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Lou Whitaker Stats

Lou Whitaker was born on Sunday, May 12, 1957, in Brooklyn, New York. Whitaker was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 9, 1977, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Lou Whitaker baseball stats page.

"His career numbers look attractive by second-base standards. But it's hard to remember any period when (Lou) Whitaker was looked upon as the greatest second baseman of his era. 'Just' a very good player. There's no shame in that." - ESPN Anaylst Jayson Stark in My Hall of Fame Ballot (11/19/2003)

Lou Whitaker

Lou Whitaker Autograph on a 1989 Fleer (#151)

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Birth Name:	Louis Rodman Whitaker, Jr.
Nickname:	Lou or Sweet Lou
Born On:	05-12-1957
Born In:	Brooklyn, New York
Zodiac:	Taurus
Died On:	Still Living
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left
Throws:	Right
Height:	5-11
Weight:	160
First Game:	09-09-1977 (Age 20)
Last Game:	10-01-1995
Draft:	1975 : 5th Round (99th)

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Lou Whitaker Lou Whitaker Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1977	Tigers	11	32	5	8	1	0	0	0	2	4	0	6	1	0	0	0	.250	.333	.281
1978	Tigers	139	484	71	138	12	7	3	0	58	61	0	65	13	8	1	9	.285	.361	.357
1979	Tigers	127	423	75	121	14	8	3	0	42	78	2	66	14	4	1	10	.286	.395	.378
1980	Tigers	145	477	68	111	19	1	1	0	45	73	0	79	12	6	0	9	.233	.331	.283
1981	Tigers	109	335	48	88	14	4	5	0	36	40	3	42	3	3	1	5	.263	.340	.373
1982	Tigers	152	560	76	160	22	8	15	0	65	48	4	58	6	4	1	8	.286	.341	.434
1983	Tigers	161	643	94	206	40	6	12	0	72	67	8	70	2	8	0	9	.320	.380	.457
1984	Tigers	143	558	90	161	25	1	13	1	56	62	5	63	4	5	0	9	.289	.357	.407
1985	Tigers	152	609	102	170	29	8	21	0	73	80	9	56	5	5	2	3	.279	.362	.456
1986	Tigers	144	584	95	157	26	6	20	0	73	63	5	70	0	4	0	20	.269	.338	.437
1987	Tigers	149	604	110	160	38	6	16	0	59	71	2	108	4	4	1	5	.265	.341	.427
1988	Tigers	115	403	54	111	18	2	12	0	55	66	5	61	6	2	0	8	.275	.376	.419
1989	Tigers	148	509	77	128	21	1	28	0	85	89	6	59	1	9	3	7	.251	.361	.462
1990	Tigers	132	472	75	112	22	2	18	0	60	74	7	71	1	5	0	10	.237	.338	.407
1991	Tigers	138	470	94	131	26	2	23	0	78	90	6	45	2	8	2	3	.279	.391	.489
1992	Tigers	130	453	77	126	26	0	19	1	71	81	5	46	5	4	1	9	.278	.386	.461
1993	Tigers	119	383	72	111	32	1	9	0	67	78	4	46	7	4	4	5	.290	.412	.449
1994	Tigers	92	322	67	97	21	2	12	2	43	41	4	47	3	5	1	8	.301	.377	.491
1995	Tigers	84	249	36	73	14	0	14	0	44	31	4	41	0	3	2	6	.293	.372	.518
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
19 Years		2,390	8,570	1,386	2,369	420	65	244	4	1,084	1,197	79	1,099	89	91	20	143	.276	.363	.426

