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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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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

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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
1935 26 CHW AL 28 90 82 7 12 0 0 0 9 0 0 4 9 .146 .186 .146 .332 -14 12 0 4 1 MVP-19
1936 27 CHW AL 34 99 87 6 21 1 0 0 9 0 0 5 9 .241 .283 .253 .535 31 22 0 7 1
1937 28 CHW AL 26 67 58 7 13 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 10 .224 .286 .241 .527 34 14 1 4 1
1938 29 CHW AL 32 70 60 3 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 15 .100 .169 .100 .269 -32 6 0 5 1
1939 30 TOT AL 33 28 26 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .038 .107 .038 .146 -62 1 1 0 0 1
1939 30 CHW AL 7 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1939 30 SLB AL 26 19 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .059 .158 .059 .217 -43 1 1 0 0 1
1940 31 SLB AL 15 12 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -14 2 1 0 0 1
1942 33 SLB AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
7 Seasons 172 366 325 24 55 2 0 0 30 0 0 20 54 .169 .220 .175 .395 -0 57 2 1 20 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 345 306 23 52 2 0 0 28 0 0 19 51 .169 .220 .175 .395 -0 54 1 19
CHW (5 yrs) 127 335 296 23 52 2 0 0 28 0 0 18 50 .176 .225 .182 .408 3 54 0 1 20
SLB (3 yrs) 45 31 29 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .103 .161 .103 .265 -31 3 2 0 0 0 0

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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
1935 CHW AL 26 P 28 64 7 56 1 6 .984 2.25 .947 1.12 MVP-19
1936 CHW AL 27 P 34 75 10 60 5 4 .933 2.06 .957 1.04
1937 CHW AL 28 P 26 34 6 27 1 1 .971 1.27 .953 1.09
1938 CHW AL 29 P 32 40 4 35 1 3 .975 1.22 .950 1.12
1939 TOT AL 30 P 33 27 7 20 0 2 1.000 0.82 .948 0.98
1939 CHW AL 30 P 7 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.14 .950 0.99
1939 SLB AL 30 P 26 19 4 15 0 2 1.000 0.73 .947 0.98
1940 SLB AL 31 P 15 8 1 6 1 0 .875 0.47 .962 1.05
1942 SLB AL 33 P 4 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 .950 1.30
7 Seasons P 172 250 35 206 9 16 .964 1.40 .952 1.07
7 Seasons TOT 172 250 35 206 9 16 .964 1.40 .916 1.07

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1935-AL-19-5%
0.05 Career Shares (1085th)

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

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Gray InkPitching - 8 (1321), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 2, 1939: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Johnny Marcum.

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