John Whitehead

Full Name: John Henderson Whitehead	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/195	First Game: April 19, 1935
Birthdate: April 27, 1909	Final Game: May 13, 1942
Birthplace: Coleman, Texas	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: October 20, 1964
Deathplace: Bonham, Texas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on April 27, 1909 in Coleman, Texas, John Whitehead (John Henderson Whitehead) played for the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 7 year career. Whitehead broke into the bigs on April 19, 1935 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 3.72 ERA in 222.1 innings pitched in 1935, his rookie year.

Most people believe that John Whitehead's best season was 1935, when he posted a 3.72 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 72 batters.

After he left the majors, Silent John played for several years in the minors for the Sherman-Denison Twins.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1935	CHI	A	28	27	13	13	3.72	72	101	92	18	1	0	222.1	209	17	101	3	2
1936	CHI	A	34	32	13	13	4.64	70	137	119	15	1	1	230.2	254	9	98	10	5
1937	CHI	A	26	24	11	8	4.07	45	84	75	8	4	0	165.2	191	14	56	3	5
1938	CHI	A	32	24	10	11	4.76	38	108	97	10	2	2	183.1	218	12	80	1	3
1939	STL	A	26	4	1	3	5.86	9	49	43	0	0	1	66	88	10	17	2	2
1939	CHI	A	7	4	0	3	8.16	9	30	29	0	0	0	32	60	4	5	0	0
1939	TOT	A	33	8	1	6	6.61	18	79	72	0	0	1	98	148	14	22	2	2
1940	STL	A	15	4	1	3	5.40	11	25	24	1	1	0	40	46	3	14	3	0
1942	STL	A	4	0	0	0	6.75	0	3	3	0	0	0	4	8	0	1	0	1
Total			172	119	49	54	4.60	254	537	482	52	9	4	944	1074	69	372	22	18

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1935	CHI	A	P	28	7	56	1	6	.984
1936	CHI	A	P	34	10	60	5	4	.933
1937	CHI	A	P	26	6	27	1	1	.971
1938	CHI	A	P	32	4	35	1	3	.975
1939	STL	A	P	26	4	15	0	2	1.000
1939	CHI	A	P	7	3	5	0	0	1.000
1939	TOT	A	P	33	7	20	0	2	1.000
1940	STL	A	P	15	1	6	1	0	.875
1942	STL	A	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000
Total			P	172	35	206	9	16	.964

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1935	CHI	A	28	82	7	12	9	.146	.186	.146	0	4	9	0	4	0
1936	CHI	A	34	87	6	21	9	.241	.283	.253	1	5	9	0	7	0
1937	CHI	A	26	58	7	13	5	.224	.286	.241	1	4	10	1	4	0
1938	CHI	A	32	60	3	6	5	.100	.169	.100	0	5	15	0	5	0
1939	STL	A	26	17	1	1	1	.059	.158	.059	0	2	1	0	0	1
1939	CHI	A	7	9	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	7	0	0	0
1939	TOT	A	33	26	1	1	1	.038	.107	.038	0	2	8	0	0	1
1940	STL	A	15	12	0	2	1	.167	.167	.167	0	0	3	0	0	1
1942	STL	A	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			172	325	24	55	30	.169	.220	.175	2	20	54	1	20	2