Jesse Burkett
1897–1905 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
2,066G
.338AVG
.415OBP
.446SLG
More career statistics
2,850H
75HR
952RBI
389SB
3–11W–L
123.0IP
84K
5.56ERA
14GS
10Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 2,066 | 1,266 |
| Batting · At bats | 8,421 | 5,075 |
| Batting · Doubles | 320 | 175 |
| Batting · Hits | 2,850 | 1,682 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 75 | 53 |
| Batting · Home runs | 75 | 40 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 230 | 258 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 9,615 | 5,801 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,720 | 909 |
| Batting · RBI | 952 | 472 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 389 | 198 |
| Batting · Triples | 182 | 93 |
| Batting · Walks | 1,029 | 606 |
| Pitching · Games | 23 | 1 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 617 | 0 |
| Pitching · p cg | 6 | 0 |
| Pitching · p er | 76 | 1 |
| Pitching · p gs | 14 | 0 |
| Pitching · p h | 144 | 4 |
| Pitching · p hr | 3 | 0 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 369 | 3 |
| Pitching · p k | 84 | 2 |
| Pitching · p r | 129 | 4 |
| Pitching · p w | 94 | 1 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,066 | 9,615 | 8,421 | 1,720 | 2,850 | 320 | 182 | 75 | 952 | 1,029 | 230 | 389 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 3,759 | .338 | .415 | .446 | .861 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123.0 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 144 | 129 | 76 | 3 | 94 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 5.56 | 1.935 |
Streaks
26longest hitting streak · 1897-09-02 to 1898-04-15
113longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1897-07-02 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1902-05-18 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1897-04-24 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 627 | 2827 | 852 | 26 | 242 | 320 | 95 | .348 | .415 | .454 |
| Away | 639 | 2974 | 830 | 14 | 230 | 286 | 163 | .316 | .375 | .401 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 80 | 371 | 98 | 1 | 25 | 35 | 26 | .302 | .358 | .366 |
| May | 208 | 968 | 264 | 7 | 77 | 95 | 48 | .311 | .371 | .414 |
| June | 198 | 904 | 270 | 3 | 71 | 84 | 37 | .338 | .392 | .427 |
| July | 230 | 1077 | 327 | 12 | 88 | 119 | 34 | .349 | .414 | .457 |
| August | 240 | 1103 | 318 | 8 | 94 | 116 | 52 | .332 | .393 | .426 |
| September | 253 | 1139 | 331 | 8 | 95 | 133 | 49 | .333 | .407 | .416 |
| October | 57 | 239 | 74 | 1 | 22 | 24 | 12 | .349 | .410 | .472 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 86 | 387 | 99 | 1 | 16 | 56 | 12 | .301 | .401 | .380 |
| chicago-white-sox | 84 | 365 | 73 | 3 | 22 | 37 | 26 | .226 | .301 | .334 |
| cincinnati-reds | 81 | 381 | 108 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 19 | .317 | .357 | .425 |
| cleveland-guardians | 81 | 365 | 89 | 1 | 21 | 36 | 18 | .279 | .342 | .326 |
| chicago-cubs | 80 | 373 | 126 | 2 | 35 | 42 | 22 | .403 | .450 | .514 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 80 | 370 | 137 | 2 | 37 | 29 | 14 | .404 | .449 | .478 |
| new-york-giants | 79 | 362 | 118 | 0 | 22 | 39 | 23 | .379 | .434 | .444 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 78 | 365 | 107 | 4 | 35 | 31 | 28 | .327 | .378 | .419 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | CSCleveland Spiders | 127 | 518 | 198 | 2 | 60 | 30 | .382 | – | – |
| 1898 | CSCleveland Spiders | 150 | 624 | 213 | – | 42 | 19 | .341 | – | – |
| 1899 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 141 | 560 | 221 | 7 | 71 | 25 | .395 | – | – |
| 1900 | St. Louis Cardinals | 141 | 558 | 203 | 7 | 68 | 32 | .364 | – | – |
| 1901 | St. Louis Cardinals | 142 | 601 | 226 | 10 | 75 | 27 | .376 | – | – |
| 1902 |  St. Louis Browns | 138 | 553 | 169 | 5 | 52 | 23 | .306 | 1 | 2 |
| 1903 | St. Louis Browns | 132 | 515 | 151 | 3 | 40 | 17 | .293 | – | – |
| 1904 | St. Louis Browns | 147 | 575 | 156 | 2 | 27 | 12 | .271 | – | – |
| 1905 |  Boston Red Sox | 148 | 571 | 145 | 4 | 37 | 13 | .254 | – | – |