# Lou Whitaker

> Louis Rodman Whitaker Jr., nicknamed "Sweet Lou", is an American former professional baseball second baseman. Whitaker spent his entire career with the Detroit Tigers. From 1977 to 1995, he appeared in 2,390 games for the Tigers, third most in franchise history behind Ty Cobb and Al Kaline. He helped the Tigers win the 1984 World Series, was selected as an American League All-Star five consecutive years (1983–1987) and won four Silver Slugger Awards and three Gold Glove Awards (1983–1985). The Tigers retired his No. 1 jersey in August 2022.

*American former professional baseball player*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/lou-whitaker

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1957-05-12
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Lou Whitaker](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Whitaker)
- [لو وايتاكير](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1)
- [Lou Whitaker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Whitaker)
- [盧·懷泰克](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9B%A7%C2%B7%E6%87%B7%E6%B3%B0%E5%85%8B)
- [Lou Whitaker](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Whitaker)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3260156)

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