John Whitehead

John Henderson Whitehead (Silent John)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 27, 1909 in Coleman, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1935
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Browns 1935-1942

Final Game: May 13, 1942
Died: October 20, 1964 in Bonham, TX
Buried: Carson Cemetery, Ector, TX
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1931	22	DAL	A	0	0			5						11.0	18				5							2.091	14.7		4.1			DAL · TL
1932	23	DAL	A	12	6	.667	2.87	40	15					185.0	165	72	59		72							1.281	8.0		3.5			DAL · TL
1933	24	DAL	A	15	13	.536	4.42	40						226.0	222	132	111		109							1.465	8.8		4.3			DAL · TL
1934	25	DAL	A	19	10	.655	2.39	42						237.0	201	85	63		57							1.089	7.6		2.2			DAL · TL
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	123	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	10	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	114	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	104	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	59	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	BAL-min	AA	6	7	.462	2.70	16	11					80.0	86	31	24		12							1.225	9.7		1.4			TOL · AA
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	86	1.500	10.4	0.7	3.2	2.5	0.79

1941	32	BAL-min	AA	6	13	.316	2.82	27	13	3	5	1		153.0	173	58	48		36	30	1	0	1			1.366	10.2		2.1	1.8	0.83	TOL,SYR · AA,IL
1942	33	BAL-min	A1	10	3	.769	1.20	17						142.0	115	28	19		6							0.852	7.3		0.4			SAN · TL
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	61	2.250	18.0	0.0	2.3	0.0	0.00
1943	34	BAL-min	AA	13	12	.520	3.20	28	28	0	17	1		200.0	240	87	71		24	62	0	0	0			1.320	10.8		1.1	2.8	2.58	TOL · AA
1944	35	BAL-min	AA	13	8	.619	3.38	25	24	1	11	3		173.0	185	77	65		17	47	2	0	0			1.168	9.6		0.9	2.4	2.76	TOL · AA
1945	36	BAL-min	AA	8	12	.400	4.01	23	23	0	11	1		157.0	196	91	70		14	45	2	0	2			1.338	11.2		0.8	2.6	3.21	TOL · AA
1946	37	BAL-min	AA,C	13	9	.591	3.11	26	23					165.0	216	88	57		17							1.412	11.8		0.9			SAN,SHR · TL,ETXL
1947	38	SHD	B	13	12	.520	5.81	31	23					203.0	289	169	131		24							1.542	12.8		1.1			SHD · BSTL
1948	39	MIN-min	B	19	6	.760	3.64	29	21					183.0	216	104	74		37							1.383	10.6		1.8			SHD · BSTL
1949	40	SHD	B	13	8	.619	2.73	23						188.0	206	71	57		29							1.250	9.9		1.4			SHD · BSTL
7 Yrs				49	54	.476	4.60	172	119	30	52	9	4	944.0	1074	537	482	70	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	57	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	83	1.582	11.6	1.1	2.6	1.6	0.63

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1935	26	CHW	AL	222.1	28	27	101	4.09	5.18	0.25	0.00	104.1	5.14	26	2.6	1.0	-0.2	4.4	52	.594	.516	$	MVP-19
1936	27	CHW	AL	230.2	34	32	137	5.35	5.75	0.21	0.00	102.2	5.67	8	0.7	1.0	-0.1	2.5	39	.520	.504	$
1937	28	CHW	AL	165.2	26	24	84	4.56	5.40	0.35	0.00	101.1	5.10	9	0.9	1.0	-0.1	2.2	31	.534	.505	$
1938	29	CHW	AL	183.1	32	24	108	5.30	5.54	0.02	0.00	103.2	5.69	6	0.6	1.0	-0.1	2.1	32	.517	.503	$
1939	30	CHW	AL	32.0	7	4	30	8.44	5.51	0.10	0.00	103.2	5.59	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-6	.378	.495	$
1939	30	SLB	AL	66.0	26	4	49	6.68	5.48	-0.60	0.00	104.9	6.38	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	6	.491	.499	$
1940	31	SLB	AL	40.0	15	4	25	5.63	5.10	-0.12	0.00	105.6	5.51	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	3	.495	.500	$

