Three years ago we launched the Negro Leagues are Major Leagues project. Learn more here.

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

Compare players and teams or see head to head results between teams, players, player vs. team, or batter vs. pitcher. • Tutorial Video • Sample Searches • Data Coverage

THIS QUESTION WAS ANSWERED USING

POWERED BY

Your All Access Pass to the Baseball Database Go beyond the basics. Become a Stathead

Start Your FREE Trial

Show Criteria

Compare Players

Head-to-head stats or multi-player comparisons

Compare Teams

Head-to-head results and comparisons

Player vs. Team

Head-to-head stats for a single player against a team

Today's Probables

Today's starting pitchers vs. opponents

Search Criteria

Seasons

All seasons

Choose season(s) for each choice

Choose same season(s) for all choices

Player 1

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Choice is: Mike LaCoss

Player 2

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Choice is: Ed Whitson

Player 3

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Type name to select an option

Player 4

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Type name to select an option

Player 5

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Type name to select an option

Player 6

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Type name to select an option

Team 1

Team 2

You have edited your search criteria

or keep editing your search

Fetching Results

0.3

415

243

1739.2

98-103

12

4.02

89

783

10.4

725

9.7

WAR

G

GS

IP

W-L

SV

ERA

ERA+

SO

K%

BB

BB%

21.2

452

333

2240.0

126-123

8

3.79

98

1266

13.4

698

7.4

1

1

Championships

All-Star

1

1

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Pitching Comparison

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	98	103	.488	4.02	415	243	61	26	9	12	1739.2	1786	885	777	99	725	86	783	29	23	55	7496	2645	89	3.89	1.443	9.2	0.5	3.8	4.1
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	126	123	.506	3.79	452	333	48	35	12	8	2240.0	2240	1045	944	211	698	54	1266	29	14	32	9479	3089	98	3.82	1.312	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.1

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	0	1	.000	5.84	6	2	2	0	0	0	12.1	13	8	8	0	10	2	6	0	0	1	61	23		2.87	1.865	9.5	0.0	7.3	4.4
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	0	1.000	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	4	4	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	37	12		1.86	1.385	10.4	0.0	2.1	6.2

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Value

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	415	243	1739.2	1.2	-13.5
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Against

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	415	243	1739.2	2645	6601	1367	275	45	188	93	66.90	5	211	91	48	.271	.343	.371	.714	107	.100	.293	850	2448	419	2540	2645
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	3089	8571	1610	356	63	197	74	72.69	12	160	101	78	.261	.316	.391	.708	101	.130	.283	1076	3355	630	2967	3089

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	6	2	12.1	23	47											.277	.404					.317				23	23
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	12	34											.294	.333					.357				12	12

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	118	49	48.3	128	48	38	10	54.5	61	172
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989									2	4
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984									0	0

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	415	243	1739.2	10.4	9.7	0.8
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	6	2	12.1	9.8	16.4	-6.6
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	415	243	1739.2		91
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	6	2	12.1
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Mike LaCoss	3	2	.600	4.15	7	6	1	0	0	1	34.2	37	25	16	3	19	3	10	0	0	1	158	1.615	9.6	0.8	4.9	2.6
2	Ed Whitson	2	4	.333	4.41	7	5	1	1	1	0	32.2	28	17	16	4	7	1	19	1	0	0	135	1.071	7.7	1.1	1.9	5.2

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

Subscribe to Stathead Baseball for full results.

Go inside the Baseball Reference database and access the sports search engine that was made for fans like you. Subscriptions start at just $9/month. Learn More.

Get your first month FREE

Already a subscriber? Log in for full results.

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Mike LaCoss	SFG	1987-06-12	GS-2, L	1.2	5	4	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	10	6	8	4	1	0	2	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	29			-0.3	-3.26			1.03
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-06-12	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	31	4	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	85			0.3	4.36			0.49
3	Mike LaCoss	SFG	1987-04-07	GS-8, W	7.1	5	3	2	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	31	8	28	2	1	1	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	3	59	97	64	0.0	0.21			1.39
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-04-07	GS-7, L	7.0	4	4	3	1	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	27	6	26	1	1	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	3	57	77	52	-0.2	-0.61			0.95
5	Mike LaCoss	HOU	1984-06-21	6-GF, S	4.0	4	3	0	3	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	20	8	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	-1.33	0	0	0.41
6	Ed Whitson	SDP	1984-06-21	GS-5, L	4.1	5	4	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	20	7	17	4	0	1	1	1	0	7	0	1	0	1	37			-0.2	-1.02			1.23
7	Mike LaCoss	HOU	1983-06-10	GS-6, W	5.1	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	19	5	16	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	59			0.3	2.09			1.14
8	Ed Whitson	SDP	1983-06-10	GS-6, L	5.0	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	22	7	21	3	3	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	3	50			-0.2	-1.34			0.87
9	Mike LaCoss	CIN	1981-06-02	GS-4, L	3.2	6	8	8	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	20	9	15	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	0	2	14			-0.3	-4.70			1.00
10	Ed Whitson	SFG	1981-06-02	GS-5, W	5.0	6	5	5	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	23	8	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	36			0.2	-2.89			0.46
11
12
13
14

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mike LaCoss (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mike LaCoss (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1981	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		1.000			1	0	0	0	0
2	1983	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1987	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	4	0	0	0	0

Mike LaCoss (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

Subscribe to Stathead Baseball for full results.

