Lou Whitaker Career Times on Base Overview

During Lou Whitaker's 19-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 3586 times on base, an average of 189 times on base per season. 1983 was his best season with 273 times on base and his worst season was 1977 when he had 12 times on base. Lou Whitaker outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (815.653), Baby Boomers (934.539), Y (3200.93), mlb (809.517), and 2B (810.438) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Times on base (TOB) is a count of instances where the player reached first base, second base, third base, or hit a home run. This is only counted for hits, walks, or hit by pitch and is not counted when the player reaches due to an error, a dropped third strike, a fielders choice, or fielder obstruction. Generally, for Times on Base, higher is better. (Source)

Lou Whitaker Lifetime Times on Base

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Lou Whitaker
Times on Base
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Season Avg.189
162 Game Avg.243
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Lou Whitaker Times on Base By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Lou Whitaker's yearly Times on Base for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 2B, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Lou Whitaker Cumulative Times on Base by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Lou Whitaker's career Times on Base progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Lou Whitaker's career Times on Base at the end of that season.
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Lou Whitaker Times on Base By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Lou Whitaker and related player groups by summarizing Times on Base for each season played by Lou Whitaker. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!
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Lou Whitaker Times on Base Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Lou Whitaker Times on Base stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 2B, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Lou Whitaker career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
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