Chris Burke
Christopher A. Burke
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 11, 1980 in Louisville, KY
High School: St. Xavier (Louisville, KY)
School: University of Tennessee
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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2004 HOU NL 24 2B 7 2 25.2 22 7 15 0 3 1.000 1.6 74.8 1.6 1.4 0.2 0 7.71 3.14 .982 5.01 4.31
2005 HOU NL 25 OF 84 75 647.0 125 121 3 1 1 .992 7.2 13.4 7.2 2.7 4.5 0 1.72 1.48 .984 2.19 1.86
2005 HOU NL 25 LF 83 74 634.0 124 120 3 1 1 .992 8.1 15.3 7.1 2.7 4.4 1 1.75 1.48 .984 1.94 1.52
2005 HOU NL 25 2B 18 7 80.1 39 15 24 0 5 1.000 -0.1 -1.5 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0 4.37 2.17 .979 4.97 4.30
2005 HOU NL 25 CF 6 1 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -83.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 -1 0.69 0.17 1.000 2.49 2.15
2006 HOU NL 26 2B 69 32 345.2 190 68 117 5 26 .974 4.7 16.3 3.7 4.0 -0.3 1 4.82 2.68 .982 5.05 4.37
2006 HOU NL 26 OF 61 52 435.0 99 96 2 1 0 .990 -6.8 -18.8 -6.8 0.9 -7.7 0 2.03 1.61 .984 2.22 1.88
2006 HOU NL 26 CF 38 36 284.1 75 72 2 1 0 .987 -5.2 -21.9 -4.2 2.9 -7.1 -1 2.34 1.95 .988 2.58 2.20
2006 HOU NL 26 LF 19 13 119.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -2.7 -27.2 -3.7 -2.6 -1.1 1 1.06 0.74 .979 1.97 1.54
2006 HOU NL 26 SS 8 3 31.2 11 2 8 1 1 .909 -1.8 -68.2 -1.8 -1.4 -0.4 0 2.84 1.25 .973 4.41 4.00
2006 HOU NL 26 RF 7 3 31.2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 41.7 1.1 0.6 0.5 0 2.84 1.43 .980 2.10 1.74
2007 HOU NL 27 2B 58 31 311.0 162 56 103 3 17 .981 0.0 0.0 0.0 -2.2 2.2 0 4.60 2.74 .984 4.86 4.23
2007 HOU NL 27 OF 47 39 349.0 86 81 3 2 1 .977 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.9 -0.9 -1 2.17 1.79 .984 2.30 1.94
2007 HOU NL 27 CF 26 23 201.0 52 50 1 1 0 .981 -0.7 -4.2 0.3 1.2 -0.9 -1 2.28 1.96 .987 2.71 2.30
2007 HOU NL 27 RF 20 15 132.0 28 26 1 1 1 .964 -0.3 -2.7 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.84 1.35 .982 2.18 1.81
2007 HOU NL 27 SS 7 1 24.0 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.8 90.0 1.8 0.4 1.4 0 4.50 1.71 .975 4.43 4.00
2007 HOU NL 27 LF 3 1 16.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.0 75.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0 3.38 2.00 .983 2.02 1.53
2008 ARI NL 28 OF 26 20 179.0 53 52 1 0 0 1.000 6.9 46.3 6.9 5.6 1.3 0 2.66 2.04 .985 2.21 1.91
2008 ARI NL 28 2B 18 9 92.0 55 21 34 0 7 1.000 1.8 23.5 1.8 1.3 0.5 0 5.38 3.06 .982 4.83 4.04
2008 ARI NL 28 LF 18 13 116.1 44 43 1 0 0 1.000 6.6 68.1 6.6 5.5 1.1 0 3.40 2.44 .982 1.90 1.47
2008 ARI NL 28 1B 9 6 63.0 71 67 4 0 6 1.000 0.4 7.6 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0 10.14 7.89 .992 9.34 8.23
2008 ARI NL 28 RF 9 7 62.2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 5.7 0.3 0.1 0.2 0 1.29 1.00 .978 2.13 1.83
2008 ARI NL 28 3B 4 2 20.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 -2.7 -162.0 -2.7 0.0 -2.7 0 3.15 1.75 .957 2.61 2.22
2008 ARI NL 28 SS 2 2 13.2 7 2 4 1 2 .857 -0.1 -8.8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 3.95 3.00 .986 4.41 3.95
2009 SDP NL 29 SS 25 21 184.1 85 27 52 6 9 .929 3.86 3.16 .975 4.38 3.95
2009 SDP NL 29 3B 2 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.50 1.000 2.57 2.20
2009 SDP NL 29 2B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.20
4 Seasons OF 218 186 1610.0 363 350 9 4 2 .989 7.3 5.4 8.3 11.1 -2.8 -1 2.01 1.65 .984 2.22 1.89
6 Seasons 2B 171 81 858.2 468 167 293 8 58 .983 8.0 11.2 7.0 4.3 2.7 1 4.82 2.69 .982 4.95 4.28
4 Seasons LF 123 101 885.1 188 182 5 1 1 .995 13.0 17.6 11.0 6.6 4.4 2 1.90 1.52 .983 1.94 1.52
3 Seasons CF 70 60 498.1 128 123 3 2 0 .984 -6.8 -16.4 -3.8 4.1 -7.9 -3 2.28 1.80 .988 2.63 2.23
4 Seasons SS 42 27 253.2 115 34 73 8 12 .930 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 -1.0 0.9 0 3.80 2.55 .976 4.39 3.97
3 Seasons RF 36 25 226.1 47 45 1 1 1 .979 1.1 5.8 1.1 0.4 0.7 0 1.83 1.28 .981 2.16 1.80
1 Season 1B 9 6 63.0 71 67 4 0 6 1.000 0.4 7.6 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0 10.14 7.89 .992 9.34 8.23
2 Seasons 3B 6 2 27.0 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 -2.7 -120.0 -2.7 0.0 -2.7 0 2.67 1.33 .962 2.60 2.22
6 Seasons TOT 457 302 2812.1 1025 621 384 20 78 .980 12.9 5.5 12.9 14.9 -2.0 -1 1 3.22 2.20 .963 3.39 3.05
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2004 HOU NL 24 17 2 17 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2
