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.

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 22	SLB		CHW	L,4-14	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 23	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
3	3	Apr 26	SLB		CHW	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 28	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 29	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	6	May 1	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	May 2	SLB		DET	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
8	8	May 3	SLB		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	May 4	SLB		CLE	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	May 7	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	11	May 8	SLB	@	CHW	W,13-12	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	12	May 9	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	May 10	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	May 11	SLB		WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	May 12	SLB		WSH	W,13-2	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 13	SLB		WSH	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 14	SLB		WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 15	SLB		PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 16	SLB		PHA	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 17	SLB		PHA	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
21	21	May 19	SLB		PHA	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
22	22	May 20	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 22	SLB		BOS	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
24	24	May 23	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
25	25	May 24	SLB		NYY	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 25	SLB		NYY	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 26	SLB	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 28	SLB	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	29	May 29	SLB	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	30	May 30 (1)	SLB		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	31	May 30 (2)	SLB		DET	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	32	Jun 1	SLB	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	33	Jun 2	SLB	@	DET	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	34	Jun 4	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
35	35	Jun 5	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	36	Jun 6	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-10	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
37	37	Jun 9	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	38	Jun 11	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	39	Jun 13	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
40	40	Jun 15	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	41	Jun 16	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
42	42	Jun 17	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-11	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	43	Jun 19	SLB		WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	44	Jun 20	SLB		WSH	W,7-6	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
45	45	Jun 21	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	46	Jun 23	SLB		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	47	Jun 24	SLB		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	48	Jun 25	SLB		BOS	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 27	SLB		BOS	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	50	Jun 28 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
51	51	Jun 28 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
52	52	Jun 29	SLB		NYY	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
53	53	Jun 30	SLB		NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	54	Jul 1	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	55	Jul 2	SLB		NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
56	56	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	57	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	58	Jul 6	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	59	Jul 7	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
60	60	Jul 8	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	61	Jul 9	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	62	Jul 10	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
63	63	Jul 11	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	0	10.1	1	0	0	1	0
64	64	Jul 13	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	65	Jul 14	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	66	Jul 15	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	67	Jul 16	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	75 (7)	Jul 25	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	76	Jul 26	SLB		CLE	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	77	Jul 27	SLB		CLE	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
71	78	Jul 28	SLB		CLE	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	79	Jul 29	SLB	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	80	Jul 30	SLB	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	81	Jul 31	SLB	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	82	Aug 1 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	83	Aug 1 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	84	Aug 2	SLB		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	85	Aug 3	SLB		CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	86	Aug 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	87	Aug 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	88	Aug 6	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	89	Aug 7	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	90	Aug 8	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	91	Aug 9	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	92	Aug 14 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	15.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	93	Aug 14 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	94	Aug 15	SLB		WSH	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	95	Aug 16 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	96	Aug 16 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	97	Aug 17	SLB		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
91	98	Aug 18	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	99	Aug 20 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
93	100	Aug 20 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	101	Aug 21	SLB		NYY	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	102	Aug 22	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	103	Aug 23 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
97	104	Aug 23 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
98	105	Aug 24	SLB		BOS	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	106	Aug 26	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-12	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	107	Aug 29	SLB		CLE	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	108	Aug 30 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	4	0	2	6	0
102	109	Aug 30 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	110	Aug 31 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	111	Aug 31 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	112	Sep 1	SLB		CLE	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	113	Sep 2	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	114	Sep 3	SLB	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	115	Sep 5	SLB		DET	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	116	Sep 6 (1)	SLB		DET	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	117	Sep 6 (2)	SLB		DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
111	118	Sep 7 (1)	SLB		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	119	Sep 7 (2)	SLB		DET	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	120	Sep 9 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	121	Sep 9 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	122	Sep 11	SLB		CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	123	Sep 12	SLB		CHW	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	124	Sep 13 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	125	Sep 13 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	126	Sep 18 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	127	Sep 18 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	128	Sep 19	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
122	129	Sep 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	130	Sep 22	SLB	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	131	Sep 23 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	132	Sep 23 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	133	Sep 24 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
127	134	Sep 24 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-8	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
128	135	Sep 25	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	136	Sep 26 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
130	137	Sep 26 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	138	Sep 28 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	139	Sep 28 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
							132gm			230	11	15	256	4