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Fred Lynn League
8-15-2076
Lou Whitaker Shortstop
Retired (1976, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .264 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .762 Status Deceased (2017) Option Years 0  
H 1383 Age at Death 77 Date of Birth 05-17-1940
HR 209 Drafted Round 3, Pick 35
(1962)
Majors Svc Time 12 years
(28 games)
RBI 892
SB 62
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B+ Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range B- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (98.8%) CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 1
3B (63.4%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1970 SS CLE 148 148 1325.0 752 271 467 14 86 -11 5.01 .981
1971 SS CLE 134 111 1027.1 566 185 377 4 90 -3 4.92 .993
3B CLE 7 7 63.0 18 6 12 0 1 +1 2.57 1.000
2B CLE 2 2 17.0 11 4 7 0 1 0 5.82 1.000
1972 SS CLE 148 148 1311.2 687 243 438 6 76 -6 4.67 .991
1973 SS CLE 148 148 1298.2 697 233 456 8 94 -2 4.77 .989
1974 SS CLE 85 78 705.1 390 138 250 2 46 0 4.95 .995
2B CLE 8 8 70.0 38 10 28 0 3 0 4.89 1.000
3B CLE 6 6 53.0 10 3 6 1 0 -1 1.53 .900
CF CLE 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1975 SS CLE 19 7 83.2 39 10 29 0 5 0 4.20 1.000
2B CLE 10 8 71.0 56 15 40 1 7 -2 6.97 .982
3B CLE 5 4 42.1 16 6 9 1 0 -1 3.19 .938
1976 SS CLE 29 16 167.0 97 36 61 0 13 +2 5.23 1.000
3B CLE 3 2 18.0 4 1 3 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
2B CLE 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 +1 4.50 1.000
Pos Total SS 711 656 5918.2 3228 1116 2078 34 410 -20 4.86 .989
3B 21 19 176.1 48 16 30 2 1 -1 2.35 .958
2B 22 18 160.0 106 29 76 1 11 -1 5.91 .991
CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Total 755 693 6256.0 3382 1161 2184 37 422 -22 4.81 .989
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1976-11-01Lou Whitaker has retired from the Cleveland Knights
1964-09-25A trade has been completed between the Washington Senators and the Cleveland Knights. The Cleveland Knights receive Lou Whitaker, Jim Battle, Draft Pick - 1965 Round 2 (DET), Draft Pick - 1965 Round 1 (DET) from the Washington Senators in exchange for John Drake, Draft Pick - 1965 Round 1 (CLE).
1964-07-31A trade has been completed between the Detroit Spiders and the Washington Senators. The Washington Senators receive Lou Whitaker, Bob Mielke, Howie Sandberg, Draft Pick - 1965 Round 2 (DET) from the Detroit Spiders in exchange for Hiro Osawa.
1964-04-01The Detroit Spiders have renamed Lou Whitacker to Lou Whitaker.
1964-04-01The Detroit Spiders have renamed Pete Parker to Lou Whitacker.