Lou Whitaker

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lou Whitaker
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	May 12, 1957(1957-05-12)
Age	67
Birthplace	Brooklyn
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Taurus

Lou Whitaker Biography

Lou Whitaker is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on May 12, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He was a 5-time All-Star second baseman and spent his entire career with the Detroit Tigers. He was instrumental in leading the Tigers to the 1984 World Series Championship.

He was the manager Sparky of the Detroit Tigers.

The Detroit Tigers selected Whitaker in the fifth round, with the 99th overall selection, of the 1975 MLB draft. He signed with the Tigers rather than attend college. He made his professional debut that year for the Bristol Tigers of the Rookie-level Appalachian League. He played for the Lakeland Tigers of the Class A Florida State League in 1976. He batted .297 and was named the league’s most valuable player.

Whitaker was born in Brooklyn, New York City. When he was one year old, his mother, who was pregnant with his sister, Matilda, moved with Lou to Martinsville, Virginia, to live with her family. Whitaker attended Martinsville High School. He played for the school’s baseball team as a middle infielder and pitcher. Whitaker graduated in 1975, and committed to play college baseball for Ferrum College.

With his wife Crystal, he had two children.

Lou Whitaker Net Worth

Lou Whitaker is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lou Whitaker 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the minor leagues, he began to play with shortstop He began playing alongside shortstop Alan Trammell in the minor leagues..

In 1978, he was American League Rookie-of-the Year and went on winning 3 Gold Glove Awards.

Louis Rodman Whitaker Jr. (born May 12, 1957), nicknamed “Sweet Lou”, is an American professional baseball second baseman who played for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1977 to 1995. He won the American League Rookie of the Year Award in 1978, and was a five-time MLB All-Star in his career. He won four Silver Slugger Awards and three Gold Glove Awards. Along with teammate Alan Trammell, Whitaker was part of the longest running double play combination in MLB history.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Lou Whitaker height 5 ft 11 in Lou weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Lou Whitaker Dating?

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Whitaker enjoyed a strong season in 1983, hitting for a .320 average with 12 home runs, 72 runs batted in (RBI), and 94 runs. That year he made the first of five consecutive All-Star appearances. In 1984, Whitaker and the Tigers won the World Series. The day Detroit clinched the Series, the second eldest of Whitaker’s four daughters was born.

Facts & Trivia

Lou Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Lou Whitaker celebrates birthday on May 12 of every year.

In 1985, Whitaker set a record for Detroit second basemen with 21 home runs and, in 1986, was a member of a Tigers infield in which every member hit at least twenty home runs. He hit a career-best 28 homers in 1989, one of four times he reached the 20-HR plateau, upping his record for the most homers in a season by a Tiger second baseman. Whitaker now shares the season record with Ian Kinsler, who hit 28 homers in 2016 as the Tigers regular second baseman.

Why is Lou Whitaker not in Hall of Fame?

Because the Hall has a 5% minimum rule , Whitaker became ineligible for all future writers’ ballots for the next 14 years. Whitaker’s next chance at a plaque in Cooperstown will be on the next Modern Baseball Eras Committee vote in December 2023.

Is Lou Whitaker a Hall of Famer?

Among all players who have been on a Hall of Fame ballot who made their debut after 1901 (the “Modern Era” of baseball) without a “character” clause (suspected PED users, Curt Schilling, Pete Rose), Lou Whitaker’s rWAR is the highest among any player not in the Hall of Fame.

How old is Lou Whitaker?

65 years (May 12, 1957)

How long did Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker play together?

He tells everyone that his “dream” was that they got inducted “together.” Indeed, Trammel spent much of his induction speech talking about Lou: “My whole career, I had been linked with one person. For 19 years , Lou Whitaker and I formed the longest running double-play combination in the history of baseball.

Should Dwight Evans be in the Hall of Fame?

The most votes he ever received was in 1998, when he got 10.4 percent. When you dive further into his career, though, you see that Evans should be a Hall of Famer but, as most snubbed players of the 1970s and 1980s, Evans was a bit of an anachronism.