2B Lou 'Sweet Lou' Whitaker #28
Age: 41 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
02/24/1999
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2B LOU 'SWEET LOU' WHITAKER #28 - AGE: 41 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
6 17 3 0 0 0 1 1 10 .176 .222 .176 0 -0.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 26 20 27 26
Gap 29 21 31 29
Power 42 35 44 42
Eye 58 50 60 58
Avoid K's 28 26 29 28
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 45 1
Errors: - 37 4
Arm: 1 51 4
Turn DP: - 60 -
Ability: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 38 Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 18
Stealing Ability: 81
Baserunning Inst.: 41
Sacrifice Bunt: 8
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Lou is not happy unless he's not happy. Not a good clubhouse presence.
Personality Class: Disruptive
High: Greed
Low: Leader, Loyalty, Work Ethic
Birthday:05/12/1957
Born in:Brooklyn, NY
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:170 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:20 Years, None
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:20 Years, 52 Days
Pro Service:22 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
BAD BOYZ LEAGUE 1998 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 6 17 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 .176 .222 .176 .399 .186 .000 29
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 4 18 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 0.98 -0.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Versus Right   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Year   17 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 0 0 0 .176 .222 .176 .399
Career   17 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 0 0 0 .176 .222 .176 .399
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1980 Kansas City - PBL 23 150 521 126 20 6 3 56 61 63 1 6 72 21 14 .242 .321 .321 .642 85 82 2.5
1981 Kansas City - PBL 24 157 521 128 28 5 6 49 72 80 2 2 58 2 5 .246 .347 .353 .700 104 100 4.1
1982 Kansas City - PBL 25 157 554 116 20 3 7 56 40 41 0 6 66 6 4 .209 .261 .294 .555 63 59 0.8
1983 Seattle - PBL 26 145 541 143 18 3 11 79 68 54 0 8 72 13 4 .264 .327 .370 .696 100 103 4.7
1984 Seattle - PBL 27 110 393 100 15 1 8 41 38 39 0 0 88 0 0 .254 .322 .359 .681 94 95 2.3
1984 Houston - PBL 27 38 144 39 12 0 9 23 20 10 0 1 24 3 0 .271 .316 .542 .858 152 142 1.6
1984 Total - PBL 27 148 537 139 27 1 17 64 58 49 0 1 112 3 0 .259 .320 .408 .728 109 108 3.8
1985 Houston - PBL 28 118 472 126 25 6 7 61 64 47 0 2 28 3 14 .267 .332 .390 .722 103 101 3.2
1986 Houston - PBL 29 92 329 82 15 5 2 32 43 37 0 4 35 3 6 .249 .322 .343 .665 94 86 1.8
1987 Houston - PBL 30 35 126 32 9 1 2 10 19 17 0 2 13 2 2 .254 .338 .389 .727 108 103 1.0
1987 Montreal - PBL 30 112 422 133 19 7 5 61 54 43 0 5 32 4 6 .315 .374 .429 .803 121 123 5.6
1987 Total - PBL 30 147 548 165 28 8 7 71 73 60 0 7 45 6 8 .301 .366 .420 .786 118 118 6.6
1988 Montreal - PBL 31 153 566 163 35 4 6 75 84 74 2 4 65 2 2 .288 .370 .396 .766 105 110 6.0
1989 Montreal - PBL 32 115 428 77 15 2 3 42 43 48 0 6 36 0 0 .180 .259 .245 .505 48 49 1.2
1989 Boston - PBL 32 22 76 17 4 1 0 10 5 3 0 0 7 0 0 .224 .253 .303 .556 60 61 0.6
1989 Total - PBL 32 137 504 94 19 3 3 52 48 51 0 6 43 0 0 .187 .258 .254 .512 50 51 1.8
1990 Boston - PBL 33 151 547 117 20 1 7 45 53 63 1 0 46 2 2 .214 .296 .293 .589 75 79 5.3
1991 Boston - PBL 34 151 615 174 38 3 23 108 120 85 0 3 44 2 1 .283 .368 .467 .835 108 112 6.1
