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.

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 23	SLB		CLE	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
2	2	Apr 24	SLB		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 25	SLB		CLE	L,0-10	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
4	4	Apr 26	SLB		CLE	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
5	5	Apr 27	SLB		DET	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 29	SLB		DET	L,3-11	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 30	SLB		DET	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 1	SLB		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
9	9	May 2	SLB		CHW	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	10	May 3	SLB		CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	May 7	SLB	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	May 8	SLB	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	May 9	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	May 12	SLB	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	May 13	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 14	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-12	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
17	17	May 16	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	18	May 17	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 18	SLB	@	CHW	T,2-2	CG	0	17.0	7	0	1	8	0
20	20	May 19	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
22	22	May 22	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
23	23	May 23	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	24	May 24	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	25	May 26	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	26	May 27	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	27	May 28	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 29	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	29	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,11-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
30	30	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-11	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
31	31	May 31	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	0	8.2	6	0	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	32	Jun 2	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	3	0	1	4	0
33	33	Jun 3	SLB	@	BLA	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	34	Jun 4	SLB	@	BLA	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	35	Jun 5	SLB	@	BLA	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
36	36	Jun 7	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
37	37	Jun 8	SLB		BOS	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
38	38	Jun 9	SLB		BOS	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	39	Jun 10	SLB		BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	40	Jun 11	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
41	41	Jun 12	SLB		WSH	L,8-9	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
42	42	Jun 13	SLB		WSH	L,1-11	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	44 (1)	Jun 15	SLB		BLA	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	45	Jun 16	SLB		BLA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	46	Jun 17	SLB		BLA	T,2-2	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	47	Jun 18	SLB		BLA	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	48	Jun 19	SLB		PHA	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
48	49	Jun 21	SLB		PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	50	Jun 22	SLB		PHA	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	51	Jun 24	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-12	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	52	Jun 26	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	53	Jun 27	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	54	Jun 30 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,2-17	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
54	55	Jun 30 (2)	SLB		CLE	T,3-3	CG	0	15.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	56	Jul 2 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
56	57	Jul 2 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	58	Jul 3	SLB		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	59	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	60	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	61	Jul 5	SLB	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
61	62	Jul 6	SLB		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	63	Jul 8 (1)	SLB		DET	W,5-4	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
63	64	Jul 8 (2)	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	65	Jul 9	SLB		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	66	Jul 11	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
66	67	Jul 12	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	68	Jul 13 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	69	Jul 13 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	70	Jul 15	SLB	@	BLA	W,13-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	71	Jul 16	SLB	@	BLA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	73 (1)	Jul 18	SLB	@	BLA	W,4-3	GS	0		1	0	1	2	0
72	74	Jul 19	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	75	Jul 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
74	76	Jul 22	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
75	77	Jul 23	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	12.1	3	0	0	3	0
76	78	Jul 24	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	79	Jul 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	80	Jul 26	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	81	Jul 28	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
80	82	Jul 29	SLB	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	83	Jul 31	SLB		PHA	T,4-4	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	84	Aug 1	SLB		PHA	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	85	Aug 2	SLB		PHA	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	86	Aug 3	SLB		BLA	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	87	Aug 4	SLB		BLA	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	88	Aug 5	SLB		BLA	W,8-7	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
87	89	Aug 6	SLB		BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
88	90	Aug 7	SLB		BOS	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	91	Aug 8	SLB		BOS	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
90	92	Aug 9	SLB		WSH	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	2	5	0
91	93	Aug 10	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	94	Aug 11	SLB		WSH	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	95	Aug 13	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	96	Aug 15 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
95	97	Aug 15 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	11.1	2	0	1	3	0
96	98	Aug 16	SLB	@	BLA	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	99	Aug 18	SLB	@	BLA	L,1-11	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
98	100	Aug 19	SLB	@	BLA	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	101	Aug 20	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	102	Aug 21	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-12	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
101	103	Aug 22	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-12	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	104	Aug 23	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
103	105	Aug 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
104	106	Aug 26	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-13	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
105	107	Aug 28	SLB		BLA	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	108	Aug 29 (1)	SLB		BLA	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	1	9	1
107	109	Aug 29 (2)	SLB		BLA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	110	Aug 30	SLB		BLA	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
109	111	Aug 31 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	112	Aug 31 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	113	Sep 1 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	114	Sep 1 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
113	115	Sep 3 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	116	Sep 3 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	117	Sep 4	SLB		WSH	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	118	Sep 5	SLB		BOS	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	119	Sep 6	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	120	Sep 7	SLB		BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
119	121	Sep 8	SLB	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
120	122	Sep 10 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
121	123	Sep 10 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
122	124	Sep 11	SLB	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
123	125	Sep 13 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	126	Sep 13 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
125	127	Sep 14 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	128	Sep 14 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
127	129	Sep 16	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
128	130	Sep 17	SLB		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	131	Sep 18	SLB		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	132	Sep 20 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
131	133	Sep 20 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	134	Sep 21 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
133	135	Sep 21 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,1-4	CG	0	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
134	136	Sep 25	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-11	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	137	Sep 26	SLB		CHW	W,5-4	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
136	138	Sep 27	SLB		CHW	W,9-1	CG	0	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
137	139	Sep 28 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
138	140	Sep 28 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,4-10	GS	0	1.0	1	3	0	4	1
							140gm		7.0	301	20	26	347	6