Lew Whistler

{{Short description|American baseball player (1868–1959)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Lew Whistler

| image =

| position = First baseman

| bats = Unknown

| throws = Right

| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1868|3|10}}

| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1959|12|30|1868|3|10}}

| death_place = St. Louis, Missouri

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = August 7

| debutyear = {{baseball year|1890}}

| debutteam = New York Giants

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = June 15

| finalyear = {{baseball year|1893}}

| finalteam = St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .244

| stat2label = Runs

| stat2value = 150

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 133

| teams =

• New York Giants ({{baseball year|1890}}–{{baseball year|1891}})
• Baltimore Orioles ({{baseball year|1892}})
• Louisville Colonels ({{baseball year|1892}}–{{baseball year|1893}})
• St. Louis Browns ({{baseball year|1893}})

| highlights =

}}

Lewis W. Whistler (né Wissler; March 10, 1868 – December 30, 1959) was an American Major League Baseball player who played the majority of his career as a first baseman. In his four-season career, he played for the New York Giants (1890–1891), Baltimore Orioles (1892), Louisville Colonels (1893) and St. Louis Browns. His major league totals include: 272 games played, 1014 at bats, and a .244 batting average. Whistler died in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 91, and is interred at Bethany Cemetery in Pagedale, Missouri.