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Historical player · 1977–1991

Ed Whitson

B/T R/R · HT 75 · WT 195 · Born 5/19/1955 · From Johnson City, TN USA · Debut 1977-09-04 · Final 1991-09-29

Career · batting

461

576

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.125 · 0.298

Career · pitching

452

333

2,240.0

W-L

126-123

1,266

ERA

3.79

WHIP

1.31

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the San Diego Padres · 1983–1991

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#384 on the Padres

↑ 1 C. Abrams

Hits

#267 on the Padres

↑ 1 R. Bass

↓ 1 W. Williams

RBI

#301 on the Padres

↑ 1 J. Azocar

↓ 1 J. Matos

Runs

#323 on the Padres

↑ 1 A. Arias

↓ 1 A. Ashby

#345 on the Padres

↑ 1 D. Anderson

↓ 1 G. Beckert

Career with the San Francisco Giants · 1979–1981

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Hits

#867 on the Giants

↑ 1 C. Barclay

↓ 1 L. Titcomb

RBI

#810 on the Giants

↑ 1 T. Bannon

↓ 1 D. Zearfoss

Runs

#923 on the Giants

↑ 1 C. Barclay

↓ 1 H. Baldwin

#899 on the Giants

↑ 1 R. Adams

↓ 1 M. Bailey

Career with the Pittsburgh Pirates · 1977–1979

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Hits

#1,364 on the Pirates

↑ 1 D. Anderson

↓ 1 H. Young

Runs

#1,307 on the Pirates

↑ 1 B. Arroyo

#1,202 on the Pirates

↑ 1 B. Becker

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1982–1982

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Career with the New York Yankees · 1985–1986

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#7,639 all-time MLB

↑ 1 E. Abreu

↓ 1 T. Zych

Hits

#7,007 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Baxes

↓ 1 H. Wyse

RBI

#7,177 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Altobelli

↓ 1 B. Walker

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1977	Pirates	NL	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000
1978	Pirates	NL	43	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	0.182	0.182	0.182
1979	Pirates	NL	19	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0.000	0.071	0.000
1979	Giants	NL	18	32	1	5	0	0	2	0	10	0.156	0.156	0.156
1980	Giants	NL	34	66	2	6	0	0	4	1	21	0.091	0.104	0.091
1981	Giants	NL	22	33	2	3	0	0	1	3	13	0.091	0.167	0.091
1982	Indians	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1983	Padres	NL	31	44	1	8	0	0	3	2	11	0.182	0.217	0.182
1984	Padres	NL	36	61	0	3	0	0	1	1	12	0.049	0.065	0.049
1985	Yankees	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1986	Yankees	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1986	Padres	NL	17	18	1	3	0	0	0	0	8	0.167	0.167	0.167
1987	Padres	NL	36	65	1	8	1	0	4	1	17	0.123	0.136	0.138
1988	Padres	NL	34	66	4	11	3	0	3	1	23	0.167	0.179	0.212
1989	Padres	NL	36	72	4	10	4	0	4	5	19	0.139	0.195	0.194
1990	Padres	NL	33	67	6	10	1	1	4	2	16	0.149	0.174	0.209
1991	Padres	NL	13	24	1	3	0	0	1	1	6	0.125	0.160	0.125
Career			461	576	24	72	9	1	27	18	169	0.125	0.152	0.146

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1977	Pirates	NL	1	0	5	2	0	15.7	11	6	9	10	3.45	1.28
1978	Pirates	NL	5	6	43	0	4	74.0	66	27	37	64	3.28	1.39
1979	Pirates	NL	2	3	19	7	1	57.7	53	28	36	31	4.37	1.54
1979	Giants	NL	5	8	18	17	0	100.3	98	44	39	62	3.95	1.37
1980	Giants	NL	11	13	34	34	0	211.7	222	73	56	90	3.10	1.31
1981	Giants	NL	6	9	22	22	0	123.0	130	55	47	65	4.02	1.44
1982	Indians	AL	4	2	40	9	2	107.7	91	39	58	61	3.26	1.38
1983	Padres	NL	5	7	31	21	1	144.3	143	69	50	81	4.30	1.34
1984	Padres	NL	14	8	31	31	0	189.0	181	68	42	103	3.24	1.18
1985	Yankees	AL	10	8	30	30	0	158.7	201	86	43	89	4.88	1.54
1986	Yankees	AL	5	2	14	4	0	37.0	54	31	23	27	7.54	2.08
1986	Padres	NL	1	7	17	12	0	75.7	85	47	37	46	5.59	1.61
1987	Padres	NL	10	13	36	34	0	205.7	197	108	64	135	4.73	1.27
1988	Padres	NL	13	11	34	33	0	205.3	202	86	45	118	3.77	1.20
1989	Padres	NL	16	11	33	33	0	227.0	198	67	48	117	2.66	1.08
1990	Padres	NL	14	9	32	32	0	228.7	215	66	47	127	2.60	1.15
1991	Padres	NL	4	6	13	12	0	78.7	93	44	17	40	5.03	1.40
Career			126	123	452	333	8	2,240.0	2,240	944	698	1,266	3.79	1.31

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	452	332	2,240.0	123	274	21	16