Jack Burdock

John Joseph Burdock (Black Jack)

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 158 lb.

Born: April, 1852 in Brooklyn, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1872
Teams (by GP): RedStockings/Beaneaters/DarkBlues/Atlantics/Bridegrooms/... 1872-1891

Final Game: July 23, 1891
Died: November 27, 1931 in Brooklyn, NY
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1872	BRA	NA	20	SS	36				218	50	112	56	2	.743		4.50	.774		4.80
1872	BRA	NA	20	C	4				9	3	4	2	0	.778		1.75	.847		5.45		3
1872	BRA	NA	20	2B	2				6	3	3	0	0	1.000		3.00	.827		5.50
1873	BRA	NA	21	2B	55				411	170	166	75	24	.818		6.11	.831		5.81
1873	BRA	NA	21	C	2				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			5.05		0
1874	NYU	NA	22	3B	60				355	160	131	64	7	.820		4.85	.759		4.37
1874	NYU	NA	22	OF	3				3	3	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.803		2.03	2-1-0
1875	HAR	NA	23	2B	73				439	208	185	46	24	.895		5.38	.837		5.89
1875	HAR	NA	23	3B	2				5	3	0	2	0	.600		1.50	.764		3.65
1875	HAR	NA	23	C	1				1	0	0	1	0	.000		0.00	.820		5.70		1
1876	HAR	NL	24	2B	69				430	211	174	45	18	.895		5.58	.864		5.70
1876	HAR	NL	24	3B	1				1	0	1	0	1	1.000		1.00	.810		3.80
1877	HAR	NL	25	2B	55				414	185	189	40	25	.903		6.80	.867		6.40
1877	HAR	NL	25	3B	3				21	5	12	4	0	.810		5.67	.841		3.70
1878	BSN	NL	26	2B	60				498	245	212	41	34	.918		7.62	.874		6.36
1879	BSN	NL	27	2B	84				662	303	300	59	43	.911		7.18	.897		6.82
1880	BSN	NL	28	2B	86				653	328	275	50	39	.923		7.01	.897		6.39
1881	BSN	NL	29	2B	72				449	202	207	40	35	.911		5.68	.903		6.24
1881	BSN	NL	29	SS	1				1	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.870		4.60
1882	BSN	NL	30	2B	83				514	223	256	35	28	.932		5.77	.896		6.11
1883	BSN	NL	31	2B	96				558	224	290	44	39	.921		5.35	.890		6.15
1884	BSN	NL	32	2B	87				500	183	278	39	23	.922		5.30	.890		5.78
1884	BSN	NL	32	3B	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.20
1885	BSN	NL	33	2B	45				254	99	134	21	16	.917		5.18	.899		5.76
1886	BSN	NL	34	2B	59				343	145	165	33	22	.904		5.25	.908		5.54
1887	BSN	NL	35	2B	65				346	117	188	41	34	.882		4.69	.911		5.87
1888	TOT	MLB	36	2B	92				571	225	291	55	32	.904		5.61	.917		5.65
1888	BSN	NL	36	2B	22				134	53	68	13	9	.903		5.50	.920		5.67
1888	BRO	AA	36	2B	70				437	172	223	42	23	.904		5.64	.916		5.64
1891	BRO	NL	39	2B	3				13	4	9	0	1	1.000		4.33	.929		5.90
	17 Seasons			2B	1086				7061	3075	3322	664	437	.906		5.89	.886		6.04
	5 Seasons			3B	67				382	168	144	70	8	.817		4.66	.764		4.29
	2 Seasons			SS	37				219	50	113	56	2	.744		4.41	.774		4.79
	3 Seasons			C	7				10	3	4	3	0	.700		1.00	.844		5.37		4
	1 Season			OF	3				3	3	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.803		2.03	2-1-0
	18 Seasons			TOT	1200				7675	3299	3583	793	447	.897		5.74	.877		5.89	2-1-0	4
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1872	BRA	NA	20	37		37		0	4	0	2	0	36	0	0	0	0	0
1873	BRA	NA	21	55		55		0	2	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1874	NYU	NA	22	61		61		0	0	0	0	60	0	2	1	0	3	0
