Ed Whitson
Born: May 19, 1955, Johnson City, TNHeight: 6'3" Weight: 195 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1977 Pittsburgh NL 22 1 0 3.45 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 15.2 11 66 6 6 0 8 1 0 10 1978 Pittsburgh NL 23 5 6 3.28 43 0 0 29 14 4 0 74.0 66 318 31 27 5 32 5 2 64 1979 Pittsburgh NL 24 2 3 4.37 19 7 0 8 4 1 0 57.2 53 263 36 28 6 33 3 1 31 1979 San Francisco NL 24 5 8 3.95 18 17 2 0 1 0 0 100.1 98 439 47 44 5 33 6 4 62 1980 San Francisco NL 25 11 13 3.10 34 34 6 0 0 0 2 211.2 222 898 88 73 7 49 7 4 90 1981 San Francisco NL 26 6 9 4.02 22 22 2 0 0 0 1 123.0 130 534 61 55 10 42 5 2 65 1982 Cleveland AL 27 4 2 3.26 40 9 1 13 18 2 1 107.2 91 467 43 39 6 55 3 0 61 1983 San Diego NL 28 5 7 4.30 31 21 2 6 4 1 0 144.1 143 617 73 69 23 49 1 1 81 1984 San Diego NL 29 14 8 3.24 31 31 1 0 0 0 0 189.0 181 773 72 68 16 41 1 3 103 1985 New York AL 30 10 8 4.88 30 30 2 0 0 0 2 158.2 201 705 100 86 19 43 0 2 89 1986 New York AL 31 5 2 7.54 14 4 0 4 6 0 0 37.0 54 189 37 31 5 22 1 0 27 1986 San Diego NL 31 1 7 5.59 17 12 0 5 0 0 0 75.2 85 337 48 47 8 37 0 0 46 1987 San Diego NL 32 10 13 4.73 36 34 3 2 0 0 1 205.2 197 858 113 108 36 61 3 3 135 1988 San Diego NL 33 13 11 3.77 34 33 3 1 0 0 1 205.1 202 846 93 86 17 44 1 1 118 1989 San Diego NL 34 16 11 2.66 33 33 5 0 0 0 1 227.0 198 914 77 67 22 42 6 5 117 1990 San Diego NL 35 14 9 2.60 32 32 6 0 0 0 3 228.2 215 918 73 66 13 39 8 1 127 1991 San Diego NL 36 4 6 5.03 13 12 2 1 0 0 0 78.2 93 337 47 44 13 14 3 0 40 TOTALS 126 123 3.79 452 333 35 71 48 8 12 2240.0 2240 9479 1045 944 211 644 54 29 1266
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1977 Pittsburgh NL 5 54 6 11 19 2 3 0 1 2 2 0 8 1 0 10 1 .204 .352 .308 1978 Pittsburgh NL 43 272 31 66 94 9 2 5 3 4 8 3 32 5 2 64 7 .243 .346 .333 1979 Pittsburgh NL 19 223 36 53 80 7 1 6 3 0 7 1 33 3 1 31 3 .238 .359 .346 1979 San Francisco NL 18 386 47 98 147 22 6 5 7 3 18 4 33 6 4 62 2 .254 .381 .326 1980 San Francisco NL 34 819 88 222 291 24 12 7 10 9 26 10 49 7 4 90 12 .271 .355 .318 1981 San Francisco NL 22 477 61 130 189 21 4 10 6 2 12 6 42 5 2 65 10 .273 .396 .339 1982 Cleveland AL 40 394 43 91 125 16 0 6 7 8 17 2 55 3 0 61 6 .231 .317 .324 1983 San Diego NL 31 559 73 143 236 20 2 23 3 4 16 5 49 1 1 81 4 .256 .422 .316 1984 San Diego NL 31 711 72 181 261 22 5 16 10 7 16 7 41 1 3 103 19 .255 .367 .296 1985 New York AL 30 650 100 201 305 37 5 19 3 7 6 6 43 0 2 89 14 .309 .469 .350 1986 New York AL 14 161 37 54 87 10 4 5 2 3 3 0 22 1 0 27 2 .335 .540 .412 1986 San Diego NL 17 296 48 85 130 15 3 8 2 2 10 4 37 0 0 46 6 .287 .439 .364 1987 San Diego NL 36 785 113 197 347 28 7 36 4 2 20 7 61 3 3 135 17 .251 .442 .309 1988 San Diego NL 34 779 93 202 295 36 3 17 13 8 8 5 44 1 1 118 15 .259 .379 .298 1989 San Diego NL 33 841 77 198 303 35 2 22 12 8 8 5 42 6 5 117 16 .235 .360 .278 1990 San Diego NL 32 855 73 215 297 41 1 13 9 6 12 7 39 8 1 127 16 .251 .347 .289 1991 San Diego NL 13 311 47 93 149 11 3 13 6 3 8 2 14 3 0 40 10 .299 .479 .332
