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.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 19	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-12	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 23	NYG	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 24	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 25	NYG		BSN	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 26	NYG		BSN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 27	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 28	NYG		BRO	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 2	NYG	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	May 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
11	11	May 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
12	12	May 6	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
13	13	May 7	NYG	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	14	May 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
15	15	May 9	NYG	@	PIT	W,17-6	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
16	16	May 10	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
17	17	May 11	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 12	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 13	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
20	20	May 14	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	21	May 15	NYG		PIT	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	22	May 17	NYG		CHC	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
23	23	May 18	NYG		CHC	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	24	May 19	NYG		STL	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	25	May 20	NYG		STL	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	26	May 22	NYG		CIN	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	27	May 24	NYG		BSN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
28	28	May 26	NYG		BSN	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	29	May 27	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
30	30	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-0	CG	27	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	31	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,12-5	CG	55	12.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	32	Jun 2 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
33	33	Jun 2 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	34	Jun 3	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	35	Jun 4	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	36	Jun 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
37	37	Jun 7	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	38	Jun 8 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	39	Jun 8 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	40	Jun 9 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,11-9	CG	51	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
41	41	Jun 9 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	42	Jun 11 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
43	43	Jun 11 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	44	Jun 14	NYG		PIT	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	45	Jun 15	NYG		PIT	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
46	46	Jun 16 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
47	47	Jun 16 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
48	48	Jun 17	NYG		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
49	49	Jun 18	NYG		CHC	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
50	50	Jun 20	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	51	Jun 21	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
52	52	Jun 22	NYG		CIN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	53	Jun 23 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
54	54	Jun 23 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	55	Jun 26	NYG		STL	W,10-9	CG	46	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
56	56	Jun 27	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
57	57	Jun 29	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	58	Jun 30 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
59	59	Jun 30 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	60	Jul 1	NYG		BSN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
61	61	Jul 2	NYG		BSN	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
62	62	Jul 3	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	63	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
64	64	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
65	65	Jul 5	NYG		PHI	W,15-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
66	66	Jul 6	NYG		PHI	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	67	Jul 7 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	68	Jul 7 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	69	Jul 11	NYG	@	STL	W,8-6	CG	47	11.0	0	3	0	3	0
70	70	Jul 13 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	40	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
71	71	Jul 13 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	1	4	0	5	0
72	72	Jul 14 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	58	12.0	3	0	0	3	1
73	73	Jul 14 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
74	74	Jul 15	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
75	75	Jul 16	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	2
76	76	Jul 18	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
77	77	Jul 19	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
78	78	Jul 20	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	5	3	0	8	2
79	79	Jul 21 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
80	80	Jul 21 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
81	81	Jul 23	NYG		PIT	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
82	82	Jul 25	NYG		PIT	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	8	0	12	1
83	83	Jul 26	NYG		CHC	L,1-14	CG	46	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
84	84	Jul 27	NYG		CHC	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	5	4	0	9	3
85	85	Jul 28	NYG		CHC	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	86	Jul 29	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
87	87	Jul 30	NYG		CIN	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
88	88	Jul 31	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	89	Aug 2 (1)	NYG		STL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
90	90	Aug 2 (2)	NYG		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
91	91	Aug 3	NYG		STL	L,3-8	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
92	92	Aug 4 (1)	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
93	93	Aug 4 (2)	NYG		STL	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
94	94	Aug 5	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
95	95	Aug 7	NYG		BRO	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
96	96	Aug 8	NYG		BRO	L,3-6	CG	50	12.0	7	7	0	14	1
97	97	Aug 10	NYG	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
98	98	Aug 11 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
99	99	Aug 11 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	100	Aug 13	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
101	101	Aug 14 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,1-0	GS	27	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
102	102	Aug 14 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
103	103	Aug 15	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-12	CG	44	8.0	1	5	1	7	0
104	104	Aug 16	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
105	105	Aug 18 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
106	120 (14)	Aug 31	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	46	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	121	Sep 1 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
108	122	Sep 1 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
109	123	Sep 2 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	5	4	0	9	2
110	124	Sep 2 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
111	125	Sep 4	NYG		BSN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
112	126	Sep 5 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
113	132 (5)	Sep 11 (1)	NYG		STL	L,4-7	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
114	133	Sep 11 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
115	134	Sep 12	NYG		CIN	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	3
116	135	Sep 13	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
117	136	Sep 14	NYG		CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
118	137	Sep 15 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
119	138	Sep 15 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	9	0	9	0
120	139	Sep 16	NYG		PIT	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
121	140	Sep 17	NYG		CHC	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
122	141	Sep 18	NYG		CHC	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
123	142	Sep 19	NYG		CHC	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
124	143	Sep 21	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	1	9	2
125	144	Sep 22 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	145	Sep 22 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
127	146	Sep 23	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS	40	8.2	2	2	0	4	0
128	147	Sep 24	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
129	148	Sep 26 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
130	149	Sep 26 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
131	150	Sep 27	NYG		PHI	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
132	151	Sep 28	NYG		BSN	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
133	152	Sep 29	NYG		BSN	W,14-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
							135gm		1183.0	238	336	16	590	50