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Burgess
Whitehead		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 165
 
Born: June 29, 1910 in Usa, NC, TARBORO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1933 23 ATL NL     4 4 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 2 2 10 10 10
1934 24 ATL NL     4 4 5 2 2 2 5 4 4 2 2 2 9 8 9
1935 25 ATL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 1 2 9 8 9
1936 26 ATL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 1 2 9 8 8
1937 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 1 1 9 8 9
1938 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 9
1939 29 BSN NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 9
1940 30 BSN NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 9
1941 31 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 8
1942 32 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 1 2 8 8 8
1943 33 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 2 2 2 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1933 23 AA   111 494 72 144 16 4 5 52 29 3 30 12 .291 .332 .370 .703 63.2  
1934 24 AA   137 563 89 173 22 6 6 57 35 17 36 17 .307 .349 .400 .749 75.9  
1935 25 ATL NL 16 11 6 5 0 0 0 2 5 4 0 0 .455 .455 .455 .909 1.6 0.3
    AAA   103 439 63 125 12 5 9 46 27 8 21 33 .285 .317 .396 .714 55.6  
1936 26 ATL NL 8 14 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .286 .333 .286 .619 1.6 0.3
    AAA   102 266 39 71 17 0 5 32 16 2 12 20 .267 .299 .387 .686 31.5  
1937 27 BSN NL 24 29 5 11 2 0 0 4 2 3 1 2 .379 .400 .448 .848 3.7 0.7
    AAA   120 424 47 117 20 7 11 86 9 9 18 25 .276 .305 .434 .739 52.4  
1938 28 BSN NL 93 96 28 28 4 1 1 4 15 10 2 10 .292 .306 .385 .692 8.1 0.3
1939 29 BSN NL 90 167 31 35 2 1 2 16 11 7 4 14 .210 .227 .269 .496 7.7 0.0
1940 30 BSN NL 76 111 25 29 5 3 0 6 22 5 4 9 .261 .284 .360 .645 12.8 1.6
1941 31 BSN NL 58 40 20 9 2 0 0 2 10 2 2 0 .225 .262 .275 .537 3.3 0.0
1942 32 BSN NL 66 70 9 23 2 0 1 5 13 6 4 10 .329 .355 .400 .755 10.8 1.5
1943 33 BSN NL 55 34 14 15 3 1 0 8 9 4 0 1 .441 .441 .588 1.029 7.3 2.3
9 Years Sim 486 572 142 159 20 6 4 48 88 41 18 47 .278 .298 .355 .653 56.8 6.9
3 Years AAA 325 1129 149 313 49 12 25 164 52 19 51 78 .277 .308 .408 .716 139.5  
2 Years AA 248 1057 161 317 38 10 11 109 64 20 66 29 .300 .341 .386 .727 139.1  
5 Years Minors 573 2186 310 630 87 22 36 273 116 39 117 107 .288 .324 .398 .721 278.7  
162 Game Average 190 47 53 6 2 1 16 29 13 6 15 .278 .298 .355 .653 18.9  
Career Highs 93 167 31 35 5 3 2 16 22 10 4 14 .455 .455 .588 1.029 12.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   304 82 74 12 3 0 19 61 25 12 26 .243 .270 .303 .573 26.2
vs LH   268 60 85 8 3 4 29 27 16 6 21 .317 .330 .414 .744 33.9
Home 239 293 79 92 11 5 3 36 41 19 4 23 .314 .319 .416 .735 37.3
Away 247 279 63 67 9 1 1 12 47 22 14 24 .240 .276 .290 .567 22.8
RISP   130 0 32 3 2 2 44 0 0 6 6 .246 .271 .346 .618 12.3
Pinch Hitting   27 6 13 0 3 1 7 1 0 1 1 .481 .500 .815 1.315 8.2
Close/Late   89 58 24 4 3 1 6 0 1 2 8 .270 .286 .416 .701 9.6
Mar/Apr 64 70 17 15 2 0 0 1 17 4 3 7 .214 .247 .243 .489 5.5
May 72 67 17 14 2 0 0 3 8 14 2 6 .209 .232 .239 .471 0.0
June 74 63 27 17 6 1 1 5 14 3 1 1 .270 .281 .444 .726 8.8
July 72 101 19 25 0 1 0 9 6 5 2 7 .248 .255 .267 .522 5.9
August 86 91 29 35 6 2 0 17 21 6 2 1 .385 .398 .495 .892 17.1
Sep/Oct 118 180 33 53 4 2 3 13 22 9 8 25 .294 .323 .389 .712 22.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1935 25 ATL NL 3B 5 2 20.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 5 0 10.3 3 7 0 1 1.000 8.71 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1936 26 ATL NL 2B 2 2 15.0 5 7 0 1 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 2 1 10.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 27 BSN NL 3B 15 5 61.0 1 20 1 0 .955 3.10 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 4 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 0 4.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 28 BSN NL 2B 25 3 87.3 27 39 3 12 .957 6.80 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 21 5 81.3 7 25 1 3 .970 3.54 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 16 6 73.0 17 0 1 0 .944 2.10 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1939 29 BSN NL 2B 38 21 217.3 59 98 0 14 1.000 6.50 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 19 8 91.0 9 27 2 2 .947 3.56 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 14 10 89.7 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.81 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 30 BSN NL 2B 38 17 195.0 38 102 5 23 .966 6.46 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 16 4 55.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.46 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 11 3 36.0 2 11 1 1 .929 3.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1941 31 BSN NL 2B 29 3 90.0 26 46 1 12 .986 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 10 2 26.3 1 5 1 1 .857 2.05 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 4.0 2 1 1 1 .750 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1942 32 BSN NL RF 31 21 177.7 34 0 1 0 .971 1.72 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 14 0 24.0 9 14 0 4 1.000 8.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 5 1 12.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1943 33 BSN NL 2B 24 3 65.0 24 26 1 7 .980 6.92 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 7 1 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 177 49 708.0 192 343 10 75 .982 6.80 0 0 .000 0 2.3
  RF 91 42 427.7 86 0 2 0 .977 1.81 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  3B 91 27 340.0 23 97 6 9 .952 3.18 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  LF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 4.0 2 1 1 1 .750 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   363 118 1485.6 305 441 20 85 .974 4.52 1 0 .000 0 4.3
Career Highs   72 39 400.0 86 125 6 24 1.000 5.98 1 0 .000 0  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Stolen Bases
1938-3-15
1939-10-11
1940-2-22
1941-4-10
1942-6-13
1943-9-9
 Caught Stealing
1935-9-4
1938-2-10
1939-5-7
1942-6-6
1943-10-4
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. George Hausmann (975)
  2. Bill Hunnefield (969)
  3. Nanny Fernandez (958)
  4. Freddie Maguire (957)
  5. John Knox (955)
  6. Keith Miller (949)
  7. Red Rollings (947)
  8. Bill Regan (943)
  9. Al Glossop (943)
  10. Jose Offerman (940)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 35th overall pick, by Atlanta in 1933
Injured on 8/8/1933 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Had first career hit on 8/3/1935, off Schoolboy Rowe (BOS)
Injured on 3/12/1936 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 6/27/1938, off Clyde Shoun (DET)
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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