Go inside the Baseball Reference database and access the sports search engine that was made for fans like you. Subscriptions start at just $9/month. Learn More.

Get your first month FREE

Already a subscriber? Log in for full results.

Mike LaCoss (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-06-02	SFG	CIN	tied 0-0	b3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; J. LeMaster to 2B
2	1981	1981-06-02	SFG	CIN	ahead 0-2	b4	123	2		Walk; J. Martin Scores; D. Bergman to 3B; J. LeMaster to 2B
3	1983	1983-06-10	SDP	HOU	down 1-0	t3	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; L. Salazar to 2B
4	1983	1983-06-10	SDP	HOU	down 2-0	t6	---	0		Groundout: 1B unassisted
5	1987	1987-04-07	SDP	SFG	tied 2-2	t2	---	2	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
6	1987	1987-04-07	SDP	SFG	tied 2-2	t4	123	2	2 (1-0)	Fielder's Choice SS; C. Martínez Scores/Adv on E6 (throw to 2B)/No RBI/unER; K. Mitchell to 3B; J. Cora to 2B
7	1987	1987-04-07	SDP	SFG	tied 3-3	t7	1--	0	3 (0-2)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; J. Cora to 2B
8	1987	1987-06-12	SDP	SFG	ahead 0-3	t2	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; G. Templeton to 2B

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Mike LaCoss (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Mike LaCoss (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1979	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
2	1981	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1983	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1987	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Mike LaCoss (Batter): Plate Appearances

Subscribe to Stathead Baseball for full results.

Go inside the Baseball Reference database and access the sports search engine that was made for fans like you. Subscriptions start at just $9/month. Learn More.

Get your first month FREE

Already a subscriber? Log in for full results.

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Mike LaCoss (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-05-13	CIN	PIT	ahead 1-5	t7	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; D. Driessen to 3B; R. Knight to 2B
2	1981	1981-06-02	CIN	SFG	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1983	1983-06-10	HOU	SDP	ahead 0-1	b3	1--	0		Strikeout
4	1983	1983-06-10	HOU	SDP	ahead 0-2	b5	-2-	0		Foul Popfly: C
5	1987	1987-04-07	SFG	SDP	tied 2-2	b2	---	2	3 (1-1)	Flyball: CF
6	1987	1987-04-07	SFG	SDP	tied 3-3	b5	---	0	2 (0-1)	Groundout: 3B-1B
7	1987	1987-04-07	SFG	SDP	ahead 3-4	b7	---	2	2 (1-0)	Groundout: 3B-1B

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Comparison

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Totals

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	395	563	481	30	60	11	0	2	19	0	0	18	194	.125	.159	.160	.319	-10	77	5	2	61	1	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	576	24	72	9	0	1	27	0	0	18	169	.125	.152	.146	.297	-16	84	3	0	79	0	0

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	395	563	-0.9	-0.9	-1.0	0.1	-74	0	-2	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-1.4	-1.5	-1.5	0.2	-93	2	-3	0

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Sabermetric

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	395	563	13	80	87	488	19	.203	47	-72	-7.6	.035	2.5		0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	10	90	98	586	18	.175	50	-92	-9.5	.021	3.4		0

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Mike LaCoss	23-33	1979	1989	6	2	0	0	0	2		.000	0			.000			0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	0	0	0	3		.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Mike LaCoss	22-35	1978	1991	395	563	-7.1	-7.6	-0.3	-81.21		-79.59	0.89
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-8.5	-9.2	0.0	-97.13		-97.15	0.92

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Batting

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Mike LaCoss	7	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.077	.077	.077	.154	1	1	0	2	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	7	13	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	0	4	0	0

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

Subscribe to Stathead Baseball for full results.

Go inside the Baseball Reference database and access the sports search engine that was made for fans like you. Subscriptions start at just $9/month. Learn More.

Get your first month FREE

Already a subscriber? Log in for full results.

Mike LaCoss vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Mike LaCoss	SFG	1987-06-12	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-06-12	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.26	-0.019	0.00	0.00%	-1.00			P
3	Mike LaCoss	SFG	1987-04-07	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.66	-0.050	1.08	-0.05%	-0.43			P
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-04-07	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.13	0.088	3.28	0.08%	0.70			P
5	Mike LaCoss	HOU	1984-06-21		4	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.05	-0.004	0.02	0.00%	-1.87			P
6	Ed Whitson	SDP	1984-06-21	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.070	3.86	-0.11%	-0.91			P
7	Mike LaCoss	HOU	1983-06-10	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.054	0.31	-0.01%	-0.74			P
8	Ed Whitson	SDP	1983-06-10	*	6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.049	0.60	-0.01%	-0.37			P
9	Mike LaCoss	CIN	1981-06-02	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.45	-0.011	0.36	-0.01%	-0.09			P
10	Ed Whitson	SFG	1981-06-02	*	5	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	1	0	0	1.75	0.053	0.68	0.01%	0.83			P
11
12
13
14

Data coverage:

Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

Please see our data coverage page for details.

If you utilize material unique to a Sports Reference site for a tweet, an article, or for research for a broadcast or podcast, please strongly consider citing this site as the source for the material. It would be greatly appreciated and would help us continue to produce this material.