Ed Whitson was born on Thursday, May 19, 1955, in Johnson City, Tennessee. Whitson was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 4, 1977, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ed Whitson baseball stats page.
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Ed WhitsonEd Whitson Autograph on a 1987 Fleer Baseball Card (#434 | Checklist) |
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Ed WhitsonEd Whitson Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1977 | 22 | Pirates | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 66 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
1978 | 23 | Pirates | 43 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 74.1 | 318 | 66 | 27 | 31 | 5 | 37 | 5 | 64 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - |
1979 | 24 | Pirates | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57.2 | 263 | 53 | 28 | 36 | 6 | 36 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
1979 | 24 | Giants | 18 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.95 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.1 | 439 | 98 | 44 | 47 | 5 | 39 | 6 | 62 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - |
1980 | 25 | Giants | 34 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 211.2 | 898 | 222 | 73 | 88 | 7 | 56 | 7 | 90 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
1981 | 26 | Giants | 22 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.02 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 123.0 | 534 | 130 | 55 | 61 | 10 | 47 | 5 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
1982 | 27 | Indians | 40 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 107.2 | 467 | 91 | 39 | 43 | 6 | 58 | 3 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - |
1983 | 28 | Padres | 31 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 144.1 | 617 | 143 | 69 | 73 | 23 | 50 | 1 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - |
1984 | 29 | Padres | 31 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3.24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 189.0 | 773 | 181 | 68 | 72 | 16 | 42 | 1 | 103 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
1985 | 30 | Yankees | 30 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.88 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 158.2 | 705 | 201 | 86 | 100 | 19 | 43 | 0 | 89 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1986 | 31 | Yankees | 14 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 7.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 189 | 54 | 31 | 37 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
1986 | 31 | Padres | 17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.2 | 337 | 85 | 47 | 48 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
1987 | 32 | Padres | 36 | 34 | 0 | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.73 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 205.2 | 858 | 197 | 108 | 113 | 36 | 64 | 3 | 135 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - |
1988 | 33 | Padres | 34 | 33 | 0 | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3.77 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 205.1 | 846 | 202 | 86 | 93 | 17 | 45 | 1 | 118 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
1989 | 34 | Padres | 33 | 33 | 0 | 16 | 11 | .593 | 2.66 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 227.0 | 914 | 198 | 67 | 77 | 22 | 48 | 6 | 117 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
1990 | 35 | Padres | 32 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.60 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 228.2 | 918 | 215 | 66 | 73 | 13 | 47 | 8 | 127 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1991 | 36 | Padres | 13 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.03 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 78.2 | 337 | 93 | 44 | 47 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
15 Years | 452 | 333 | 48 | 126 | 123 | .506 | 3.79 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 2,240.1 | 9,479 | 2,240 | 944 | 1,045 | 211 | 698 | 54 | 1,266 | 32 | 29 | 14 | 0 |
Ed WhitsonEd Whitson Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1977 | 22 | Pirates | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1978 | 23 | Pirates | 43 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 |
1979 | 24 | Pirates | 19 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .071 | .000 |
1979 | 24 | Giants | 18 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .156 | .156 |
1980 | 25 | Giants | 34 | 66 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 | .104 | .091 |
1981 | 26 | Giants | 22 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .167 | .091 |
1982 | 27 | Indians | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1983 | 28 | Padres | 31 | 44 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .217 | .182 |
1984 | 29 | Padres | 36 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .049 | .065 | .049 |
1985 | 30 | Yankees | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1986 | 31 | Yankees | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1986 | 31 | Padres | 17 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 |
1987 | 32 | Padres | 36 | 65 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .123 | .136 | .138 |
1988 | 33 | Padres | 34 | 66 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .179 | .212 |
1989 | 34 | Padres | 36 | 72 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .139 | .195 | .194 |
