Steve Whitaker
1966–1970 · bats L / throws R · New York Yankees, SE1, San Francisco Giants
266G
.230AVG
.283OBP
.367SLG
More career statistics
174H
24HR
85RBI
4SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · RBI | 85 | 84 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 266 | 824 | 758 | 73 | 174 | 20 | 6 | 24 | 85 | 54 | 174 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 278 | .230 | .283 | .367 | .650 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1967-07-20 to 1967-08-01
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Platinum Sombrero | 1970-04-14 | 1 in 927 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1966-08-27 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1967-08-29 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 139 | 436 | 95 | 19 | 55 | 26 | 83 | .235 | .278 | .421 |
| Away | 127 | 388 | 79 | 5 | 29 | 28 | 91 | .223 | .276 | .305 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 43 | 112 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 30 | .180 | .241 | .240 |
| May | 59 | 153 | 32 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 36 | .230 | .301 | .353 |
| June | 38 | 118 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 19 | .234 | .297 | .411 |
| July | 36 | 119 | 30 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 26 | .270 | .311 | .414 |
| August | 22 | 92 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 13 | .322 | .337 | .563 |
| September | 64 | 213 | 34 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 49 | .172 | .211 | .268 |
| October | 4 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .438 | .412 | .812 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 34 | 116 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 28 | .231 | .276 | .346 |
| minnesota-twins | 32 | 111 | 25 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 23 | .236 | .252 | .368 |
| california-angels | 27 | 90 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 15 | .262 | .289 | .345 |
| detroit-tigers | 27 | 83 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 18 | .292 | .386 | .653 |
| chicago-white-sox | 27 | 92 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | .226 | .261 | .310 |
| baltimore-orioles | 24 | 70 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | .226 | .314 | .323 |
| cleveland-guardians | 22 | 71 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | .182 | .239 | .273 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 20 | 73 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | .221 | .274 | .338 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 |  New York Yankees | 31 | 114 | 28 | 7 | 15 | – | .246 | – | – |
| 1967 | New York Yankees | 122 | 441 | 107 | 11 | 49 | 2 | .243 | – | – |
| 1968 | New York Yankees | 28 | 60 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .117 | – | – |
| 1969 | SE1 | 69 | 116 | 29 | 6 | 13 | 2 | .250 | – | – |
| 1970 |  San Francisco Giants | 16 | 27 | 3 | – | 4 | – | .111 | – | – |