John Whitehead

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: April 27, 1909 in Coleman, TX us

Died: October 20, 1964 in Bonham, TX

Buried: Carson Cemetery, Ector, TX

Debut: April 19, 1935 (Age 25-357d, 7,851st in major league history)
vs. DET 9.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: May 13, 1942 (Age 33-016d)
vs. PHA 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: John Henderson Whitehead

Nicknames: Silent John

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.7

ERA

4.60

172

119

944.0

254

WHIP

1.532

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-26 / in Starts: 1-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 13

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	121	2	Apr 20	CHW	@	DET	L,7-8	GS-5		99	5.0	12	5	4	0	5	0	0	7.20	0.59	26	5	5	0	1	11	30			0	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.235	2.20	-0.33%	-1.85	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
2	122	6	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-7	GS-7	L(0-1)	4	7.0	11	7	7	0	1	2	0	8.25	3.76	32	9	12	2	3	10	28			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.250	1.17	-0.35%	-3.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out d6
3	123	9	Apr 29	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-8	2-3		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.07	3.81	8	4	3	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	.59	0.062	1.53	0.10%	1.71	2b -23 0 out d3	3b 3 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	124	16	May 7	CHW		NYY	L,4-15	GS-4	L(0-2)	7	3.1	8	6	6	0	1	0	0	8.83	3.46	18	4	5	0	0	8	21			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.197	3.82	-0.45%	-2.59	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d4
5	125	22	May 14	CHW		CLE	L,4-9	4-7		6	4.0	6	3	3	1	2	1	0	8.44	3.86	18	8	1	0	0	6		0	0	0	1	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.054	1.11	-0.11%	-0.57	4t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d6
6	126	25	May 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-7	L(0-3)	3	7.0	11	5	5	3	0	0	0	7.94	3.86	35	15	6	1	2	11	32			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	1	1	1	.92	-0.099	2.94	-0.19%	-0.72	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	127	36	Jun 1	CHW		WSH	L,7-10	3-6		13	3.2	11	4	4	0	0	1	0	8.16	4.12	21	9	6	1	1	6		2	1	1	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.055	.62	-0.05%	-1.90	3t 1-3 1 out d3	6t 3 out d8
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Browns
8	128	44	Jun 8	SLB		BOS	L,7-8	1-GF	L(0-4)	6	9.0	9	4	4	2	2	2	0	7.24	4.47	37	15	10	1	2	8		0	0	0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	1	0	.95	-0.312	.04	-0.01%	1.41	1t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 1
9	129	47	Jun 11(1)	SLB		NYY	L,5-8	GS-4	L(0-5)	2	3.0	9	7	7	0	0	1	1	8.18	4.71	19	4	5	2	0	9	13			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.396	.00	0.00%	-5.22	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d3
10	130	50	Jun 16	SLB	@	PHA	L,10-11	GS-7		4	7.0	12	8	8	1	0	1	0	8.47	4.73	34	12	9	2	3	12	20			0	0	0	33	4	1	0	1	0	1	1.06	-0.397	.01	0.00%	-4.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
11	131	56	Jun 22	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-7	GS-5	L(0-6)	5	4.0	9	6	6	2	0	0	1	8.84	4.74	24	11	2	1	0	8	18			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	.76	-0.185	.00	0.00%	-4.19	1b start tie	5b -2- 0 out d6
12	132	60	Jun 27	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-11	7-7		4	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	9.11	4.78	5	1	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-3.51	7b 12- 2 out d3	7b 3 out d7
13	133	62	Jun 29(2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.95	4.74	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.61	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	134	63	Jul 1	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-8	4-6		1	2.1	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	8.59	4.64	12	5	3	1	1	1		1	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.51	4b -2- 2 out d1	6b 3 out d3
15	135	67	Jul 4(1)	SLB		CHW	L,3-7	6-GF		2	3.1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	8.13	4.46	14	6	1	1	0	5		2	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.005	.00	0.00%	1.29	6t 12- 2 out d5	9t end d 4
16	136	69	Jul 6	SLB		DET	L,5-9			1	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.96	4.42	5												5					0
17	137	70	Jul 7	SLB		DET	W,8-6	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.83	4.40	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.60	0.168	.00	0.00%	1.01	9t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
18	138	71	Jul 8(1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.71	4.34	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.60	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
19	139	76	Jul 14	SLB		WSH	L,9-11	9-GF	BS(1)	5	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	7.81	4.53	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.04	-0.736	.00	0.00%	-2.51	9t 12- 2 out a1	9t end d 2
20	140	79	Jul 16(2)	SLB		PHA	T,5-5	10-GF(12)		1	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.47	4.44	12	6	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	2.88	0.472	.00	0.00%	1.80	10t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
21	141	82	Jul 18(2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	9-GF		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.36	4.42	5	0	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.60	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
22	142	85	Jul 22	SLB		BOS	L,3-6	2-5		3	3.2	6	2	2	0	1	1	0	7.24	4.47	17	10	0	0	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.084	.00	0.00%	1.24	2t -23 0 out d3	5t -23 2 out d5
23	143	87	Jul 23(2)	SLB		BOS	L,3-11			0	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.23	4.44	4												3					0
24	144	89	Jul 26	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-14	4-7		2	3.1	8	6	5	1	0	2	0	7.50	4.73	20	4	7	0	0	8		2	2	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	1	1	.04	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-5.77	4b 12- 2 out d5	7b 3 out d13
25	145	91	Jul 29	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-3	8-8	H(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.47	4.76	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.89	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.05	8b 12- 0 out a2	8b 123 1 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	146	95	Aug 3	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-9	4-6		4	1.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	7.54	4.76	8	2	2	1	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-2.43	4b 12- 1 out d3	6b --3 0 out d6
27	147	99	Aug 6(2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-6	GS-5		2	5.0	4	4	3	4	0	1	0	7.41	4.92	24	11	5	1	0	4	41			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	-0.174	.00	0.00%	-1.14	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
28	148	104	Aug 13	SLB	@	DET	W,11-7	5-6		6	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.40	4.89	5	2	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.005	.00	0.00%	0.21	5b 1-3 2 out d2	6b 3 out d3
29	149	105	Aug 14	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.32	4.86	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.61	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
30	150	106	Aug 16(1)	SLB		CLE	L,0-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.23	4.83	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.60	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
31	151	107	Aug 16(2)	SLB		CLE	L,1-7	8-GF		-1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.07	4.78	6	3	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.004	.00	0.00%	1.20	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
32	152	108	Aug 17	SLB		CLE	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	W(1-6)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.00	4.76	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.43	0.157	.00	0.00%	0.60	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
33	153	112	Aug 23	SLB		BOS	L,1-9	2-8		5	6.2	8	3	1	3	1	0	0	6.61	4.68	29	15	2	0	0	8		2	2	1	0	0	25	0	0	1	3	0	0	.26	-0.033	.00	0.00%	0.12	2t -23 1 out d4	8t 3 out d8
							6-26		W-L:1-6,Sv:1,BSv:1,Hld:1	2.6	98.0	148	79	72	22	18	13	2	6.61	4.68	460	1.71		5%	5%	133	25	24	54%	3	2	0	421	27	6	3	9	5	9	.75	-2.363	.69	-1.39%	-26.34

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