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John Whitehead
John Henderson Whitehead (Silent John)

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

Debut April 19, 1935
Final Game May 13, 1942
Born April 27, 1909 in Coleman, TX
Died October 20, 1964 in Bonham, TX

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1935 26 CHW AL  13  13  28  27  18   1   1  0  222.3  209  101   92  17  101   72   2   3   949       0  3.72  4.63  124 1.394 MVP-19
 1936 27 CHW AL  13  13  34  32  15   1   1  1  230.7  254  137  119   9   98   70   5  10  1035       0  4.64  5.19  112 1.526
 1937 28 CHW AL  11   8  26  24   8   4   2  0  165.7  191   84   75  14   56   45   5   3   718       0  4.07  4.62  113 1.491
 1938 29 CHW AL  10  11  32  24  10   2   6  2  183.3  218  108   97  12   80   38   3   1   830       0  4.76  4.89  103 1.625
 1939 30 TOT AL   1   6  33   8   0   0  12  1   98.0  148   79   72  14   22   18   2   2   460       0  6.61  4.81   73 1.735
         CHW AL   0   3   7   4   0   0   0  0   32.0   60   30   29   4    5    9   0   0   158       0  8.16  4.71   58 2.031
         SLB AL   1   3  26   4   0   0  12  1   66.0   88   49   43  10   17    9   2   2   302       0  5.86  4.85   83 1.591
 1940 31 SLB AL   1   3  15   4   1   1   7  0   40.0   46   25   24   3   14   11   0   3   177       0  5.40  4.60   85 1.500
 1942 33 SLB AL   0   0   4   0   0   0   1  0    4.0    8    3    3   0    1    0   1   0    21       0  6.75  3.69   55 2.250
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .476  49  54 172 119  52   9  30  4  944.0 1074  537  482  69  372  254  18  22  4190       0  4.60  4.83  105 1.532
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  12  40  27  12   2   7  0  220.3  250  125  112  16   86   59   4   5   979   0   0  4.60  4.83  105 1.532
 Career High     13  13  34  32  18   4  12  2  230.7  254  137  119  17  101   72   5  10  1035   0   0  3.72  5.19  124 1.394

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1935 26 CHW AL  28   82    7   12   0  0   0    9   0  0   4   9  .146  .186  .146  -14   12   4           0     MVP-19
 1936 27 CHW AL  34   87    6   21   1  0   0    9   0  0   5   9  .241  .283  .253   31   22   7           0    
 1937 28 CHW AL  26   58    7   13   1  0   0    5   0  0   4  10  .224  .286  .241   34   14   4           1    
 1938 29 CHW AL  32   60    3    6   0  0   0    5   0  0   5  15  .100  .169  .100  -32    6   5           0    
 1939 30 TOT AL  33   26    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   8  .038  .107  .038  -62    1   0           0   1
         CHW AL   7    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
         SLB AL  26   17    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   1  .059  .158  .059  -43    1   0           0   1
 1940 31 SLB AL  15   12    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .167  .167  .167  -14    2   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      172  325   24   55   2  0   0   30   0  0  20  54  .169  .220  .175   -0   57  20   0   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        306   23   52   2  0   0   28   0  0  19  51  .169  .220  .175   -0   54  19   0   0   1   2
 Career High     34   87    7   21   1  0   0    9   0  0   5  15                          22   7   0   0   1   1

