Lou Whitaker
Born: May 12, 1957, Brooklyn, NYHeight: 5'11" Weight: 160 Bats: Left Throws: Right
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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 Detroit AL 20 11 32 5 8 9 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 6 0 .250 .281 .333 1978 Detroit AL 21 139 484 71 138 173 12 7 3 58 13 8 7 7 61 0 1 65 9 .285 .357 .361 1979 Detroit AL 22 127 423 75 121 160 14 8 3 42 14 4 20 10 76 2 1 66 10 .286 .378 .395 1980 Detroit AL 23 145 477 68 111 135 19 1 1 45 12 6 8 4 73 0 0 79 9 .233 .283 .331 1981 Detroit AL 24 109 335 48 88 125 14 4 5 36 3 3 5 3 37 3 1 42 5 .263 .373 .340 1982 Detroit AL 25 152 560 76 160 243 22 8 15 65 6 4 11 3 44 4 1 58 8 .286 .434 .341 1983 Detroit AL 26 161 643 94 206 294 40 6 12 72 2 8 17 10 59 8 0 70 9 .320 .457 .380 1984 Detroit AL 27 143 558 90 161 227 25 1 13 56 4 5 6 5 57 5 0 63 9 .289 .407 .357 1985 Detroit AL 28 152 609 102 170 278 29 8 21 73 5 5 6 4 71 9 2 56 3 .279 .456 .362 1986 Detroit AL 29 144 584 95 157 255 26 6 20 73 0 4 13 8 58 5 0 70 20 .269 .437 .338 1987 Detroit AL 30 149 604 110 160 258 38 6 16 59 4 4 13 5 69 2 1 108 5 .265 .427 .341 1988 Detroit AL 31 115 403 54 111 169 18 2 12 55 6 2 2 0 61 5 0 61 8 .275 .419 .376 1989 Detroit AL 32 148 509 77 128 235 21 1 28 85 1 9 6 3 83 6 3 59 7 .251 .462 .361 1990 Detroit AL 33 132 472 75 112 192 22 2 18 60 1 5 8 2 67 7 0 71 10 .237 .407 .338 1991 Detroit AL 34 138 470 94 131 230 26 2 23 78 2 8 4 2 84 6 2 45 3 .279 .489 .391 1992 Detroit AL 35 130 453 77 126 209 26 0 19 71 5 4 6 4 76 5 1 46 9 .278 .461 .386 1993 Detroit AL 36 119 383 72 111 172 32 1 9 67 7 4 3 3 74 4 4 46 5 .290 .449 .412 1994 Detroit AL 37 92 322 67 97 158 21 2 12 43 3 5 2 0 37 4 1 47 8 .301 .491 .377 1995 Detroit AL 38 84 249 36 73 129 14 0 14 44 0 3 4 0 27 4 2 41 6 .293 .518 .372 TOTALS 2390 8570 1386 2369 3651 420 65 244 1084 89 91 143 75 1118 79 20 1099 143 .276 .426 .363
| 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 Detroit AL 2B 74.0 9 0 2 9 17 18 0 2 1.000 4.26 1978 Detroit AL 2B 1122.1 123 13 4 136 301 458 17 95 .978 6.09 1979 Detroit AL 2B 1017.1 114 12 8 126 280 369 9 103 .986 5.74 1980 Detroit AL 2B 1200.0 130 13 9 143 340 428 12 93 .985 5.76 1981 Detroit AL 2B 918.1 104 4 7 108 227 354 9 77 .985 5.69 1982 Detroit AL 2B 1283.0 143 5 8 148 331 470 10 120 .988 5.62 1983 Detroit AL 2B 1358.0 151 9 11 160 299 447 13 92 .983 4.94 1984 Detroit AL 2B 1195.0 131 11 12 142 290 405 15 83 .979 5.23 1985 Detroit AL 2B 1307.2 146 4 13 150 314 414 11 101 .985 5.01 1986 Detroit AL 2B 1207.1 136 5 7 141 276 421 11 98 .984 5.20 1987 Detroit AL 2B 1266.2 145 3 19 148 275 416 17 99 .976 4.91 1988 Detroit AL 2B 903.2 103 7 9 110 218 284 8 53 .984 5.00 1989 Detroit AL 2B 1178.0 137 8 18 145 327 393 11 99 .985 5.50 1990 Detroit AL 2B 1037.1 116 14 5 130 286 372 6 98 .991 5.71 1991 Detroit AL 2B 1063.2 119 16 9 135 255 361 4 91 .994 5.21 1992 Detroit AL 2B 978.1 112 7 10 119 256 312 9 72 .984 5.23 1993 Detroit AL 2B 864.0 97 13 6 110 236 322 11 75 .981 5.81 1994 Detroit AL 2B 641.2 73 10 6 83 136 246 12 44 .970 5.36 1995 Detroit AL 2B 452.2 53 10 14 63 107 163 4 32 .985 5.37
| 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 Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1975).
- Placed on disabled list by Detroit Tigers (June 13, 1979)
- Activated by Detroit Tigers (June 28, 1979)
- Granted free agency (November 2, 1992).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (December 7, 1992).
- Granted free agency (November 7, 1995).
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