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Name	Team	Age
John Whitaker	Retired (1985, Age 41)	44
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 2 (1963)	1B	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Old Jeter Wood League	0	20 years (115 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	B+	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B+	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B+	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D+	A-	A-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D+	0	5/12/1944
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	3	6
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1970

Majors

68.34

162

135

0

0 / 13

3 / 11

0 / 6

3 / 12

2 / 11

2 / 6

2 / 9

12 / 68

1971

Majors

64.53

151

126

11

0 / 8

3 / 9

0 / 3

0 / 11

5 / 6

3 / 12

2 / 15

13 / 64

1972

Majors

68.13

162

135

0

1 / 8

1 / 13

2 / 8

0 / 12

1 / 8

3 / 12

2 / 7

10 / 68

1973

Majors

65.03

162

125

0

1 / 8

1 / 10

1 / 9

0 / 12

1 / 11

0 / 6

1 / 9

5 / 65

1974

Majors

67.32

162

135

0

1 / 8

0 / 11

1 / 11

0 / 11

0 / 4

1 / 9

0 / 13

3 / 67

1975

Majors

67.32

162

135

0

1 / 7

0 / 16

0 / 9

0 / 9

1 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 8

2 / 67

1976

Majors

59.24

141

119

21

0 / 6

0 / 7

2 / 13

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 8

2 / 59

1977

Majors

66.52

162

135

0

1 / 8

0 / 13

0 / 13

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 10

0 / 12

1 / 66

1978

Majors

67.02

162

135

0

-1 / 10

-3 / 14

0 / 5

-4 / 6

0 / 10

-3 / 12

-4 / 10

-15 / 67

1979

Majors

55.52

132

111

30

-4 / 3

-5 / 5

0 / 13

-7 / 6

-2 / 10

-3 / 9

-2 / 9

-23 / 55

1980

Majors

62.64

154

129

8

-2 / 6

-2 / 12

0 / 13

-7 / 10

-8 / 7

0 / 7

-2 / 7

-21 / 62

1981

Majors

64.43

162

135

0

-1 / 12

-4 / 9

-2 / 9

-1 / 13

-4 / 5

-1 / 9

-2 / 7

-15 / 64

1982

Majors

46.08

162

48

0

-3 / 4

-3 / 14

-3 / 7

-5 / 3

-10 / 5

-1 / 8

-2 / 5

-27 / 46

1983

Majors

62.29

162

115

0

-2 / 11

-2 / 4

-2 / 16

-3 / 4

-8 / 10

-2 / 6

-1 / 11

-20 / 62

1984

Majors

56.77

150

104

12

-3 / 12

-4 / 8

0 / 10

-1 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 3

-3 / 8

-11 / 56

1985

Majors

14.24

162

3

0

-3 / 2

-5 / 4

-5 / 1

-1 / 2

-1 / 2

-3 / 3

-1 / 0

-19 / 14

Total

2510

1825

82

-14 / 126

-20 / 160

-6 / 146

-26 / 133

-23 / 119

-4 / 128

-10 / 138

-103 / 950

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1985-11-01	John Whitaker has retired from the Cincinnati Big Red Machine
1984-07-18	John Whitaker of the Cincinnati Big Red Machine is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1984-04-02	The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have placed John Whitaker on the trade block.
1982-11-01	John Whitaker now holds the league record for career slugging percentage.
1980-08-03	John Whitaker of the Cincinnati Big Red Machine is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1980-05-06	Trade #1490677 has been completed between the Boston van Beethovens and the Cincinnati Big Red Machine. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine receive George Dodson, John Whitaker, Milt Cullen from the Boston van Beethovens in exchange for Mike Ware, Yohanny Patterson, Gaylen Porter.
1979-11-01	John Whitaker now holds the league record for career on-base plus slugging percentage.
1979-11-01	John Whitaker now holds the league record for career slugging percentage.
1979-11-01	John Whitaker now holds the league record for career batting average.
1979-05-22	John Whitaker of the Boston van Beethovens is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1979-04-03	John Whitaker of the Boston van Beethovens is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1976-07-31	John Whitaker of the Boston van Beethovens is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1971-09-19	John Whitaker of the Boston van Beethovens is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.