John Whitehead Stats

John Whitehead was born on Tuesday, April 27, 1909, in Coleman, Texas. Whitehead was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 19, 1935, with the Chicago White Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive John Whitehead baseball stats page.

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John Whitehead
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   John Henderson Whitehead
Nickname:   Silent John
Born On:   04-27-1909
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Coleman, Texas
Zodiac:   Taurus
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-20-1964
Place of Death Data Died In:   Bonham, Texas
Cemetery:   Carson Cemetery, Ector, Texas
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02
Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   04-19-1935 (Age 25)
Last Game:   05-13-1942
Draft:   Not Applicable
John Whitehead

John Whitehead Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1935 White Sox 28 27 1 13 13 .500 3.72 18 1 0 222.1 949 209 92 101 17 101 - 72 3 2 0 -
1936 White Sox 34 32 1 13 13 .500 4.64 15 1 1 230.2 1,035 254 119 137 9 98 - 70 10 5 0 -
1937 White Sox 26 24 2 11 8 .579 4.07 8 4 0 165.2 718 191 75 84 14 56 - 45 3 5 0 -
1938 White Sox 32 24 6 10 11 .476 4.76 10 2 2 183.1 830 218 97 108 12 80 - 38 1 3 0 -
1939 White Sox 7 4 0 0 3 .000 8.16 0 0 0 32.0 158 60 29 30 4 5 - 9 0 0 0 -
1939 Browns 26 4 12 1 3 .250 5.86 0 0 1 66.0 302 88 43 49 10 17 - 9 2 2 0 -
1940 Browns 15 4 7 1 3 .250 5.40 1 1 0 40.0 177 46 24 25 3 14 - 11 3 0 0 -
1942 Browns 4 0 1 0 0 .000 6.75 0 0 0 4.0 21 8 3 3 0 1 - 0 0 1 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
7 Years 172 119 30 49 54 .476 4.60 52 9 4 944.0 4,190 1,074 482 537 69 372 - 254 22 18 0 -
John Whitehead

John Whitehead Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1935 White Sox 28 82 7 12 0 0 0 0 9 4 - 9 4 - 0 - .146 .186 .146
1936 White Sox 34 87 6 21 1 0 0 0 9 5 - 9 7 - 0 - .241 .283 .253
1937 White Sox 26 58 7 13 1 0 0 0 5 4 - 10 4 - 1 - .224 .286 .241
1938 White Sox 32 60 3 6 0 0 0 0 5 5 - 15 5 - 0 - .100 .169 .100
1939 White Sox 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1939 Browns 26 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 1 0 - 0 1 .059 .158 .059
1940 Browns 15 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 0 - 0 1 .167 .167 .167
1942 Browns 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
7 Years 172 325 24 55 2 0 0 0 30 20 - 54 20 - 1 2 .169 .220 .175
John Whitehead

John Whitehead Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1935 White Sox P 28 27 667 64 2.3 63 7 56 1 6 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.55 -
1936 White Sox P 34 32 692 75 2.2 70 10 60 5 4 n/a n/a n/a .933 2.73 -
1937 White Sox P 26 24 497 34 1.3 33 6 27 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .971 1.79 -
1938 White Sox P 32 24 550 40 1.3 39 4 35 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .975 1.91 -
1939 White Sox P 7 4 96 8 1.1 8 3 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25 -
1939 Browns P 26 4 198 19 0.7 19 4 15 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.59 -
1940 Browns P 15 4 120 8 0.5 7 1 6 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 1.58 -
1942 Browns P 4 0 12 2 0.5 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 172 119 2,832 250 1.5 241 35 206 9 16 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.30 --
7 Years 172 119 2,832 250 1.5 241 35 206 9 16 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.30 --
John Whitehead

John Whitehead Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1935 White Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 9.1 9.1 0.71 2.91 4.09
1936 White Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 9.7 9.7 0.71 2.73 3.82
1937 White Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 5.8 11.6 0.80 2.44 3.04
1938 White Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.0 12.0 0.48 1.87 3.93
1939 White Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 1.3 0.0 1.80 2.53 1.41
1939 Browns 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 17.0 17.0 0.53 1.23 2.32
1940 Browns 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.0 12.0 0.79 2.48 3.15
1942 Browns 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
7 Years 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 6.0 10.8 0.68 2.42 3.55
John Whitehead

John Whitehead Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1935 Chicago White Sox 34 Undetermined - -
1936 Chicago White Sox 34, 20 Undetermined - -
1937 Chicago White Sox 28, 34 Undetermined - -
1938 Chicago White Sox 34, 21 Undetermined - -
1939 Chicago White Sox 34 Undetermined - -
1939 St. Louis Browns 11, 14 Undetermined - -
1940 St. Louis Browns 25 Undetermined - -
1942 St. Louis Browns 26 Undetermined - -


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