Burgess Whitehead

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: June 29, 1910 in Tarboro, NC us

Died: November 25, 1993 in Windsor, NC

Buried: St. Thomas Church Cemetery, Windsor, NC

School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)

Debut: April 30, 1933 (Age 22-305d, 7,597th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1946 (Age 36-092d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: Burgess Urquhart Whitehead

Nicknames: Whitey

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.3

3316

883

.266

415

RBI

245

OBP

.304

SLG

.331

OPS

.634

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 19	STL		PIT	L,4-14	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
2	4	Apr 21	STL		CHC	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1
3	5	Apr 22	STL		CHC	L,2-15	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	8 (2)	Apr 27	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	GF	11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
5	9	Apr 28	STL	@	CHC	L,1-7	GF	21	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	12 (2)	May 1	STL		CIN	W,3-2	GF	16	4.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	17 (4)	May 6	STL		BSN	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	19 (1)	May 8	STL		BSN	W,5-4	GF	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	21 (1)	May 10	STL		NYG	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	23 (1)	May 12	STL		NYG	L,4-6	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	25 (1)	May 15	STL		BRO	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	28 (2)	May 19	STL	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
13	29	May 20	STL	@	NYG	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
14	30	May 21	STL	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
15	31	May 22	STL	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	32	May 23	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	33	May 24	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
18	34	May 27	STL	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS	38	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
19	35	May 28	STL	@	PHI	W,10-0	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
20	36	May 30 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
21	37	May 30 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
22	38	May 31	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	0	3	0	3	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	39	Jun 1	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
24	40	Jun 2 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,13-4	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	43 (2)	Jun 5	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	44	Jun 6	STL		CHC	L,6-12	GS	65	13.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	45	Jun 7	STL		CHC	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
28	46	Jun 8	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
29	47	Jun 10	STL		PIT	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
30	49 (1)	Jun 13	STL		BSN	L,0-9	GF	14	3.0	2	2	0	4	2
31	51 (1)	Jun 15	STL		BSN	L,4-10	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	57 (5)	Jun 21	STL		BRO	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	59 (1)	Jun 23	STL		BRO	W,5-4	GF	13	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
34	61 (1)	Jun 25	STL		NYG	L,7-10	GF	0		1	0	0	1	1
35	62	Jun 26	STL		NYG	W,13-7	GF	18	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	63	Jun 27	STL		NYG	W,8-7	GF	25	6.2	2	3	0	5	1
37	64	Jun 29	STL	@	CIN	L,1-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	65	Jun 30	STL	@	CIN	L,4-11	GF	13	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	66	Jul 1 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-6	GF	42	10.0	2	4	1	7	0
40	67	Jul 1 (2)	STL	@	CIN	T,2-2	CG	24	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
41	68	Jul 2 susp	STL	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	73 (4)	Jul 7	STL		CIN	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	74	Jul 8 (1)	STL		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
44	75	Jul 8 (2)	STL		CIN	L,4-8	GS	46	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
45	80 (4)	Jul 15 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
46	81	Jul 15 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
47	82	Jul 17	STL	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	0	7	1	8	1
48	83	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
49	84	Jul 19	STL	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
50	85	Jul 20	STL	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
51	86	Jul 21	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	6	1	11	0
52	87	Jul 22 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
53	88	Jul 22 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
54	89	Jul 23	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
55	90	Jul 24	STL	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	6	5	1	12	2
56	91	Jul 26 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
57	92	Jul 26 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	93	Jul 27	STL	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
59	94	Jul 28	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	95	Jul 29	STL	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	96	Jul 31	STL	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	98 (1)	Aug 2	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	GF	11	3.0	2	2	0	4	2
63	100 (1)	Aug 4	STL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
64	101	Aug 5 (1)	STL		PIT	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
65	102	Aug 5 (2)	STL		PIT	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
66	103	Aug 7 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
67	104	Aug 7 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS	39	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
68	105	Aug 8	STL	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	46	12.0	4	6	0	10	2
69	106	Aug 10	STL		CHC	W,17-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
70	107	Aug 11	STL		CHC	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
71	108	Aug 12 (1)	STL		CHC	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
72	109	Aug 12 (2)	STL		CHC	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	110	Aug 14	STL		PHI	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
74	111	Aug 16 (1)	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	42	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
75	112	Aug 16 (2)	STL		PHI	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	113	Aug 17	STL		PHI	W,12-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
77	114	Aug 18	STL		BSN	W,15-0	CG	34	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
78	115	Aug 19 (1)	STL		BSN	L,9-10	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	2
79	116	Aug 19 (2)	STL		BSN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
80	117	Aug 21	STL		BSN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
81	118	Aug 23	STL		NYG	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
82	119	Aug 24	STL		NYG	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
83	120	Aug 25	STL		NYG	L,6-7	GS	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
84	121	Aug 26 (1)	STL		BRO	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
85	122	Aug 26 (2)	STL		BRO	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
86	123	Aug 27	STL		BRO	L,1-10	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
87	124	Aug 28	STL		BRO	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	2	2	2	6	1
88	125	Aug 29	STL		BRO	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
89	126	Aug 31	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	127	Sep 1	STL	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
91	128	Sep 3 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
92	129	Sep 3 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	41	8.2	5	2	0	7	1
93	134 (4)	Sep 10	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	137 (2)	Sep 12	STL	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
95	139 (1)	Sep 14	STL	@	NYG	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	140	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	GF	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	143 (2)	Sep 20 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	GF	13	3.1	2	1	0	3	0
98	144	Sep 21 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,13-0	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
99	147 (2)	Sep 23 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
							105gm		720.0	158	220	16	394	38