Ed Whitson played eight of his 15 seasons with the San Diego Padres, over two stints, he first a two-year run from 1983 to 1984.
Whitson, who first joined San Diego from a trade from Cleveland, struggled in 1983, with a 4.30 ERA and 5-7 record, but he had a much better season in 1984, winning 14 Games against 8 Losses and reducing his ERA to 3.24 with a 1.180 WHIP. He signed with the Yankees as a Free Agent the following year but returned midway through the 1986 Season.
Whitson did not have a good return, finishing the year with an abysmal 1-7 record and a ballooned ERA (5.59). 1987 was marginally better, but he had a solid 1988 (13-11, 3.77), and over 1989 and 1990, the junkball Pitcher had ERAs under three, a winning record (30-20), and led the NL in bWAR for Pitchers in 1990 (7.0). That was Whitson’s last productive year in Baseball, as he regressed in 1991, and at age 36, was out of the sport.
Whitson had a 77-72 Record with a 3.69 ERA with the Padres.
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