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Fred Lynn League
5-19-2074
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 A 
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B+ Velocity F    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 B  WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (98.8%) CF ---   Health B  LCS Appearances 1
3B B  (63.4%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1964 DET-WAS-CLE
52
196
19
42
7
0
5
28
19
 41 0 2
3
 1 10
.608
.281
.327
.112
.214
1965 CLE
64
209
26
48
4
0
8
40
16
 47 1 2
0
 3 2
.649
.285
.364
.134
.230
1966 CLE
118
421
49
105
18
0
9
51
25
 89 1 1
6
 1 6
.649
.292
.356
.107
.249
1967 CLE
149
541
78
149
23
3
22
89
48
 109 1 3
5
 6 4
.785
.334
.451
.176
.275
1968 CLE
152
493
70
119
29
1
22
82
60
 82 1 3
5
 0 2
.761
.323
.438
.197
.241
1969 CLE
149
545
74
148
25
3
16
75
54
 108 3 5
8
 4 1
.754
.338
.417
.145
.272
1970 CLE
148
581
83
158
18
6
19
100
54
 124 6 6
5
 3 14
.759
.337
.422
.150
.272
1971 CLE
147
485
57
117
17
0
25
87
42
 88 1 4
5
 1 4
.732
.301
.431
.190
.241
1972 CLE
148
577
86
164
19
2
31
130
57
 102 1 12
8
 4 6
.828
.343
.485
.201
.284
1973 CLE
148
580
83
170
32
4
22
99
52
 120 3 4
8
 3 8
.828
.352
.476
.183
.293
1974 CLE
128
388
67
109
17
5
21
69
36
 71 2 3
6
 4 3
.856
.343
.513
.232
.281
1975 CLE
82
129
20
36
8
3
5
28
9
 28 0 3
3
 0 2
.823
.319
.504
.225
.279
1976 CLE
36
85
10
18
4
0
4
14
4
 12 0 2
0
 0 0
.642
.242
.400
.188
.212
Total
1521
5230
722
1383
221
27
209
892
476
 1021 20 50
62
 30 62
.762
.325
.437
.172
.264
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.