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Ed Whitson
Eddie Lee Whitson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 4, 1977
  vs. LAD 1.3 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER
Final Game September 29, 1991
Born May 19, 1955 in Johnson City, TN

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1977 22 PIT NL   1   0   5   2   0   0   1  0   15.7   11    6    6   0    9   10   0   0    66   1   0  3.45  3.95  115 1.277
 1978 23 PIT NL   5   6  43   0   0   0  14  4   74.3   66   31   27   5   37   64   2   1   318   5   0  3.27  3.72  114 1.386
 1979 24 TOT NL   7  11  37  24   2   0   5  1  158.0  151   83   72  11   75   93   5   5   702   9   2  4.10  3.67   89 1.430
         PIT NL   2   3  19   7   0   0   4  1   57.7   53   36   28   6   36   31   1   2   263   3   1  4.37  3.93   90 1.543
         SFG NL   5   8  18  17   2   0   1  0  100.3   98   47   44   5   39   62   4   3   439   6   1  3.95  3.52   89 1.365
 1980 25 SFG NL  11  13  34  34   6   2   0  0  211.7  222   88   73   7   56   90   4   1   898   7   1  3.10  3.54  114 1.313 AS
 1981 26 SFG NL   6   9  22  22   2   1   0  0  123.0  130   61   55  10   47   65   2   3   534   5   2  4.02  3.42   85 1.439
 1982 27 CLE AL   4   2  40   9   1   1  18  2  107.7   91   43   39   6   58   61   0   4   467   3   1  3.26  4.12  126 1.384
 1983 28 SDP NL   5   7  31  21   2   0   4  1  144.3  143   73   69  23   50   81   1   2   617   1   0  4.30  3.53   82 1.337
 1984 29 SDP NL  14   8  31  31   1   0   0  0  189.0  181   72   68  16   42  103   3   3   773   1   1  3.24  3.59  111 1.180
 1985 30 NYY AL  10   8  30  30   2   2   0  0  158.7  201  100   86  19   43   89   2   1   705   0   0  4.88  4.02   83 1.538
 1986 31 TOT      6   9  31  16   0   0   6  0  112.7  139   85   78  13   60   73   0   3   526   1   0  6.23  3.80   61 1.766
         NYY AL   5   2  14   4   0   0   6  0   37.0   54   37   31   5   23   27   0   2   189   1   0  7.54  4.10   54 2.081
         SDP NL   1   7  17  12   0   0   0  0   75.7   85   48   47   8   37   46   0   1   337   0   0  5.59  3.65   65 1.612
 1987 32 SDP NL  10  13  36  34   3   1   0  0  205.7  197  113  108  36   64  135   3   2   858   3   1  4.73  3.96   84 1.269
 1988 33 SDP NL  13  11  34  33   3   1   0  0  205.3  202   93   86  17   45  118   1   2   846   1   2  3.77  3.42   91 1.203
 1989 34 SDP NL  16  11  33  33   5   1   0  0  227.0  198   77   67  22   48  117   5   2   914   6   3  2.66  3.54  133 1.084
 1990 35 SDP NL  14   9  32  32   6   3   0  0  228.7  215   73   66  13   47  127   1   2   918   8   0  2.60  3.83  148 1.146
 1991 36 SDP NL   4   6  13  12   2   0   0  0   78.7   93   47   44  13   17   40   0   1   337   3   1  5.03  3.80   75 1.398
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 15 Yr WL% .506 126 123 452 333  35  12  48  8 2240.3 2240 1045  944 211  698 1266  29  32  9479  54  14  3.79  3.70   97 1.311
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  10  39  28   3   1   4  0  194.0  194   90   81  18   60  109   2   2   821   4   1  3.79  3.70   97 1.311
 Career High     16  13  43  34   6   3  18  4  228.7  222  113  108  36   75  135   5   5   918   9   3  2.60  4.12  148 1.084
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1977 22 PIT NL   5    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1978 23 PIT NL  43   11    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .182  .182  .182    0    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1979 24 TOT NL  37   45    2    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  15  .111  .130  .111  -32    5   9   0   0   0   0
         PIT NL  19   13    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .000  .071  .000  -79    0   4   0   0   0   0
         SFG NL  18   32    1    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   0  10  .156  .156  .156  -11    5   5   0   0   0   0