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1977 Pittsburgh NL 22 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 1978 Pittsburgh NL 23 43 11 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 .182 .182 .182 1979 Pittsburgh NL 24 19 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 .000 .000 .071 1979 San Francisco NL 24 18 32 1 5 5 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 .156 .156 .156 1980 San Francisco NL 25 34 66 2 6 6 0 0 0 4 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 1 .091 .091 .104 1981 San Francisco NL 26 22 33 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 13 0 .091 .091 .167 1982 Cleveland AL 27 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 San Diego NL 28 31 44 1 8 8 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 0 .182 .182 .217 1984 San Diego NL 29 36 61 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0 .049 .049 .065 1985 New York AL 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 New York AL 31 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 San Diego NL 31 17 18 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 .167 .167 .167 1987 San Diego NL 32 36 65 1 8 9 1 0 0 4 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 0 .123 .138 .136 1988 San Diego NL 33 34 66 4 11 14 3 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 0 .167 .212 .179 1989 San Diego NL 34 36 72 4 10 14 4 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 19 1 .139 .194 .195 1990 San Diego NL 35 33 67 6 10 14 1 0 1 4 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 1 .149 .209 .174 1991 San Diego NL 36 13 24 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 .125 .125 .160 TOTALS 461 576 24 72 84 9 0 1 27 79 0 0 0 18 0 0 169 3 .125 .146 .152
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1977 Pittsburgh NL P 15.2 1 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.15 2 0 0 1978 Pittsburgh NL P 74.0 0 43 3 8 1 0 .917 1.34 8 3 0 1979 Pittsburgh NL P 57.2 7 19 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.25 7 1 1 1979 San Francisco NL P 100.1 17 18 2 15 2 1 .895 1.52 18 4 0 1980 San Francisco NL P 211.2 34 34 8 27 3 0 .921 1.49 26 10 4 1981 San Francisco NL P 123.0 22 22 10 11 3 1 .875 1.54 12 6 0 1982 Cleveland AL P 107.2 9 40 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.00 17 2 1 1983 San Diego NL P 144.1 21 31 4 6 0 0 1.000 0.62 16 5 0 1984 San Diego NL P 189.0 31 31 11 35 0 3 1.000 2.19 16 7 1 1985 New York AL P 158.2 30 30 8 16 3 3 .889 1.36 6 6 0 1986 New York AL P 37.0 4 14 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.46 3 0 0 1986 San Diego NL P 75.2 12 17 6 13 2 1 .905 2.26 10 4 1 1987 San Diego NL P 205.2 34 36 14 19 1 0 .971 1.44 20 7 1 1988 San Diego NL P 205.1 33 34 10 30 4 2 .909 1.75 8 5 2 1989 San Diego NL P 227.0 33 33 17 22 2 1 .951 1.55 8 5 0 1990 San Diego NL P 228.2 32 32 18 42 0 3 1.000 2.36 12 7 0 1991 San Diego NL P 78.2 12 13 5 9 0 0 1.000 1.60 8 2 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
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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