1992 Boston - PBL 35 149 572 160 31 0 27 96 99 98 1 2 64 4 5 .280 .385 .476 .860 110 114 4.9
1993 Boston - PBL 36 149 526 125 23 0 14 68 75 63 3 7 78 1 5 .238 .319 .361 .680 83 83 2.8
1994 Boston - PBL 37 148 502 123 31 3 14 56 70 46 0 4 74 4 2 .245 .306 .402 .709 82 84 2.5
1995 Boston - PBL 38 149 530 130 24 2 19 55 72 54 1 2 73 8 1 .245 .315 .406 .721 91 93 3.3
1996 Texas - PBL 39 66 187 44 5 1 7 25 22 8 1 2 31 3 0 .235 .268 .385 .653 80 79 0.7
Total PBL 2367 8572 2155 407 54 180 1048 1122 973 12 66 1006 83 73 .251 .326 .374 .701 93 93 60.9
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1998 Richmond - AAA 41 6 17 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 10 0 0 .176 .222 .176 .399 24 29 -0.1
Total BBL 6 17 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 10 0 0 .176 .222 .176 .399 24 29
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1983 Seattle - PBL 26 17 58 14 3 0 0 7 2 6 0 0 6 2 0 .241 .313 .293 .606 75 82 2.2
1984 Houston - PBL 27 5 15 4 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 .267 .421 .467 .888 168 165 0.5
1985 Houston - PBL 28 14 55 11 2 1 0 6 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 .200 .241 .273 .514 45 43 1.7
1986 Houston - PBL 29 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -109 1.6
1987 Montreal - PBL 30 11 45 11 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 10 0 0 .244 .261 .333 .594 63 61 2.7
1988 Montreal - PBL 31 19 71 12 3 0 0 4 7 8 0 1 6 0 0 .169 .250 .211 .461 25 27 2.7
1990 Boston - PBL 33 4 13 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 .231 .333 .308 .641 91 98 4.4
1991 Boston - PBL 34 5 21 9 2 0 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 .429 .435 .524 .959 139 143 2.6
1992 Boston - PBL 35 5 22 7 0 0 2 5 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 .318 .375 .591 .966 132 133 1.8
1993 Boston - PBL 36 10 35 11 3 0 0 4 5 4 1 0 7 0 1 .314 .400 .400 .800 117 126 2.2
1994 Boston - PBL 37 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -119 1.4
1995 Boston - PBL 38 5 15 3 0 0 1 2 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .333 .400 .733 96 103 1.5
1996 Texas - PBL 39 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -110 0.3
Total PBL 100 356 85 15 1 5 40 37 33 2 2 39 4 1 .239 .305 .329 .634 74 76
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1980 Kansas City - MLB 2B 149 149 300 546 99 857 11 .987 1321.2 5.76 +13.9 1.051
1980 Kansas City - MLB 3B 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 +0.1 1.077
1981 Kansas City - MLB 2B 156 156 306 535 106 853 12 .986 1384.1 5.47 +19.4 1.088
1982 Kansas City - MLB 2B 157 157 316 527 109 862 19 .978 1383.0 5.49 +11.5 1.044
1983 Seattle - MLB 2B 145 145 304 461 99 774 9 .988 1283.0 5.37 +16.3 1.090
1984 Seattle - MLB 2B 110 110 185 278 66 472 9 .981 952.0 4.38 +6.0 1.073
1984 Houston - MLB 2B 38 37 77 84 19 164 3 .982 333.2 4.34 +1.9 1.023
1985 Houston - MLB 2B 118 116 230 394 96 644 20 .969 1033.2 5.43 +19.4 1.121
1986 Houston - MLB 2B 85 79 167 277 52 456 12 .974 716.1 5.58 +15.0 1.124
1987 Montreal - MLB 2B 112 112 256 375 63 649 18 .972 994.1 5.71 +26.6 1.165
1987 Houston - MLB 2B 31 31 64 118 22 192 10 .948 283.2 5.77 +4.5 1.059
1988 Montreal - MLB 2B 151 151 387 547 133 961 27 .972 1337.0 6.29 +31.9 1.122
1989 Boston - MLB 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1989 Montreal - MLB 2B 114 113 271 426 91 712 15 .979 1026.2 6.11 +20.1 1.114
1989 Boston - MLB 2B 19 19 54 76 22 131 1 .992 171.0 6.84 +6.3 1.183
1990 Boston - MLB 2B 151 150 385 527 130 935 23 .975 1364.1 6.02 +36.4 1.142
1991 Boston - MLB 2B 151 150 371 516 122 911 24 .974 1342.0 5.95 +27.4 1.112
1992 Boston - MLB 2B 149 149 342 455 99 822 25 .970 1321.1 5.43 +16.9 1.087
1993 Boston - MLB 2B 149 149 286 433 89 731 12 .984 1317.0 4.91 +19.1 1.101
1994 Boston - MLB 2B 148 147 291 459 101 765 15 .980 1285.2 5.25 +13.7 1.070
1995 Boston - MLB 2B 149 147 318 498 143 827 11 .987 1304.1 5.63 +11.8 1.033
1996 Texas - MLB 2B 66 54 132 174 39 309 3 .990 511.0 5.39 +2.0 1.014
TOTAL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.2 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 2B 2348 2321 5042 7706 1700 13027 279 .979 20666.0 5.55 +320.2 1.091
TOTAL 3B 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 +0.1 1.077
PLAYER HISTORY
03/03/1980 Drafted in the 1980 inaugural draft by the Kansas City Monarchs (Round 4, Pick 7, 43rd overall pick).
03/21/1980 Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $12,000 with the Kansas City Monarchs organization.
10/04/1980 Injured (Back tightness), day-to-day for 1 day.
11/11/1980 Wins the 1980 PBL NL Great Glove Award at 2B.
01/01/1981 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 44 (55); Power: 45 (64); Eye: 58 (61).
08/09/1981 Injured (Back tightness), day-to-day for one week.
11/13/1981 Wins the 1981 PBL NL Great Glove Award at 2B.
01/01/1982 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 61 (61); Power: 48 (63); Eye: 52 (61).
11/05/1982 Wins the 1982 PBL NL Great Glove Award at 2B.
11/20/1982 Became a free agent.
12/16/1982 Signed a 2-year contract worth a total of $69,220 with the Seattle Cubs organization.
01/01/1983 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 63 (63); Power: 49 (61); Eye: 53 (64).
11/07/1983 Wins the 1983 PBL PBL Soft Hands Award at 2B.
01/01/1984 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 62 (62); Power: 53 (62); Eye: 55 (62).
08/11/1984 Injured (Sprained elbow), day-to-day for one week.
08/13/1984 Was traded by the Seattle Cubs to the Houston Black Aces, along with a 3rd draft pick, in exchange for a 1st draft pick.
08/26/1984 Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $72,000 with the Houston Black Aces organization.
11/05/1984 Wins the 1984 PBL World Series with the Seattle Cubs.
11/14/1984 Wins the 1984 PBL PBL Soft Hands Award at 2B.
01/01/1985 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 56 (58); Power: 58 (60); Eye: 55 (61).
11/22/1985 Wins the 1985 PBL PBL Soft Hands Award at 2B.
12/19/1985 Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $75,000 with the Houston Black Aces organization.
01/01/1986 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 57 (67); Power: 58 (58); Eye: 54 (61).
11/20/1986 Wins the 1986 PBL PBL Soft Hands Award at 2B.
01/01/1987 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 51 (60); Power: 54 (56); Eye: 57 (60).
05/18/1987 Was traded by the Houston Black Aces to the Montreal Chiwawas, along with RP Willie Hernandez, in exchange for RP Clint Sodowsky, SP Steven Matz.
11/13/1987 Wins the 1987 PBL PBL Soft Hands Award at 2B.
01/01/1988 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 53 (53); Power: 71 (71); Eye: 66 (66).
05/20/1988 Goes 5-7 against the San Diego Padres, with 1 RBI and 0 R.
06/06/1988 Wins the PBL PBL Player of the Week Award.
08/21/1988 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $38,000 with the Montreal Chiwawas organization.
11/06/1988 Wins the 1988 Round 4 with the Montreal Chiwawas.
11/15/1988 Wins the 1988 PBL PBL Soft Hands Award at 2B.
01/01/1989 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 46 (46); Power: 73 (73); Eye: 67 (67).
