Ron Fairly vs. Lou Whitaker — Career Comparison

Ron Fairly
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueFirst BasemanAll-Star
Lou Whitaker
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueSecond BasemanGold GloveSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

Ron Fairly and Lou Whitaker are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 120 for Ron Fairly, 117 for Lou Whitaker), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 119 vs 118). The overall lean goes to Ron Fairly, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Ron Fairly and Lou Whitaker

Ron Fairly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
19
19
Ron Fairly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2442
173.66
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
2390
143.87
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
8437
600
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9967
600
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
7184
510.89
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8570
515.9
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.787
0.787
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
0.81
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
1913
136.04
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2369
142.61
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
1358
96.57
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1640
98.73
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
307
21.83
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
25.28
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
33
2.35
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
3.91
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
215
15.29
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
14.69
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
555
39.47
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
729
43.88
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Ron Fairly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Ron Fairly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
1109.96
78.94
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1393.24
83.87
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
2931
208.44
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3651
219.79
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
3005
213.7
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3586
215.87
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.768
0.768
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.789
0.789
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.743
0.743
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.781
0.781
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
931
66.21
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1386
83.44
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1044
74.24
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1084
65.26
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
1760
125.16
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2226
134
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
1145.13
81.44
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1437.49
86.53
Ron Fairly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
2.84
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
20
1.2
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1052
74.81
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1197
72.06
Ron Fairly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
9.17
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
79
4.76
Ron Fairly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
877
62.37
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
1099
66.16
Ron Fairly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.62
9.62
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
9.07
9.07
Ron Fairly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
1.2
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.09
1.09
Ron Fairly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
6.83
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
89
5.36
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
65
4.62
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
5.48
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
157
11.17
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
8.61
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
35
2.49
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
8.61
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
33
2.35
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
4.51
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
68
4.84
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
13.12
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 600 PA
51.47
51.47
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65.6
65.6

Fielding Stats for Ron Fairly and Lou Whitaker

Ron Fairly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2255
1.21
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2308
1.09
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1851
0.99
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2146
1.01
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 9 Innings
50279
27
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57204
27
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 9 Innings
16759.2
9
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19068
9
Ron Fairly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10769
5.78
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4771
2.25
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 9 Innings
773
0.42
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6653
3.14
Ron Fairly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.07
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
0.09
Ron Fairly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11664
6.26
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11613
5.48
Ron Fairly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11542
6.2
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11424
5.39
Ron Fairly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.95
98.95
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.37
98.37
Ron Fairly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.118
5.118
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.08
82.08
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
0.47
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1527
0.72
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Fairly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0