Lou Whitaker vs Tony Phillips

Lou Whitaker Tony Phillips

Lou Whitaker and Tony Phillips compared on their MLB careers: Lou Whitaker played 19 seasons, 1977 to 1995, Tony Phillips 18 seasons, 1982 to 1999. Lou Whitaker has .276 batting average to Tony Phillips's .266. Lou Whitaker won 1 title, Tony Phillips won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Lou Whitaker and Tony Phillips career totals

2,390	GP	2,161
8,570	AB	7,617
1,386	R	1,300
2,369	H	2,023
244	HR	160
1,084	RBI	819
143	SB	177
0.3	AVG	0.3
0.4	OBP	0.4
0.4	SLG	0.4
0.8	OPS	0.8

How do they compare in the postseason?

Lou Whitaker and Tony Phillips postseason

13	GP	13
49	AB	46
13	R	4
10	H	10
1	HR	1
1	RBI	4
1	SB	2
0.2	AVG	0.2
0.3	OBP	0.3
0.3	SLG	0.3
0.7	OPS	0.6

Where each stands all time

Lou Whitaker and Tony Phillips all-time places

270th (244)	Home runs	—
134th (2,369)	Hits	277th (2,023)
205th (1,084)	RBI	—

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Lou Whitaker: 1 championship; AL Rookie of the Year, AL Gold Glove ×3, AL Silver Slugger ×4
Tony Phillips: 1 championship; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Lou Whitaker and Tony Phillips season by season

1st	1977	.250	0	2	1982	.210	0	8
2nd	1978	.285	3	58	1983	.248	4	35
3rd	1979	.286	3	42	1984	.266	4	37
4th	1980	.233	1	45	1985	.280	4	17
5th	1981	.263	5	36	1986	.256	5	52
6th	1982	.286	15	65	1987	.240	10	46
7th	1983	.320	12	72	1988	.203	2	17
8th	1984	.289	13	56	1989	.262	4	47
9th	1985	.279	21	73	1990	.251	8	55
10th	1986	.269	20	73	1991	.284	17	72
11th	1987	.265	16	59	1992	.276	10	64
12th	1988	.275	12	55	1993	.313	7	57
13th	1989	.251	28	85	1994	.281	19	61
14th	1990	.237	18	60	1995	.261	27	61
15th	1991	.279	23	78	1996	.277	12	63
16th	1992	.278	19	71	1997	.275	8	57
17th	1993	.290	9	67	1998	.250	4	21
18th	1994	.301	12	43	1999	.244	15	49
19th	1995	.293	14	44	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI


13	GP	13
49	AB	46
13	R	4
10	H	10
1	HR	1
1	RBI	4
1	SB	2
0.2	AVG	0.2
0.3	OBP	0.3
0.3	SLG	0.3
0.7	OPS	0.6


13	GP	13
49	AB	46
13	R	4
10	H	10
1	HR	1
1	RBI	4
1	SB	2
0.2	AVG	0.2
0.3	OBP	0.3
0.3	SLG	0.3
0.7	OPS	0.6


13	GP	13
49	AB	46
13	R	4
10	H	10
1	HR	1
1	RBI	4
1	SB	2
0.2	AVG	0.2
0.3	OBP	0.3
0.3	SLG	0.3
0.7	OPS	0.6