 1980 25 SFG NL  34   66    2    6   0  0   0    4   0  0   1  21  .091  .104  .091  -44    6   9   0   0   0   1 AS
 1981 26 SFG NL  22   33    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   3  13  .091  .167  .091  -24    3   9   0   0   0   0
 1983 28 SDP NL  31   44    1    8   0  0   0    3   0  0   2  11  .182  .217  .182   14    8   2   0   0   0   0
 1984 29 SDP NL  36   61    0    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  12  .049  .065  .049  -68    3   6   0   0   0   0
 1986 31 TOT     17   18    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .167  .167  .167   -7    3   2   0   0   0   0
         SDP NL  17   18    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .167  .167  .167   -7    3   2   0   0   0   0
 1987 32 SDP NL  36   65    1    8   1  0   0    4   0  0   1  17  .123  .136  .138  -25    9  10   0   0   0   0
 1988 33 SDP NL  34   66    4   11   3  0   0    3   0  0   1  23  .167  .179  .212   13   14   9   0   0   0   0
 1989 34 SDP NL  36   72    4   10   4  0   0    4   0  0   5  19  .139  .195  .194   12   14   7   0   0   0   1
 1990 35 SDP NL  33   67    6   10   1  0   1    4   0  0   2  16  .149  .174  .209    5   14  13   0   0   0   1
 1991 36 SDP NL  13   24    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   6  .125  .160  .125  -19    3   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     377  576   24   72   9  0   1   27   0  0  18 169  .125  .152  .146  -16   84  79   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        248   10   31   4  0   0   12   0  0   8  73  .125  .152  .146  -16   36  34   0   0   0   1
 Career High     43   72    6   11   4  0   1    4   0  0   5  23                          14  13   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1977 22 PIT NL    4    4    0   0.0   105| .000  .272| .000  .340| .000  .414| .000  .754|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1978 23 PIT NL   12   10    0   0.0    99| .182  .268| .182  .336| .182  .394| .364  .730|   0  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1979 24 TOT NL   55   49    1   0.6    97| .111  .265| .130  .330| .111  .393| .241  .722| -32  .022  -8.2  -0.8   0%
         PIT NL   18   17    0   0.0   104| .000  .275| .071  .341| .000  .408| .071  .749| -79  .000  -3.4  -0.3   0%
         SFG NL   37   32    1   0.8    94| .156  .260| .156  .325| .156  .386| .312  .711| -11  .046  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1980 25 SFG NL   76   70    1   0.4    93| .091  .263| .104  .325| .091  .382| .195  .707| -44  .013 -12.7  -1.3   0%
 1981 26 SFG NL   45   39    1   0.7    90| .091  .260| .167  .325| .091  .373| .258  .698| -24  .037  -5.4  -0.6   0%
 1983 28 SDP NL   48   38    2   1.4    94| .182  .260| .217  .328| .182  .385| .399  .712|  14  .118  -5.2  -0.5   0%
 1984 29 SDP NL   68   64    0   0.0    94| .049  .263| .065  .328| .049  .383| .114  .711| -68  .000 -13.8  -1.5   0%
 1986 31 TOT      20   17    1   1.6    96| .167  .259| .167  .329| .167  .391| .334  .720|  -7  .138  -2.7  -0.3   0%
         SDP NL   20   17    1   1.6    96| .167  .259| .167  .329| .167  .391| .334  .720|  -7  .138  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1987 32 SDP NL   76   67    2   0.8   102| .123  .264| .136  .333| .138  .412| .274  .745| -25  .037 -11.7  -1.2   0%
 1988 33 SDP NL   76   64    3   1.3    89| .167  .255| .179  .319| .212  .374| .391  .693|  13  .109  -7.5  -0.8   0%
 1989 34 SDP NL   84   70    3   1.2    91| .139  .255| .195  .322| .194  .380| .389  .702|  12  .092  -8.4  -0.9   0%
 1990 35 SDP NL   82   71    3   1.1    99| .149  .266| .174  .332| .209  .399| .383  .731|   5  .077  -9.1  -0.9   0%