2005 HOU NL 25 108 82 108 94 0 0 0 18 0 0 83 6 0 84 0 15 3
2006 HOU NL 26 123 87 123 114 0 0 0 69 0 8 19 38 7 61 0 17 0
2007 HOU NL 27 111 71 111 96 0 0 0 58 0 7 3 26 20 47 0 19 4
2008 ARI NL 28 86 39 86 56 0 0 9 18 4 2 18 0 9 26 0 30 7
2009 SDP NL 29 32 21 32 25 0 0 0 1 2 25 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
6 Seasons 477 302 477 392 0 0 9 171 6 42 123 70 36 218 0 99 16
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2004 HOU NL 24 115 50% 76% 38% 17 94% 0 7 4 3 0 15 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0
2005 HOU NL 25 361 53% 69% 24% 27 93% 0 15 5 6 4 24 21 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 0
2006 HOU NL 26 1498 59% 73% 30% 141 91% 0 68 27 27 14 117 104 13 0 0 5 2 1 2 2 26 10 6 10 0 26 10 16 0 0 0
2007 HOU NL 27 1471 55% 74% 29% 130 88% 1 56 20 24 12 103 87 14 1 0 3 0 1 2 2 17 4 4 8 0 16 8 8 1 1 0
2008 ARI NL 28 384 64% 69% 33% 38 97% 0 21 9 8 4 34 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 1 1 0 7 1 6 0 0 0
2009 SDP NL 29 20 65% 85% 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 3849 57% 73% 30% 353 91% 1 167 65 68 34 293 257 33 1 2 8 2 2 4 4 58 22 13 20 1 56 21 35 2 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2005 HOU NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 17 15 0 14 8 0 17 11 0 1 0 0 11 11 0 60 45 75.0% 15 0 0.0% 3 2727 57% 73% 35% 248 49%
2006 HOU NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 5 2 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 16 10 62.5% 6 0 0.0% 0 516 60% 71% 36% 51 27%
2007 HOU NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 2 1 33.3% 0 64 45% 70% 36% 8 75%
2008 ARI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 3 0 6 1 1 6 3 0 5 2 0 2 2 0 24 11 45.8% 12 1 4.2% 0 521 61% 69% 39% 69 64%
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 2 27 21 0 27 11 2 27 17 0 8 3 0 14 14 0 103 66 64.1% 35 2 1.9% 3 3828 57% 72% 36% 376 49%
MLB Averages 62.5% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2005 HOU NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 56 64% 68% 32% 3 33%
2006 HOU NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 14 7 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 4 0 32 12 37.5% 20 0 0.0% 2 1233 59% 75% 37% 154 48%
2007 HOU NL 27 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 3 0 7 1 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 23 7 30.4% 16 0 0.0% 1 890 61% 74% 37% 102 50%
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 23 10 0 16 2 0 6 1 0 5 0 0 7 6 0 57 19 33.3% 38 0 0.0% 3 2179 60% 75% 37% 259 49%
MLB Averages 43.4% 1.7% 56% 74% 39% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2006 HOU NL 26 154 64% 72% 25% 7 71% 0 2 0 2 0 8 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2007 HOU NL 27 95 59% 76% 28% 12 100% 0 3 3 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 ARI NL 28 58 67% 72% 28% 3 67% 0 2 0 2 0 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
2009 SDP NL 29 833 47% 71% 29% 72 83% 0 27 11 15 1 52 47 5 0 0 6 0 2 4 4 9 3 1 3 0 1 9 4 4 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1140 51% 71% 28% 94 84% 0 34 14 19 1 73 62 8 0 0 8 0 3 5 6 12 3 1 4 1 1 12 4 6 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2006 HOU NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 130 65% 72% 35% 15 67%
2007 HOU NL 27 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 2 0 21 10 47.6% 11 0 0.0% 1 575 53% 74% 38% 57 46%
2008 ARI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 265 53% 77% 32% 22 41%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 6 0 8 5 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 2 0 30 13 43.3% 17 0 0.0% 1 970 54% 74% 36% 94 48%
MLB Averages 49.1% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2008 ARI NL 28 289 57% 73% 31% 14 93% 0 67 1 62 3 9 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1 Season 289 57% 73% 31% 14 93% 0 67 1 62 3 9 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 94% 84%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2008 ARI NL 28 88 67% 77% 32% 10 70% 0 2 2 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
2009 SDP NL 29 31 42% 68% 19% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 119 61% 75% 29% 10 70% 0 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 88% 66%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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