Bob Burda

Edward Robert Burda

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 174 lb.

Born: July 16, 1938 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Weber HS (Chicago, IL)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Signed
by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 25, 1962
Teams (by GP): Giants/Brewers/Cardinals/RedSox 1962-1972

Final Game: August 23, 1972
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1962 23 STL NL 7 17 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 .071 .235 .071 .307 -16 1 0 0 0 0 0 /97
1965 26 SFG NL 31 34 27 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 6 .111 .235 .111 .346 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 3/7
1966 27 SFG NL 37 46 43 3 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .163 .196 .233 .428 17 10 1 0 0 1 0 /379
1969 30 SFG NL 97 184 161 20 37 8 0 6 27 0 1 21 12 .230 .317 .391 .708 99 63 2 0 1 1 3 39/7
1970 31 TOT MLB 106 274 245 20 61 9 0 4 23 1 0 21 19 .249 .315 .335 .650 79 82 5 4 2 3 3 93/7
1970 31 SFG NL 28 29 23 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 2 .261 .414 .261 .675 86 6 0 1 0 0 2 /37
1970 31 MIL AL 78 245 222 19 55 9 0 4 20 1 0 16 17 .248 .303 .342 .646 78 76 5 3 2 3 1 9/3
1971 32 STL NL 65 83 71 6 21 0 0 1 12 0 0 10 11 .296 .386 .338 .724 104 24 2 1 0 1 2 3/9
1972 33 BOS AL 45 84 73 4 12 1 0 2 9 0 0 8 11 .164 .241 .260 .501 46 19 3 0 1 2 3 3/7
7 Yrs 388 722 634 53 142 21 0 13 78 2 1 70 65 .224 .302 .319 .620 73 202 15 5 4 10 11
162 Game Avg. 162 301 265 22 59 9 0 5 33 1 0 29 27 .224 .302 .319 .620 73 84 6 2 2 4 5
SFG (4 yrs) 193 293 254 24 53 11 0 6 37 0 1 33 25 .209 .298 .323 .621 73 82 5 1 1 4 5
STL (2 yrs) 72 100 85 6 22 0 0 1 12 1 0 13 12 .259 .360 .294 .654 82 25 2 1 0 1 2
BOS (1 yr) 45 84 73 4 12 1 0 2 9 0 0 8 11 .164 .241 .260 .501 46 19 3 0 1 2 3
MIL (1 yr) 78 245 222 19 55 9 0 4 20 1 0 16 17 .248 .303 .342 .646 78 76 5 3 2 3 1
NL (6 yrs) 265 393 339 30 75 11 0 7 49 1 1 46 37 .221 .314 .316 .629 76 107 7 2 1 5 7
AL (2 yrs) 123 329 295 23 67 10 0 6 29 1 0 24 28 .227 .287 .322 .609 70 95 8 3 3 5 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1962 23 STL NL 7 17 -2 0 0 1 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .488 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /97
1965 26 SFG NL 31 34 -3 -0 -0 -1 -0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .483 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $ 3/7
1966 27 SFG NL 37 46 -5 -0 0 -1 -0 -6 -0.7 2 -4 -0.5 .481 .496 -0.5 -0.1 -4 $ /379
1969 30 SFG NL 97 184 -2 -1 1 2 -3 -3 -0.3 6 3 0.3 .496 .498 0.1 -0.1 1 $ 39/7
