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John Whitehead

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: April 27, 1909 in Coleman, TX us

Died: October 20, 1964 in Bonham, TX

Buried: Carson Cemetery, Ector, TX

Debut: April 19, 1935 (Age 25-357d, 7,851st in major league history)
vs. DET 9.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: May 13, 1942 (Age 33-016d)
vs. PHA 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: John Henderson Whitehead

Nicknames: Silent John

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.7

ERA

4.60

172

119

944.0

254

WHIP

1.532

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	6-26 / in Starts: 1-7
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	1 game
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 0 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 28 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	12 (7-2-3) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 28 PAs	3
Avg. Runners on Base	18 (9-6-3)

Most Driven In
H Spindel	1
J Berardino	0

Most Driven In By
B Sullivan	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	121	2 (1)	Apr 20	CHW	@	DET	L,7-8	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.38	-0.011	.90	-0.02%	-0.14	P
2	122	6 (3)	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.46	-0.025	1.07	-0.03%	-0.39	P
3	123	9 (2)	Apr 29	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-8	2-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.72	-0.020	1.87	-0.03%	-0.28	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	124	16 (6)	May 7	CHW		NYY	L,4-15	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.65	-0.040	6.27	-0.09%	-0.40	P
5	125	22 (5)	May 14	CHW		CLE	L,4-9	4-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.33	-0.034	4.40	-0.07%	-0.34	P
6	126	25 (2)	May 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.83	-0.044	2.66	-0.09%	-0.40	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	127	36 (10)	Jun 1	CHW		WSH	L,7-10	3-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.14	-0.033	1.79	-0.03%	-0.56	P
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Browns
8	128	44	Jun 8	SLB		BOS	L,7-8	1-GF	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9	1.37	-0.103	.05	0.00%	-0.43	P
9	129	47 (2)	Jun 11 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,5-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9	.65	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
10	130	50 (2)	Jun 16	SLB	@	PHA	L,10-11	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.063	.118	.063	.180	9	1.02	0.049	.01	0.00%	0.42	P
11	131	56 (5)	Jun 22	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.056	.105	.056	.161	9	.46	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
12	132	60 (3)	Jun 27	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-11	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.056	.105	.056	.161	9						P
13	133	62 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.056	.105	.056	.161	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	134	63	Jul 1	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-8	4-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.056	.105	.056	.161	9						P
15	135	67 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,3-7	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.053	.100	.053	.153	9	.10	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
16	136	69 (1)	Jul 6	SLB		DET	L,5-9	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.053	.100	.053	.153	9						P
17	137	70	Jul 7	SLB		DET	W,8-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.053	.100	.053	.153	9						P
18	138	71	Jul 8 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.053	.100	.053	.153	9						P
19	139	76 (4)	Jul 14	SLB		WSH	L,9-11	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.053	.100	.053	.153	9						P
20	140	79 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	SLB		PHA	T,5-5	10-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.050	.095	.050	.145	9	1.56	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
21	141	82 (2)	Jul 18 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.050	.095	.050	.145	9						P
22	142	85 (2)	Jul 22	SLB		BOS	L,3-6	2-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.050	.136	.050	.186	9	.77	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.22	P
23	143	87 (1)	Jul 23 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,3-11	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.048	.130	.048	.178	9						P
24	144	89 (1)	Jul 26	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-14	4-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.045	.125	.045	.170	9	.12	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
25	145	91 (1)	Jul 29	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.045	.125	.045	.170	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	146	95 (3)	Aug 3	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-9	4-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.045	.125	.045	.170	9						P
27	147	99 (3)	Aug 6 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.042	.115	.042	.157	9	1.24	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-1.10	P
28	148	104 (4)	Aug 13	SLB	@	DET	W,11-7	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.042	.115	.042	.157	9						P
29	149	105	Aug 14	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.042	.115	.042	.157	2						P
30	150	106	Aug 16 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,0-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.042	.115	.042	.157	2						P
31	151	107	Aug 16 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,1-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.042	.115	.042	.157	9						P
32	152	108	Aug 17	SLB		CLE	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.042	.115	.042	.157	7						P
33	153	112 (3)	Aug 23	SLB		BOS	L,1-9	2-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.038	.107	.038	.146	9	.46	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.47	P
							6-26		28	26	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	8	0	0		0	1	0	0	.038	.107	.038	.146		.88	-0.462	.85	-0.36%	-4.92

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