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.

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYG		BRO	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 15	NYG		BRO	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 16	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
4	4	Apr 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
5	5	Apr 19	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
6	6	Apr 20	NYG		PHI	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
7	7	Apr 21	NYG		PHI	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
8	8	Apr 22	NYG		PHI	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
9	9	Apr 23	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	44	9.2	4	8	0	12	0
10	10	Apr 24	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
11	11	Apr 25	NYG		BSN	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
12	12	Apr 29	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	64	16.1	5	2	0	7	0
13	13	Apr 30	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	43	9.1	3	6	0	9	0
15	15	May 3	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS	45	10.0	3	1	1	5	0
16	16	May 4	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.2	4	0	0	4	1
17	17	May 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 6	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	5	7	0	12	1
19	19	May 7	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
20	20	May 9	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
21	21	May 10	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
22	22	May 11	NYG	@	PHI	W,13-12	GS	24	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
23	23	May 12	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
24	24	May 14	NYG		CHC	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
25	25	May 15	NYG		CIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	8	0	9	3
26	26	May 16	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
27	27	May 17	NYG		PIT	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
28	28	May 18	NYG		PIT	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
29	29	May 20	NYG		STL	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
30	30	May 21	NYG		STL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
31	31	May 22	NYG		PHI	L,0-15	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	32	May 23	NYG		PHI	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
33	33	May 24	NYG		PHI	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
34	34	May 25	NYG		PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
35	35	May 26	NYG		BRO	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
36	36	May 27	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	CG	47	12.0	2	7	0	9	0
37	37	May 28 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
38	38	May 28 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
39	39	May 29	NYG		BSN	W,15-0	CG	28	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	40	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-9	CG	47	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
41	41	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
42	42	May 31	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	3	4	1	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 3	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
44	44	Jun 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
45	45	Jun 5	NYG	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
46	46	Jun 6 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
47	47	Jun 6 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,7-0	CG	23	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	48	Jun 7	NYG	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	2	1	6	2
49	49	Jun 8	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
50	50	Jun 9	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-15	CG	45	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
51	51	Jun 12	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	5	4	0	9	0
52	52	Jun 13	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
53	53	Jun 14	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
54	54	Jun 16	NYG		CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
55	55	Jun 17	NYG		CIN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
56	56	Jun 19	NYG		STL	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
57	57	Jun 20	NYG		STL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
58	58	Jun 21	NYG		STL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	59	Jun 22	NYG		PIT	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
60	60	Jun 23	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	9	0	13	2
61	61	Jun 24 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
62	62	Jun 24 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	63	Jun 25	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	5	1	11	1
64	64	Jun 26	NYG		CHC	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
65	65	Jun 27	NYG		CHC	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	3	8	0	11	0
66	66	Jun 28 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
67	67	Jun 28 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
68	68	Jun 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	43	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	69	Jul 1	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-8	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
70	70	Jul 2	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
71	71	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	2	5	0	7	1
72	72	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	3
73	73	Jul 5	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	2	6	0
74	74	Jul 9	NYG	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
75	75	Jul 10	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	54	12.0	2	2	0	4	0
76	76	Jul 11	NYG	@	STL	L,3-9	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
77	77	Jul 12 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
78	78	Jul 12 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
79	79	Jul 13	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	4	8	1	13	1
80	80	Jul 14	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
81	81	Jul 15 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	47	9.2	1	2	1	4	0
82	82	Jul 15 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,14-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
83	83	Jul 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-6	GS	27	5.0	0	5	0	5	0
84	84	Jul 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
85	85	Jul 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
86	86	Jul 19 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
87	87	Jul 19 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	5	3	1	9	3
88	88	Jul 21	NYG		STL	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	5	7	0	12	1
89	89	Jul 22	NYG		STL	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
90	90	Jul 23	NYG		STL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	5	4	1	10	2
91	91	Jul 25	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
92	92	Jul 26 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
93	93	Jul 26 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
94	94	Jul 28 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
95	95	Jul 28 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
96	96	Jul 29	NYG		CHC	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
97	97	Jul 30	NYG		CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
98	98	Jul 31	NYG		CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	4	8	0	12	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	99	Aug 1	NYG		PIT	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
100	100	Aug 2	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
101	101	Aug 4	NYG		BSN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
102	102	Aug 5	NYG		BSN	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
103	103	Aug 7	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
104	104	Aug 8	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
105	105	Aug 9	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
106	106	Aug 10	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	43	8.1	3	2	2	7	0
107	107	Aug 11	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
108	108	Aug 12	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	3	3	0	6	0
109	109	Aug 13	NYG		PHI	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	4	1	10	1
110	110	Aug 14	NYG		PHI	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	3	5	1	9	3
111	111	Aug 15	NYG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
112	112	Aug 16	NYG		PHI	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
113	113	Aug 18 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
114	114	Aug 18 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	115	Aug 19	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
116	116	Aug 21	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
117	117	Aug 23 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
118	118	Aug 23 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
119	119	Aug 25	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
120	120	Aug 26	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
121	121	Aug 28	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	54	14.0	8	3	1	12	2
122	122	Aug 29	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
123	123	Aug 30 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
124	124	Aug 30 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
125	125	Aug 31	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	126	Sep 1	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
127	127	Sep 2	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	GS	29	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
128	129 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
129	130	Sep 5 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	5	4	0	9	3
130	131	Sep 6	NYG		BSN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
131	132	Sep 7 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
132	133	Sep 7 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,14-11	GS	28	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
133	134	Sep 9 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	3
134	135	Sep 9 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
135	136	Sep 10	NYG		CIN	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
136	137	Sep 11	NYG		CHC	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
137	138	Sep 12	NYG		CHC	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
138	139	Sep 13 (1)	NYG		STL	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
139	140	Sep 13 (2)	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
140	141	Sep 14	NYG		STL	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
141	142	Sep 16 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
142	143	Sep 16 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	2
143	144	Sep 17	NYG	@	BRO	W,17-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
144	145	Sep 19	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
145	146	Sep 20	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
146	147	Sep 22 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,7-11	CG	43	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
147	148	Sep 22 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
148	149	Sep 23	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	8	0	11	0
149	150	Sep 24 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	5	5	1	11	0
150	151	Sep 24 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
151	152	Sep 25	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	6	1	10	1
152	153	Sep 26	NYG		BRO	L,2-9	GS	29	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
153	154	Sep 27	NYG		BRO	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	2	8	0	10	2
							153gm		1353.0	442	552	32	1026	107