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.

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 15	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 18	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 19	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	10.2	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 20	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 21	BOS		PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
7	7	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 24	BOS		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 25	BOS		PHA	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 26	BOS		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 27	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 28	BOS		WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	Apr 29	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	May 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	16	May 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	17	May 4	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	18	May 5	BOS		NYY	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 6	BOS		NYY	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 8	BOS		NYY	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
21	21	May 9	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 12	BOS	@	DET	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 13	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	24	May 15	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-11	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
26	26	May 20	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	27	May 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 23	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	29	May 24	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	30	May 26	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	31	May 27	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	32	May 28	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	33	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	34	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	35	Jun 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-15	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	36	Jun 3	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	37	Jun 5	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	38	Jun 7	BOS		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	39	Jun 8	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	40	Jun 9	BOS		SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	41	Jun 10	BOS		CLE	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	42	Jun 13	BOS		CLE	L,2-11	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	43	Jun 14	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
44	44	Jun 15	BOS		DET	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	45	Jun 16	BOS		DET	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
46	46	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	47	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
48	48	Jun 22	BOS		CHW	T,1-1	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	49	Jun 23	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
50	50	Jun 24	BOS		NYY	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 28 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	52	Jun 28 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 29	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	54	Jun 30	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	55	Jul 1	BOS		WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	56	Jul 3	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	57	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	58	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	20.0	2	0	1	3	0
59	59	Jul 5	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	3	0	1	4	0
60	60	Jul 6	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
61	61	Jul 7	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
62	62	Jul 8 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
63	63	Jul 8 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-11	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	64	Jul 12 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	65	Jul 12 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	66	Jul 13	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	67	Jul 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	68	Jul 15	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
69	69	Jul 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
70	70	Jul 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
71	71	Jul 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
72	72	Jul 19 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	73	Jul 19 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	74	Jul 20 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
75	75	Jul 20 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	76	Jul 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	77	Jul 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	78	Jul 23	BOS	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	79	Jul 24	BOS	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	80	Jul 26 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
81	81	Jul 26 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	82	Jul 28	BOS		CLE	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	83	Jul 29	BOS		SLB	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	84	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	85	Aug 2 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	86	Aug 3	BOS		CLE	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	87	Aug 4	BOS		CLE	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
88	88	Aug 5	BOS		CLE	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	89	Aug 7	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	90	Aug 8	BOS		DET	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	91	Aug 10 (1)	BOS		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	92	Aug 10 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
93	93	Aug 11	BOS		DET	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
94	94	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	95	Aug 14 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	96	Aug 18	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	97	Aug 21 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	98	Aug 21 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
99	99	Aug 23 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	100	Aug 23 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
101	101	Aug 24 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	102	Aug 24 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	0	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	103	Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	104	Aug 25 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	105	Aug 26 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	106	Aug 26 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	1	1	0	2	0
107	107	Aug 27 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	108	Aug 27 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	109	Aug 29	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	110	Aug 30	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	111	Aug 31	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	112	Sep 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	113	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	114	Sep 4 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	115	Sep 5	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	13.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	116	Sep 6	BOS		PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
117	117	Sep 7	BOS		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	118	Sep 8	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
119	119	Sep 9	BOS		WSH	W,8-7	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
120	120	Sep 11 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	121	Sep 11 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,0-14	CG	0	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
122	122	Sep 13	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	123	Sep 14	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-3	GS	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	124	Sep 15 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
125	125	Sep 15 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
126	126	Sep 16	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	127	Sep 18 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	128	Sep 18 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,16-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
129	129	Sep 19 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	130	Sep 19 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	131	Sep 20	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	137 (5)	Sep 25 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	138	Sep 25 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,4-7	CG	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	139	Sep 26 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
135	140	Sep 26 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
136	141	Sep 27 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
137	142	Sep 27 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-15	CG	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
138	143	Sep 28	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
139	144	Sep 29	BOS		DET	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
140	145	Sep 30 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	146	Sep 30 (2)	BOS		DET	W,4-1	CG	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
142	147	Oct 2	BOS		CLE	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
143	148	Oct 3	BOS		CLE	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
144	149	Oct 4	BOS		CLE	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
145	150	Oct 5	BOS		NYY	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
146	151	Oct 6	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
147	152	Oct 7 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	4	0	1	5	0
148	153	Oct 7 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,12-9	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
							148gm			276	11	22	309	0