Jesse Burkett

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-8, 155lb (173cm, 70kg)

Born: December 4, 1868 in Wheeling, WV us

Died: May 27, 1953 in Worcester, MA

Buried: St. John Cemetery, Worcester, MA

Debut: April 22, 1890 (Age 21-139d, 1,444th in major league history)

Last Game: October 7, 1905 (Age 36-307d)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1946. (Voted by Old Timers Committee)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1947.
View Jesse Burkett's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1890 season

Full Name: Jesse Cail Burkett

Nicknames: Crab

Pronunciation: \BUR-ket\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

59.7

8426

2850

.338

1720

RBI

952

389

OBP

.415

SLG

.446

OPS

.861

OPS+

140

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1901 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1901 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	STL		CHC	L,7-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 20	STL		CHC	W,11-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 21	STL		CHC	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 23	STL		PIT	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 24	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 27	STL	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 29	STL	@	PIT	L,12-14	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 30	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 1	STL		CIN	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	May 2	STL		CIN	L,12-16	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	May 4	STL		CIN	T,4-4	CG	0	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
12	12	May 5	STL		CIN	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	May 6	STL	@	CIN	W,13-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
14	14	May 7	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	0	10.1	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	May 8	STL	@	CIN	W,14-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 9	STL	@	CIN	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
17	17	May 10	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	18	May 11	STL	@	CHC	L,2-12	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
19	19	May 12	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
20	20	May 14	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 15	STL	@	BSN	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
22	22	May 16	STL	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
23	23	May 17	STL	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	24	May 21	STL	@	BRO	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	25	May 22 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 22 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	27	May 23	STL	@	PHI	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 24	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	29	May 28	STL	@	NYG	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	30	May 30 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	31	May 30 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	32	Jun 1	STL	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	33	Jun 2	STL	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	34	Jun 3	STL		NYG	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
35	35	Jun 4	STL		NYG	L,2-4	CG	0	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	36	Jun 5	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	37	Jun 6	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	38	Jun 7	STL		BSN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
39	39	Jun 10	STL		PHI	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	40	Jun 11	STL		PHI	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	41	Jun 12	STL		PHI	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	42	Jun 13	STL		BRO	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	43	Jun 14	STL		BRO	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	44	Jun 15	STL		BRO	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 16	STL		BRO	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	46	Jun 17	STL	@	CIN	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	47	Jun 18	STL	@	PIT	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 19	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 20 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	50	Jun 20 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
51	51	Jun 21	STL	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	52	Jun 22	STL	@	NYG	W,13-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	53	Jun 24	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
54	54	Jun 25	STL	@	NYG	W,12-8	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	55	Jun 26	STL	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
56	56	Jun 27	STL	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	0	11.1	3	0	1	4	0
57	57	Jun 28	STL	@	BSN	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	58	Jun 29 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
59	59	Jun 29 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	60	Jul 1	STL	@	BRO	W,10-8	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
61	61	Jul 2	STL	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	0	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
62	62	Jul 4 (1)	STL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	63	Jul 4 (2)	STL		PHI	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	64	Jul 5	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
65	65	Jul 6	STL		PHI	L,9-14	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
66	66	Jul 8	STL		BRO	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	67	Jul 9	STL		BRO	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
68	68	Jul 10	STL		BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	69	Jul 12	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	6	1	0	7	1
70	70	Jul 13	STL		NYG	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	71	Jul 14	STL		NYG	W,6-5	CG	0	12.0	2	0	1	3	0
72	72	Jul 15	STL		NYG	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	73	Jul 17 (1)	STL		BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	74	Jul 17 (2)	STL		BSN	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
75	75	Jul 18	STL		BSN	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
76	76	Jul 19	STL		BSN	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	77	Jul 20	STL		BSN	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
78	78	Jul 21	STL		CIN	W,15-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	79	Jul 22	STL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	80	Jul 23	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	81	Jul 24	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	82	Jul 25	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	83	Jul 26	STL		PIT	W,12-7	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
84	84	Jul 27	STL		PIT	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	85	Jul 28	STL		PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	86	Jul 29	STL		PIT	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	87	Aug 1	STL	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	88	Aug 3	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	89	Aug 4	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
90	90	Aug 5	STL	@	PIT	W,20-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	91	Aug 6	STL	@	PIT	L,1-8	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	92	Aug 7	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
93	93	Aug 8	STL	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	94	Aug 9	STL	@	CIN	W,13-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	95	Aug 10	STL		CIN	L,5-8	CG	0	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	96	Aug 11	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	97	Aug 12	STL		CIN	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
98	98	Aug 13	STL		CIN	L,4-6	CG	0	12.0	5	0	1	6	0
99	99	Aug 15	STL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
100	100	Aug 17	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	101	Aug 18	STL		CHC	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	102	Aug 19	STL		PIT	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
103	103	Aug 20	STL		PIT	L,2-14	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
104	104	Aug 21	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	5	0	0	5	0
105	105	Aug 22	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
106	106	Aug 24	STL	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
107	107	Aug 25	STL	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	108	Aug 26	STL	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
109	109	Aug 27	STL	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	110	Aug 28	STL	@	PIT	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	111	Aug 30	STL		CIN	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	112	Aug 31	STL		CIN	W,15-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	113	Sep 2	STL	@	BRO	L,5-11	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
114	114	Sep 3 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	115	Sep 3 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	116	Sep 4	STL	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	117	Sep 5	STL	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	3	0	1	4	0
118	118	Sep 6	STL	@	BSN	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	119	Sep 7	STL	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	120	Sep 9 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
121	121	Sep 9 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
122	122	Sep 10	STL	@	NYG	T,3-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	123	Sep 11	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	0	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	124	Sep 12	STL	@	PHI	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	125	Sep 13 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
126	126	Sep 13 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	127	Sep 15	STL	@	CHC	W,13-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	128	Sep 20	STL		BRO	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
129	129	Sep 21	STL		BRO	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	130	Sep 22	STL		BRO	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
131	131	Sep 23	STL		BSN	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
132	132	Sep 24	STL		BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
133	133	Sep 25	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
134	134	Sep 26	STL		PHI	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	135	Sep 27	STL		PHI	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
136	136	Sep 28	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
137	137	Sep 29 (1)	STL		NYG	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
138	138	Sep 29 (2)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
139	139	Sep 30 (1)	STL		NYG	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
140	140	Sep 30 (2)	STL		NYG	W,6-5	CG	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	141	Oct 6 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
142	142	Oct 6 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							142gm			307	17	27	351	4