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John Whitehead

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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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Contents

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

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

[edit] Fielding Stats

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

[edit] Batting Stats

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

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Johnny Marcum (June 2, 1939).

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