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.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
2	2	Apr 23	NYG		BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 24	NYG		BSN	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
4	4	Apr 25	NYG		BSN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 28	NYG		BRO	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
6	6	Apr 29	NYG		BRO	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 30	NYG		BRO	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 1	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
9	9	May 2	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
10	10	May 3	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
11	11	May 4	NYG		CIN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	8	0	8	1
12	12	May 5	NYG		CIN	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
13	13	May 6	NYG		CIN	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
14	14	May 7	NYG		STL	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
15	15	May 8	NYG		STL	L,5-12	CG	49	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
16	16	May 9	NYG		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
17	17	May 10	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	6	1	10	2
18	18	May 11	NYG		CHC	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
19	19	May 12	NYG		PIT	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
20	20	May 13	NYG		PIT	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
21	21	May 15 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
22	22	May 15 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 16	NYG		PHI	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
24	24	May 18	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
25	25	May 19	NYG	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
26	26	May 20	NYG	@	STL	W,7-4	GS	35	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
27	27	May 21	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-8	GS	29	6.0	2	2	0	4	1
28	28	May 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
29	29	May 23	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
30	30	May 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
31	31	May 25	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
32	32	May 26	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
33	33	May 27	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
34	34	May 29 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
35	35	May 29 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
36	36	May 30	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
37	37	May 31 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,3-10	CG	53	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
38	38	May 31 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1	NYG		BRO	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
40	40	Jun 2	NYG		CHC	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	7	1	12	1
41	41	Jun 4 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,5-6	CG	50	11.0	4	4	0	8	3
42	42	Jun 4 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
43	43	Jun 5	NYG		PIT	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
44	44	Jun 6	NYG		PIT	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
45	45	Jun 7	NYG		PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
46	46	Jun 9 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
47	47	Jun 9 (2)	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
48	48	Jun 12	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
49	49	Jun 13 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	2
50	50	Jun 13 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
51	51	Jun 15	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
52	52	Jun 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
53	53	Jun 18	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
54	54	Jun 19	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS	22	5.1	5	0	0	5	0
55	55	Jun 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
56	56	Jun 22	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
57	57	Jun 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
58	58	Jun 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	4	6	1	11	1
59	59	Jun 25	NYG	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	6	4	0	10	2
60	60	Jun 26	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	61	Jun 27	NYG	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
62	62	Jun 29	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
63	63	Jun 30	NYG		PHI	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	64	Jul 1	NYG		PHI	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
65	65	Jul 2	NYG		BSN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
66	66	Jul 3	NYG		BSN	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
67	67	Jul 4	NYG		BRO	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
68	68	Jul 5 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
69	69	Jul 5 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
70	70	Jul 9	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-15	CG	48	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
71	71	Jul 10	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
72	72	Jul 11 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
73	73	Jul 11 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
74	74	Jul 12	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
75	75	Jul 13	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-10	GS	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
76	76	Jul 14	NYG		PIT	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
77	77	Jul 16	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	45	11.0	5	3	1	9	0
78	78	Jul 17	NYG		STL	W,6-5	CG	37	10.0	2	8	0	10	0
79	79	Jul 18 (1)	NYG		STL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
80	80	Jul 18 (2)	NYG		STL	W,11-0	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
81	81	Jul 19	NYG		STL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
82	82	Jul 20	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	3	6	0	9	1
83	83	Jul 21	NYG		CIN	L,5-6	GS	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
84	84	Jul 22	NYG		CIN	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	5	4	1	10	0
85	85	Jul 23	NYG		CHC	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	6	4	1	11	2
86	86	Jul 24	NYG		CHC	L,5-10	CG	48	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
87	87	Jul 25	NYG		CHC	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
88	88	Jul 27	NYG	@	STL	L,8-9	CG	40	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
89	89	Jul 28	NYG	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
90	90	Jul 29	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	5	3	0	8	2
91	91	Jul 30	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
92	92	Jul 31	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	93	Aug 1	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	45	10.1	4	3	0	7	3
94	94	Aug 3	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	3	1	0	4	0
95	95	Aug 4	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
96	96	Aug 5	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	42	12.0	2	5	0	7	3
97	97	Aug 6	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
98	98	Aug 8 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
99	99	Aug 8 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	6	0	9	1
100	100	Aug 10	NYG		BSN	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	2
101	101	Aug 12	NYG		BSN	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
102	102	Aug 13	NYG		PHI	W,5-0	GS	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	103	Aug 14	NYG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	8	0	10	1
104	104	Aug 15	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
105	105	Aug 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
106	106	Aug 18	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	107	Aug 19	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	39	10.2	5	5	0	10	2
108	108	Aug 20	NYG	@	PHI	W,13-6	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
109	109	Aug 21	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	110	Aug 25 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,8-7	CG	49	11.0	5	6	0	11	1
111	111	Aug 25 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
112	112	Aug 27 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
113	113	Aug 27 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
114	114	Aug 28 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
115	115	Aug 28 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
116	116	Aug 29	NYG		CIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
117	117	Aug 30	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
118	118	Aug 31	NYG		STL	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	119	Sep 1	NYG		STL	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
120	120	Sep 2	NYG		STL	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	3	2	0	5	1
121	121	Sep 3	NYG		BRO	L,7-15	CG	53	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
122	122	Sep 4	NYG		BRO	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
123	123	Sep 6 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	7	0	7	1
124	124	Sep 6 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
125	125	Sep 8	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
126	126	Sep 9 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
127	127	Sep 9 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
128	128	Sep 10	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	50	11.2	1	1	1	3	0
129	129	Sep 12 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
130	130	Sep 12 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
131	131	Sep 14 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,12-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	132	Sep 14 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
133	133	Sep 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	7	0	11	1
134	134	Sep 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	8	0	9	1
135	135	Sep 17	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
136	136	Sep 18	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
137	137	Sep 19	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	1	1	3	0
138	138	Sep 20	NYG	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
139	139	Sep 21	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
140	140	Sep 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
141	141	Sep 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
142	142	Sep 25	NYG		BRO	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	6	1	7	3
143	143	Sep 26	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
144	144	Sep 27 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
145	145	Sep 27 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
146	146	Sep 29 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
147	147	Sep 29 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
148	148	Sep 30 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
149	149	Sep 30 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
150	150	Oct 1	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-7	GS	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
151	151	Oct 2	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
152	152	Oct 3	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
							152gm		1335.0	394	514	24	932	106