1942	33	SLB	AL	4.0	4	0	3	6.75	4.07	-0.20	0.00	107.2	4.59	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.474	.499	$
7 Seasons				944.0	172	119	537	5.12	5.45	0.13	0.00	103.1	5.48	35	3.5	1.0	-0.6	11.0	156	.520	.503	$

CHW (5 yrs)				834.0	127	111	460	4.96	5.47	0.20	0.00	102.8	5.42	39	3.9	1.0	-0.5	10.6	148	.531	.505	$
SLB (3 yrs)				110.0	45	8	77	6.30	5.29	-0.41	0.00	105.2	6.00	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	0.4	9	.491	.499	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1935	26	CHW	AL	949	1.8%	7.6%	10.6%	3.8%	17%	79%
1936	27	CHW	AL	1036	1.0%	6.8%	9.5%	3.1%	13%	81%
1937	28	CHW	AL	718	2.0%	6.3%	7.8%	2.8%	11%	82%
1938	29	CHW	AL	830	1.5%	4.6%	9.6%	3.5%	13%	82%
1939	30	TOT	AL	460	3.0%	3.9%	4.8%			85%
1939	30	CHW	AL	158	2.5%	5.7%	3.2%			85%
1939	30	SLB	AL	302	3.3%	3.0%	5.6%			84%
1940	31	SLB	AL	177	1.7%	6.2%	7.9%	1.7%	7%	83%

1942	33	SLB	AL	21	0.0%	0.0%	4.8%			90%
7 Yrs				4191	1.7%	6.1%	8.9%	2.9%	11%	81%
MLB Averages					1.4%	8.9%	8.8%	3.2%	13%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	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	3	949	123	1.394	8.5	0.7	4.1	2.9	0.71	123
1936	27	26	26	.500	4.19	62	59	2	33	2	1	453.0	463	238	211	27	199	142	7	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	41	255	187	12	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	53	335	225	15	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	67	357	243	17	19	3992	107	1.530	10.2	0.7	3.6	2.4	0.68	107
1940	31	49	54	.476	4.59	168	119	29	52	9	4	940.0	1066	534	479	70	371	254	17	22	4169	106	1.529	10.2	0.7	3.6	2.4	0.68	106
1941	32	49	54	.476	4.59	168	119	29	52	9	4	940.0	1066	534	479	70	371	254	17	22	4169	106	1.529	10.2	0.7	3.6	2.4	0.68	106
1942	33	49	54	.476	4.60	172	119	30	52	9	4	944.0	1074	537	482	70	372	254	18	22	4190	105	1.532	10.2	0.7	3.5	2.4	0.68	105

Neutralized Pitching

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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	3.15	234.0	203	91	82	17	98	76	2	1.286	7.8	3.8	2.9	0.78	0.7	28
1936	27	16	12	.571	3.36	252.0	231	104	94	9	89	77	5	1.270	8.3	3.2	2.8	0.87	0.3	34
1937	28	10	8	.556	3.51	169.0	182	73	66	13	53	46	5	1.391	9.7	2.8	2.4	0.87	0.7	26
1938	29	11	10	.524	3.73	198.0	207	91	82	11	76	41	3	1.429	9.4	3.5	1.9	0.54	0.5	32
1939	30	4	7	.364	5.21	107.0	140	69	62	13	21	20	2	1.505	11.8	1.8	1.7	0.95	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	9	3	3	0	1	0	1	2.500	20.3	2.3	0.0	0.00	0.0	4
7 Yrs		59	49	.546	3.66	1007.0	1016	454	410	66	351	272	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 (1113th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1935 AL 4.4 (7th)	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 0.390 (5th) 1938 AL 0.589 (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 1,035 (8th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1935 AL 123 (8th) 1936 AL 112 (10th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1935 AL 23 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1935 AL 2.2 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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