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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 16	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 17	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 18	NYG		PHI	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 19	NYG		PHI	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
6	6	Apr 20	NYG		BRO	L,9-10	CG	46	9.0	5	3	1	9	1
7	7	Apr 21	NYG		BRO	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	4
8	8	Apr 22	NYG		BRO	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
9	9	Apr 23	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
11	11	Apr 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	54	10.2	2	1	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 27	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	3	6	0	9	0
13	13	Apr 29	NYG		STL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
14	14	Apr 30	NYG		STL	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	NYG		STL	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
16	16	May 2	NYG		PIT	T,7-7	CG	62	13.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	17	May 3	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
18	18	May 4	NYG		CHC	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	4	2	2	8	1
19	19	May 6	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
20	20	May 7	NYG		CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	4	6	0	10	3
21	21	May 10 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
22	22	May 10 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
23	23	May 11	NYG		BSN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
24	24	May 13	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	5	2	1	8	0
25	25	May 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
26	26	May 16	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	27	May 17	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
28	28	May 18	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
29	29	May 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	3	0	8	2
30	30	May 20	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	31	May 21	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	36	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 22	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
33	33	May 25	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
34	34	May 27	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
35	35	May 29	NYG		BSN	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
36	36	May 30 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
37	37	May 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,2-6	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
38	38	May 31	NYG		BRO	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
40	40	Jun 1 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	41	Jun 2	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	42	Jun 3	NYG		CIN	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	2	5	1
43	43	Jun 6 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
44	44	Jun 6 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
45	45	Jun 7	NYG		STL	L,3-11	CG	48	9.0	5	3	1	9	0
46	46	Jun 8 (1)	NYG		STL	W,7-5	CG	44	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
47	47	Jun 8 (2)	NYG		STL	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	3	5	2	10	2
48	48	Jun 9	NYG		STL	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
49	49	Jun 10	NYG		CHC	L,0-11	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
50	50	Jun 11 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
51	51	Jun 11 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
52	52	Jun 12	NYG		CHC	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
53	53	Jun 15 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
54	54	Jun 15 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
55	55	Jun 16	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
56	56	Jun 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
57	57	Jun 18	NYG	@	PIT	T,2-2	CG	44	11.0	4	4	0	8	0
58	58	Jun 19	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
59	59	Jun 20	NYG	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
60	60	Jun 21	NYG	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
61	61	Jun 22 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
62	62	Jun 22 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	72 (9)	Jul 2 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-0	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
64	73	Jul 6	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
65	77 (3)	Jul 13 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	78	Jul 14	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	79	Jul 15	NYG		PIT	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	6	3	1	10	3
68	80	Jul 16	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
69	81	Jul 17	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
70	82	Jul 20 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
71	83	Jul 20 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
72	84	Jul 22	NYG	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
73	85	Jul 23	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	49	11.2	3	3	0	6	0
74	86	Jul 24	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	1	2	0	3	1
75	87	Jul 25	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
76	88	Jul 26	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	3	4	1	8	0
77	89	Jul 27	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
78	90	Jul 29	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
79	91	Jul 30	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
80	92	Jul 31	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	3	2	0	5	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	93	Aug 1	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
82	96 (2)	Aug 3 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	35	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
83	97	Aug 4	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	98	Aug 6	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
85	99	Aug 8	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	0	3	0	3	1
86	100	Aug 9	NYG		PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
87	101	Aug 10 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	3	2	0	5	1
88	102	Aug 10 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	103	Aug 11	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-15	GF	24	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	104	Aug 12 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
91	105	Aug 12 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	8	0	9	1
92	106	Aug 13 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
93	107	Aug 13 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
94	108	Aug 14	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
95	109	Aug 16	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
96	110	Aug 17 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
97	111	Aug 17 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-18	CG	49	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	112	Aug 18 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
99	113	Aug 18 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
100	114	Aug 20	NYG		CHC	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
101	115	Aug 21	NYG		PIT	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
102	116	Aug 22	NYG		PIT	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
103	117	Aug 23 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
104	118	Aug 23 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
105	125 (6)	Aug 29	NYG		BRO	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
							105gm		901.0	288	285	18	591	60