Jesse Burkett

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-8, 155lb (173cm, 70kg)

Born: December 4, 1868 in Wheeling, WV us

Died: May 27, 1953 in Worcester, MA

Buried: St. John Cemetery, Worcester, MA

Debut: April 22, 1890 (Age 21-139d, 1,444th in major league history)

Last Game: October 7, 1905 (Age 36-307d)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1946. (Voted by Old Timers Committee)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1947.
View Jesse Burkett's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1890 season

Full Name: Jesse Cail Burkett

Nicknames: Crab

Pronunciation: \BUR-ket\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

59.7

8426

2850

.338

1720

RBI

952

389

OBP

.415

SLG

.446

OPS

.861

OPS+

140

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

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	SLB		DET	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 16	SLB		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	12.0	1	0	1	2	0
3	3	Apr 17	SLB		DET	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 18	SLB		CLE	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 19	SLB		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
6	6	Apr 22	SLB	@	DET	T,4-4	CG	0	12.0	3	0	1	4	0
7	7	Apr 23	SLB	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 24	SLB		DET	T,4-4	CG	0	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 25	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 26	SLB	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 30	SLB	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	SLB		CHW	L,0-13	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	May 2	SLB		CHW	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	14	May 3	SLB		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	15	May 4	SLB		CHW	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 5	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 6	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 7	SLB	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 8	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 11	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
21	21	May 12	SLB	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	22	May 13	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 16	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	24	May 17	SLB	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 18	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	26	May 19	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	27	May 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	28	May 21	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	29	May 23	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	30	May 24	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	31	May 25	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	32	May 26	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	0	10.1	5	1	1	7	0
33	33	May 27	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
34	34	May 28	SLB	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	May 31	SLB	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	10.2	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	SLB		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	37	Jun 4	SLB		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	38	Jun 5	SLB		WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	14.0	5	0	0	5	0
39	39	Jun 6	SLB		WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	40	Jun 7	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	41	Jun 8	SLB		WSH	W,12-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	42	Jun 10	SLB		BOS	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
43	43	Jun 11	SLB		BOS	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	44	Jun 12	SLB		BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	16.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 13	SLB		BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
46	46	Jun 15	SLB		NYY	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	47	Jun 16	SLB		NYY	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 19 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	49	Jun 19 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	50	Jun 21	SLB		DET	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	51	Jun 22	SLB		DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	52	Jun 23	SLB		DET	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	53	Jun 25	SLB		CLE	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 26	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 28	SLB		CLE	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	56	Jun 29	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	57	Jul 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
58	58	Jul 2	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	59	Jul 3	SLB		CLE	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
60	60	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,12-10	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	61	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	62	Jul 5	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-14	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	63	Jul 7	SLB		CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	64	Jul 9	SLB		CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	65	Jul 10 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
66	66	Jul 10 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,6-5	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	67	Jul 12	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	68	Jul 13	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	69	Jul 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
70	70	Jul 15	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	71	Jul 16	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	72	Jul 18	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	73	Jul 19	SLB	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	74	Jul 20	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	75	Jul 21	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
76	76	Jul 22	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	77	Jul 23	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	78	Jul 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	10.1	3	0	1	4	0
79	79	Jul 29	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
80	80	Jul 30 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	3	0	0	3	0
81	81	Jul 30 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	89 (7)	Aug 10	SLB		BOS	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	90	Aug 11	SLB		BOS	L,5-12	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
84	93 (2)	Aug 14	SLB		NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
85	94	Aug 15	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	95	Aug 16	SLB		NYY	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	96	Aug 17	SLB		NYY	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
88	97	Aug 18 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	98	Aug 18 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
90	99	Aug 19	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	100	Aug 22 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
92	101	Aug 22 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	102	Aug 23	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-14	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
94	103	Aug 24	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	104	Aug 25	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	10.2	2	0	1	3	0
96	105	Aug 26	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	10.2	1	0	0	1	0
97	106	Aug 27 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	107	Aug 27 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	108	Aug 29	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	109	Aug 30 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	110	Aug 30 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	111	Aug 31	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	112	Sep 1	SLB	@	PHA	W,2-0	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
104	113	Sep 3 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	114	Sep 3 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	115	Sep 5 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	116	Sep 5 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
108	117	Sep 6	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
109	118	Sep 7	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	119	Sep 8 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
111	120	Sep 8 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
112	121	Sep 9 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	122	Sep 9 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	123	Sep 10 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	124	Sep 10 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	125	Sep 11 (1)	SLB		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	126	Sep 11 (2)	SLB		DET	W,7-3	CG	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	127	Sep 12	SLB		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	128	Sep 14 (1)	SLB		DET	L,7-11	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	129	Sep 14 (2)	SLB		DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
121	130	Sep 16	SLB		CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
122	131	Sep 17 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	132	Sep 17 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,6-5	CG	0	11.0	1	1	0	2	1
124	133	Sep 19 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,5-4	CG	0	15.0	3	1	0	4	0
125	134	Sep 19 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
126	135	Sep 20 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	136	Sep 20 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
128	137	Sep 21	SLB		CLE	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
129	138	Sep 25 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
130	139	Sep 25 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
131	140	Sep 26	SLB		WSH	T,2-2	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	141	Sep 27 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
133	142	Sep 27 (2)	SLB		PHA	T,0-0	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
134	143	Sep 28 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	144	Sep 28 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	145	Sep 29 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
137	146	Sep 29 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
138	147	Sep 30	SLB		BOS	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	148	Oct 1	SLB		BOS	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
140	149	Oct 2	SLB		BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
141	150	Oct 3	SLB		NYY	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
142	151	Oct 4	SLB		NYY	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
143	152	Oct 5	SLB		NYY	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
144	153	Oct 7	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
145	154	Oct 8	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
146	155	Oct 9 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
147	156	Oct 9 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							147gm			266	24	18	308	4