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Jesse Burkett
Jesse Cail Burkett (Crab)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: December 4, 1868 in Wheeling, WV (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1890
Final Game: October 7, 1905
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Player in 1946.
Died: May 27, 1953 in Worcester, MA
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1890 21 NYG NL 101 437 401 67 124 23 13 4 60 14 33 52 .309 .366 .461 .827 146 185 3 *O1
1891 22 CLV NL 40 190 167 29 45 7 4 0 13 1 23 19 .269 .358 .359 .717 105 60 0 O
1892 23 CLV NL 145 676 608 119 167 15 14 6 66 36 67 59 .275 .348 .375 .723 115 228 1 *O
1893 24 CLV NL 125 616 511 145 178 25 15 6 82 39 98 23 .348 .459 .491 .951 146 251 7 *O
1894 25 CLV NL 125 608 523 138 187 27 14 8 94 28 84 27 .358 .447 .509 .956 126 266 1 *O/1
1895 26 CLV NL 131 639 550 153 225 22 13 5 83 41 74 31 .409 .486 .524 1.009 154 288 8 7 *O
1896 27 CLV NL 133 647 586 160 240 27 16 6 72 34 49 19 .410 .461 .541 1.002 157 317 7 5 *O
1897 28 CLV NL 127 610 517 129 198 28 7 2 60 28 76 .383 .468 .476 .944 140 246 7 10 *O
1898 29 CLV NL 150 706 624 114 213 18 9 0 42 19 69 .341 .415 .399 .814 137 249 9 4 *O
1899 30 STL NL 141 635 558 116 221 21 8 7 71 25 67 .396 .463 .500 .963 162 279 2 8 *O/4
1900 31 STL NL 141 643 559 88 203 11 15 7 68 32 62 .363 .429 .474 .904 150 265 3 19 *O
1901 32 STL NL 142 673 601 142 226 20 15 10 75 27 59 .376 .440 .509 .949 181 306 10 3 *O
1902 33 SLB AL 138 636 553 97 169 29 9 5 52 23 71 .306 .390 .418 .807 124 231 5 7 *O/516
1903 34 SLB AL 132 574 515 73 151 20 7 3 40 17 52 .293 .361 .377 .738 124 194 3 4 *O
1904 35 SLB AL 147 661 575 72 156 15 10 2 27 12 78 .271 .363 .343 .706 130 197 5 3 *O
1905 36 BOS AL 148 654 573 78 147 12 13 4 47 13 67 .257 .339 .344 .682 116 197 4 10 *O
16 Seasons 2066 9605 8421 1720 2850 320 182 75 952 389 1029 230 .338 .415 .446 .862 140 3759 75 80
162 Game Avg. 162 753 660 135 223 25 14 6 75 31 81 .338 .415 .446 .862 140 295 6
CLV (8 yrs) 976 4692 4086 987 1453 169 92 33 512 226 540 178 .356 .436 .466 .902 138 1905 40 26
STL (3 yrs) 424 1951 1718 346 650 52 38 24 214 84 188 .378 .444 .495 .939 164 850 15 30
SLB (3 yrs) 417 1871 1643 242 476 64 26 10 119 52 201 .290 .372 .379 .750 126 622 13 14
NYG (1 yr) 101 437 401 67 124 23 13 4 60 14 33 52 .309 .366 .461 .827 146 185 3
BOS (1 yr) 148 654 573 78 147 12 13 4 47 13 67 .257 .339 .344 .682 116 197 4 10
NL (12 yrs) 1501 7080 6205 1400 2227 244 143 61 786 324 761 230 .359 .434 .474 .907 146 2940 58 56
AL (4 yrs) 565 2525 2216 320 623 76 39 14 166 65 268 .281 .363 .370 .733 123 819 17 24

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1892 23 CLV NL CS BSN L 6 25 25 3 8 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 .320 .320 .360 .680 9 0
1 CS 6 25 25 3 8 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 .320 .320 .360 .680 9 0

