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    Louis Rodman Whitaker Jr. (born May 12, 1957), nicknamed "Sweet Lou", is an American former professional baseball second baseman. Whitaker spent his entire...
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  • setting a career high in home runs with 33, the record-setting duo of Lou Whitaker at second base and Alan Trammell at shortstop (they played together from...
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    Trammell's defense perfectly complemented his double-play partner, Lou Whitaker. The two formed the longest continuous double-play combination in major...
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  • called it the greatest at-bat he had ever seen. Second baseman Lou Whitaker, known as "Sweet Lou", had his best year in 1983, hitting .320 with 40 doubles...
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  • American sportswriter Lily C. Whitaker (1850–1932), American educator, writer; daughter of Mary Scrimzeour Whitaker Lou Whitaker (born 1957), American baseball...
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    Murray† Lou Whitaker Wade Boggs† Cal Ripken Jr.† Jim Rice† Dave Winfield† Lloyd Moseby Lance Parrish Don Baylor N/A 1984 Eddie Murray† Lou Whitaker Buddy...
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    chose jersey No. 1, making him the first Tigers player to wear it since Lou Whitaker retired in 1995. Following the 50-game suspension given to Tigers' starting...
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  • Jr., Jesse Barfield, Lou Whitaker and fellow Mexican Teddy Higuera. In the seventh inning, Frank White pinch-hit for Lou Whitaker and hit an 0–2 pitch...
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    Murray† Lou Whitaker Buddy Bell Alan Trammell† Dwight Evans Dave Winfield† Dwayne Murphy Lance Parrish Ron Guidry N/A 1984 Eddie Murray† Lou Whitaker Buddy...
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  • Francisco Giants on July 30. This was the 11th number retired by the team. Lou Whitaker had his No. 1 retired by the Detroit Tigers on August 6. This was the...
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    his first career MLB home run. He became the first Tigers player since Lou Whitaker in 1978 to accomplish this feat. Greene was named the 2022 Detroit Tigers...
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    farm system at the time. Jack Morris, Lance Parrish, Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker all made their debuts in 1977, and would help the team to 88 wins in...
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  • single and double, respectively. A single by Johnny Grubb and a walk to Lou Whitaker was all the Tigers could muster against Reardon in the ninth, as Gibson...
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  • Game 1 was a blowout in Kansas City, as the Tigers struck first when Lou Whitaker singled to lead off the game off of Bud Black, then scored on Alan Trammell's...
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    130 Edd Roush* 2,376 131 Brett Butler 2,375 Michael Young 2,375 133 Lou Whitaker 2,369 134 Alan Trammell* 2,365 135 Carlton Fisk* 2,356 136 Joe Judge...
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    Johnson 245 Nick Swisher 245 Mickey Tettleton 245 265 Hunter Pence 244 Lou Whitaker 244 Hack Wilson* 244 268 Dusty Baker 242 Sal Bando 242 Wally Berger 242...
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    won four consecutive awards (1988–1991) with two different teams, and Lou Whitaker won four awards in five years (1983–1985, 1987) with the Detroit Tigers...
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    75.4 Charles Radbourn* 75.4 83 Bill Dahlen 75.3 84 Johnny Bench* 75.1 Lou Whitaker 75.1 86 Paul Waner* 74.8 87 Reggie Jackson* 74.0 88 Frank Thomas* 73...
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    2019). "Lou Whitaker's Hall of Fame dreams start and end with a little town in Virginia". The Athletic. Retrieved July 4, 2022. "Lou Whitaker Stats, Fantasy...
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    Tarik Skubal, pitching 1953 – Harvey Kuenn 1976 – Mark Fidrych 1978 – Lou Whitaker 2006 – Justin Verlander 2016 – Michael Fulmer See footnote 1984 – Sparky...
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  • Hernandez (NYM) Eddie Murray (BAL) Second Baseman Ryne Sandberg (CHC) Lou Whitaker (DET) Third Baseman Mike Schmidt (PHI) Buddy Bell (TEX) Shortstop Ozzie...
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  • Lou Williams (born 1986), NBA basketball player Lou Whitaker (born 1957), Major League Baseball player Lou Singer, a main character in the 2003 movie Grind...
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    Archived from the original on May 19, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2009. "Lou Whitaker Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original...
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  • Hernandez (NYM)/(STL) Eddie Murray (BAL) Second Baseman Ryne Sandberg (CHC) Lou Whitaker (DET) Third Baseman Mike Schmidt (PHI) Buddy Bell (TEX) Shortstop Ozzie...
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    1977 MLB AL East 4th 74 88 .457 26 1978 MLB AL East 5th 86 76 .531 13½ Lou Whitaker (ROY) 1979 MLB AL East 5th 85 76 .528 18 1980 MLB AL East 5th 84 78 ...
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  • Historical Baseball Abstract: Lance Parrish: 19th best catcher of all time Lou Whitaker: 13th best second baseman of all time Darrell Evans: 10th best third...
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  • Ravens[citation needed] Chris Waters, MLB player, Milwaukee Brewers Lou Whitaker, MLB player, Detroit Tigers[citation needed] Charles T. Canady, Chief...
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    Verlander, Miguel Cabrera, Travis Fryman, Cecil Fielder, Alan Trammell, Lou Whitaker, Kirk Gibson, Ron LeFlore,Jeimer Candelario and Denny McLain. An elbow...
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    Freehan". "Carl Furillo". "Jim Gantner". "Brett Gardner". "Scott Garrelts". "Lou Gehrig". "Patsy Gharrity". "Jake Gibbs". "Bob Gibson". "Jim Gilliam". "Alex...
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  • guitarist 1951 – George Karl, American basketball player and coach 1957 – Lou Whitaker, American baseball player 1959 – Ving Rhames, American actor 1962 – Emilio...
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