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Jesse Burkett

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Jesse Burkett

Full name Jesse Cail Burkett
Born December 4, 1868, Wheeling, West Virginia
Died May 27, 1953, Worcester, Massachusetts
Buried at St. John Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts (Rosary Section- Range 12- Lot 135)
First Game: April 22, 1890; Final Game: October 7, 1905
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 8" Weight: 155
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1946
Ejections as player: 1897 (3), 1898 (1), 1899 (2), 1900 (2), 1901 (1), 1902 (4), 1903 (2), 1904 (1), 1905 (1). Total: 17
Ejections as coach: 1921 (1)
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1890 NY  N                  101   401   67  124  23  13   4   60   33   52   3           14  .309  .366  .461   1.3 1890 NY  N
1891 CLE N                   40   167   29   45   7   4   0   13   23   19   0            1  .269  .358  .359  -0.1 1891 CLE N
1892 CLE N                  145   608  119  167  15  14   6   66   67   59   1           36  .275  .348  .375  -0.2 1892 CLE N
1893 CLE N                  125   511  145  178  25  15   6   82   98   23   7           39  .348  .459  .491   1.4 1893 CLE N
1894 CLE N                  125   523  138  187  27  14   8   94   84   27   1  10       28  .358  .447  .509   0.7 1894 CLE N
1895 CLE N                  132   555  153  225  22  13   5   83   74   32   8   7       41  .405  .482  .519   2.3 1895 CLE N
1896 CLE N                  133   586  160  240  27  16   6   72   49   19   7   5       34  .410  .461  .541   2.5 1896 CLE N
1897 CLE N                  127   517  129  198  28   7   2   60   76   25   7  10       28  .383  .468  .476   2.1 1897 CLE N
1898 CLE N                  150   624  114  213  18   9   0   42   69   30   9   4       19  .341  .415  .399   1.2 1898 CLE N
1899 STL N                  141   558  116  221  21   8   7   71   67   23   2   8       25  .396  .463  .500   3.1 1899 STL N
1900 STL N                  141   559   88  203  11  15   7   68   62   35   3  19       32  .363  .429  .474   3.0 1900 STL N
1901 STL N    Daily Splits  142   601  142  226  20  15  10   75   59   70  10   3   0   27  .376  .440  .509   5.5 1901 STL N
1902 STL A    Daily Splits  138   553   97  169  29   9   5   52   71   25   5   7   0   23  .306  .390  .418   1.9 1902 STL A
1903 STL A    Daily Splits  132   515   73  151  20   7   3   40   52   47   3   4   0   17  .293  .361  .377   0.7 1903 STL A
1904 STL A    Daily Splits  147   575   72  156  15  10   2   27   78   64   5   3   0   12  .271  .363  .343   2.4 1904 STL A
1905 BOS A    Daily Splits  148   573   78  147  12  13   4   47   67   63   4  10   0   13  .257  .339  .344   0.1 1905 BOS A
Total NL (12 Years)        1502  6210 1400 2227 244 143  61  786  761  414  58  66i  0i 324  .359  .433  .473  22.8 Total NL
Total AL ( 4 Years)         565  2216  320  623  76  39  14  166  268  199  17  24   0   65  .281  .363  .370   5.1 Total AL
Total    (16 Years) Splits 2067  8426 1720 2850 320 182  75  952 1029  613  75  90i  0i 389  .338  .415  .446  27.9 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1890 NY  N                   21  14   6   0   7   0  118    134   3  123   73   92   82      16  14   0   3  10   5.57  4.29  -1.7 1890 NY  N
1894 CLE N                    1   0   0   0   1   0    4      6   0    2    2    1    0       0   0   0   0   0   4.50     -   0.0 1894 CLE N
1902 STL A    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    1      4   0    4    1    1    2   0   0   0   0   0   1   9.00     -  -0.3 1902 STL A
Total NL ( 2 Years)          22  14   6   0   8   0  122    140   3  125   75   93   82      16  14   0   3  10   5.53  4.29  -1.7 Total NL
Total AL ( 1 Year )           1   0   0   0   0   0    1      4   0    4    1    1    2   0   0   0   0   0   1   9.00     -  -0.3 Total AL
Total    ( 3 Years) Splits   23  14   6   0   8   0  123    144   3  129   76   94   84   0  16  14   0   3  11   5.56  4.29  -2.0 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
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                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1890 NY  N               OF   90                     108   23   28    4                .824    11    2   77 
1890 NY  N                P   21                       2   33    3    1                .921
1891 CLE N               OF   40                      53    5    7    1   0            .892     6    2   35 
1892 CLE N               OF  145                     271   20   31    7                .904   145    0    0 
1893 CLE N               OF  125                     239   19   46    5                .849   125    0    0 
1894 CLE N               OF  125                     242   17   24    5   0            .915   125    0    0 
1894 CLE N                P    1                       0    0    0    0                   -
1895 CLE N               OF  132                     273   17   38    4   0            .884   131    0    1 
1896 CLE N               OF  133                     269   18   23    4                .926   133    0    0 
1897 CLE N               OF  127                     226   18   13    3   0            .949   127    1    0 
1898 CLE N               OF  150                     268   17   19    3   0            .938   148    1    1 
1899 STL N               OF  140                     296   20   21    3                .938   139    0    1 
1899 STL N               2B    1                       2    3    2    0   0            .714
1900 STL N               OF  141                     337   17   25    6                .934   140    1    0 
1901 STL N Daily Splits  OF  142  142  141  1259.2   307   17   27    4   0            .923   142    0    0 
1901 STL N               LF  142  142  141  1259.2i  307   17   27    4   0            .923
1902 STL A Daily Splits  OF  137  137  132  1180     300   17   26    5   0            .924   137    0    0 
1902 STL A               LF  137  137  132  1180  i  300   17   26    5   0            .924
1902 STL A               3B    1    0    0             1    2    0    1   0           1.000
1902 STL A               SS    1    1    0             0    1    0    0   0           1.000
1902 STL A                P    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0     -
1903 STL A Daily Splits  OF  132  132  129  1138.1   230   10   15    4   0            .941   132    0    0 
1903 STL A               LF  132  132  129  1138.1i  230   11   15    4   0            .941
1904 STL A Daily Splits  OF  147  147  145  1311     266   24   18    4   0            .942   147    0    0 
1904 STL A               LF  147  147  145  1311  i  266   24   18    4   0            .942
1905 BOS A Daily Splits  OF  148  148  147  1311.1   276   11   22    0   0            .929   148    0    0 
1905 BOS A               LF  148  148  147  1311.1   276   11   22    0   0            .929
Total (16 Years) Splits  OF 2054  706i 694i 6200.1i 3961  270  383   62   0i           .917  1936    7  115 
Total ( 5 Years)         LF  706i 706i 694i 6200.1i 1379i  80i 108i  17i  0i           .931
Total ( 3 Years)          P   23    0i   0i    1  i    2   33    3    1   0i   0i   0i .921
Total ( 1 Year )         SS    1    1    0             0    1    0    0   0           1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         2B    1                       2    3    2    0   0            .714
Total ( 1 Year )         3B    1    0    0             1    2    0    1   0           1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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       Coaching Record
Year Team   START    END
1921 NY  N   4-13  10-13
1922 NY  N   4-12  10- 8
Total ( 2 Years) 

Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 4-24-1897          CLE N  Sandy McDermott     Bench jockeying
 8- 4-1897(1)       CLE N  Chicken Wolf        Balls and strikes
 8- 4-1897(2)       CLE N  Chicken Wolf        Balls and strikes
 6-14-1898          CLE N  Pop Snyder          Balls and strikes
 8-10-1899          STL N  John Hunt           Unknown reason
 9- 9-1899          STL N  Arlie Latham        Balls and strikes
 6-17-1900          STL N  Adonis Terry        Threw ball into stands
 9- 8-1900          STL N  John Gaffney        Unknown reason
 7- 1-1901     BOX  STL N  Pop Snyder          Call at 2B
 4-29-1902     BOX  STL A  Bob Caruthers       Balls and strikes
 6-30-1902(1)  BOX  STL A  Jack Sheridan       Called third strike
 7- 8-1902(1)  BOX  STL A  Silk O'Loughlin     Call at 3B
 9-26-1902     BOX  STL A  Jack Sheridan       Call at 1B
 6-20-1903     BOX  STL A  Tommy Connolly      Fighting
 9-24-1903(2)  BOX  STL A  Jack Sheridan       Unknown reason
 5- 7-1904     BOX  STL A  Silk O'Loughlin     Call at HP
 9-14-1905     BOX  BOS A  Tim Hurst           Balls and strikes

As coach:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
10-13-1921     BOX  NY  N  Ollie Chill         Bench jockeying

Transaction Information

Sold by Worcester (Atlantic Association) to Indianapolis Hoosiers with Tug Wilson
for $2500 (September 20, 1889).

Granted to league by Indianapolis Hoosiers with Charley Bassett, Henry Boyle, Dick
Buckley, Jerry Denny, Ed Eiteljorge, Pretzels Getzien, Jack Glasscock, Paul Hines,
Amos Rusie and Andy Sommers (March 22, 1890).

Obtained from league by New York Giants with Charley Bassett, Henry Boyle, Dick
Buckley, Jerry Denny, Jack Glasscock, Amos Rusie and Andy Sommers (March 22, 1890).

Sold by New York Giants to Cleveland Spiders (February, 1891).

Assigned to St. Louis Perfectos by Cleveland Spiders with Frank Bates, Harry Blake,
Jimmy Burke, Cupid Childs, Lou Criger, Nig Cuppy, Emmet Heidrick, Cowboy Jones, Pete
McBride, Ed McKean, Jack O'Connor, Jack Powell, Osee Schrecongost, Patsy Tebeau,
Bobby Wallace and Zeke Wilson (March 29, 1899).

Traded by St. Louis Browns to Boston Americans in exchange for George Stone and cash
(December 26, 1904).

Released by Boston Americans (May 1, 1906).
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