08/19/1989 Was traded by the Montreal Chiwawas to the Boston Pilgrims, along with 1B Mike Schmidt, CL Paul Fry, SP Oil Can Boyd, a 4th draft pick, a 5th draft pick, in exchange for 2B Randy Velarde, 1B Pete Runnels.
11/23/1989 Became a free agent.
01/01/1990 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 44 (44); Power: 74 (74); Eye: 67 (67).
02/02/1990 Signed a 2-year contract worth a total of $62,000 with the Boston Pilgrims organization.
10/19/1990 Executed his contract year option.
10/27/1990 Wins the 1990 PBL PBL Soft Hands Award at 2B.
01/01/1991 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 54 (54); Power: 74 (74); Eye: 67 (67).
04/29/1991 Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $48,000 with the Boston Pilgrims organization.
07/19/1991 Collects his 1500th career Phoenix Baseball League hit!
10/26/1991 Wins the 1991 PBL PBL Calgon Soft Hands Award at 2B.
01/01/1992 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 54 (54); Power: 70 (70); Eye: 74 (74).
05/07/1992 Hits three home runs against the Texas Rangers, going 3-4 with 4 RBI and 3 runs scored!
06/30/1992 Hits three home runs against the Cleveland Lake Monsters, going 3-4 with 6 RBI and 3 runs scored!
07/06/1992 Wins the PBL PBL Player of the Week Award.
08/14/1992 Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $60,000 with the Boston Pilgrims organization.
01/01/1993 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 49 (49); Power: 64 (64); Eye: 67 (67).
08/16/1993 Wins the PBL PBL Player of the Week Award.
10/21/1993 Wins the 1993 PBL PBL Calgon Soft Hands Award at 2B.
01/01/1994 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 60 (60); Eye: 61 (61).
07/21/1994 Scores his 1000th career Phoenix Baseball League run!
10/22/1994 Wins the 1994 PBL PBL Calgon Soft Hands Award at 2B.
01/01/1995 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 58 (58); Power: 68 (68); Eye: 58 (58).
04/23/1995 Collects his 2000th career Phoenix Baseball League hit!
06/21/1995 Collects his 1000th career Phoenix Baseball League RBI!
11/02/1995 Became a free agent.
12/13/1995 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $13,400 with the Texas Rangers organization.
01/01/1996 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (35); Power: 51 (51); Eye: 57 (57).
11/11/1996 Became a free agent.
01/01/1997 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 33 (33); Power: 52 (52); Eye: 53 (53).
08/28/1997 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Richmond Ghostriders organization.
01/01/1998 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 29 (29); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 57 (57).
04/16/1998 Released by the Texas organization.
04/29/1998 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Richmond Ghostriders organization.
05/30/1998 Released by the Texas organization.
06/08/1998 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Richmond Ghostriders organization.
06/09/1998 Released by the Texas organization.
06/15/1998 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Richmond Ghostriders organization.
06/16/1998 Released by the Texas organization.
07/06/1998 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Vancouver Manatees organization.
07/12/1998 Released by the Tampon Bay organization.
07/13/1998 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Richmond Ghostriders organization.
07/14/1998 Released by the Texas organization.
07/20/1998 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Richmond Ghostriders organization.
07/21/1998 Released by the Texas organization.
07/29/1998 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Vancouver Manatees organization.
07/30/1998 Released by the Tampon Bay organization.
08/02/1998 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Richmond Ghostriders organization.
08/03/1998 Released by the Texas organization.
08/10/1998 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Richmond Ghostriders organization.
08/11/1998 Released by the Texas organization.
08/13/1998 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Richmond Ghostriders organization.
09/03/1998 Retired from professional baseball.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1981 156 7
1982 157 4
1983 145 9
Year 2B Rank
1984 27 7
1991 38 8
Year 3B Rank
1980 6 10
Year BB Rank
1980 63 9
1981 80 6
1992 98 4
Year IBB Rank
1981 6 2
Year SH Rank
1980 23 1
1981 15 2
1993 14 9
Year SF Rank
1982 6 9
1983 8 6
1993 7 9
Year WAR Rank
1981 4.2 8
1988 5.9 7
1990 5.3 10
1991 6.1 7
1992 4.9 9
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