# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lou-whitaker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:16:25.250Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lou-whitaker"
name: "Lou Whitaker"
slug: "lou-whitaker"
description: "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."
tagline: "American former professional baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lou_Whitaker_1981.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1957-05-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.825786666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Whitaker"
    title: "Lou Whitaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "لو وايتاكير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Whitaker"
    title: "Lou Whitaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9B%A7%C2%B7%E6%87%B7%E6%B3%B0%E5%85%8B"
    title: "盧·懷泰克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Whitaker"
    title: "Lou Whitaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%86%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ルー・ウィテカー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3260156"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump