Glenn Burke
Glenn Lawrence Burke
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 16, 1952 in Oakland, CA
High School: Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1976
Final Game: June 4, 1979
Died: May 30, 1995 in San Leandro, CA
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1976 LAD NL 23 OF 20 13 125.2 34 33 0 1 0 .971 0.8 7.6 0.8 1.6 -0.8 0 2.36 1.65 .979 2.34 2.03
1976 LAD NL 23 CF 15 11 102.2 32 31 0 1 0 .969 1.7 19.9 1.7 1.6 0.1 0 2.72 2.07 .984 2.85 2.50
1976 LAD NL 23 LF 5 2 23.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -47.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 0.39 0.20 1.000 2.03 1.60
1977 LAD NL 24 OF 74 35 432.0 102 98 1 3 0 .971 -7.4 -20.6 -5.4 -1.9 -3.5 -2 2.06 1.34 .978 2.26 1.93
1977 LAD NL 24 CF 65 34 403.0 94 91 1 2 0 .979 -6.3 -18.8 -4.3 -1.7 -2.6 -2 2.05 1.42 .986 2.73 2.34
1977 LAD NL 24 LF 5 0 11.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -1.1 -120.0 -1.1 -0.6 -0.5 0 1.64 0.40 .967 1.96 1.52
1977 LAD NL 24 RF 5 1 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0 2.00 0.80 .975 2.10 1.78
1978 TOT MLB 25 OF 82 54 534.0 165 162 1 2 0 .988 -1.2 -2.7 -4.2 -2.8 -1.4 3 2.75 1.99 .979 2.45 2.10
1978 TOT MLB 25 CF 55 36 362.0 124 121 1 2 0 .984 -2.4 -8.0 -4.4 -3.1 -1.3 2 3.03 2.22 .984 2.95 2.57
1978 TOT MLB 25 LF 17 5 70.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 13.7 0.8 0.5 0.3 0 2.31 1.06 .972 2.19 1.72
1978 LAD NL 25 OF 15 1 50.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -12.0 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 0 1.80 0.67 .980 2.30 1.94
1978 LAD NL 25 CF 11 1 42.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -14.3 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 0 1.93 0.82 .978 2.81 2.29
1978 LAD NL 25 LF 4 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.12 0.25 1.000 2.02 1.55
1978 OAK AL 25 OF 67 53 484.0 155 152 1 2 0 .987 -0.7 -1.7 -3.7 -2.9 -0.8 3 2.85 2.28 .979 2.47 2.13
1978 OAK AL 25 CF 44 35 320.0 115 112 1 2 0 .983 -1.9 -7.1 -3.9 -3.2 -0.7 2 3.18 2.57 .984 2.97 2.64
1978 OAK AL 25 RF 15 13 102.0 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 4.7 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 1 2.21 1.67 .976 2.24 1.85
1978 OAK AL 25 LF 13 5 62.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 15.5 0.8 0.5 0.3 0 2.47 1.31 .971 2.21 1.78
1978 OAK AL 25 DH 2
1978 OAK AL 25 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.80
1979 OAK AL 26 OF 23 23 202.0 48 46 2 0 0 1.000 -4.7 -27.9 -4.7 -2.0 -2.7 0 2.14 2.09 .981 2.46 2.13
1979 OAK AL 26 LF 21 21 184.0 42 40 2 0 0 1.000 -4.5 -29.3 -4.5 -2.1 -2.4 0 2.05 2.00 .979 2.22 1.80
1979 OAK AL 26 RF 2 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.00 2.00 .975 2.20 1.90
1979 OAK AL 26 CF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 2.00 2.00 1.000 2.90 2.60
4 Seasons OF 199 125 1293.2 349 339 4 6 0 .983 -12.5 -11.6 -13.5 -5.1 -8.4 1 2.39 1.72 .979 2.38 2.03
4 Seasons CF 136 82 876.2 252 245 2 5 0 .980 -7.3 -10.0 -7.3 -3.2 -4.1 0 2.54 1.82 .985 2.84 2.45
4 Seasons LF 48 28 288.0 64 61 2 1 0 .984 -5.7 -23.7 -5.7 -2.2 -3.5 0 1.97 1.31 .977 2.19 1.72
3 Seasons RF 22 15 129.0 33 33 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 4.7 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 1 2.30 1.50 .976 2.22 1.84
1 Season DH 2
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.80
4 Seasons TOT 200 125 1294.2 350 340 4 6 0 .983 -12.6 -11.7 -13.6 -5.1 -8.5 1 2.39 1.72 .962 2.39 2.06
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1976 LAD NL 23 25 13 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15 0 20 0 1 7
1977 LAD NL 24 83 35 83 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 65 5 74 0 9 15
1978 OAK AL 25 78 53 78 68 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 44 15 67 0 2 14
1978 LAD NL 25 16 1 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 0 15 0 0 2
1979 OAK AL 26 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 2 23 0 0 0
4 Seasons 225 125 225 200 0 0 1 0 0 0 48 136 22 199 0 12 38
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 -- 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%
1976 LAD NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 4 44.4% 5 0 0.0% 0 447 62% 81% 30% 61 51%
1977 LAD NL 24 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 16 8 0 17 2 0 3 1 1 3 1 0 10 8 0 49 20 40.8% 28 1 2.0% 0 1735 65% 79% 24% 186 49%
1978 OAK AL 25 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 16 12 0 14 2 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 6 4 0 43 21 48.8% 22 0 0.0% 1 1470 55% 81% 29% 189 60%
1978 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 178 51% 76% 21% 18 50%
1979 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 42 71% 76% 19% 7 29%
4 Seasons 5 0 5 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 40 26 0 36 4 0 3 1 1 10 4 0 18 14 0 107 49 45.8% 57 1 0.9% 1 3872 61% 80% 26% 461 54%
MLB Averages 42.7% 2.3% 58% 79% 26% 58%

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%
1976 LAD NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 83 14% 82% 30% 5 20%
1977 LAD NL 24 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 51 57% 76% 39% 6 33%
1978 OAK AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 262 51% 82% 29% 27 63%
1978 LAD NL 25 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 0 0 0 34 59% 71% 38% 3 33%
1979 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 10 7 0 7 1 1 2 1 0 4 2 0 4 4 0 27 15 55.6% 11 1 3.7% 1 873 53% 80% 25% 97 43%
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 12 9 0 10 3 1 4 2 0 5 2 0 6 6 0 37 22 59.5% 14 1 2.7% 1 1303 50% 80% 27% 138 46%
MLB Averages 57.3% 2.8% 58% 79% 26% 47%

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%
1977 LAD NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 86 63% 76% 24% 9 44%
1978 OAK AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13 8 61.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 460 52% 75% 28% 43 58%
1979 OAK AL 26 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 0 0 0 40 83% 83% 25% 4 100%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 5 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16 10 62.5% 6 0 0.0% 0 586 56% 75% 27% 56 59%
MLB Averages 42.9% 2.9% 58% 79% 26% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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%
1978 OAK AL 25 5 40% 80% 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 0
1 Season 5 40% 80% 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 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94% 87%

* 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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