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1890 21 NYG NL 3 10 .231 5.57 21 12 7 6 0 0 118.0 134 123 73 3 92 82 0 0 16 0 61 1.915 10.2 0.2 7.0 6.3 0.89
1894 25 CLV NL 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 122 1.750 13.5 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00
1902 33 SLB AL 0 1 .000 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 39 5.000 36.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
3 Seasons 3 11 .214 5.56 23 12 8 6 0 0 123.0 144 129 76 3 94 84 0 0 16 0 62 1.935 10.5 0.2 6.9 6.1 0.89
162 Game Avg. 6 21 .214 5.56 45 23 16 12 0 0 239 280 251 148 6 183 163 0 0 31 0 62 1.935 10.5 0.2 6.9 6.1 0.89
NYG (1 yr) 3 10 .231 5.57 21 12 7 6 0 0 118.0 134 123 73 3 92 82 0 0 16 0 61 1.915 10.2 0.2 7.0 6.3 0.89
CLV (1 yr) 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 122 1.750 13.5 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00
SLB (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 39 5.000 36.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
NL (2 yrs) 3 10 .231 5.53 22 12 8 6 0 0 122.0 140 125 75 3 93 82 0 0 16 0 62 1.910 10.3 0.2 6.9 6.0 0.88
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 39 5.000 36.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1890 NYG NL 21 OF 90 159 108 23 28 4 .824 1.46 .923 1.89 11-2-77
1890 NYG NL 21 P 21 38 2 33 3 1 .921 1.67 .895 2.01
1891 CLV NL 22 OF 40 65 53 5 7 1 .892 1.45 .914 1.88 6-2-35
1892 CLV NL 23 OF 145 322 271 20 31 7 .904 2.01 .913 1.86 145-0-0
1893 CLV NL 24 OF 125 304 239 19 46 5 .849 2.06 .921 2.14 125-0-0
1894 CLV NL 25 OF 125 283 242 17 24 5 .915 2.07 .915 2.24 125-0-0
1894 CLV NL 25 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70
1895 CLV NL 26 OF 131 328 273 17 38 4 .884 2.21 .920 2.14 130-0-1
1896 CLV NL 27 OF 133 310 269 18 23 4 .926 2.16 .934 2.12 133-0-0
1897 CLV NL 28 OF 127 257 226 18 13 3 .949 1.92 .934 2.06 127-1-0
1898 CLV NL 29 OF 150 304 268 17 19 3 .938 1.90 .937 2.03 148-1-1
1899 STL NL 30 OF 140 337 296 20 21 3 .938 2.26 .945 2.11 139-0-1
1899 STL NL 30 2B 1 7 2 3 2 0 .714 5.00 .957 5.50
1900 STL NL 31 OF 141 379 337 17 25 6 .934 2.51 .940 2.13 140-1-0
1901 STL NL 32 OF 142 351 307 17 27 4 .923 2.28 .943 2.03 142-0-0
1902 SLB AL 33 OF 137 343 300 17 26 5 .924 2.31 .945 2.04 137-0-0
1902 SLB AL 33 3B 1 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 .900 3.50
1902 SLB AL 33 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60
1902 SLB AL 33 SS 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 5.70
1903 SLB AL 34 OF 132 255 230 10 15 4 .941 1.82 .953 1.92 132-0-0
1904 SLB AL 35 OF 147 308 266 24 18 4 .942 1.97 .955 1.84 147-0-0
1905 BOS AL 36 OF 148 309 276 11 22 0 .929 1.94 .954 1.83 148-0-0
16 Seasons OF 2053 4614 3961 270 383 62 .917 2.06 .936 2.02 1935-7-115
3 Seasons P 23 38 2 33 3 1 .921 1.52 .895 2.02
1 Season 2B 1 7 2 3 2 0 .714 5.00 .957 5.50
1 Season 3B 1 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 .900 3.50
1 Season SS 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 5.70
16 Seasons TOT 2079 4663 3966 309 388 64 .917 2.06 .852 2.03 1935-7-115
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 Veterans ( 1.3%)
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1938 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1942 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1945 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 1.0%)
1946 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1946 by Old Timers Committee

