Leo Burke

Leo Patrick Burke

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Rightfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 6, 1934 in Hagerstown, MD
High School: North Hagerstown HS (North Hagerstown, MD)
School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1958
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals/Angels/Orioles 1958-1965

Final Game: May 26, 1965
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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
1957	23	BAL-min	A,AA	119	362	357	7	68	15	4	13	10	1	0	5	19	.190	.202	.364	.566		130		0	0	0			KNX,SAN · SALL,TL
1958	24	BAL-min	A	140	511	511		157	33	9	17						.307	.307	.507	.814		259							KNX · SALL
1958	24	BAL	AL	7	12	11	4	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	2	.455	.500	.818	1.318	267	9	0	0	0	0	0	/5879
1959	25	BAL-min	AAA	136	497	456	43	100	14	3	21	70	2		31	146	.219	.276	.401	.678		183		6	1	3	9		MIA · IL
1959	25	BAL	AL	5	11	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.200	.273	.200	.473	34	2	1	1	0	0	0	/45

1960	26	BAL-min	AAA	125	436	377	50	96	14	0	15	54	2	4	53	80	.255	.349	.411	.761		155		3	1	2			MIA · IL
1961	27	CLE-ANA-min	AAA	132	537	490	79	133	22	5	23	83	6	1	47	82	.271	.335	.478	.813		234							SLC,DFW · PCL,AA
1961	27	LAA	AL	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	28	ANA/PHI-min	AAA	132	548	492	82	137	28	1	27	85	0		45	73	.278	.346	.504	.850		248		7	2	2	2		DFW · AA
1962	28	LAA	AL	19	70	64	8	17	1	0	4	14	0	0	5	11	.266	.329	.469	.797	115	30	1	1	0	0	1	/9576
1963	29	TOT	NL	57	108	98	10	19	2	1	3	12	0	1	8	25	.194	.252	.327	.579	60	32	2	0	0	1	1	4/9537
1963	29	STL	NL	30	53	49	6	10	2	1	1	5	0	0	4	12	.204	.264	.347	.611	68	17	1	0	0	0	0	/957
1963	29	CHC	NL	27	55	49	4	9	0	0	2	7	0	1	4	13	.184	.241	.306	.547	53	15	1	0	0	1	1	4/3
1964	30	CHC	NL	59	111	103	11	27	3	1	1	14	0	0	7	31	.262	.315	.340	.655	82	35	2	1	0	0	1	9/4532
1965	31	CHC-min	AAA	60	216	192	24	41	6	0	11	32	0	1	21	56	.214	.294	.417	.711		80		1	2	0			SLC · PCL
1965	31	CHC	NL	12	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	/29
7 Yrs				165	327	301	33	72	7	2	9	45	0	1	21	79	.239	.294	.365	.660	82	110	7	3	0	1	3
162 Game Avg.				162	321	296	32	71	7	2	9	44	0	1	21	78	.239	.294	.365	.660	82	108	7	3	0	1	3

CHC (3 yrs)				98	176	162	15	38	3	1	3	21	0	1	11	48	.235	.286	.321	.607	69	52	4	1	0	1	2
LAA (2 yrs)				25	75	69	8	17	1	0	4	14	0	0	5	12	.246	.307	.435	.741	99	30	1	1	0	0	1
BAL (2 yrs)				12	23	21	4	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	7	.333	.391	.524	.915	155	11	1	1	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				30	53	49	6	10	2	1	1	5	0	0	4	12	.204	.264	.347	.611	68	17	1	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				128	229	211	21	48	5	2	4	26	0	1	15	60	.227	.281	.327	.608	69	69	5	1	0	1	2
AL (4 yrs)				37	98	90	12	24	2	0	5	19	0	0	6	19	.267	.327	.456	.782	112	41	2	2	0	0	1

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
1958	24	BAL	AL	7	12	2	0	0	-1	-0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.522	.501	0.3	-0.1	3	$	/5879
1959	25	BAL	AL	5	11	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/45

1961	27	LAA	AL	6	5	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.474	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
1962	28	LAA	AL	19	70	4	-0	-0	-1	-0	2	0.2	2	4	0.3	.509	.501	0.5	-0.2	4	$	/9576
1963	29	STL	NL	30	53	-0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.500	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/957
1963	29	CHC	NL	27	55	-3	-0	-0	-1	0	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.4	.479	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	4/3
1964	30	CHC	NL	59	111	-1	0	0	1	-1	-1	-0.1	4	3	0.3	.498	.499	0.2	0.1	2	$	9/4532
1965	31	CHC	NL	12	10	-1	0	-0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.486	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/29
7 Seasons				165	327	-2	-0	-0	-2	-2	-5	-0.6	10	5	0.4	.496	.499	0.7	-0.3	7	$

CHC (3 yrs)				98	176	-6	-0	-0	-0	-1	-7	-0.8	6	-1	-0.2	.491	.498	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
LAA (2 yrs)				25	75	2	-0	-0	-1	-0	0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.4	-0.2	3	$
BAL (2 yrs)				12	23	2	0	0	-1	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.512	.500	0.3	-0.1	3	$
STL (1 yr)				30	53	-0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.500	.500	0.1	0.0	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
1958	24	BAL	AL	12	6	5	22.3	93	.500	.455	.255	.500	.322	.818	.387	1.318	.709	267	.953	2.4	0.2	1.667	.455	.364	.0
1959	25	BAL	AL	11	9	0	0.0	96	.400	.200	.257	.273	.328	.200	.393	.473	.720	34	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.333	.000	.000

1961	27	LAA	AL	5	5	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.275	.000	.352	.000	.428	.000	.781	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1962	28	LAA	AL	70	48	10	5.6	100	.265	.266	.260	.329	.331	.469	.404	.797	.736	115	.594	1.0	0.1	.750	.281	.203	.0
1963	29	TOT	NL	108	83	7	2.3	96	.225	.194	.263	.252	.326	.327	.393	.579	.719	60	.270	-5.4	-0.6	.476	.204	.133	.0
1963	29	STL	NL	53	40	4	2.7	97	.250	.204	.265	.264	.328	.347	.396	.611	.725	68	.335	-2.3	-0.2	.525	.224	.143	.0
1963	29	CHC	NL	55	43	3	1.9	94	.200	.184	.261	.241	.324	.306	.390	.547	.713	53	.208	-3.2	-0.3	.429	.184	.122	.0
1964	30	CHC	NL	111	78	11	3.8	97	.366	.262	.268	.315	.326	.340	.398	.655	.724	82	.464	-2.6	-0.3	.551	.146	.078	.0
1965	31	CHC	NL	10	9	0	0.0	95	.333	.200	.260	.200	.324	.200	.394	.400	.718	12	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.222	.000	.000
7 Yrs				327	238	33	3.7	97	.294	.239	.264	.294	.327	.365	.398	.660	.725	82	.450	-8.2	-0.9	.561	.193	.126	.0
162 Game Avg.				321	234	32	3.7	97	.294	.239	.264	.294	.327	.365	.398	.660	.725	82	.450	-8.2	-0.9	.561	.193	.126

CHC (3 yrs)				176	130	14	2.9	96	.313	.235	.265	.286	.325	.321	.395	.607	.720	69	.352	-7.0	-0.7	.488	.148	.086	.0
LAA (2 yrs)				75	53	10	5.1	101	.245	.246	.261	.307	.333	.435	.406	.741	.739	99	.548	-0.5	-0.1	.679	.261	.188	.0
BAL (2 yrs)				23	15	5	8.9	94	.462	.333	.256	.391	.325	.524	.390	.915	.714	155	.789	1.5	0.2	.867	.238	.190	.0
STL (1 yr)				53	40	4	2.7	97	.250	.204	.265	.264	.328	.347	.396	.611	.725	68	.336	-2.3	-0.2	.525	.224	.143	.0

NL (3 yrs)				229	170	18	2.8	96	.297	.227	.265	.281	.326	.327	.395	.608	.721	69	.348	-9.2	-1.0	.497	.166	.100	.0
AL (4 yrs)				98	68	15	5.9	99	.288	.267	.259	.327	.331	.456	.402	.782	.733	112	.622	1.1	0.1	.721	.256	.189	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1958	24	BAL	AL	12	8.3%	16.7%	8.3%	16.7%	40%	2.00	5.5	11.0	2.8	3.00	67%
1959	25	BAL	AL	11	0.0%	45.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0		10.0	2.00	45%