1970 31 SFG NL 28 29 0 -0 0 -0 -0 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .499 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $ /37
1970 31 MIL AL 78 245 -8 -0 0 -3 -3 -14 -1.6 8 -6 -0.8 .480 .491 -0.4 -0.7 -3 $ 9/3
1971 32 STL NL 65 83 -0 0 0 -0 -0 -1 -0.1 2 2 0.2 .499 .500 0.2 -0.0 2 $21,500 3/9
1972 33 BOS AL 45 84 -6 -0 -0 -1 -1 -9 -1.1 3 -6 -0.8 .476 .493 -0.7 -0.2 -5 $25,000 3/7
7 Seasons 388 722 -26 -1 2 -3 -9 -38 -4.4 24 -15 -1.9 .489 .497 -1.6 -1.2 -11 $46,500
SFG (4 yrs) 193 293 -10 -1 1 0 -4 -14 -1.5 10 -4 -0.5 .492 .498 -0.6 -0.3 -5 $
STL (2 yrs) 72 100 -2 0 1 0 -1 -2 -0.1 3 2 0.2 .498 .499 0.1 -0.0 1 $21,500
BOS (1 yr) 45 84 -6 -0 -0 -1 -1 -9 -1.1 3 -6 -0.8 .476 .493 -0.7 -0.2 -5 $25,000
MIL (1 yr) 78 245 -8 -0 0 -3 -3 -14 -1.6 8 -6 -0.8 .480 .491 -0.4 -0.7 -3 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1962 23 STL NL 17 13 1 2.1 112 .077 .071 .283 .235 .351 .071 .429 .307 .780 -16 .189 -2.4 -0.2 .385 .286 .000 .0
1965 26 SFG NL 34 28 1 1.0 96 .130 .111 .261 .235 .326 .111 .395 .346 .721 0 .064 -3.4 -0.4 .308 .185 .000
1966 27 SFG NL 46 38 2 1.4 100 .179 .163 .269 .196 .329 .233 .406 .428 .734 17 .120 -4.8 -0.5 .324 .116 .070
1969 30 SFG NL 184 129 21 4.4 94 .215 .230 .258 .317 .329 .391 .383 .708 .711 99 .520 -0.1 -0.0 .654 .286 .161 .0
1970 31 TOT MLB 274 194 27 3.7 98 .253 .249 .259 .315 .333 .335 .395 .650 .728 79 .433 -6.6 -0.7 .571 .176 .086 1.6
1970 31 SFG NL 29 17 3 4.8 103 .286 .261 .266 .414 .339 .261 .406 .675 .745 86 .510 -0.0 0.0 .706 .217 .000
1970 31 MIL AL 245 177 24 3.6 98 .250 .248 .258 .303 .332 .342 .394 .646 .726 78 .426 -6.6 -0.7 .558 .171 .095 1.6
1971 32 STL NL 83 53 10 5.1 96 .333 .296 .264 .386 .331 .338 .387 .724 .718 104 .600 0.9 0.1 .673 .183 .042 .0
1972 33 BOS AL 84 67 4 1.6 88 .161 .164 .253 .241 .323 .260 .365 .501 .688 46 .184 -5.0 -0.6 .422 .205 .096 .0
7 Yrs 722 522 66 3.4 96 .228 .224 .260 .302 .330 .319 .389 .620 .719 73 .408 -21.5 -2.3 .547 .207 .095 3.5
162 Game Avg. 301 218 28 3.4 96 .228 .224 .260 .302 .330 .319 .389 .620 .719 73 .408 -21.5 -2.3 .547 .207 .095 1
SFG (4 yrs) 293 212 27 3.4 96 .207 .209 .261 .298 .329 .323 .390 .621 .719 73 .405 -8.3 -0.9 .556 .240 .114 .0
STL (2 yrs) 100 66 11 4.5 98 .288 .259 .267 .360 .335 .294 .394 .654 .728 82 .535 -1.6 -0.2 .615 .200 .035 1.0
BOS (1 yr) 84 67 4 1.6 88 .161 .164 .253 .241 .323 .260 .365 .501 .688 46 .183 -5.0 -0.6 .422 .205 .096 .0
MIL (1 yr) 245 177 24 3.6 98 .250 .248 .258 .303 .332 .342 .394 .646 .726 78 .425 -6.6 -0.7 .558 .171 .095 1.6
NL (6 yrs) 393 278 38 3.7 96 .227 .221 .263 .314 .331 .316 .391 .629 .722 76 .438 -9.9 -1.0 .570 .230 .094 1.8
AL (2 yrs) 329 244 28 3.1 95 .229 .227 .257 .287 .330 .322 .387 .609 .717 70 .370 -11.6 -1.2 .521 .180 .095 1.7

