Lou Whitaker

Bats L Throws R5'11" 160 lbBorn 1957 Brooklyn, USADebut 1977Team DET5x All-StarDraft 1975 R5 #99 Detroit Tigers, Martinsville HS (VA)

Awards: Silver Slugger x4, Gold Glove x3, TSN All-Star x2, Rookie of the Year

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
1995	DET	84	285	36	73	14	0	14	44	4	31	41	0.293	0.372	0.518	0.890	127.1
1994	DET	92	372	67	97	21	2	12	43	2	41	47	0.301	0.377	0.491	0.867	120.1
1993	DET	119	476	72	111	32	1	9	67	3	78	46	0.290	0.412	0.449	0.861	139.1
1992	DET	130	544	77	126	26	0	19	71	6	81	46	0.278	0.386	0.461	0.847	139.0
1991	DET	138	572	94	131	26	2	23	78	4	90	45	0.279	0.391	0.489	0.881	141.2
1990	DET	132	552	75	112	22	2	18	60	8	74	71	0.237	0.338	0.407	0.744	106.9
1989	DET	148	611	77	128	21	1	28	85	6	89	59	0.251	0.361	0.462	0.822	133.6
1988	DET	115	477	54	111	18	2	12	55	2	66	61	0.275	0.376	0.419	0.795	128.8
1987	DET	149	684	110	160	38	6	16	59	13	71	108	0.265	0.341	0.427	0.768	107.4
1986	DET	144	651	95	157	26	6	20	73	13	63	70	0.269	0.338	0.437	0.775	109.0
1985	DET	152	701	102	170	29	8	21	73	6	80	56	0.279	0.362	0.456	0.819	122.5
1984	DET	143	629	90	161	25	1	13	56	6	62	63	0.289	0.357	0.407	0.764	112.8
1983	DET	161	720	94	206	40	6	12	72	17	67	70	0.320	0.380	0.457	0.837	133.1
1982	DET	152	619	76	160	22	8	15	65	11	48	58	0.286	0.341	0.434	0.775	111.7
1981	DET	109	382	48	88	14	4	5	36	5	40	42	0.263	0.340	0.373	0.714	103.7
1980	DET	145	568	68	111	19	1	1	45	8	73	79	0.233	0.331	0.283	0.614	74.1
1979	DET	127	520	75	121	14	8	3	42	20	78	66	0.286	0.395	0.378	0.774	112.5
1978	DET	139	567	71	138	12	7	3	58	7	61	65	0.285	0.361	0.357	0.718	104.2
1977	DET	11	37	5	8	1	0	0	2	2	4	6	0.250	0.333	0.281	0.615	70.1
Career		2390	9967	1386	2369	420	65	244	1084	143	1197	1099	0.276	0.363	0.426	0.789	117.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
1995	DET	2B	63	453	107	163	4	32	0.985
1994	DET	2B	83	642	136	246	12	44	0.970
1993	DET	2B	110	864	236	322	11	75	0.981
1992	DET	2B	119	978	256	312	9	72	0.984
1991	DET	2B	135	1064	255	361	4	91	0.994
1990	DET	2B	130	1037	286	372	6	98	0.991
1989	DET	2B	146	1178	327	393	11	99	0.985
1988	DET	2B	110	904	218	284	8	53	0.984
1987	DET	2B	148	1267	275	416	17	99	0.976
1986	DET	2B	141	1207	276	421	11	98	0.984
1985	DET	2B	150	1308	314	414	11	101	0.985
1984	DET	2B	142	1195	290	405	15	83	0.979
1983	DET	2B	160	1358	299	447	13	92	0.983
1982	DET	2B	149	1283	331	470	10	120	0.988
1981	DET	2B	108	918	227	354	9	77	0.985
1980	DET	2B	143	1199	340	428	12	93	0.985
1979	DET	2B	126	1017	280	369	9	103	0.986
1978	DET	2B	136	1122	301	458	17	95	0.978
1977	DET	2B	9	74	17	18	0	2	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1987	5	17	4	3	0	0	1	1	1	7	3	0.176	0.417	0.353	0.770
1984	8	32	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	4	7	0.219	0.306	0.281	0.587
Career	13	49	13	10	2	0	1	1	1	11	10	0.204	0.350	0.306	0.656

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
1995	DET	$3,783,334
1994	DET	$2,783,333
1993	DET	$3,433,333
1992	DET	$2,200,000
1991	DET	$2,000,000
1990	DET	$1,800,000
1989	DET	$1,025,000
1988	DET	$975,000
1987	DET	$420,000
1986	DET	$670,000
1985	DET	$670,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.