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: 19-13 / in Starts: 19-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1990 Pitching Game Log

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1990 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	408	5	Apr 13	SDP	@	SFG	W,8-3	GS-6		99	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.00	2.47	24	77	51	12	5	9	9	5	2	0	54			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.24	0.086	1.90	0.08%	0.70	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
2	409	10	Apr 20	SDP		SFG	W,9-2	CG	W(1-0)	6	9.0	9	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.40	2.27	35	86	67	14	7	9	23	7	4	0	64			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.194	1.07	0.18%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
3	410	15	Apr 25	SDP		CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.50	2.43	31	100	70	16	9	12	16	5	1	0	74			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.522	1.61	0.46%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
4	411	20	May 1	SDP		STL	L,1-2	GS-8	L(2-1)	5	8.0	5	2	2	5	6	1	0	1.69	3.03	34	127	75	22	8	10	13	4	5	0	65			0	0	0	27	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.42	0.086	1.62	0.06%	1.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
5	412	24	May 6	SDP	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	8	3	3	0	1	1	0	1.98	3.25	35	84	63	11	7	14	20	11	2	0	60			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.166	.40	0.11%	1.57	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a5
6	413	29	May 11	SDP		MON	W,5-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	2	2	6	1	1	2.06	3.39	29	105	71	12	13	11	8	3	2	1	61			1	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.099	1.18	0.06%	0.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
7	414	34	May 16	SDP		PHI	L,5-6	GS-6	L(3-2)	4	6.0	5	4	4	2	6	1	0	2.50	3.46	26	83	57	12	7	5	13	4	4	0	50			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	1	1	.53	-0.193	.49	-0.11%	-1.16	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
8	415	38	May 22	SDP	@	MON	L,1-6	GS-4	L(3-3)	5	4.0	9	5	5	0	3	1	0	3.10	3.53	21	65	43	9	6	7	11	5	1	0	27			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.330	.54	-0.17%	-3.20	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
9	416	43	May 27	SDP	@	NYM	W,8-4	GS-7	W(4-3)	4	7.0	6	2	2	1	3	2	0	3.05	3.81	28	101	71	14	7	8	16	3	6	0	59			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.22	0.095	.82	0.04%	1.29	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
10	417	48	Jun 2	SDP		ATL	W,9-0	SHO	W(5-3)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.68	3.54	33	108	79	20	16	8	17	2	3	0	83			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.188	.38	0.11%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
11	418	53	Jun 8	SDP		LAD	W,12-6	GS-6		5	5.1	4	4	4	1	3	2	0	2.95	3.78	20	60	40	11	6	8	8	3	0	0	46			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.048	1.02	-0.04%	-1.41	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out a1
12	419	57	Jun 13	SDP		SFG	L,0-6	GS-8	L(5-4)	4	8.0	6	6	2	1	3	1	0	2.89	3.80	33	104	67	10	12	17	11	3	1	1	56			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	2	.83	-0.066	1.42	-0.07%	-2.21	1t start tie	8t 3 out d6
13	420	62	Jun 18	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS-7	L(5-5)	4	7.0	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.86	3.82	26	89	61	17	7	7	13	2	0	1	64			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.069	.74	0.04%	1.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
14	421	65	Jun 23	SDP	@	ATL	W,7-5	GS-6	W(6-5)	4	6.0	9	3	3	1	4	0	0	2.96	3.71	27	80	58	8	6	7	15	7	4	0	45			1	0	0	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.070	1.19	0.04%	-0.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
15	422	70	Jun 28	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS-6		4	6.0	5	1	1	5	4	0	0	2.88	3.72	27	91	52	16	7	8	10	3	1	0	57			1	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.51	0.166	1.14	0.08%	1.73	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	423	75	Jul 3	SDP		PIT	L,3-5	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.86	3.62	26	79	55	11	10	7	14	2	5	0	62			0	1	0	24	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.19	0.112	.51	0.03%	1.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