1990 | 35 | Padres | 33 | 67 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .149 | .174 | .209 |
1991 | 36 | Padres | 13 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .160 | .125 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
15 Years | 461 | 576 | 24 | 72 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 169 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .152 | .146 |
Ed WhitsonEd Whitson Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1977 Pirates | P | 5 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.15 |
1978 Pirates | P | 43 | 0 | 223 | 12 | 0.3 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .917 | 1.33 |
1979 Pirates | P | 19 | 7 | 173 | 8 | 0.4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.25 |
1979 Giants | P | 18 | 17 | 301 | 19 | 1.1 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .895 | 1.52 |
1980 Giants | P | 34 | 34 | 635 | 38 | 1.1 | 35 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .921 | 1.49 |
1981 Giants | P | 22 | 22 | 369 | 24 | 1.1 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .875 | 1.54 |
1982 Indians | P | 40 | 9 | 323 | 12 | 0.3 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.00 |
1983 Padres | P | 31 | 21 | 433 | 10 | 0.3 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.62 |
1984 Padres | P | 31 | 31 | 567 | 46 | 1.5 | 46 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.19 |
1985 Yankees | P | 30 | 30 | 476 | 27 | 0.9 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .889 | 1.36 |
1986 Yankees | P | 14 | 4 | 111 | 6 | 0.4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.46 |
1986 Padres | P | 17 | 12 | 227 | 21 | 1.2 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .905 | 2.26 |
1987 Padres | P | 36 | 34 | 617 | 34 | 0.9 | 33 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 1.44 |
1988 Padres | P | 34 | 33 | 616 | 44 | 1.3 | 40 | 10 | 30 | 4 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .909 | 1.75 |
1989 Padres | P | 33 | 33 | 681 | 41 | 1.2 | 39 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .951 | 1.55 |
1990 Padres | P | 32 | 32 | 686 | 60 | 1.9 | 60 | 18 | 42 | 0 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.36 |
1991 Padres | P | 13 | 12 | 236 | 14 | 1.1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.60 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
P Totals | 452 | 333 | 6,721 | 418 | 0.9 | 397 | 123 | 274 | 21 | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .950 | 1.59 | |
15 Years | 452 | 333 | 6,721 | 418 | 0.9 | 397 | 123 | 274 | 21 | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .950 | 1.59 |
Ed WhitsonEd Whitson Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1977 Pirates | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.11 | 5.74 | 5.17 |
1978 Pirates | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 1.73 | 7.75 | 4.48 |
1979 Pirates | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.86 | 4.84 | 5.62 |
1979 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.2 | 16.0 | 1.59 | 5.56 | 3.50 |
1980 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.1 | 16.5 | 1.61 | 3.83 | 2.38 |
1981 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.5 | 33.0 | 1.38 | 4.76 | 3.44 |
1982 Indians | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.05 | 5.10 | 4.85 |
1983 Padres | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.0 | 14.7 | 1.62 | 5.05 | 3.12 |
1984 Padres | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 5 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.1 | 61.0 | 2.45 | 4.90 | 2.00 |
1985 Yankees | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.07 | 5.05 | 2.44 |
1986 Yankees | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.17 | 6.57 | 5.59 |
1986 Padres | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 1.24 | 5.47 | 4.40 |
1987 Padres | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.8 | 16.3 | 2.11 | 5.91 | 2.80 |
1988 Padres | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.9 | 22.0 | 2.62 | 5.17 | 1.97 |
1989 Padres | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.8 | 18.0 | 2.44 | 4.64 | 1.90 |
1990 Padres | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | n/a | 67.0 | 4.2 | 16.8 | 2.70 | 5.00 | 1.85 |
1991 Padres | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.0 | 24.0 | 2.35 | 4.58 | 1.94 |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
15 Years | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 576.0 | 3.4 | 21.3 | 1.81 | 5.09 | 2.80 |
Ed WhitsonEd Whitson Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1977 Pittsburgh Pirates | 46 | $19,000.00 | - | - |
1978 Pittsburgh Pirates | 31 | $21,000.00 | - | - |
1979 Pittsburgh Pirates | 31 | $21,000.00 | - | - |
1979 San Francisco Giants | 32 | $21,000.00 | - | - |
1980 San Francisco Giants | 32 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
1981 San Francisco Giants | 32 | Undetermined | - | - |
1982 Cleveland Indians | 32 | Undetermined | - | - |
1983 San Diego Padres | 31 | Undetermined | - | - |
1984 San Diego Padres | 31 | Undetermined | - | Stats |
1985 New York Yankees | 38 | $800,000.00 | - | - |
1986 New York Yankees | 38 | $800,000.00 | - | - |
1986 San Diego Padres | 32 | " " | - | - |
1987 San Diego Padres | 31 | $800,000.00 | - | - |
1988 San Diego Padres | 31 | $1,000,000.00 | - | - |
1989 San Diego Padres | 31 | $1,050,000.00 | - | - |
1990 San Diego Padres | 31 | $1,125,000.00 | - | - |
1991 San Diego Padres | 31 | $1,325,000.00 | - | - |
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