163 4 32 0 0 0 0 0 .985
Total 2B 2306 2142 19069 4771 6653 189 1527 1 0 0 0 0 .984
Total DH 32 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Transactions

  • 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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