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1935 26 CHW AL   90   74    2   0.7   113| .146  .290| .186  .363| .146  .419| .332  .782| -14  .028 -14.4  -1.4   0%
 1936 27 CHW AL   99   73    6   2.2   125| .241  .304| .283  .380| .253  .446| .536  .826|  31  .154 -10.0  -0.9   0%
 1937 28 CHW AL   67   49    4   2.2   117| .224  .290| .286  .365| .241  .432| .527  .797|  34  .164  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1938 29 CHW AL   70   59    1   0.4   120| .100  .293| .169  .372| .100  .436| .269  .808| -32  .011 -12.8  -1.2   0%
 1939 30 TOT AL   28   26    0   0.0   116| .038  .289| .107  .365| .038  .428| .145  .792| -62  .000  -6.6  -0.7   0%
         CHW AL    9    9    0   0.0   116| .000  .290| .000  .366| .000  .429| .000  .795|-100  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
         SLB AL   19   17    0   0.0   116| .059  .289| .158  .364| .059  .427| .217  .791| -43  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1940 31 SLB AL   12   11    0   0.0   113| .167  .282| .167  .355| .167  .427| .334  .782| -14  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       366  292   13   1.2   118| .169  .294| .220  .369| .175  .433| .395  .802|  -0  .061 -51.8  -5.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1935 26 CHW AL   P   28      7   56    1    6  .984  .949  2.25  1.12  2.55  2.15   27  222.3
 1936 27 CHW AL   P   34     10   60    5    4  .933  .956  2.06  1.04  2.73  1.99   32  230.7
 1937 28 CHW AL   P   26      6   27    1    1  .971  .954  1.27  1.09  1.79  2.05   24  165.7
 1938 29 CHW AL   P   32      4   35    1    3  .975  .951  1.22  1.12  1.91  2.11   24  183.3
 1939 30 TOT AL   P   33      7   20    0    2 1.000  .951  0.82  0.98  2.48  1.92    8   98.0
         CHW AL   P    7      3    5    0    0 1.000  .952  1.14  0.99  2.25  1.91    4   32.0
         SLB AL   P   26      4   15    0    2 1.000  .950  0.73  0.98  2.59  1.92    4   66.0
 1940 31 SLB AL   P   15      1    6    1    0  .875  .959  0.47  1.05  1.57  2.05    4   40.0
 1942 33 SLB AL   P    4      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  1.30  4.50  2.25    0    4.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1935 26 CHW AL   P   28      7   56    1    6  .984  .949  2.25  1.12  2.55  2.15   27  222.3
 1936 27 CHW AL   P   34     10   60    5    4  .933  .956  2.06  1.04  2.73  1.99   32  230.7
 1937 28 CHW AL   P   26      6   27    1    1  .971  .954  1.27  1.09  1.79  2.05   24  165.7
 1938 29 CHW AL   P   32      4   35    1    3  .975  .951  1.22  1.12  1.91  2.11   24  183.3
 1939 30 TOT AL   P   33      7   20    0    2 1.000  .951  0.82  0.98  2.48  1.92    8   98.0
         CHW AL   P    7      3    5    0    0 1.000  .952  1.14  0.99  2.25  1.91    4   32.0
         SLB AL   P   26      4   15    0    2 1.000  .950  0.73  0.98  2.59  1.92    4   66.0
 1940 31 SLB AL   P   15      1    6    1    0  .875  .959  0.47  1.05  1.57  2.05    4   40.0
 1942 33 SLB AL   P    4      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  1.30  4.50  2.25    0    4.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 172     35  206    9   16  .964  .953  1.40  1.07  2.30  2.06  119  944.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       172     35  206    9   16  .964  .953  1.40  1.07  2.30  2.06  119    944

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1935-AL-19-0.05
Car-1073-0.05 shares

ERA
1937 AL-4.07-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1935 AL-8.46-4

Bases on Balls/9IP
1937 AL-3.04-10

Innings
1936 AL-230.7-10

Games Started
1936 AL-32-7

Comp. Games
1935 AL-18-9

Shutouts
1937 AL-4-3
1938 AL-2-5

Home Runs Allow.
1935 AL-17-4

Bases On Balls Allow.
1935 AL-101-8
1936 AL-98-8

Losses
1935 AL-13-8

Wild Pitches
1936 AL-10-4

Hit Batsmen
1936 AL-5-7
1937 AL-5-5

Batters Faced
1936 AL-1035-8

Adjusted ERA+
1935 AL-124-8
1936 AL-112-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 16 (1175) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 1.0 (1892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
June 2, 1939: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Johnny Marcum.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1935-AL-19-0.05 Car-1073-0.05 shares	ERA 1937 AL-4.07-10	Hits Allowed/9IP 1935 AL-8.46-4	Bases on Balls/9IP 1937 AL-3.04-10	Innings 1936 AL-230.7-10	Games Started 1936 AL-32-7
Comp. Games 1935 AL-18-9	Shutouts 1937 AL-4-3 1938 AL-2-5	Home Runs Allow. 1935 AL-17-4	Bases On Balls Allow. 1935 AL-101-8 1936 AL-98-8	Losses 1935 AL-13-8	Wild Pitches 1936 AL-10-4
Hit Batsmen 1936 AL-5-7 1937 AL-5-5	Batters Faced 1936 AL-1035-8	Adjusted ERA+ 1935 AL-124-8 1936 AL-112-10