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Burgess Whitehead
Burgess Urquhart Whitehead (Whitey)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 160 lb.
School North Carolina

MLB Debut April 30, 1933
Final Game September 29, 1946
Born June 29, 1910 in Tarboro, NC
Died November 25, 1993 (age 83)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 24 DEA AL   66  198   29   57  10   2   2   26   1   0   11   14  .288  .336  .389  .725    97    77   3   3   1   5   1  
 1935 25 DEA AL   50  119   11   39   5   1   0   16   1   0    1    3  .328  .333  .387  .720    94    46   2   0   0   0   4  
 1936 26 SLA AL  154  607   78  174  39   6   2   75   7   2   23   41  .287  .316  .381  .696    84   231   8   5   0   5  17  
 1937 27 SLA AL  133  502   43  144  16   8   2   58   2   4   21   25  .287  .319  .363  .682    85   182   4   2   4   4  14  
 1938           [Did not play]
 1939 29 NYN NL   15   56    3   11   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .196  .224  .214  .438    59    12   0   0   0   0   3  
 1940 30 NYN NL  129  488   58  161  12   3   1   61  15   2   17   19  .330  .349  .373  .722    97   182   1   7   0   1  10  
 1941 31 NYN NL   87  327   27   77   8   6   2   34   3   1    7    9  .235  .255  .315  .570    82   103   2   1   1   2  15  
 1942           [Did not play]
 1943           [Did not play]
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 36 PIN NL   63  145   15   33   0   2   0   13   3   0    5    5  .228  .252  .255  .507    74    37   3   1   0   0   3  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  8 Seasons      697 2442  264  696  91  28   9  283  32   9   87  119  .285  .312  .356  .668         870  23  19   6  17  67
 Per 600 PA           566   61  161  21   6   2   66   7   2   20   28                                 202   5   4   1   4  16
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With SLA      287 1109  121  318  55  14   4  133   9   6   44   66  .287  .317  .372  .690         413  12   7   4   9  31
   With NY2      231  871   88  249  21   9   3   95  18   3   26   31  .286  .306  .341  .647         297   3   8   1   3  28
   With DEA      116  317   40   96  15   3   2   42   2   0   12   17  .303  .335  .388  .723         123   5   3   1   5   5
   With PIN       63  145   15   33   0   2   0   13   3   0    5    5  .228  .252  .255  .507          37   3   1   0   0   3
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      924 3316  415  883 100  31  17  245  51      150  138  .266  .304  .331  .634        1096  67          29  90
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1934 24 DEA AL  55   27   5.0   3   2   0  .667   7   51   39  .765    0    0  .000  SS   2e44       60   
 1935 25 DEA AL  47   14   4.4   8   1   0  .125   3   29   22  .759    0    0  .000  UT             127   
 1936 26 SLA AL  19   70   4.1   0   0   0  .000  28  165  124  .752    0    0  .000  2B   2e31       23   
 1937 27 SLA AL  20   54   3.8   1   0   0  .000  18  151  122  .808    0    0  .000  2B   2e24        0   
 1938           [Did not play]
 1939 29 NYN NL  19    2   1.2   2   0   0  .000   0   14   13  .929    0    0  .000  2B   2e29     -154   
 1940 30 NYN NL   6   64   5.0   4   0   0  .000  31  130   88  .677    0    0  .000  SS   2e44       63   
 1941 31 NYN NL  37   22   2.2   1   0   0  .000  16   73   40  .548    0    0  .000  UT              20   
 1942           [Did not play]
 1943           [Did not play]
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 36 PIN NL  46    9   2.2   4   0   0  .000   9   49   34  .694    0    0  .000  SS   2e34      -14   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  8 Seasons          264   3.8  23   3   0  .130 112  662  482  .728    0    0  .000                  27   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.4 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only) 

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1934 24 DEA AL  2B     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
                 SS     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
                 3B     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
 1935 25 DEA AL  SS    21    36    48    2   11   .977    15   134.2   5.61
                 2B    17    23    34    0   10  1.000    11    90.2   5.66
                 3B    13     6    13    1    3   .950     2    45.2   3.74
 1936 26 SLA AL  2B   154   345   460   28  129   .966   154  1355.0   5.35
 1937 27 SLA AL  2B     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
 1938           [Did not play]
 1939 29 NYN NL  2B    13    34    44    0   11  1.000    12   105.2   6.64
                 3B     1     1     9    0    0  1.000     1    13.0   6.92
 1940 30 NYN NL  SS   118   248   332   31   73   .949   116  1037.0   5.03
                 3B     8     5    17    0    0  1.000     8    67.0   2.96
                 2B     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1941 31 NYN NL  3B    49    33   108    8    4   .946    48   441.2   2.87
                 2B    37   101   120    8   33   .965    35   305.1   6.51
 1942           [Did not play]
 1943           [Did not play]
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 36 PIN NL  SS    49    69   101    9   22   .950    38   349.2   4.38
                 2B     3     3     5    0    0  1.000     1    11.0   6.55
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B   225   506   664   36  183   .970   213  1869.2   5.63
                 SS   188   353   481   42  106   .952   169  1521.1   4.93
                 3B    71    45   147    9    7   .955    59   567.1   3.05
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers 

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1934  DEA  101-53   Thomas Treece
 1935  DEA   94-60   Thomas Treece
 1936  SLA   73-81   Pat Carr
 1937  SLA   80-74   Pat Carr
 1939  NYN   81-73   David Dick
 1940  NYN   69-85   David Dick
 1941  NYN   63-91   David Dick
 1946  PIN   70-84   Mike Tomeo

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