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Chris Burke

Christopher Allen Burke

Positions: Outfielder, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 11, 1980 in Louisville, KY
High School: St. Xavier HS (Louisville, KY)
School: University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 2004
Teams (by GP): Astros/Diamondbacks/Padres 2004-2009
Agents: Barry Meister [*]
Final Game: June 7, 2009
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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
2004 24 HOU NL 17 20 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .059 .200 .059 .259 -28 1 0 0 0 0 0 /4
2005 25 HOU NL 108 359 318 49 79 19 2 5 26 11 6 23 62 .248 .309 .368 .676 76 117 7 6 9 3 0 74/8
2006 26 HOU NL 123 413 366 58 101 23 1 9 40 11 1 27 77 .276 .347 .418 .765 96 153 6 14 4 2 0 487/69
2007 27 HOU NL 111 363 319 39 73 19 2 6 28 9 3 27 52 .229 .304 .357 .662 71 114 10 8 8 1 1 489/67
2008 28 ARI NL 86 199 165 20 32 5 1 2 12 5 0 27 33 .194 .310 .273 .582 51 45 2 2 2 3 8 47/3956D
2009 29 SDP NL 32 89 82 8 17 5 0 1 5 4 1 6 16 .207 .270 .305 .575 59 25 1 1 0 0 0 6/54
6 Yrs 477 1443 1267 176 303 71 6 23 111 40 11 113 243 .239 .315 .359 .674 75 455 26 31 23 9 9
162 Game Avg. 162 490 430 60 103 24 2 8 38 14 4 38 83 .239 .315 .359 .674 75 155 9 11 8 3 3
HOU (4 yrs) 359 1155 1020 148 254 61 5 20 94 31 10 80 194 .249 .319 .377 .697 80 385 23 28 21 6 1
ARI (1 yr) 86 199 165 20 32 5 1 2 12 5 0 27 33 .194 .310 .273 .582 51 45 2 2 2 3 8
SDP (1 yr) 32 89 82 8 17 5 0 1 5 4 1 6 16 .207 .270 .305 .575 59 25 1 1 0 0 0

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
2004 24 HOU NL 17 20 -3 -0 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 0 -3 -0.3 .479 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 $ /4
2005 25 HOU NL 108 359 -7 -2 -1 7 -3 -6 -0.7 10 3 0.3 .494 .496 -0.4 0.4 -4 $316,000 74/8
2006 26 HOU NL 123 413 -2 1 1 -4 1 -3 -0.3 11 8 0.8 .498 .498 1.2 -0.3 12 $362,500 487/69
2007 27 HOU NL 111 363 -13 -0 -0 -7 1 -20 -2.0 10 -10 -1.0 .482 .488 -0.3 -0.6 -3 $415,000 489/67
2008 28 ARI NL 86 199 -14 1 0 0 -1 -14 -1.5 5 -9 -0.9 .483 .491 -0.9 -0.2 -9 $955,000 47/3956D
2009 29 SDP NL 32 89 -5 -0 0 -3 1 -6 -0.7 2 -4 -0.4 .479 .496 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $ 6/54
6 Seasons 477 1443 -45 -0 -0 -7 -1 -54 -5.5 39 -15 -1.5 .489 .494 -0.8 -0.8 -8 $2,048,500
HOU (4 yrs) 359 1155 -26 -1 -1 -4 -1 -33 -3.4 31 -2 -0.2 .491 .495 0.2 -0.5 2 $1,093,500
ARI (1 yr) 86 199 -14 1 0 0 -1 -14 -1.5 5 -9 -0.9 .483 .491 -0.9 -0.2 -9 $955,000
SDP (1 yr) 32 89 -5 -0 0 -3 1 -6 -0.7 2 -4 -0.4 .479 .496 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $

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
2004 24 HOU NL 20 16 0 0.0 112 .071 .059 .271 .200 .343 .059 .439 .259 .781 -28 .000 -3.4 -0.3 .250 .176 .000
2005 25 HOU NL 359 264 36 3.6 109 .291 .248 .270 .309 .340 .368 .430 .676 .770 76 .373 -11.2 -1.1 .599 .208 .119 6.9
2006 26 HOU NL 413 278 56 5.4 113 .326 .276 .272 .347 .343 .418 .442 .765 .785 96 .526 -1.8 -0.2 .750 .243 .142 9.9
2007 27 HOU NL 363 268 35 3.5 111 .256 .229 .273 .304 .342 .357 .436 .662 .778 71 .337 -14.2 -1.3 .598 .232 .129 7.2
2008 28 ARI NL 199 140 17 3.3 114 .226 .194 .275 .310 .348 .273 .439 .582 .788 51 .322 -11.9 -1.1 .585 .273 .079 2.9
2009 29 SDP NL 89 67 7 2.8 98 .246 .207 .254 .270 .325 .305 .403 .575 .728 59 .272 -4.6 -0.4 .522 .207 .098 1.6
6 Yrs 1443 1033 151 3.9 111 .277 .239 .271 .315 .342 .359 .434 .674 .776 75 .392 -47.1 -4.5 .627 .232 .120 29.2
162 Game Avg. 490 351 51 3.9 111 .277 .239 .271 .315 .342 .359 .434 .674 .776 75 .392 -47.1 -4.5 .627 .232 .120 10
HOU (4 yrs) 1155 826 127 4.1 111 .288 .249 .272 .319 .342 .377 .436 .697 .778 80 .411 -30.6 -2.9 .643 .227 .128 24.3
ARI (1 yr) 199 140 17 3.3 114 .226 .194 .275 .310 .348 .273 .439 .582 .788 51 .321 -11.9 -1.1 .585 .273 .079 2.9
SDP (1 yr) 89 67 7 2.8 98 .246 .207 .254 .270 .325 .305 .403 .575 .728 59 .271 -4.6 -0.4 .522 .207 .098 1.6