Batting Average s c a p y
1890 NL  .309 (9th)
1893 NL  .348 (6th)
1895 NL  .409 (1st)
1896 NL  .410 (1st)
1897 NL  .383 (3rd)
1898 NL  .341 (5th)
1899 NL  .396 (2nd)
1900 NL  .363 (3rd)
1901 NL  .376 (1st)
Career  .338 (19th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1893 NL  .459 (3rd)
1895 NL  .486 (3rd)
1896 NL  .461 (7th)
1897 NL  .468 (2nd)
1898 NL  .415 (8th)
1899 NL  .463 (3rd)
1900 NL  .429 (6th)
1901 NL  .440 (1st)
1902 AL  .390 (7th)
1904 AL  .363 (5th)
Career  .415 (25th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1890 NL  .461 (5th)
1893 NL  .491 (7th)
1895 NL  .524 (9th)
1896 NL  .541 (5th)
1899 NL  .500 (4th)
1900 NL  .474 (6th)
1901 NL  .509 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1890 NL  .827 (7th)
1893 NL  .951 (6th)
1895 NL  1.009 (5th)
1896 NL  1.002 (3rd)
1897 NL  .944 (5th)
1899 NL  .963 (3rd)
1900 NL  .904 (4th)
1901 NL  .949 (2nd)
Career  .862 (125th)

Games Played s c a p y
1895 NL  131 (10th)
1896 NL  133 (1st)
1900 NL  141 (2nd)
1901 NL  142 (1st)
1902 AL  138 (2nd)
Career  2066 (187th)

At Bats s c a p y
1895 NL  550 (5th)
1896 NL  586 (1st)
1898 NL  624 (3rd)
1900 NL  559 (6th)
1901 NL  601 (1st)
1902 AL  553 (5th)
1905 AL  573 (9th)
Career  8421 (99th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1893 NL  616 (9th)
1894 NL  608 (9th)
1895 NL  639 (1st)
1896 NL  647 (1st)
1897 NL  610 (9th)
1898 NL  706 (2nd)
1900 NL  643 (3rd)
1901 NL  673 (1st)
1902 AL  636 (2nd)
1904 AL  661 (7th)
1905 AL  654 (6th)
Career  9605 (101st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1892 NL  119 (6th)
1893 NL  145 (3rd)
1895 NL  153 (4th)
1896 NL  160 (1st)
1897 NL  129 (7th)
1898 NL  114 (9th)
1899 NL  116 (9th)
1901 NL  142 (1st)
1902 AL  97 (7th)
1905 AL  78 (6th)
Career  1720 (23rd)

Hits s c a p y
1893 NL  178 (10th)
1895 NL  225 (1st)
1896 NL  240 (1st)
1897 NL  198 (4th)
1898 NL  213 (2nd)
1899 NL  221 (2nd)
1900 NL  203 (2nd)
1901 NL  226 (1st)
1902 AL  169 (8th)
Career  2850 (41st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1893 NL  251 (7th)
1895 NL  288 (3rd)
1896 NL  317 (1st)
1898 NL  249 (7th)
1899 NL  279 (6th)
1900 NL  265 (3rd)
1901 NL  306 (1st)
1902 AL  231 (9th)
Career  3759 (107th)

Doubles s c a p y
1896 NL  27 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1890 NL  13 (7th)
1892 NL  14 (10th)
1896 NL  16 (8th)
1900 NL  15 (6th)
1901 NL  15 (7th)
1905 AL  13 (4th)
Career  182 (15th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1899 NL  7 (6th)
1900 NL  7 (6th)
1901 NL  10 (3rd)
1905 AL  4 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1893 NL  98 (5th)
1894 NL  84 (9th)
1895 NL  74 (6th)
1897 NL  76 (6th)
1898 NL  69 (8th)
1899 NL  67 (10th)
1900 NL  62 (7th)
1901 NL  59 (6th)
1902 AL  71 (4th)
1903 AL  52 (4th)
1904 AL  78 (2nd)
1905 AL  67 (3rd)
Career  1029 (101st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1890 NL  52 (9th)
1892 NL  59 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
Career  389 (73rd)

