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Burgess Whitehead

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Full Name: Burgess Urquhart Whitehead Primary Position: 2B,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 10.5"/160 First Game: April 30, 1933
Birthdate: June 29, 1910 Final Game: September 29, 1946
Birthplace: Tarboro, North Carolina MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: November 25, 1993
Deathplace: Windsor, North Carolina
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Burgess Whitehead (Burgess Urquhart Whitehead) was born on June 29, 1910 in Tarboro, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on April 30, 1933 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1934, his rookie year, he hit .277 with 1 home run and 24 RBI. Whitehead played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Burgess Whitehead's best season was 1936, when he hit for a .278 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1933 STL N 12 7 2 2 0 1 .286 .286 .286 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
1934 STL N 100 332 55 92 1 24 .277 .310 .355 13 5 12 19 4 9 5 0 3
1935 STL N 107 338 45 89 0 33 .263 .289 .305 10 2 11 14 1 8 5 0 5
1936 NY N 154 632 99 176 4 47 .278 .317 .356 31 3 29 32 7 17 14 0 18
1937 NY N 152 574 64 164 5 52 .286 .323 .359 15 6 28 20 4 7 7 0 11
1939 NY N 95 335 31 80 2 24 .239 .299 .293 6 3 24 19 5 6 1 0 15
1940 NY N 133 568 68 160 4 36 .282 .319 .340 9 6 26 17 5 7 9 0 16
1941 NY N 116 403 41 92 1 23 .228 .258 .293 15 4 14 10 2 10 7 0 18
1946 PIT N 55 127 10 28 0 5 .220 .261 .260 1 2 6 6 1 2 3 0 3
Total 924 3316 415 883 17 245 .266 .304 .331 100 31 150 138 29 67 51 0 90

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1933 STL N SS 9 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1933 STL N 2B 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1934 STL N SS 29 0 0 40 33 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 .948
1934 STL N 3B 28 0 0 30 47 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1934 STL N 2B 48 0 0 88 140 9 27 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1935 STL N 3B 8 0 0 7 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1935 STL N SS 6 0 0 9 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1935 STL N 2B 80 0 0 172 218 8 43 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1936 NY N 2B 153 0 0 442 552 32 107 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1937 NY N 2B 152 0 0 394 514 24 106 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1939 NY N 3B 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1939 NY N 2B 91 0 0 232 320 17 60 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1939 NY N SS 4 0 0 7 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1940 NY N 2B 57 0 0 164 200 5 45 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1940 NY N SS 4 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1940 NY N 3B 74 0 0 68 130 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1941 NY N SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1941 NY N 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1941 NY N 2B 104 0 0 288 285 18 60 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1946 PIT N 3B 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1946 PIT N SS 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1946 PIT N 2B 30 0 0 66 64 5 14 0 0 0 0 0 .963
Total 3B 116 0 0 106 191 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 .952
Total SS 54 0 0 65 68 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 .964
Total 2B 718 0 0 1847 2297 118 462 0 0 0 0 0 .972

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Giants in exchange for Roy Parmelee, Phil Weintraub and cash (December 9, 1935).
  • Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (January 24, 1947).

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