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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
2	2	Apr 20	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 21	NYG		BSN	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
4	4	Apr 22	NYG		BSN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 23	NYG		BSN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
7	7	Apr 25	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 29	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
9	9	Apr 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	4	6	0	10	3
11	11	May 2	NYG		CIN	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
12	12	May 3	NYG		CIN	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
13	13	May 4	NYG		STL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
14	14	May 5	NYG		STL	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	3
15	15	May 6	NYG		STL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
16	16	May 7	NYG		CHC	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	17	May 8	NYG		CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
18	18	May 9	NYG		CHC	L,7-11	GS	33	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
19	19	May 10	NYG		PIT	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
20	20	May 11	NYG		PIT	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	21	May 12	NYG		PHI	L,6-10	GS	41	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
22	22	May 14	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
23	23	May 16	NYG	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
24	24	May 17	NYG	@	STL	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 18	NYG	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
26	26	May 19	NYG	@	CHC	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
27	27	May 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
28	28	May 21	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
29	29	May 22	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
30	30	May 23	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-13	CG	48	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
31	31	May 24	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
32	32	May 25	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
33	33	May 27	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
34	34	May 28	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
35	35	May 29	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
36	36	May 30 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
37	37	May 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	1	1	1	3	0
38	38	May 31	NYG		BRO	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1	NYG		STL	L,0-1	GS	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	40	Jun 2	NYG		STL	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
41	41	Jun 3	NYG		STL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
42	42	Jun 4	NYG		CIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
43	43	Jun 5	NYG		CIN	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
44	44	Jun 6	NYG		CIN	W,17-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
45	45	Jun 7	NYG		CHC	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 8	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
47	47	Jun 9	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 10	NYG		PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
49	49	Jun 11 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
50	50	Jun 11 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	GS	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	68 (17)	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-10	CG	37	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
52	69	Jul 5	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
53	70	Jul 7	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
54	71	Jul 8 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
55	72	Jul 8 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
56	76 (3)	Jul 15	NYG		CIN	L,4-8	GF	21	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
57	77	Jul 16	NYG		STL	L,1-3	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	78	Jul 17	NYG		STL	L,3-4	GS	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
59	79	Jul 18	NYG		STL	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
60	80	Jul 19	NYG		PIT	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
61	81	Jul 20	NYG		PIT	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
62	82	Jul 21	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
63	83	Jul 22	NYG		CHC	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
64	84	Jul 23	NYG		CHC	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
65	85	Jul 25	NYG	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	0	13.0	9	5	3	17	0
66	86	Jul 26	NYG	@	STL	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
67	87	Jul 27	NYG	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
68	88	Jul 28	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	34	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
69	89	Jul 29	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
70	90	Jul 30	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	91	Aug 1	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	2	4	0	6	1
72	92	Aug 2	NYG	@	CIN	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
73	93	Aug 4	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	45	10.1	5	6	0	11	1
74	94	Aug 5	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
75	95	Aug 6 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	6	2	9	0
76	96	Aug 6 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	45	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
77	97	Aug 9 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	1
78	98	Aug 9 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	3	6	2	11	1
79	110 (11)	Aug 21	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
80	111	Aug 22	NYG		CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
81	112	Aug 23	NYG		CHC	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
82	113	Aug 24	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
83	114	Aug 26 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
84	115	Aug 26 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
85	116	Aug 27	NYG		CIN	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
86	117	Aug 28	NYG		CIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	118	Sep 2 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
88	119	Sep 2 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
89	120	Sep 3	NYG		BRO	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
90	121	Sep 4 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,10-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
91	122	Sep 4 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
92	123	Sep 5	NYG		PHI	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	3
93	124	Sep 6	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
94	125	Sep 7	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
95	126	Sep 9	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
							96gm		798.0	240	336	17	593	63