1875	HAR	NA	23	74		74		0	1	0	73	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1876	HAR	NL	24	69		69		0	0	0	69	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1877	HAR	NL	25	58		58		0	0	0	55	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1878	BSN	NL	26	60		60		0	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1879	BSN	NL	27	84		84		0	0	0	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1880	BSN	NL	28	86		86		0	0	0	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1881	BSN	NL	29	73		73		0	0	0	72	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1882	BSN	NL	30	83		83		0	0	0	83	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1883	BSN	NL	31	96		96		0	0	0	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1884	BSN	NL	32	87		87		0	0	0	87	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1885	BSN	NL	33	45		45		0	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1886	BSN	NL	34	59		59		0	0	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1887	BSN	NL	35	65		65		0	0	0	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1888	BRO	AA	36	70		70		0	0	0	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1888	BSN	NL	36	22		22		0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1891	BRO	NL	39	3		3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	18 Seasons			1187		1187		0	7	0	1086	67	37	2	1	0	3	0
Lg				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y 1877 NL 201 (5th) 1878 NL 212 (2nd) 1879 NL 300 (4th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1872 NA 58 (3rd) Career 793 (20th)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1873 NA 55 (1st) 1875 NA 73 (2nd) 1876 NL 69 (1st) 1877 NL 55 (3rd) 1878 NL 60 (2nd) 1879 NL 84 (1st) 1880 NL 86 (1st) 1882 NL 83 (3rd) 1883 NL 96 (1st) 1884 NL 87 (4th) Career 1,086 (99th)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1873 NA 170 (1st) 1875 NA 208 (2nd) 1876 NL 211 (1st) 1877 NL 185 (1st) 1878 NL 245 (1st) 1879 NL 303 (1st) 1880 NL 328 (1st) 1882 NL 223 (5th) Career 3,075 (56th)
Assists as 2B s c a p y 1873 NA 166 (2nd) 1875 NA 185 (3rd) 1876 NL 174 (4th) 1877 NL 189 (3rd) 1878 NL 212 (1st) 1879 NL 300 (3rd) 1880 NL 275 (2nd) 1882 NL 256 (5th) 1883 NL 290 (3rd) 1884 NL 278 (4th) Career 3,322 (80th)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1873 NA 75 (1st) 1875 NA 46 (5th) 1876 NL 45 (3rd) 1877 NL 40 (3rd) 1878 NL 41 (3rd) 1879 NL 59 (4th) Career 664 (4th)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1874 NA 60 (2nd)	Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1874 NA 160 (1st)
Assists as 3B s c a p y 1874 NA 131 (4th)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1874 NA 64 (4th)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1872 NA 36 (4th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1872 NA 50 (4th)
Assists as SS s c a p y 1872 NA 112 (4th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1872 NA 56 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1873 NA 6.11 (3rd) 1876 NL 5.58 (4th) 1877 NL 6.80 (2nd) 1878 NL 7.62 (1st) 1879 NL 7.18 (3rd) 1880 NL 7.01 (1st) Career 5.89 (16th)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1875 NA .895 (1st) 1876 NL .895 (2nd) 1877 NL .903 (1st) 1878 NL .918 (1st) 1879 NL .911 (3rd) 1880 NL .923 (2nd) 1881 NL .911 (3rd) 1882 NL .932 (1st) 1883 NL .921 (2nd) 1884 NL .922 (1st)
Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1874 NA 4.85 (3rd)	Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1874 NA .820 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1872 NA 4.50 (5th)	Oldest s c a p y 1887 NL born 1852-04-32 (7th) 1888 AA born 1852-04-32 (2nd) 1888 NL born 1852-04-32 (6th) 1891 NL born 1852-04-32 (3rd)

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