 1991 36 SDP NL   27   23    1   1.2    96| .125  .261| .160  .329| .125  .391| .285  .720| -19  .088  -4.0  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons      673  586   18   0.8    95| .125  .261| .152  .327| .146  .388| .298  .715| -16  .048 -91.3  -9.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1977 22 PIT NL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.68 1.15 1.83 1 15.7 1978 23 PIT NL P 43 3 8 1 0 .917 .948 0.26 0.72 1.34 1.91 0 74.0 1979 24 TOT NL P 37 4 21 2 2 .926 .951 0.68 0.66 1.42 1.80 24 158.0 PIT NL P 19 2 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.42 0.66 1.25 1.79 7 57.7 SFG NL P 18 2 15 2 1 .895 .950 0.94 0.66 1.53 1.80 17 100.3 1980 25 SFG NL P 34 8 27 3 0 .921 .951 1.03 0.69 1.49 1.91 34 211.7 AS 1981 26 SFG NL P 22 10 11 3 1 .875 .959 0.95 0.68 1.54 1.97 22 123.0 1982 27 CLE AL P 40 4 8 0 0 1.000 .960 0.30 0.73 1.00 1.80 9 107.7 1983 28 SDP NL P 31 4 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.32 0.68 0.62 1.92 21 144.3 1984 29 SDP NL P 31 11 35 0 3 1.000 .954 1.48 0.67 2.19 1.88 31 189.0 1985 30 NYY AL P 30 8 16 3 3 .889 .952 0.80 0.70 1.36 1.86 30 158.7 1986 31 TOT P 31 7 18 2 1 .926 .954 0.81 0.67 2.00 1.90 16 112.7 NYY AL P 14 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.43 0.68 1.46 1.82 4 37.0 SDP NL P 17 6 13 2 1 .905 .955 1.12 0.66 2.26 1.94 12 75.7 1987 32 SDP NL P 36 14 19 1 0 .971 .954 0.92 0.62 1.44 1.91 34 205.7 1988 33 SDP NL P 34 10 30 4 2 .909 .955 1.18 0.69 1.75 1.96 33 205.3 1989 34 SDP NL P 33 17 22 2 1 .951 .947 1.18 0.63 1.55 1.87 33 227.0 1990 35 SDP NL P 32 18 42 0 3 1.000 .957 1.88 0.58 2.36 1.80 32 228.7 1991 36 SDP NL P 13 5 9 0 0 1.000 .952 1.08 0.59 1.60 1.86 12 78.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1977 22 PIT NL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.68 1.15 1.83 1 15.7 1978 23 PIT NL P 43 3 8 1 0 .917 .948 0.26 0.72 1.34 1.91 0 74.0 1979 24 TOT NL P 37 4 21 2 2 .926 .951 0.68 0.66 1.42 1.80 24 158.0 PIT NL P 19 2 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.42 0.66 1.25 1.79 7 57.7 SFG NL P 18 2 15 2 1 .895 .950 0.94 0.66 1.53 1.80 17 100.3 1980 25 SFG NL P 34 8 27 3 0 .921 .951 1.03 0.69 1.49 1.91 34 211.7 1981 26 SFG NL P 22 10 11 3 1 .875 .959 0.95 0.68 1.54 1.97 22 123.0 1982 27 CLE AL P 40 4 8 0 0 1.000 .960 0.30 0.73 1.00 1.80 9 107.7 1983 28 SDP NL P 31 4 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.32 0.68 0.62 1.92 21 144.3 1984 29 SDP NL P 31 11 35 0 3 1.000 .954 1.48 0.67 2.19 1.88 31 189.0 1985 30 NYY AL P 30 8 16 3 3 .889 .952 0.80 0.70 1.36 1.86 30 158.7 1986 31 TOT P 31 7 18 2 1 .926 .954 0.81 0.67 2.00 1.90 16 112.7 NYY AL P 14 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.43 0.68 1.46 1.82 4 37.0 SDP NL P 17 6 13 2 1 .905 .955 1.12 0.66 2.26 1.94 12 75.7 1987 32 SDP NL P 36 14 19 1 0 .971 .954 0.92 0.62 1.44 1.91 34 205.7 1988 33 SDP NL P 34 10 30 4 2 .909 .955 1.18 0.69 1.75 1.96 33 205.3 1989 34 SDP NL P 33 17 22 2 1 .951 .947 1.18 0.63 1.55 1.87 33 227.0 1990 35 SDP NL P 32 18 42 0 3 1.000 .957 1.88 0.58 2.36 1.80 32 228.7 1991 36 SDP NL P 13 5 9 0 0 1.000 .952 1.08 0.59 1.60 1.86 12 78.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 452 123 274 21 16 .950 .953 0.88 0.67 1.60 1.88 332 2240.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 452 123 274 21 16 .950 .953 0.88 0.67 1.60 1.88 332 2240
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1984   NLCS  SDP CHC     W   1   1   1.12  1  0  0  0   8     5   1   2   6 
        WS    SDP DET     L   1   1  40.50  0  0  0  0   0.2   5   3   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   2   2   4.15  1  0  0  0   8.2  10   4   2   6 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1984   NLCS  SDP CHC     W   1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    SDP DET     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   2   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1980   SFG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1980

