Tim Burke

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Timothy Philip Burke

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.
School University of Nebraska
Debut April 8, 1985
Final Game September 22, 1992
Born February 19, 1959 in Omaha, NE USA

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Tim Burke was an All-Big Eight baseball player three years in a row at the University of Nebraska. He went 11-8 with a 3.49 ERA and 2 saves for the Indianapolis Indians in 1984, playing for his future big league manager, Buck Rodgers. He made the Montreal Expos' staff as the team's 10th pitcher in spring training of 1985, then went on to tie the Major League record for most appearances by a rookie with 78. During that year, he put together a streak of 20 2/3 scoreless innings from June 15 to July 14. He was the set-up man for Jeff Reardon during his first two seasons In Montreal, and took over the closer's job when Reardon was traded to the Minnesota Twins after the 1986 season.