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Lou Whitaker 2026 Season · DET

Career: .276/.363/.426, 244 HR, 2369 H in 2390 games.

Awards: Jackie Robinson AL Rookie of the Year (1978).

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Lou Whitaker

2B · DET

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+22.0Career NUT

+13 to Nutty

Career

.276AVG244HR1084RBI2369H1386R143SB

L/R · 5' 11", 160 lb · b. May 12, 1957 · Brooklyn, NY · Draft 1975 (5th Rd, #99)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1977	20	DET	—	11	37	32	5	8	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	6	2	2	0	1	0	.250	.333	.281	.031	.614	.308
1978	21	DET	+0.3	139	567	484	71	138	12	7	3	58	61	1	0	65	7	7	8	13	9	.285	.361	.357	.072	.718	.318
1979	22	DET	+0.9	127	520	423	75	121	14	8	3	42	78	1	2	66	20	10	4	14	10	.286	.395	.378	.092	.773	.330
1980	23	DET	-1.6	145	568	477	68	111	19	1	1	45	73	0	0	79	8	4	6	12	9	.233	.331	.283	.050	.614	.273
1981	24	DET	+0.2	109	382	335	48	88	14	4	5	36	40	1	3	42	5	3	3	3	5	.263	.340	.373	.110	.713	.285
1982	25	DET	+1.0	152	619	560	76	160	22	8	15	65	48	1	4	58	11	3	4	6	8	.286	.341	.434	.148	.775	.295
1983	26	DET	+2.7	161	720	643	94	206	40	6	12	72	67	0	8	70	17	10	8	2	9	.320	.380	.457	.137	.837	.341
1984	27	DET	+1.1	143	629	558	90	161	25	1	13	56	62	0	5	63	6	5	5	4	9	.289	.357	.407	.118	.764	.304
1985	28	DET	+2.0	152	701	609	102	170	29	8	21	73	80	2	9	56	6	4	5	5	3	.279	.362	.456	.177	.818	.277
1986	29	DET	+1.0	144	651	584	95	157	26	6	20	73	63	0	5	70	13	8	4	0	20	.269	.338	.437	.168	.775	.275
1987	30	DET	+0.4	149	684	604	110	160	38	6	16	59	71	1	2	108	13	5	4	4	5	.265	.341	.427	.162	.768	.298
1988	31	DET	+1.5	115	477	403	54	111	18	2	12	55	66	0	5	61	2	0	2	6	8	.275	.376	.419	.144	.795	.298
1989	32	DET	+2.5	148	611	509	77	128	21	1	28	85	89	3	6	59	6	3	9	1	7	.251	.361	.462	.211	.823	.232
1990	33	DET	+0.4	132	552	472	75	112	22	2	18	60	74	0	7	71	8	2	5	1	10	.237	.338	.407	.170	.745	.242
1991	34	DET	+3.1	138	572	470	94	131	26	2	23	78	90	2	6	45	4	2	8	2	3	.279	.391	.489	.210	.880	.263
1992	35	DET	+2.6	130	544	453	77	126	26	0	19	71	81	1	5	46	6	4	4	5	9	.278	.386	.461	.183	.847	.273
1993	36	DET	+1.9	119	476	383	72	111	32	1	9	67	78	4	4	46	3	3	4	7	5	.290	.412	.449	.159	.861	.307
1994	37	DET	+1.0	92	372	322	67	97	21	2	12	43	41	1	4	47	2	0	5	3	8	.301	.377	.491	.190	.868	.317
1995	38	DET	+1.0	84	285	249	36	73	14	0	14	44	31	2	4	41	4	0	3	0	6	.293	.372	.518	.225	.890	.299
Career	—	19 yrs	+22.0	2390	9967	8570	1386	2369	420	65	244	1084	1197	20	79	1099	143	75	91	89	143	.276	.363	.426	.150	.789	.290

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Whitaker's career NUT of +22

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

3.1

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NUT by Season

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Awards

1978Jackie Robinson AL Rookie of the Year · Tigers Rookie of the Year

1983AL Player of the Month · AL Player of the Week · AL All-Star · AL Silver Slugger · Rawlings AL Gold Glove · Tiger of the Year

1984AL All-Star · AL Silver Slugger · Rawlings AL Gold Glove · World Series Championship

1985AL All-Star · AL Silver Slugger · Rawlings AL Gold Glove

1986AL All-Star

1987AL All-Star · AL Silver Slugger

1989Tiger of the Year

2022Uniform number retired

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