Sac. Hits
1981 NL-9-7
1987 NL-10-6
1990 NL-13-3

ERA
1980 NL-3.10-8
1989 NL-2.66-4
1990 NL-2.60-3

Wins
1984 NL-14-9
1989 NL-16-6
1990 NL-14-7

Won-Loss %
1984 NL-.636-8

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1984 NL-1.180-10
1987 NL-1.269-10
1989 NL-1.084-6
1990 NL-1.146-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1980 NL-2.38-9
1984 NL-2.00-3
1987 NL-2.80-10
1988 NL-1.97-6
1989 NL-1.90-4
1990 NL-1.85-2

Innings
1990 NL-228.7-7

Games Started
1980 NL-34-9
1987 NL-34-8
1989 NL-33-7

Comp. Games
1990 NL-6-8

Shutouts
1985 AL-2-9
1990 NL-3-3

Home Runs Allow.
1983 NL-23-3
1987 NL-36-1
1989 NL-22-3

Hits Allowed
1990 NL-215-10

SO to Walk
1984 NL-2.45-9
1990 NL-2.70-7

Losses
1980 NL-13-9
1981 NL-9-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1987 NL-108-6

Hit Batsmen
1979 NL-5-10
1980 NL-4-10

Batters Faced
1990 NL-918-8

Adjusted ERA+
1980 NL-114-10
1989 NL-133-4
1990 NL-148-3

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 49 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 11.0 (708) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 10.0 (908) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

June 28, 1979: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Fred Breining and Al Holland to the San Francisco Giants for Bill Madlock, Len Randle, and Dave Roberts.

November 14, 1981: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Cleveland Indians for Duane Kuiper.

November 18, 1982: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the San Diego Padres for Juan Eichelberger and Broderick Perkins.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

December 27, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

July 9, 1986: Traded by the New York Yankees to the San Diego Padres for Tim Stoddard.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985New York Yankees$800,000
1986New York Yankees$800,000
1987San Diego Padres$800,000
1988San Diego Padres$1,000,000
1989San Diego Padres$1,050,000
1990San Diego Padres$1,125,000
1991San Diego Padres$1,325,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,900,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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