Singles s c a p y
1892 NL  132 (10th)
1895 NL  185 (1st)
1896 NL  191 (1st)
1897 NL  161 (2nd)
1898 NL  186 (2nd)
1899 NL  185 (2nd)
1900 NL  170 (2nd)
1901 NL  181 (1st)
1902 AL  126 (9th)
1903 AL  121 (8th)
1904 AL  129 (8th)
1905 AL  118 (10th)
Career  2273 (13th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1890 NL  146 (4th)
1893 NL  146 (6th)
1895 NL  154 (8th)
1896 NL  157 (5th)
1897 NL  140 (8th)
1899 NL  162 (3rd)
1900 NL  150 (4th)
1901 NL  181 (1st)
1902 AL  124 (9th)
1904 AL  130 (10th)
Career  140 (76th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1893 NL  114 (5th)
1895 NL  138 (3rd)
1896 NL  144 (2nd)
1897 NL  114 (5th)
1898 NL  101 (4th)
1899 NL  129 (3rd)
1900 NL  113 (3rd)
1901 NL  132 (1st)
1902 AL  89 (8th)
1905 AL  66 (10th)
Career  1566 (68th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1890 NL  21 (9th)
1893 NL  40 (4th)
1895 NL  50 (4th)
1896 NL  50 (4th)
1897 NL  36 (6th)
1898 NL  33 (7th)
1899 NL  51 (3rd)
1900 NL  39 (4th)
1901 NL  62 (1st)
1902 AL  21 (6th)
1904 AL  23 (6th)
Career  493 (47th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1890 NL  2.2 (9th)
1893 NL  3.8 (4th)
1895 NL  4.5 (4th)
1896 NL  4.6 (4th)
1897 NL  3.4 (6th)
1898 NL  3.5 (7th)
1899 NL  5.0 (3rd)
1900 NL  3.9 (4th)
1901 NL  6.5 (1st)
1902 AL  2.2 (6th)
1904 AL  2.7 (6th)
Career  48.7 (48th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1890 NL  40 (10th)
1896 NL  49 (7th)
1901 NL  45 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1893 NL  283 (1st)
1894 NL  272 (7th)
1895 NL  307 (1st)
1896 NL  296 (2nd)
1897 NL  281 (2nd)
1898 NL  291 (3rd)
1899 NL  290 (4th)
1900 NL  268 (4th)
1901 NL  295 (1st)
1902 AL  245 (1st)
1903 AL  206 (6th)
1904 AL  239 (4th)
1905 AL  218 (4th)
Career  3954 (43rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1890 NL  .707 (7th)
1893 NL  .755 (6th)
1895 NL  .794 (4th)
1896 NL  .810 (2nd)
1897 NL  .759 (4th)
1899 NL  .814 (3rd)
1900 NL  .754 (3rd)
1901 NL  .827 (1st)
Career  .728 (46th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1901 NL  10 (5th)
Career  75 (166th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1900 NL  19 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1899 NL  10.9 (9th)
1900 NL  11.5 (5th)
1901 NL  14.6 (2nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1899 NL  79.7 (9th)
1900 NL  79.9 (10th)
1901 NL  60.1 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  5651 (187th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1890 NL  7 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1903 AL  born 1868-12-04 (10th)
1904 AL  born 1868-12-04 (9th)
1905 AL  born 1868-12-04 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 31 (56), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 174 (60), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 191 (48), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 56 (48), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

March 22, 1890: Returned to league control by the Indianapolis Hoosiers.

March 22, 1890: Under league control and obtained by the New York Giants.

February, 1891: Purchased by the Cleveland Spiders from the New York Giants.

March 29, 1899: Assigned to the St. Louis Perfectos by the Cleveland Spiders.

Before 1902 Season: Jumped from the St. Louis Cardinals to the St. Louis Browns.

December 26, 1904: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Boston Americans for George Stone and cash.

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