Ed Whitson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: May 19, 1955 in Johnson City, TN us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Unicoi County HS (Erwin, TN).

High School: Unicoi County HS (Erwin, TN)

Debut: September 4, 1977 (Age 22-108d, 13,941st in major league history)
vs. LAD 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1991 (Age 36-133d)
vs. CIN 0.1 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Eddie Lee Whitson

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.2

126

123

ERA

3.79

452

333

2240.0

1266

WHIP

1.312

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-13 / in Starts: 9-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	120	2	Apr 10	SFG		SDP	L,2-4	GS-7		99	6.2	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.70	2.15	26	8	9	2	0	5	58			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.002	.97	0.00%	0.57	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out tie
2	121	7	Apr 15	SFG		LAD	L,2-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	4	5.0	8	4	3	1	5	0	0	3.86	1.74	23	6	3	0	0	8	41			1	3	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.257	.73	-0.11%	-1.89	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
3	122	13	Apr 22	SFG	@	SDP	L,0-4	GS-6	L(0-2)	6	5.2	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.12	1.62	24	7	5	1	0	6	57			1	0	0	23	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.24	0.090	.82	0.04%	1.25	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d1
4	123	18	Apr 26(2)	SFG		ATL	W,8-5	GS-5		3	5.0	5	4	4	4	2	2	0	4.03	3.36	24	3	10	1	0	5	39			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.238	.43	-0.07%	-1.89	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	124	23	May 2(2)	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-3)	5	7.0	3	2	2	1	5	2	0	3.68	3.83	24	8	7	0	0	3	67			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.021	.44	0.01%	1.17	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
6	125	27	May 6	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-4	GS-5		3	4.1	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.48	3.55	20	2	6	0	0	5	52			1	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.056	.59	-0.02%	-0.36	1b start a 1	5b 123 1 out a2
7	126	32	May 10(2)	SFG	@	MON	L,0-4	GS-7	L(0-4)	3	6.2	7	4	4	2	3	1	1	3.79	3.79	30	10	7	2	0	7	45			1	0	0	26	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.17	-0.058	.69	-0.02%	-1.24	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d4
8	127	36	May 15	SFG		MON	W,4-2	GS-7	W(1-4)	4	6.1	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.66	3.59	28	9	6	0	0	7	53			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.076	.46	0.02%	0.85	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a3
9	128	43	May 23	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-5	GS-5	L(1-5)	7	4.2	7	4	4	6	2	0	0	4.03	3.77	27	6	6	0	0	7	30			1	0	0	19	3	0	2	0	1	0	.99	-0.274	.56	-0.09%	-2.66	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d3
10	129	47	May 28	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS-6		4	5.1	5	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.97	3.80	25	6	8	0	0	5	48			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.001	.54	0.00%	0.17	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 1 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	130	52	Jun 2	SFG		CIN	W,15-7	GS-5	W(2-5)	4	5.0	6	5	5	1	2	1	1	4.38	3.95	23	6	7	2	0	6	36			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.180	.18	0.04%	-2.89	1t start tie	5t 3 out a6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	131	63	Aug 14(1)	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-5)	72	9.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.82	3.79	29	12	11	0	1	4	79			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	.87	0.405	1.03	0.29%	3.97	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
13	132	68	Aug 18	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-2	GS-6	W(4-5)	3	5.1	4	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.67	3.77	22	7	6	0	0	4	55			0	1	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.125	1.26	0.09%	1.22	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a3
14	133	72	Aug 23	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-6		4	5.2	6	5	5	2	5	0	0	3.97	3.64	24	6	5	0	0	6	40			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.129	1.89	-0.12%	-0.71	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out tie
15	134	77	Aug 28	SFG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3.57	3.47	31	9	15	0	0	4	80			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.261	.74	0.20%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	135	81	Sep 2	SFG		STL	L,2-5	GS-5	L(5-6)	4	5.0	7	3	2	0	1	0	0	3.57	3.40	20	10	2	0	0	7	44			0	1	0	20	2	0	0	2	0	0	.92	-0.147	1.74	-0.17%	-0.89	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
17	136	86	Sep 7	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-5	GS-3	L(5-7)	4	2.2	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.84	3.53	14	4	2	0	1	6	30			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.258	2.50	-0.36%	-2.83	1b start tie	3b --- 2 out d4
18	137	90	Sep 12	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-5	GS-4	L(5-8)	4	3.1	6	4	4	3	1	0	0	4.07	3.56	19	6	3	0	0	6	30			2	0	0	16	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	-0.241	2.28	-0.33%	-3.17	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d4
19	138	95	Sep 17	SFG		CIN	L,0-1	GS-8		4	8.0	9	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.78	3.54	33	10	9	2	1	9	63			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.509	2.44	0.56%	3.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
20	139	99	Sep 22	SFG		LAD	W,5-2	GS-7	W(6-8)	4	6.2	7	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.71	3.56	29	5	10	2	1	7	55			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.142	.47	0.04%	0.67	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a2
21	140	103	Sep 26	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-5	GS-1		3	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.87	3.59	3	0	0	0	0	2	37			0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.256	.78	-0.08%	-2.32	1b start a 2	1b 1-3 0 out a1
22	141	107	Sep 30	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-9	GS-7	L(6-9)	3	6.2	11	8	5	6	6	2	0	4.02	3.80	36	2	11	3	0	11	26			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	1	1	.60	-0.256	.09	-0.02%	-5.35	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out d7
							9-13		W-L:6-9	4.0	123.0	130	61	55	47	65	10	2	4.02	3.80	534	0.96		5%	1%	130	48		---%	12	6	0	477	21	4	5	10	2	5	1.00	-0.358	.94	-0.10%	-10.12

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