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1962 23 STL NL 17 0.0% 5.9% 17.7% 0.0% 0% 0.33 14.0 1.75 76%
1965 26 SFG NL 34 0.0% 17.7% 14.7% 0.0% 0% 1.20 4.5 5.4 0.62 68%
1966 27 SFG NL 46 0.0% 10.9% 4.4% 6.5% 43% 2.50 8.6 21.5 0.62 85%
1969 30 SFG NL 184 3.3% 6.5% 11.4% 7.6% 38% 0.57 13.4 26.8 6.0 0.97 78%
1970 31 TOT MLB 274 1.5% 6.9% 7.7% 4.7% 21% 0.90 12.9 61.3 10.7 0.73 82%
1970 31 SFG NL 29 0.0% 6.9% 17.2% 0.0% 0% 0.40 11.5 7.7 3.67 72%
1970 31 MIL AL 245 1.6% 6.9% 6.5% 5.3% 24% 1.06 13.1 55.5 11.1 0.64 83%
1971 32 STL NL 83 1.2% 13.3% 12.1% 1.2% 5% 1.10 6.5 71.0 5.9 1.00 72%
1972 33 BOS AL 84 2.4% 13.1% 9.5% 3.6% 25% 1.38 6.6 36.5 8.1 1.48 74%
7 Yrs 722 1.8% 9.0% 9.7% 4.7% 24% 0.93 9.8 48.8 8.1 0.88 78%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.2% 8.3% 6.1% 28% 1.83 5.9 42.7 9.2 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1962 23 STL NL -2.4 -0.2 18 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 1.30 -0.1 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 0.86 -1.1 6.81 1
1965 26 SFG NL -3.4 -0.4 34 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 1.18 -0.2 -0.2 -1.5 -0.2 1.00 -2.6 1.31 12
1966 27 SFG NL -4.8 -0.5 46 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 1.39 -0.5 -0.1 -4.6 -0.5 0.97 -4.9 1.71 25
1969 30 SFG NL -0.1 -0.0 186 0.2 4.0 -3.8 1.33 -0.4 0.6 1.1 0.1 1.03 -3.0 2.20 36
1970 31 TOT MLB -6.6 -0.7 281 -0.3 4.7 -5.0 1.10 -0.4 0.2 -6.6 -0.7 1.02 -5.5 1.99 27
1970 31 SFG NL -0.1 0.0 31 -0.0 0.4 -0.5 1.34 -0.1 0.0 1.7 0.2 1.12 0.7 2.17 14
1970 31 MIL AL -6.6 -0.7 250 -0.2 4.3 -4.5 1.07 -0.4 0.2 -8.3 -0.9 1.01 -6.2 1.79 13
1971 32 STL NL 0.9 0.1 83 0.3 1.8 -1.6 1.29 0.1 0.1 4.3 0.4 1.11 2.1 1.53 48
1972 33 BOS AL -5.0 -0.6 84 -0.5 1.0 -1.5 1.00 -0.5 0.0 -5.0 -0.5 1.06 -4.8 1.43 22
7 Yrs -21.6 -2.3 732 -1.7 12.6 -14.3 1.20 -1.9 0.5 -13.3 -1.4 1.03 -19.8 1.77 171

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1962 23 STL NL 1 0 0% 7 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 26 SFG NL 1 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 27 SFG NL 0 0 33% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1969 30 SFG NL 0 0 27% 56 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 52% 10 6 4 3 1 1 8 1 6
1970 31 TOT MLB 2 0 20% 73 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 44% 8 5 2 4 2 1 11 3 7
1970 31 SFG NL 1 0 8% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1970 31 MIL AL 1 0 21% 65 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 46% 8 5 2 3 2 1 11 3 7
1971 32 STL NL 0 0 16% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 43% 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1972 33 BOS AL 0 0 11% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 80% 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Yrs 4 0 20% 186 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 13 48% 28 18 9 9 4 3 24 5 17

