#22 Damon Whitten, Starting Pitcher, 32 yrs, Detroit Tigers Monday, 9/11/2028 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Damon Whitten
4/4/1996 32 USA 6"4 210
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Loyal None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 3 / 6 (Well Known) Good Suffers Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility :
| Big League Contract $ 25,000,000 2030 10 Year(s), 71 Days (1791 total Days) 166 Day(s) 10 Year(s), 166 Days (1886 total Days) 11 Year(s) Not eligible
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 8 | 7 | 7 | 98-100 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 8 | 7 | 6 | |
| Versus RHB | 8 | 7 | 7 | |
| Talent | 9 | 7 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 10 51 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Slider Splitfinger-Fastball
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Versus LHP | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Versus RHP | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Talent | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 5 2 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 2 (Range), .982 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
| 7/30 | @BOS | L 5-6 | * | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| 8/3 | @SEA | L 1-9 | * | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | L | | | | |
| 8/7 | @MIN | W 7-3 | * | 7.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | W | | | | |
| 8/12 | LAA | W 7-2 | * | 7.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
| 8/16 | SEA | W 7-3 | * | 7.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | W | | | | |
| 8/21 | @TB | L 0-6 | * | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | L | | | | |
| 8/26 | TEX | L 1-2 | * | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | | PoG | | | |
| 8/30 | @OAK | W 3-2 | * | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
| 9/4 | @TEX | L 1-10 | * | 4.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | L | | | | |
| 9/8 | CHA | W 6-5 | * | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 22 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4.35 | 155.1 | 138 | 81 | 75 | 61 | 96 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 12 | 54.5 |
| Projected | 25 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4.35 | 175.0 | 156 | 92 | 85 | 69 | 109 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 8.0 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 12 | 2 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.27 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 123 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .285 | .326 | .439 | .765 |
| vs. RHB | 460 | 103 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 61 | 64 | 53 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .298 | .359 | .657 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3.98 | 81.1 | 72 | 39 | 36 | 28 | 50 |
| Road | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4.74 | 74.0 | 66 | 42 | 39 | 33 | 46 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.59 | 13.2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.79 | 38.0 | 30 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 27 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 13.1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| July | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.66 | 38.2 | 41 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
| August | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.66 | 51.2 | 36 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 36 |
| Sept./Oct. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.59 | 13.2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 2018 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 4.23 | 202.0 | 187 | 99 | 95 | 16 | 67 | 212 | 3 | 2 | 1.26 | .314 | WAS |
| 2019 | 33 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4.29 | 211.2 | 228 | 108 | 101 | 20 | 73 | 241 | 1 | 1 | 1.42 | .361 | WAS,NL |
| 2020 | 33 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 4.44 | 213.0 | 217 | 114 | 105 | 18 | 84 | 219 | 4 | 1 | 1.41 | .343 | WAS |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6.49 | 68.0 | 89 | 53 | 49 | 10 | 29 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1.74 | .371 | WAS |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 4.44 | 196.2 | 207 | 111 | 97 | 18 | 63 | 196 | 2 | 1 | 1.37 | .332 | WAS,NL |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4.15 | 201.2 | 217 | 108 | 93 | 12 | 73 | 191 | 5 | 4 | 1.44 | .347 | WAS |
| 2024 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3.93 | 268.0 | 267 | 132 | 117 | 22 | 97 | 257 | 3 | 0 | 1.36 | .324 | WAS |
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3.66 | 236.1 | 200 | 101 | 96 | 20 | 78 | 199 | 5 | 2 | 1.18 | .274 | DET,AL |
| 2026 | 38 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 3.76 | 256.0 | 256 | 121 | 107 | 20 | 95 | 192 | 4 | 0 | 1.37 | .306 | DET,AL |
| 2027 | 36 | 36 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4.33 | 232.2 | 248 | 126 | 112 | 27 | 85 | 201 | 3 | 0 | 1.43 | .317 | DET |
| 2028 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4.35 | 155.1 | 138 | 81 | 75 | 14 | 61 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 1.28 | .262 | DET |
| Total | 343 | 343 | 163 | 91 | 0 | 4.20 | 2241.1 | 2254 | 1154 | 1047 | 197 | 805 | 2065 | 32 | 11 | 1.36 | .320 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 2017, AA | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5.23 | 31.0 | 34 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | .326 |
| 2017, AAA | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3.76 | 93.1 | 90 | 41 | 39 | 13 | 24 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 1.22 | .284 |
| 2021, AAA | 15 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 | 100.0 | 72 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 27 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0.99 | .305 |
| 2025, AAA | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.70 | 7.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.43 | .368 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.44 | 26.1 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.71 | 10.1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.97 | 12.2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11.17 | 9.2 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.95 | 6.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.35 | 6.2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2027 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.11 | 6.1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 14 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6.32 | 78.1 | 92 | 63 | 55 | 36 | 75 | 1 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 2018 | 32 | 51 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .098 | .217 | .137 | .354 | WAS |
| 2019 | 33 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .094 | .119 | .094 | .213 | WAS,NL |
| 2020 | 33 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 0 | .096 | .165 | .096 | .260 | WAS |
| 2021 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .174 | .136 | .310 | WAS |
| 2022 | 30 | 67 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .247 | .224 | .470 | WAS,NL |
| 2023 | 31 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .058 | .085 | .072 | .157 | WAS |
| 2024 | 41 | 87 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .230 | .256 | .299 | .554 | WAS |
| 2025 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | DET,AL |
| 2026 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | DET,AL |
| 2027 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | DET |
| 2028 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | DET |
| Total | 322 | 444 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 35 | 27 | 205 | 0 | 0 | .131 | .181 | .158 | .339 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 22 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 33 | 1 | .970 | 155.1 | 1.91 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Washington in 2017... Earned first career win on 4/5/2018... Had first career hit (double) on 5/12/2018, off Carmen Pignatiello (CHN)... Injured on 7/1/2018 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks... Struck out 17 batters against St. Louis on 8/24/2018... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2018, going 3-0, 1.00... Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game... 1/29/2021: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,578,571 through salary arbitration... 1/29/2022: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,578,571 through salary arbitration... Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game... 1/29/2023: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,578,571 through salary arbitration... Struck out 16 batters against Philadelphia on 5/9/2023... 1/29/2024: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration... Hit first career homerun on 5/6/2024, off Eduardo Rameriz (CHN)... Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 1/31/2025 to a 6-year deal worth $25,000,000 per year... Was selected to the 2025 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2026, going 5-0, 2.00... Was selected to the 2026 Allstar game... Injured on 6/17/2027 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks... Injured on 4/23/2028 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 7 weeks...
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 2025 - 3.66 - 6th
| WHIP 2025 - 1.18 - 3rd
| Wins 2019 - 16 - 7th 2020 - 17 - 10th 2022 - 17 - 7th 2025 - 22 - 3rd 2026 - 15 - 8th
| IP 2024 - 268.0 - 4th 2025 - 236.1 - 5th 2026 - 256.0 - 1st 2027 - 232.2 - 7th
| K's 2019 - 241 - 2nd 2020 - 219 - 9th 2024 - 257 - 8th 2025 - 199 - 10th 2026 - 192 - 6th 2027 - 201 - 9th
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BB 2024 - 97 - 7th
| CG 2018 - 3 - 7th 2020 - 4 - 5th 2023 - 5 - 2nd 2025 - 5 - 6th
| SHO 2018 - 2 - 5th 2020 - 1 - 10th 2022 - 1 - 7th 2023 - 4 - 1st 2025 - 2 - 3rd
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