Les Burke
Leslie Kingston Burke (Buck)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 168 lb.

Born: December 18, 1902 in Lynn, MA
High School: Lynn English (Lynn, MA) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1923
Final Game: September 15, 1926
Died: May 6, 1975 in Danvers, MA
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Standard Batting

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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
1923 20 DET AL 7 10 10 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 -47 1 0 0 /54
1924 21 DET AL 72 273 241 30 61 10 4 0 17 2 4 22 20 .253 .321 .328 .649 69 79 2 8 4/6
1925 22 DET AL 77 213 180 32 52 6 3 0 24 4 1 17 8 .289 .357 .356 .712 83 64 2 14 4
1926 23 DET AL 38 85 75 9 17 1 0 0 4 1 2 7 3 .227 .301 .240 .541 42 18 1 2 4/56
4 Seasons 194 581 506 73 131 17 7 0 47 7 7 46 32 .259 .327 .320 .647 68 162 5 24
162 Game Avg. 162 485 423 61 109 14 6 0 39 6 6 38 27 .259 .327 .320 .647 68 135 4 20

Advanced Batting

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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
1923 20 DET AL 10 9 0 0.0 106 .111 .100 .288 .100 .357 .100 .397 .200 .755 -47 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .111 .000 .000
1924 21 DET AL 273 192 24 3.3 110 .276 .253 .295 .321 .365 .328 .405 .649 .770 69 .333 -11.4 -1.1 .549 .158 .075 .0
1925 22 DET AL 213 143 23 4.3 114 .302 .289 .297 .357 .367 .356 .416 .712 .784 83 .422 -4.6 -0.4 .667 .178 .067 .0
1926 23 DET AL 85 62 5 2.2 110 .236 .227 .291 .301 .363 .240 .408 .541 .771 42 .194 -6.4 -0.6 .417 .093 .013 .0
4 Seasons 581 406 52 3.4 111 .276 .259 .295 .327 .365 .320 .410 .647 .775 68 .338 -24.6 -2.4 .558 .152 .061 .0
162 Game Avg. 485 339 43 3.4 111 .276 .259 .295 .327 .365 .320 .410 .647 .775 68 .338 -24.6 -2.4 .558 .152 .061

Cumulative Batting

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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
1923 20 7 10 10 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 -47 1 0 0
1924 21 79 283 251 32 62 10 4 0 19 2 4 22 21 .247 .313 .319 .631 65 80 2 8
1925 22 156 496 431 64 114 16 7 0 43 6 5 39 29 .265 .331 .334 .665 72 144 4 22
1926 23 194 581 506 73 131 17 7 0 47 7 7 46 32 .259 .327 .320 .647 68 162 5 24

Neutralized Batting

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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
1923 20 7 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1924 21 76 273 249 29 60 10 4 0 16 2 22 21 .241 .308 .313 .621 23 72
1925 22 81 205 186 29 51 6 3 0 22 4 17 8 .274 .341 .339 .680 21 77
1926 23 40 86 78 10 17 1 0 0 4 1 7 3 .218 .291 .231 .521 5 38
4 Seasons 204 575 524 68 128 17 7 0 42 7 46 33 .244 .311 .303 .615 49 194
162 Game Avg. 162 457 416 54 102 14 6 0 33 6 37 26 .244 .311 .303 .615 39 194

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1923 AL  born 1902-12-18 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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