John Whitehead
1935–1942 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns
172G
.169AVG
.220OBP
.175SLG
More career statistics
55H
0HR
30RBI
0SB
49–54W–L
944.0IP
254K
4.60ERA
119GS
4SV
4Rare 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 · Strikeouts | 54 | 53 |
| Pitching · p er | 482 | 478 |
| Pitching · p k | 254 | 257 |
| Pitching · p w | 372 | 373 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 172 | 366 | 325 | 24 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | .169 | .220 | .175 | .395 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 944.0 | 172 | 119 | 52 | 49 | 54 | 4 | 1,074 | 537 | 482 | 69 | 372 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 4.60 | 1.532 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1936-05-30 to 1936-06-13
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1936-05-11 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1937-05-23 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1937-08-17 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 88 | 171 | 28 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 25 | .187 | .222 | .200 |
| Away | 84 | 195 | 27 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 28 | .154 | .190 | .154 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 18 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .103 | .100 | .103 |
| May | 25 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 11 | .192 | .242 | .192 |
| June | 31 | 79 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | .179 | .190 | .179 |
| July | 41 | 70 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | .167 | .214 | .183 |
| August | 36 | 76 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | .123 | .145 | .123 |
| September | 19 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | .265 | .341 | .294 |
| October | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 31 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | .154 | .161 | .173 |
| boston-red-sox | 29 | 66 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | .121 | .182 | .121 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 24 | 70 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | .179 | .243 | .179 |
| new-york-yankees | 24 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | .167 | .160 | .167 |
| cleveland-guardians | 21 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | .133 | .206 | .167 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .257 | .243 | .257 |
| st-louis-browns | 18 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | .200 | .250 | .200 |
| chicago-white-sox | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 |  Chicago White Sox | 28 | 82 | 12 | – | 9 | – | .146 | 222 | 72 |
| 1936 | Chicago White Sox | 34 | 87 | 21 | – | 9 | – | .241 | 230 | 72 |
| 1937 | Chicago White Sox | 26 | 58 | 13 | – | 5 | – | .224 | 165 | 46 |
| 1938 | Chicago White Sox | 32 | 60 | 6 | – | 5 | – | .100 | 183 | 38 |
| 1939 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns | 33 | 26 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .038 | 98 | 18 |
| 1940 |  St. Louis Browns | 15 | 12 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .167 | 40 | 11 |
| 1942 | St. Louis Browns | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |