Ernie Whitt

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: June 13, 1952 in Detroit, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 15th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Macomb Community College (Warren, MI).

High School: Roseville HS (Roseville, MI)

School: Macomb Community College (Warren, MI)

Debut: September 12, 1976 (Age 24-091d, 13,811th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 3, 1991 (Age 39-020d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Himself, Richard Box

Full Name: Leo Ernest Whitt

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.3

3774

938

134

.249

447

RBI

534

OBP

.324

SLG

.410

OPS

.734

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 10	TOR	@	KCR	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
2	3	Apr 11	TOR	@	KCR	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
3	4	Apr 12	TOR	@	BAL	L,2-7	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
4	5	Apr 13	TOR	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	6	Apr 14	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
6	8 (1)	Apr 17	TOR		TEX	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
7	9	Apr 18	TOR		TEX	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
8	10	Apr 19	TOR		BAL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
9	11	Apr 20	TOR		BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	12	Apr 21	TOR		BAL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	15 (2)	Apr 24	TOR		KCR	W,10-2	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	16	Apr 26	TOR	@	TEX	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
13	17	Apr 27	TOR	@	TEX	W,9-8	CG	50	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	20 (2)	Apr 30	TOR	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	21	May 1	TOR	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	22	May 2	TOR	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS	24	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
17	23	May 3	TOR	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
18	26 (2)	May 7	TOR		OAK	W,10-1	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
19	27	May 8	TOR		OAK	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	8	2	1	11	0	C
20	28	May 10	TOR		SEA	W,8-3	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
21	30 (1)	May 12	TOR		SEA	W,9-5	GS	33	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
22	31	May 14	TOR		CAL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
23	32	May 15	TOR		CAL	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
24	34 (1)	May 18	TOR	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
25	36 (1)	May 20	TOR		CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	37	May 21	TOR		CHW	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
27	38	May 22	TOR		CHW	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	39	May 23	TOR	@	CLE	W,6-5	GF	17	4.0	3	0	2	5	0	PH C
29	40	May 24	TOR	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
30	41	May 25	TOR	@	CLE	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
31	43 (1)	May 28	TOR	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
32	44	May 29	TOR	@	CHW	L,5-8	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
33	45	May 31	TOR		CLE	W,7-2	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	46	Jun 1	TOR		CLE	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
35	48 (1)	Jun 2 (2)	TOR		CLE	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	50 (1)	Jun 5	TOR		MIN	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	51	Jun 6	TOR		DET	W,2-0	GS	34	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	52	Jun 7	TOR		DET	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	53	Jun 8	TOR		DET	L,1-10	GS	34	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
40	54	Jun 9	TOR		DET	L,3-8	GS	35	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
41	56 (1)	Jun 11	TOR	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
42	57	Jun 12	TOR	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
43	58	Jun 13	TOR	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
44	59	Jun 14	TOR	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
45	60	Jun 15	TOR	@	BOS	L,5-7	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
46	61	Jun 16	TOR	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
47	62	Jun 17	TOR	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
48	63	Jun 18	TOR	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	64	Jun 19	TOR	@	MIL	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
50	65	Jun 20	TOR		BOS	W,6-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
51	67 (1)	Jun 22	TOR		BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	68	Jun 23	TOR		BOS	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	69	Jun 25	TOR		MIL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	70	Jun 26	TOR		MIL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	72 (1)	Jun 28	TOR	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
56	73	Jun 29	TOR	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
57	74	Jun 30	TOR	@	DET	W,6-5	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	75	Jul 1	TOR		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
59	76	Jul 2	TOR		NYY	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
60	77	Jul 3	TOR		NYY	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	78	Jul 4	TOR	@	OAK	L,2-3	GF	15	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
62	80 (1)	Jul 6	TOR	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
63	81	Jul 7	TOR	@	OAK	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
64	82	Jul 8	TOR	@	SEA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	83	Jul 9	TOR	@	SEA	W,9-4	GF	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
66	84	Jul 10	TOR	@	SEA	W,11-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	85	Jul 11	TOR	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	86	Jul 12	TOR	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	87	Jul 13	TOR	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	88	Jul 14	TOR	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	89	Jul 18	TOR		OAK	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
72	90	Jul 19	TOR		OAK	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
73	91	Jul 20	TOR		OAK	L,1-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
74	92	Jul 21	TOR		OAK	W,11-4	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
75	94 (1)	Jul 23	TOR		SEA	W,4-2	GS	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
76	96 (1)	Jul 25	TOR		CAL	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	97	Jul 26	TOR		CAL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
78	98	Jul 27	TOR		CAL	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
79	99	Jul 28	TOR		CAL	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
80	100	Jul 29	TOR	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
81	101	Jul 30	TOR	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	12	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
82	102	Jul 31	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	103	Aug 1	TOR	@	BAL	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
84	104	Aug 2	TOR		TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	106 (1)	Aug 4	TOR		TEX	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
86	107	Aug 8 (1)	TOR		BAL	W,7-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
87	108	Aug 8 (2)	TOR		BAL	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
88	109	Aug 9	TOR	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
89	110	Aug 10	TOR	@	KCR	L,3-4	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
90	111	Aug 11	TOR	@	KCR	W,5-3	GF	13	3.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	112	Aug 12	TOR	@	TEX	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
92	113	Aug 13	TOR	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
93	114	Aug 14	TOR	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
94	116 (1)	Aug 17	TOR		KCR	L,2-4	GS	23	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
95	117	Aug 18	TOR		KCR	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
96	118	Aug 19	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
97	119	Aug 20	TOR	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
98	120	Aug 21	TOR	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
99	122 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	TOR	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
100	123	Aug 24	TOR	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
101	125 (1)	Aug 26	TOR	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
102	126	Aug 27	TOR	@	MIN	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
103	127	Aug 28	TOR	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
104	128	Aug 30	TOR		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
105	129	Aug 31	TOR		CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	131 (1)	Sep 2	TOR		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
107	132	Sep 4	TOR		CLE	L,4-5	GS	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
108	133	Sep 5	TOR		MIN	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
109	134	Sep 6	TOR		MIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
110	135	Sep 7	TOR		MIN	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
111	136	Sep 8	TOR		MIN	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
112	137	Sep 9	TOR		DET	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
113	138	Sep 10	TOR		DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
114	139	Sep 11	TOR		DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
115	140	Sep 12	TOR	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
116	141	Sep 13	TOR	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
117	142	Sep 14	TOR	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
118	143	Sep 15	TOR	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
119	144	Sep 17	TOR	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
120	145	Sep 18	TOR	@	BOS	L,1-13	GS	27	4.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
121	146	Sep 20	TOR		MIL	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
122	147	Sep 21	TOR		MIL	W,2-1	CG	56	14.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
123	148	Sep 22	TOR		MIL	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
124	149	Sep 23	TOR		MIL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
125	150	Sep 24	TOR		BOS	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
126	151	Sep 25	TOR		BOS	L,2-4	GS	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
127	152	Sep 26	TOR		BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
128	154 (1)	Sep 28	TOR	@	MIL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
129	155	Sep 29	TOR	@	MIL	W,13-5	GS	24	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
130	156	Oct 1	TOR	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
131	157	Oct 2	TOR	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
132	158	Oct 3	TOR	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
133	159	Oct 4	TOR		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
134	160	Oct 5	TOR		NYY	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
							134gm		1031.2	649	38	8	695	6