boys of summer Jesse Burkett

Jesse Cail Burkett (December 4, 1868 - May 27, 1953), nicknamed "The Crab", was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century. He also was a coach in the Major Leagues under John McGraw for the New York Giants, owned and managed the minor league Worcester club, and coached Holy Cross College.

Burkett played in the Major Leagues from 1890 to 1905, predominantly as an outfielder, and had an accomplished hitting career, smacking 200 hits in a season six times and batting over .400 three times, one of only three players to accomplish this. He spent time in Cleveland with the National League Spiders where in 1895 and 1896 he batted over 400.

Burkett was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946. He became the first West Virginian elected to Hall of Fame.

Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1890 New York 101 401 67 124 23 13 4 60 33 52 .309
1891 Cleveland 40 167 29 45 7 4 0 13 23 19 .629
1892 Cleveland 145 608 119 167 15 14 6 66 67 59 .275
1893 Cleveland 125 511 145 178 25 15 6 82 98 23 .348
1894 Cleveland 125 523 138 187 27 14 8 94 84 27 .358
1895 Cleveland 131 550 153 225 22 13 5 83 74 31 .409
1896 Cleveland 133 586 160 240 27 16 6 72 49 19 .410
1897 Cleveland 127 517 129 198 28 7 2 60 76 x .383
1898 Cleveland 150 624 114 213 18 9 0 42 69 x .341
1899 St. Louis 141 558 116 221 21 8 7 71 67 x .396
1900 St. Louis 141 559 88 203 11 15 7 68 62 x .363
1901 St. Louis 142 601 142 226 20 15 10 75 59 x .376
1902 St. Louis 138 553 97 169 19 9 5 52 71 x .306
1903 St. Louis 132 515 73 151 20 7 3 40 52 x .293
1904 St. Louis 147 575 72 156 15 10 2 27 78 x .271
1905 Boston 148 573 78 147 12 13 4 47 67 x .257

Career statistics
Batting average  .338
Hits  2850
Home runs  75
Runs batted in  952

200 Hit Seasons: 6
(1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900 & 1901)

Seasons batting over .400: 3
(1891, 1895 & 1896)