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1962 23 STL NL 17 88% 1 1 0 0 0 6.81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1965 26 SFG NL 34 94% 3 12 1 0 3 1.31 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 3 3 100% 27 6 22% 5 4 80% 1 1 100% 0
1966 27 SFG NL 46 96% 7 25 4 0 0 1.71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 5 2 40% 26 2 8% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1969 30 SFG NL 184 86% 37 36 8 3 7 2.20 6 1 11 4 2 3 3 0 1 1 100% 39 2 5% 19 9 47% 148 22 15% 14 9 64% 11 4 36% 0
1970 31 TOT MLB 274 96% 61 27 8 0 4 1.99 4 0 6 4 0 1 3 0 2 2 100% 63 5 8% 35 12 34% 193 20 10% 20 9 45% 11 5 45% 0
1970 31 SFG NL 29 93% 6 14 3 0 3 2.17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0% 4 1 25% 28 3 11% 5 3 60% 1 0 0% 0
1970 31 MIL AL 245 97% 55 13 5 0 1 1.79 4 0 5 4 0 1 3 0 2 2 100% 52 5 10% 31 11 35% 165 17 10% 15 6 40% 10 5 50% 0
1971 32 STL NL 83 96% 21 48 14 1 7 1.53 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 2 8% 11 4 36% 70 12 17% 12 6 50% 6 3 50% 0
1972 33 BOS AL 84 90% 12 22 2 0 3 1.43 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 33% 22 3 14% 14 5 36% 61 8 13% 6 4 67% 6 3 50% 0
7 Yrs 722 93% 142 171 37 4 24 1.77 13 1 24 11 2 5 8 0 6 4 67% 170 15 9% 89 36 40% 532 70 13% 59 33 56% 36 16 44% 0
MLB Averages 53% 76% 11% 30% 14% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1962 23 7 17 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 .071 .235 .071 .307 -16 1 0 0 0 0 0
1963 24 7 17 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 .071 .235 .071 .307 -16 1 0 0 0 0 0
1964 25 7 17 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 .071 .235 .071 .307 -16 1 0 0 0 0 0
1965 26 38 51 41 0 4 0 0 0 5 1 0 8 7 .098 .235 .098 .333 -6 4 2 0 0 2 0
1966 27 75 97 84 3 11 3 0 0 7 1 0 10 12 .131 .216 .167 .383 6 14 3 0 0 3 0
1967 28 75 97 84 3 11 3 0 0 7 1 0 10 12 .131 .216 .167 .383 6 14 3 0 0 3 0
1968 29 75 97 84 3 11 3 0 0 7 1 0 10 12 .131 .216 .167 .383 6 14 3 0 0 3 0
1969 30 172 281 245 23 48 11 0 6 34 1 1 31 24 .196 .282 .314 .596 66 77 5 0 1 4 3
1970 31 278 555 490 43 109 20 0 10 57 2 1 52 43 .222 .298 .324 .623 73 159 10 4 3 7 6
1971 32 343 638 561 49 130 20 0 11 69 2 1 62 54 .232 .310 .326 .636 77 183 12 5 3 8 8
1972 33 388 722 634 53 142 21 0 13 78 2 1 70 65 .224 .302 .319 .620 73 202 15 5 4 10 11

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1962 23 7 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 .000 .176 .000 .176 0 7
1965 26 31 37 28 0 4 0 0 0 7 0 7 6 .143 .297 .143 .440 1 31
1966 27 37 46 43 3 7 3 0 0 2 0 2 5 .163 .196 .233 .428 2 37
1969 30 97 187 163 22 39 8 0 6 30 0 22 12 .239 .328 .399 .727 22 97
1970 31 106 276 246 21 62 9 0 4 24 1 21 19 .252 .318 .337 .655 26 106
1971 32 65 84 72 7 22 0 0 1 13 0 10 11 .306 .393 .347 .740 10 65
1972 33 47 90 78 5 14 1 0 2 12 0 9 11 .179 .258 .269 .528 6 45
7 Yrs 390 737 644 58 148 21 0 13 88 2 74 65 .230 .310 .323 .633 67 388
162 Game Avg. 162 306 268 24 61 9 0 5 37 1 31 27 .230 .310 .323 .633 28 388

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