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 25 HOU NL NLDS ATL W 3 4 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .667 .750 2.000 2.750 6 0 0 0 0 0
2005 25 HOU NL NLCS STL W 6 22 20 5 6 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 3 .300 .333 .550 .883 11 0 0 1 0 0
2005 25 HOU NL WS CHW L 4 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 .000 .286 .000 .286 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (3 Series) 13 33 28 7 8 1 1 2 4 2 0 4 3 .286 .375 .607 .982 17 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLDS 3 4 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .667 .750 2.000 2.750 6 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 6 22 20 5 6 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 3 .300 .333 .550 .883 11 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 4 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 .000 .286 .000 .286 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
2004 24 HOU NL 20 0.0% 15.0% 15.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 5.7 0.40 0.30 70% 0% 0.0% 50%
2005 25 HOU NL 359 1.4% 17.3% 6.4% 7.2% 33% 2.70 5.1 63.6 12.2 0.67 0.71 71% 15% 3.8% 14%
2006 26 HOU NL 413 2.2% 18.6% 6.5% 8.0% 33% 2.85 4.8 40.7 9.2 0.59 0.66 68% 19% 5.8% 14%
2007 27 HOU NL 363 1.7% 14.3% 7.4% 7.4% 37% 1.93 6.1 53.2 11.4 0.65 0.71 72% 14% 5.0% 25%
2008 28 ARI NL 199 1.0% 16.6% 13.6% 4.0% 25% 1.22 5.0 82.5 13.8 0.64 0.74 67% 16% 3.0% 19%
2009 29 SDP NL 89 1.1% 18.0% 6.7% 6.7% 35% 2.67 5.1 82.0 16.4 0.78 0.92 73% 17% 3.3% 17%
6 Yrs 1443 1.6% 16.8% 7.8% 6.9% 33% 2.15 5.2 55.1 11.4 0.64 0.70 70% 16% 4.6% 18%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.1% 8.6% 8.0% 34% 2.00 5.2 32.6 7.6 0.79 1.07 70% 19% 7.7% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2004 24 HOU NL -3.4 -0.3 20 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .69 -0.2 -0.1 -2.3 -0.2 0.76 -3.0 0.63 7
2005 25 HOU NL -11.2 -1.1 380 -2.1 4.7 -6.8 .94 -0.9 -1.3 -7.2 -0.7 0.96 -8.4 1.19 13
2006 26 HOU NL -1.8 -0.2 434 0.1 7.9 -7.8 1.07 0.5 -0.4 3.3 0.3 0.95 3.1 2.14 14
2007 27 HOU NL -14.2 -1.3 380 -2.3 4.6 -7.0 1.00 -1.4 -1.0 -17.0 -1.6 0.96 -14.9 1.02 17
2008 28 ARI NL -12.1 -1.2 213 -1.5 1.8 -3.3 .93 -0.8 -0.8 -13.5 -1.3 0.95 -10.8 1.17 21
2009 29 SDP NL -4.6 -0.4 96 -0.4 1.3 -1.7 1.07 -0.4 0.0 -5.9 -0.6 0.98 -4.7 0.87 7
6 Yrs -47.4 -4.5 1523 -6.5 20.4 -26.9 1.00 -3.1 -3.4 -42.7 -4.1 0.96 -38.6 1.24 79

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
2004 24 HOU NL 0 0 50% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
2005 25 HOU NL 7 0 43% 125 11 6 65% 10 3 1 2 0 1 5 3 2 12 42% 24 16 8 8 4 4 16 8 8
2006 26 HOU NL 2 0 37% 178 11 1 92% 11 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 13 50% 26 16 10 5 2 3 15 4 10
2007 27 HOU NL 4 0 32% 131 9 3 75% 7 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 39% 14 10 4 4 2 2 10 4 5
2008 28 ARI NL 2 0 31% 76 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 48% 9 5 4 5 3 2 7 3 4
2009 29 SDP NL 0 0 30% 30 4 1 80% 2 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
6 Yrs 15 0 36% 550 40 11 78% 34 7 6 2 0 2 14 5 12 38 44% 77 50 27 23 12 11 51 20 29