Lou Whitaker Lou Whitaker Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1977 Tigers	2B	9	9	222	35	3.9	35	17	18	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.26	-
1978 Tigers	2B	136	124	3,367	776	5.7	759	301	458	17	95	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	6.09	-
1979 Tigers	2B	126	114	3,052	658	5.2	649	280	369	9	103	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	5.74	-
1980 Tigers	2B	143	130	3,600	780	5.5	768	340	428	12	93	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	5.76	-
1981 Tigers	2B	108	104	2,755	590	5.5	581	227	354	9	77	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	5.69	-
1982 Tigers	2B	149	144	3,849	811	5.4	801	331	470	10	120	n/a	n/a	n/a	.988	5.62	-
1983 Tigers	2B	160	151	4,074	759	4.7	746	299	447	13	92	n/a	n/a	n/a	.983	4.94	-
1984 Tigers	2B	142	139	3,585	710	5.0	695	290	405	15	83	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	5.23	-
1985 Tigers	2B	150	146	3,923	739	4.9	728	314	414	11	101	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	5.01	-
1986 Tigers	2B	141	136	3,622	708	5.0	697	276	421	11	98	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	5.20	-
1987 Tigers	2B	151	151	3,800	708	4.7	691	275	416	17	99	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	4.91	-
1988 Tigers	2B	110	103	2,711	510	4.6	502	218	284	8	53	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	5.00	-
1989 Tigers	2B	146	138	3,534	731	5.0	720	327	393	11	99	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	5.50	-
1990 Tigers	2B	130	117	3,112	664	5.1	658	286	372	6	98	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	5.71	-
1991 Tigers	2B	135	119	3,191	620	4.6	616	255	361	4	91	n/a	n/a	n/a	.994	5.21	-
1992 Tigers	2B	119	112	2,935	577	4.8	568	256	312	9	72	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	5.23	-
1993 Tigers	2B	110	97	2,592	569	5.2	558	236	322	11	75	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	5.81	-
1994 Tigers	2B	83	73	1,925	394	4.7	382	136	246	12	44	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	5.36	-
1995 Tigers	2B	63	53	1,358	274	4.3	270	107	163	4	32	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	5.37	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
2B Totals		2,311	2,160	57,207	11,613	5.0	11,424	4,771	6,653	189	1,527	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	5.39	--
19 Years		2,343	2,181	57,207	11,613	5.0	11,424	4,771	6,653	189	1,527	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	5.39	--

Lou Whitaker Lou Whitaker Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1977 Tigers	2	2	.500	-	-	0	0.0	5.3	16.0	-	-	-
1978 Tigers	7	7	.500	-	-	2	161.3	7.4	8.3	-	-	-
1979 Tigers	20	10	.667	-	-	0	141.0	6.4	10.1	-	-	-
1980 Tigers	8	4	.667	-	-	0	477.0	6.0	10.6	-	-	-
1981 Tigers	5	3	.625	-	-	0	67.0	8.0	9.3	-	-	-
1982 Tigers	11	3	.786	-	-	1	37.3	9.7	8.6	-	-	-
1983 Tigers	17	10	.630	-	-	0	53.6	9.2	8.9	-	-	-
1984 Tigers	6	5	.545	-	-	0	42.9	8.9	10.0	-	-	-
1985 Tigers	6	4	.600	-	-	0	29.0	10.9	8.3	-	-	-
1986 Tigers	13	8	.619	-	-	0	29.2	8.3	8.0	-	-	-
1987 Tigers	13	5	.722	-	-	0	37.8	5.6	10.2	-	-	-
1988 Tigers	2	0	1.000	-	-	0	33.6	6.6	7.3	-	-	-
1989 Tigers	6	3	.667	-	-	2	18.2	8.6	6.0	-	-	-
1990 Tigers	8	2	.800	-	-	1	26.2	6.6	7.9	-	-	-
1991 Tigers	4	2	.667	-	-	3	20.4	10.4	6.0	-	-	-
1992 Tigers	6	4	.600	-	-	10	23.8	9.8	6.4	-	-	-
1993 Tigers	3	3	.500	-	-	0	42.6	8.3	5.7	-	-	-
1994 Tigers	2	0	1.000	-	-	5	26.8	6.9	7.5	-	-	-
1995 Tigers	4	0	1.000	-	-	8	17.8	6.1	5.7	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
19 Years	143	75	.656	-	-	32	35.1	7.8	7.9	-	-	-

Lou Whitaker Lou Whitaker Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1977 Detroit Tigers	43	Undetermined	-	-
1978 Detroit Tigers	1	Undetermined	-	-
1979 Detroit Tigers	1	Undetermined	-	-
1980 Detroit Tigers	1	Undetermined	-	-
1981 Detroit Tigers	1	Undetermined	-	-
1982 Detroit Tigers	1	Undetermined	-	-
1983 Detroit Tigers	1	Undetermined	Stats	-
1984 Detroit Tigers	1	Undetermined	Stats	Stats
1985 Detroit Tigers	1	$670,000.00	Stats	-
1986 Detroit Tigers	1	$670,000.00	Stats	-
1987 Detroit Tigers	1	$420,000.00	Stats	-
1988 Detroit Tigers	1	$975,000.00	-	-
1989 Detroit Tigers	1	$1,025,000.00	-	-
1990 Detroit Tigers	1	$1,800,000.00	-	-
1991 Detroit Tigers	1	$2,000,000.00	-	-
1992 Detroit Tigers	1	$2,200,000.00	-	-
1993 Detroit Tigers	1	$3,433,333.00	-	-
1994 Detroit Tigers	1	$2,783,333.00	-	n/a
1995 Detroit Tigers	1	$3,783,334.00	-	-
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