Burgess Whitehead

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: June 29, 1910 in Tarboro, NC us

Died: November 25, 1993 in Windsor, NC

Buried: St. Thomas Church Cemetery, Windsor, NC

School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)

Debut: April 30, 1933 (Age 22-305d, 7,597th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1946 (Age 36-092d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: Burgess Urquhart Whitehead

Nicknames: Whitey

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.3

3316

883

.266

415

RBI

245

OBP

.304

SLG

.331

OPS

.634

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 20	STL	@	PIT	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	5	Apr 21	STL	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	6	Apr 23	STL		CHC	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	7	Apr 24	STL		CHC	L,6-7	CG	46	10.0	3	3	0	6	2
5	8	Apr 25	STL		CHC	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
6	9	Apr 26	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	1	5	0	6	1
7	10	Apr 27	STL		PIT	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	11	Apr 28	STL		PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
9	12	Apr 29	STL	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
10	13	Apr 30	STL	@	CIN	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	14	May 1	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
12	15	May 4	STL	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
13	16	May 5	STL	@	BSN	W,7-0	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	17	May 8	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	52	11.0	2	3	0	5	1
15	18	May 9	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	37	8.2	7	3	0	10	1
16	19	May 11 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,15-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
17	20	May 11 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	41 (20)	Jun 4	STL	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	0	3	1	4	1
19	42	Jun 6	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
20	43	Jun 8 (1)	STL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
21	44	Jun 8 (2)	STL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	49	11.0	0	1	0	1	1
22	45	Jun 9	STL		CHC	W,13-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	46	Jun 12 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,8-6	GS	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
24	47	Jun 12 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	48	Jun 13	STL	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	49	Jun 14 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
27	50	Jun 14 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,8-7	CG	51	13.0	6	5	0	11	1
28	51	Jun 15	STL	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
29	53 (1)	Jun 17	STL	@	NYG	L,3-14	CG	47	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
30	54	Jun 20	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
31	55	Jun 21	STL	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
32	56	Jun 22 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
33	57	Jun 22 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	9	3	0	12	1
34	58	Jun 23 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,16-2	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
35	59	Jun 23 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,6-10	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
36	60	Jun 24	STL	@	BRO	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
37	61	Jun 25	STL	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	62	Jun 26	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	47	9.1	6	3	1	10	2
39	64 (1)	Jun 29	STL	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
40	65	Jun 30	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	66	Jul 2	STL		PIT	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
42	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	0	12.0	7	3	0	10	3
43	68	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
44	69	Jul 6	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
45	70	Jul 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	3
46	71	Jul 7 (2)	STL		CIN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
47	72	Jul 11	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	73	Jul 13	STL		PHI	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
49	74	Jul 14 (1)	STL		PHI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
50	75	Jul 14 (2)	STL		PHI	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
51	76	Jul 15	STL		BSN	W,13-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
52	77	Jul 16	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
53	78	Jul 17	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
54	79	Jul 18	STL		BSN	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
55	80	Jul 19	STL		BRO	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
56	81	Jul 21 (1)	STL		BRO	W,13-7	CG	40	9.0	1	9	0	10	1
57	82	Jul 21 (2)	STL		BRO	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
58	83	Jul 22	STL		NYG	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
59	84	Jul 23 (1)	STL		NYG	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
60	85	Jul 23 (2)	STL		NYG	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
61	86	Jul 24	STL		NYG	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
62	87	Jul 25 (1)	STL		NYG	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
63	88	Jul 25 (2)	STL		NYG	L,2-13	CG	0	9.0	7	4	0	11	1
64	89	Jul 27	STL	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
65	90	Jul 28 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
66	91	Jul 28 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	1	3	0	4	1
67	92	Jul 29	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
68	93	Jul 30	STL	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	2	2	0	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	105 (11)	Aug 14 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	GF	14	3.0	1	4	0	5	2
70	110 (4)	Aug 18 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-4	GF	0		0	1	1	2	0
71	112 (1)	Aug 21	STL	@	BSN	W,13-3	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	114 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,11-5	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
73	116 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,10-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
74	117	Aug 25 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,6-1	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	119 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-1	GF	11	3.0	1	4	0	5	1
76	120	Aug 28 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,13-5	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
77	121	Aug 29	STL	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	124 (2)	Sep 1	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
79	126 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	STL		PIT	W,4-1	CG	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	1
80	127	Sep 4	STL		BSN	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	128	Sep 5	STL		BSN	W,15-3	GF	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	1
82	131 (2)	Sep 8 (1)	STL		PHI	W,11-0	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	135 (3)	Sep 11	STL		PHI	W,10-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	138 (2)	Sep 14	STL		NYG	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	142 (3)	Sep 17 (2)	STL		BRO	L,7-8	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
86	146 (3)	Sep 22 (1)	STL		CIN	W,14-4	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
87	148 (1)	Sep 23	STL		PIT	L,0-12	GF	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	1
88	149	Sep 24	STL		PIT	W,11-2	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
89	152 (2)	Sep 27 (2)	STL		CHC	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
90	153	Sep 28	STL		CHC	W,7-5	GS	50	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
91	154	Sep 29	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							94gm		692.0	188	240	10	438	47