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Burgess Whitehead
Burgess Urquhart Whitehead (Whitey)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 160 lb.

Born: June 29, 1910 in Tarboro, NC
School: University of North Carolina (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1933
Final Game: September 29, 1946
Died: November 25, 1993 in Windsor, NC
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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
1933 23 STL NL 12 8 7 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 60 2 1 0 1 /64
1934 24 STL NL 100 357 332 55 92 13 5 1 24 5 12 19 .277 .310 .355 .666 74 118 3 4 9 465
1935 25 STL NL 107 358 338 45 89 10 2 0 33 5 11 14 .263 .289 .305 .593 57 103 5 1 8 4/56 AS
1936 26 NYG NL 154 685 632 99 176 31 3 4 47 14 29 32 .278 .317 .356 .673 82 225 18 7 17 *4 MVP-11
1937 27 NYG NL 152 613 574 64 164 15 6 5 52 7 28 20 .286 .323 .359 .682 84 206 11 4 7 *4 AS
1939 29 NYG NL 95 370 335 31 80 6 3 2 24 1 24 19 .239 .299 .293 .592 59 98 15 5 6 4/65
1940 30 NYG NL 133 606 568 68 160 9 6 4 36 9 26 17 .282 .319 .340 .659 81 193 16 5 7 54/6
1941 31 NYG NL 116 429 403 41 92 15 4 1 23 7 14 10 .228 .258 .293 .551 54 118 18 2 10 *4/5
1946 36 PIT NL 55 136 127 10 28 1 2 0 5 3 6 6 .220 .261 .260 .521 47 33 3 1 2 4/56
9 Seasons 924 3562 3316 415 883 100 31 17 245 51 150 138 .266 .304 .331 .634 72 1096 90 29 67
162 Game Avg. 162 625 581 73 155 18 5 3 43 9 26 24 .266 .304 .331 .634 72 192 16 5 12
NYG (5 yrs) 650 2703 2512 303 672 76 22 16 182 38 121 98 .268 .307 .334 .642 75 840 78 23 47
STL (3 yrs) 219 723 677 102 183 23 7 1 58 10 23 34 .270 .299 .329 .629 65 223 9 5 18
PIT (1 yr) 55 136 127 10 28 1 2 0 5 3 6 6 .220 .261 .260 .521 47 33 3 1 2

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
1934 24 STL NL WS DET W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 26 NYG NL WS NYY L 6 22 21 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 .048 .091 .048 .139 1 0 0 0 0 0
1937 27 NYG NL WS NYY L 5 18 16 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .250 .333 .375 .708 6 0 0 0 0 1
3 Seasons (3 Series) 12 40 37 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 1 3 3 .135 .200 .189 .389 7 0 0 0 0 1
3 WS 12 40 37 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 1 3 3 .135 .200 .189 .389 7 0 0 0 0 1

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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 Awards
1933 STL NL 23 SS 9 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 0.67 .950 4.94
1933 STL NL 23 2B 3 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.67 .960 5.40
1934 STL NL 24 2B 48 237 88 140 9 27 .962 4.75 .965 5.45
1934 STL NL 24 SS 29 77 40 33 4 5 .948 2.52 .951 5.14
1934 STL NL 24 3B 28 80 30 47 3 6 .963 2.75 .944 2.73
1935 STL NL 25 2B 80 398 172 218 8 43 .980 4.88 .962 5.37 AS
1935 STL NL 25 3B 8 20 7 12 1 2 .950 2.38 .940 2.71 AS
1935 STL NL 25 SS 6 20 9 10 1 2 .950 3.17 .945 5.10 AS
1936 NYG NL 26 2B 153 1026 442 552 32 107 .969 6.50 .963 5.30 MVP-11
1937 NYG NL 27 2B 152 932 394 514 24 106 .974 5.97 .958 5.33 AS
1939 NYG NL 29 2B 91 569 232 320 17 60 .970 6.07 .968 5.42
1939 NYG NL 29 SS 4 22 7 15 0 2 1.000 5.50 .950 5.10
1939 NYG NL 29 3B 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 .950 2.80
1940 NYG NL 30 3B 74 209 68 130 11 5 .947 2.68 .948 2.82
1940 NYG NL 30 2B 57 369 164 200 5 45 .986 6.39 .963 5.14
1940 NYG NL 30 SS 4 12 6 6 0 0 1.000 3.00 .950 5.00
1941 NYG NL 31 2B 104 591 288 285 18 60 .970 5.51 .962 5.25
1941 NYG NL 31 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20
1946 PIT NL 36 2B 30 135 66 64 5 14 .963 4.33 .970 5.09
1946 PIT NL 36 3B 4 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 .900 2.85
1946 PIT NL 36 SS 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 4.70
9 Seasons 2B 718 4262 1847 2297 118 462 .972 5.77 .963 5.31
6 Seasons 3B 116 312 106 191 15 14 .952 2.56 .946 2.79
6 Seasons SS 53 138 65 68 5 10 .964 2.51 .950 5.08
9 Seasons TOT 887 4712 2018 2556 138 486 .971 5.16 .932 4.97
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1956 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

All-Star Games
1935 *
1937 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1936 NL (11, 8%)
0.08 Career Shares (957th)

Games Played s c a p y
1936 NL  154 (5th)
1937 NL  152 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1936 NL  632 (6th)
1937 NL  574 (10th)
1940 NL  568 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1936 NL  685 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1936 NL  14 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1936 NL  138 (9th)
1937 NL  138 (5th)
1940 NL  141 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1934 NL  4 (10th)
1936 NL  7 (3rd)
1937 NL  4 (8th)
1939 NL  5 (6th)
1940 NL  5 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1936 NL  17 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1936 NL  18 (4th)
1939 NL  15 (9th)
1940 NL  16 (5th)
1941 NL  18 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1937 NL  28.7 (4th)
1940 NL  33.4 (3rd)
1941 NL  40.3 (2nd)
Career  24.0 (54th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1936 NL  491 (2nd)
1937 NL  428 (6th)
1940 NL  431 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1579), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1042), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Denny Doyle (953)
  3. Duane Kuiper (950)
  4. Emil Verban (947)
  5. Dick Padden (946)
  6. Marty Barrett (939)
  7. Wally Backman (939)
  8. Roy Hughes (938)
  9. Jose Oquendo (936)
  10. Jimmy Brown (932)
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  1. Dick Egan (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ted Sizemore (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ted Sizemore (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Eddie Kasko (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Eddie Kasko (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mickey Morandini (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jimmy Brown (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

December 9, 1935: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Giants for Roy Parmelee, Phil Weintraub and cash.

January 24, 1947: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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