Head played minor league baseball during 1913–1917 and 1919–1931;[1] he did not play professionally in 1918 due to military service.[2] He pitched in over 400 minor league games, with a 153–137 win–loss record for seasons with records available.[1]
Head spent the 1923 season with the Philadelphia Phillies, his only major league season.[3] In 35 games (13 starts) he compiled a 2–9 record with a 6.66 earned run average, while striking out 24 batters in 132+1⁄3innings pitched.[4] The Phillies finished last in the National League in 1923, with a 50–104 record.[5] Two games that Head pitched in are historically notable:
Head's start against the New York Giants on June 1, 1923, became the first game in baseball's modern era (since 1900) that a team scored in all nine innings; accomplished by the Giants, in a 22–8 victory.[6][7] Head allowed six runs on six hits, facing 14 batters in 1+2⁄3 innings of work, and was the losing pitcher of the game.[8]
Head's final game in the major leagues, played on October 6, 1923, featured shortstop Ernie Padgett of the Boston Braves executing an unassisted triple play.[9] The Phillies lost to the Braves, 4–1, with Head scoring the Phillies' only run.[10]