17	424	80	Jul 8	SDP		STL	L,1-4	GS-8	L(6-6)	4	8.0	9	3	3	0	3	0	0	2.89	3.52	30	85	59	8	6	13	14	5	5	0	55			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	1	0	.78	-0.053	.16	-0.01%	0.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
18	425	84	Jul 15	SDP	@	PIT	W,4-1	GS-7	W(7-6)	6	7.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.81	3.46	25	86	55	15	7	11	8	1	2	0	67			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	1	0	.94	0.284	.09	0.02%	2.16	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a2
19	426	89	Jul 20	SDP	@	STL	L,2-4	GS-7	L(7-7)	4	7.0	10	4	4	1	1	0	0	2.93	3.44	30	74	58	10	8	16	12	9	1	0	41			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.209	.02	0.00%	-0.71	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
20	427	94	Jul 25(1)	SDP		CIN	W,2-1	GS-8	W(8-7)	4	7.1	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.84	3.35	29	90	61	9	12	15	10	3	4	0	66			1	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.53	0.276	.02	0.00%	2.14	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a1
21	428	100	Jul 30	SDP		ATL	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	1	0	5	0	0	2.77	3.26	25	81	59	10	13	7	13	4	1	0	68			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.149	.02	0.00%	1.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
22	429	105	Aug 4	SDP	@	CIN	W,7-3	GS-7		4	7.0	10	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.76	3.31	31	103	68	14	14	12	13	7	1	0	51			2	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.161	.09	0.01%	1.45	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a1
23	430	111	Aug 10	SDP	@	HOU	W,2-0	GS-9	W(9-7)	5	8.1	7	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.62	3.26	33	120	85	19	17	14	12	4	0	0	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.393	.10	0.02%	3.24	1b start a 2	9b 12- 1 out a2
24	431	116	Aug 16	SDP		MON	W,3-2	GS-9		5	9.0	8	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.53	3.19	35	120	80	24	12	18	11	4	0	0	71			2	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.53	0.487	.06	0.01%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
25	432	121	Aug 21	SDP		NYM	W,7-0	SHO	W(10-7)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.41	3.11	34	98	74	17	16	10	18	7	2	0	79			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.129	.03	0.01%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
26	433	126	Aug 27	SDP	@	MON	W,4-1	GS-9	W(11-7)	5	8.2	9	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.35	3.07	34	121	83	26	5	12	17	3	2	0	65			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	0	.95	0.267	.02	0.00%	2.32	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
27	434	132	Sep 2	SDP	@	PHI	W,9-1	GS-7	W(12-7)	5	7.0	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.31	3.08	28	75	51	11	5	15	10	2	2	0	60			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.123	.00	0.00%	2.26	1b start tie	7b 3 out a8
28	435	137	Sep 7	SDP		ATL	L,1-4	GS-6	L(12-8)	4	6.0	6	4	3	2	3	0	0	2.37	3.07	24	88	61	9	14	7	12	7	1	0	47			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	2	1	0	.93	-0.218	.00	0.00%	-1.16	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
29	436	142	Sep 12	SDP		LAD	L,3-10	GS-7		4	7.0	9	3	3	2	7	1	0	2.42	3.09	29	101	67	16	14	11	9	3	0	0	52			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.058	.00	0.00%	0.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
30	437	147	Sep 18	SDP	@	HOU	W,8-1	GS-7	W(13-8)	5	7.0	6	1	1	4	3	0	0	2.39	3.11	28	103	65	15	12	7	14	5	2	0	60			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	.77	0.177	.00	0.00%	2.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out a7
31	438	153	Sep 23	SDP		CIN	L,2-9	GS-5	L(13-9)	4	4.0	10	7	7	2	4	0	0	2.63	3.09	23	75	52	12	12	9	8	5	0	0	16			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.336	.00	0.00%	-5.45	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d6
32	439	158	Sep 29	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG(6)	W(14-9)	5	6.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.60	3.07	25	99	64	14	11	8	10	3	3	0	59			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.207	.00	0.00%	1.96	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
							19-13		W-L:14-9	4.5	228.2	215	73	66	47	127	13	1	2.60	3.07	918	2958	68%	15%	11%	0.81		19%	9%	3	58		---%	12	7	0	855	41	1	8	16	6	7	.97	2.995	.52	0.95%	33.04

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