Burgess Whitehead Burgess Urquhart Whitehead Bats Right Throws Right Height 5'10.5 Weight 160 Born June 29, 1910 Tarboro, NC Died November 25, 1993 Windsor, NC (Heart attack)

Batting  

 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1933 23 SAH    7    8    4   1   0   0    2    5    0    2   0   0   0   0  .500  .286  .625  .411    5 
 1934 24 SAH   42   35    2   0   0   0    3    1    3    4   1   0   0   1  .057  .292  .057  .429    2 
 1935 25 SAH  154  467  119  13   3   1   45   38   14   22   0   0   4   4  .255  .282  .302  .411  141 
 1936 26 SAH  122  119   28   6   0   0    9   11    4    8   0   0   1   1  .235  .286  .286  .410   34 
 1937 27 BRK  122  316   96   7   4   3   32   30   22   22   6   1   3   5  .304  .266  .380  .414  120 
 1940 30 BRK  148  478  130   5   2   1   39   47   16   42   4   1   2   0  .272  .266  .297  .414  142 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
  6 Seasons   595 1423  379  32   9   5  130  132   59  100  11   2  10  11  .266  .276  .312  .413  444
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  154  368   98   8   2   1   34   34   15   26   3   1   3   3  .266  ----  .312  ----  115
 Career High  154  478  130  13   4   3   45   47   22   42   6   1   4   5  .272  ----  .302  ----  142
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 

Postseason Batting

 Year Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA   SLG   TB 
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+
 1940 BRK MON   L    7   21    5   0   1   0    1    0    2    2   0   0   0   0  .238  .333    7
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+
               0-1   7   21    5   0   1   0    1    0    2    2   0   0   0   0  .238  .333    7
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+


WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Transactions January 1, 1933: Drafted 2nd round (11th overall) by Sahara.

Biography Whitehead was a reserve second baseman on the Cardinals' 1934 World Series champions, his first full season in the majors. He hit .227 backing up Frankie Frisch, the player-manager. Whitehead played 107 games with the Cardinals in 1935 before being traded to the New York Giants, where he played for five seasons. He finished his career in Pittsburgh after World War II with an overall batting average of .266.