Lou Whitaker Putouts
Lou Whitaker Career Putouts Overview
During Lou Whitaker's 19-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
4771 putouts, an average of 251.11 putouts per season. 1980 was his best season
with 340 putouts and his worst season was 1977 when he had
17 putouts. Lou Whitaker is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or
being beat by USA (1532.15), Baby Boomers (1594.41), mlb (1481.83), 2B (1063.36), and Y (6114.35) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
Putouts are awarded to defensive players who meet one of several criteria when an out is recorded by their team. These criteria include tagging a runner out, catching a batted or thrown ball and tagging a base for an out, catching a fly ball, catching a third strike, or being the closest player to a runner called out for interference. Generally, for Putouts, higher is better. (Source)
Putouts are awarded to defensive players who meet one of several criteria when an out is recorded by their team. These criteria include tagging a runner out, catching a batted or thrown ball and tagging a base for an out, catching a fly ball, catching a third strike, or being the closest player to a runner called out for interference. Generally, for Putouts, higher is better. (Source)