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
2004 24 HOU NL 20 15% 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 0.63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2005 25 HOU NL 359 36% 79 8 2 13 1 0 0 1.19 5 0 6 3 2 2 3 0 14 9 64% 70 7 10% 31 11 35% 210 23 11% 14 9 64% 15 8 53% 0
2006 26 HOU NL 413 28% 101 14 3 14 4 1 2 2.14 9 0 10 7 2 3 6 0 9 4 44% 86 6 7% 38 11 29% 246 31 13% 16 8 50% 15 6 40% 0
2007 27 HOU NL 363 34% 73 11 3 17 3 0 1 1.02 6 0 11 4 2 3 3 0 10 8 80% 64 10 16% 39 14 36% 216 23 11% 14 3 21% 22 13 59% 0
2008 28 ARI NL 199 51% 32 5 1 21 4 0 3 1.17 2 0 8 0 2 0 2 0 3 2 67% 27 2 7% 14 9 64% 123 11 9% 10 6 60% 6 2 33% 0
2009 29 SDP NL 89 28% 17 4 1 7 1 0 0 0.87 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 16 1 6% 7 1 14% 54 4 7% 4 2 50% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1443 34% 303 43 10 79 14 1 6 1.24 23 0 36 15 8 8 15 0 37 23 62% 263 26 10% 129 46 36% 851 92 11% 58 28 48% 58 29 50% 0
MLB Averages 55% 67% 11% 33% 15% 51% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2004 24 HOU NL 20 76 3.80 48 63% 42% 13% 17% 29% 58% 0% 37% 79% 20% 5% 1 0 15% 3 0 15% 3 0 33% 0 0 0
2005 25 HOU NL 359 1323 3.69 848 64% 24% 15% 30% 32% 76% 0% 49% 81% 30% 3% 9 0 12% 42 24 7% 25 16 19% 0 0 0
2006 26 HOU NL 414 1591 3.84 1010 63% 22% 17% 31% 29% 78% 0% 49% 78% 33% 4% 16 2 15% 64 32 8% 35 25 22% -1 0 0
2007 27 HOU NL 364 1417 3.89 895 63% 25% 13% 32% 31% 75% 1% 47% 83% 27% 4% 15 2 12% 45 20 9% 34 23 23% -1 0 0
2008 28 ARI NL 200 813 4.07 496 61% 26% 14% 33% 28% 74% 9% 45% 82% 28% 10% 19 1 20% 39 15 11% 21 11 27% -1 0 0
2009 29 SDP NL 89 350 3.93 224 64% 20% 17% 34% 29% 80% 0% 51% 79% 36% 3% 3 0 11% 10 4 7% 6 3 13% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1446 5570 3.85 3521 63% 24% 15% 31% 30% 76% 2% 48% 80% 30% 4% 63 5 14% 203 95 9% 124 78 22% -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

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
2004 24 17 20 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .059 .200 .059 .259 -28 1 0 0 0 0 0
2005 25 125 379 335 51 80 19 2 5 26 11 6 26 65 .239 .303 .352 .655 71 118 7 6 9 3 0
2006 26 248 792 701 109 181 42 3 14 66 22 7 53 142 .258 .326 .387 .713 84 271 13 20 13 5 0
2007 27 359 1155 1020 148 254 61 5 20 94 31 10 80 194 .249 .319 .377 .697 80 385 23 28 21 6 1
2008 28 445 1354 1185 168 286 66 6 22 106 36 10 107 227 .241 .318 .363 .681 76 430 25 30 23 9 9
2009 29 477 1443 1267 176 303 71 6 23 111 40 11 113 243 .239 .315 .359 .674 75 455 26 31 23 9 9

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
2004 24 17 20 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .000 .150 .000 .150 0 17
2005 25 108 358 317 48 78 19 2 5 25 11 23 62 .246 .307 .366 .673 34 108
2006 26 123 406 361 54 96 22 1 9 37 10 26 77 .266 .336 .407 .743 46 123
2007 27 111 359 316 37 70 18 2 6 26 9 26 52 .222 .296 .348 .644 31 111
2008 28 86 197 164 19 31 5 1 2 11 5 26 33 .189 .303 .268 .571 13 86
2009 29 32 90 83 9 18 5 0 1 5 4 6 16 .217 .278 .313 .591 7 32
6 Yrs 477 1430 1258 167 293 69 6 23 104 39 110 243 .233 .308 .352 .660 131 477
162 Game Avg. 162 486 427 57 100 23 2 8 35 13 37 83 .233 .308 .352 .660 44 477

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2006 NL  14 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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