John Whitehead
John Henderson Whitehead (Silent John)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 27, 1909 in Coleman, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1935
Final Game: May 13, 1942
Died: October 20, 1964 in Bonham, TX
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Standard Pitching

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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
1935 26 CHW AL 13 13 .500 3.72 28 27 1 18 1 0 222.1 209 101 92 17 101 72 2 0 3 949 124 1.394 8.5 0.7 4.1 2.9 0.71 MVP-19
1936 27 CHW AL 13 13 .500 4.64 34 32 1 15 1 1 230.2 254 137 119 9 98 70 5 0 10 1035 112 1.526 9.9 0.4 3.8 2.7 0.71
1937 28 CHW AL 11 8 .579 4.07 26 24 2 8 4 0 165.2 191 84 75 14 56 45 5 0 3 718 113 1.491 10.4 0.8 3.0 2.4 0.80
1938 29 CHW AL 10 11 .476 4.76 32 24 6 10 2 2 183.1 218 108 97 12 80 38 3 0 1 830 103 1.625 10.7 0.6 3.9 1.9 0.48
1939 30 TOT AL 1 6 .143 6.61 33 8 12 0 0 1 98.0 148 79 72 14 22 18 2 0 2 460 73 1.735 13.6 1.3 2.0 1.7 0.82
1939 30 CHW AL 0 3 .000 8.16 7 4 0 0 0 0 32.0 60 30 29 4 5 9 0 0 0 158 58 2.031 16.9 1.1 1.4 2.5 1.80
1939 30 SLB AL 1 3 .250 5.86 26 4 12 0 0 1 66.0 88 49 43 10 17 9 2 0 2 302 83 1.591 12.0 1.4 2.3 1.2 0.53
1940 31 SLB AL 1 3 .250 5.40 15 4 7 1 1 0 40.0 46 25 24 3 14 11 0 0 3 177 85 1.500 10.4 0.7 3.2 2.5 0.79
1942 33 SLB AL 0 0 6.75 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 8 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 21 55 2.250 18.0 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00
7 Seasons 49 54 .476 4.60 172 119 30 52 9 4 944.0 1074 537 482 69 372 254 18 0 22 4190 105 1.532 10.2 0.7 3.5 2.4 0.68
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .476 4.60 40 28 7 12 2 1 221 251 125 113 16 87 59 4 0 5 979 105 1.532 10.2 0.7 3.5 2.4 0.68
CHW (5 yrs) 47 48 .495 4.45 127 111 10 51 8 3 834.0 932 460 412 56 340 234 15 0 17 3690 109 1.525 10.1 0.6 3.7 2.5 0.69
SLB (3 yrs) 2 6 .250 5.73 45 8 20 1 1 1 110.0 142 77 70 13 32 20 3 0 5 500 82 1.582 11.6 1.1 2.6 1.6 0.63

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1935 26 13 13 .500 3.72 28 27 1 18 1 0 222.1 209 101 92 17 101 72 2 0 3 949 124 1.394 8.5 0.7 4.1 2.9 0.71 124
1936 27 26 26 .500 4.19 62 59 2 33 2 1 453.0 463 238 211 26 199 142 7 0 13 1984 117 1.461 9.2 0.5 4.0 2.8 0.71 117
1937 28 37 34 .521 4.16 88 83 4 41 6 1 618.2 654 322 286 40 255 187 12 0 16 2702 116 1.469 9.5 0.6 3.7 2.7 0.73 116
1938 29 47 45 .511 4.30 120 107 10 51 8 3 802.0 872 430 383 52 335 225 15 0 17 3532 113 1.505 9.8 0.6 3.8 2.5 0.67 113
1939 30 48 51 .485 4.55 153 115 22 51 8 4 900.0 1020 509 455 66 357 243 17 0 19 3992 106 1.530 10.2 0.7 3.6 2.4 0.68 106
1940 31 49 54 .476 4.59 168 119 29 52 9 4 940.0 1066 534 479 69 371 254 17 0 22 4169 105 1.529 10.2 0.7 3.6 2.4 0.68 105
1941 32 49 54 .476 4.59 168 119 29 52 9 4 940.0 1066 534 479 69 371 254 17 0 22 4169 105 1.529 10.2 0.7 3.6 2.4 0.68 105
1942 33 49 54 .476 4.60 172 119 30 52 9 4 944.0 1074 537 482 69 372 254 18 0 22 4190 105 1.532 10.2 0.7 3.5 2.4 0.68 105

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1935 26 16 10 .615 3.12 234.0 202 90 81 16 98 76 2 1.282 7.8 3.8 2.9 0.78 0.6 28
1936 27 16 12 .571 3.36 252.0 231 104 94 8 89 76 5 1.270 8.3 3.2 2.7 0.85 0.3 34
1937 28 10 8 .556 3.51 169.0 181 73 66 13 53 46 5 1.385 9.6 2.8 2.4 0.87 0.7 26
1938 29 12 10 .545 3.73 198.0 206 91 82 11 76 41 3 1.424 9.4 3.5 1.9 0.54 0.5 32
1939 30 4 7 .364 5.26 106.0 142 69 62 13 21 19 2 1.538 12.1 1.8 1.6 0.90 1.1 33
1940 31 2 2 .500 4.40 43.0 44 23 21 3 13 12 0 1.326 9.2 2.7 2.5 0.92 0.6 15
1942 33 0 0 6.75 4.0 8 3 3 0 1 0 1 2.250 18.0 2.3 0.0 0.00 0.0 4
7 Seasons 60 49 .550 3.66 1006.0 1014 453 409 64 351 270 18 1.357 9.1 2.4 0.77 0.6 172

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1935 AL (19, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1094th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1935 AL  8.460 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1937 AL  3.042 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1936 AL  230.7 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1936 AL  32 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1935 AL  18 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1937 AL  4 (3rd)
1938 AL  2 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1935 AL  17 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1935 AL  101 (8th)
1936 AL  98 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1936 AL  .351 (5th)
1938 AL  .589 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1935 AL  13 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1936 AL  10 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1936 AL  5 (7th)
1937 AL  5 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1936 AL  1035 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1935 AL  124 (8th)
1936 AL  112 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1334), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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