1961	27	LAA	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			5.0			1.50	80%
1962	28	LAA	AL	70	5.7%	15.7%	7.1%	7.1%	29%	2.20	5.8	16.0	4.6	0.55	70%
1963	29	TOT	NL	108	2.8%	23.2%	7.4%	5.6%	32%	3.13	3.9	32.7	8.2	0.83	66%
1963	29	STL	NL	53	1.9%	22.6%	7.6%	7.6%	40%	3.00	4.1	49.0	9.8	0.92	68%
1963	29	CHC	NL	55	3.6%	23.6%	7.3%	3.6%	22%	3.25	3.8	24.5	7.0	0.75	64%
1964	30	CHC	NL	111	0.9%	27.9%	6.3%	4.5%	19%	4.43	3.3	103.0	7.4	1.44	64%
1965	31	CHC	NL	10	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5				60%
7 Yrs				327	2.8%	24.2%	6.4%	5.5%	25%	3.76	3.8	33.4	6.7	1.03	65%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.4%	8.4%	6.5%	29%	1.70	6.2	38.5	8.6	1.06	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1958	24	BAL	AL	2.4	0.2	12	0.1	0.3	-0.2	.92	0.2	-0.1	1.8	0.2	1.12	2.2	0.46	3
1959	25	BAL	AL	-0.9	-0.1	11	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.40	-0.0	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	1.16	-0.4	1.66	2

1961	27	LAA	AL	-1.5	-0.2	5	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	2.96	-0.1	0.0	-1.7	-0.2	1.09	-1.5	2.96	5
1962	28	LAA	AL	1.0	0.1	70	1.0	2.1	-1.1	1.11	0.3	0.6	6.4	0.6	0.93	3.5	1.84	2
1963	29	TOT	NL	-5.4	-0.6	110	-0.4	1.9	-2.4	1.24	-0.4	0.1	-3.2	-0.3	1.04	-3.2	1.95	27
1963	29	STL	NL	-2.3	-0.2	54	-0.0	1.1	-1.1	1.19	-0.1	0.1	-1.1	-0.1	1.03	-0.2	1.87	16
1963	29	CHC	NL	-3.2	-0.3	56	-0.4	0.9	-1.3	1.27	-0.3	-0.0	-2.1	-0.2	1.06	-3.0	2.08	11
1964	30	CHC	NL	-2.6	-0.3	112	0.5	2.4	-1.9	1.11	0.1	0.4	4.1	0.4	1.01	0.7	1.63	34
1965	31	CHC	NL	-1.2	-0.1	10	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	1.72	-0.1	-0.0	-2.3	-0.2	1.03	-1.7	1.75	9
7 Yrs				-8.2	-0.9	330	0.4	7.0	-6.6	1.20	-0.1	0.4	4.5	0.4	1.01	-0.3	1.79	82

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1958	24	BAL	AL	0	0	60%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1959	25	BAL	AL	1	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1961	27	LAA	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	28	LAA	AL	4	0	21%	28	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	40%	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	2
1963	29	TOT	NL	4	1	29%	34	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	20%	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1963	29	STL	NL	3	0	39%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	29	CHC	NL	1	1	18%	13	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1964	30	CHC	NL	3	0	29%	40	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	38%	4	4	0	1	0	1	3	1	2
1965	31	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				12	1	28%	113	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	32%	12	12	0	2	1	1	8	2	6

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
1958	24	BAL	AL	12	25%	5			3	1	0	1	0.46	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	11	3	27%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	0
1959	25	BAL	AL	11	64%	2			2	0	0	0	1.66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	3	0	0%	12	2	17%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0

1961	27	LAA	AL	5	40%	0			5	0	0	0	2.96	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	28	LAA	AL	70	34%	17			2	0	0	0	1.84	4	0	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	0		10	1	10%	5	1	20%	46	11	24%	5	3	60%	3	3	100%	0
1963	29	TOT	NL	108	59%	19			27	8	2	5	1.95	3	0	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	0		22	2	9%	14	2	14%	80	11	14%	8	2	25%	4	2	50%	0
1963	29	STL	NL	53	53%	10			16	4	1	3	1.87	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		10	1	10%	5	0	0%	39	5	13%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1963	29	CHC	NL	55	65%	9			11	4	1	2	2.08	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		12	1	8%	9	2	22%	41	6	15%	4	2	50%	3	2	67%	0
1964	30	CHC	NL	111	65%	27			34	9	1	5	1.63	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		24	2	8%	7	1	14%	75	13	17%	8	2	25%	3	2	67%	0
1965	31	CHC	NL	10	70%	2			9	1	0	0	1.75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	1	100%	7	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
7 Yrs				327	55%	72			82	19	3	11	1.79	9	0	10	5	4	4	5	0	0	0		61	7	11%	32	5	16%	235	40	17%	25	8	32%	15	9	60%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			75%			10%			30%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
1958	24	7	12	11	4	5	1	0	1	4	0	1	2	.455	.500	.818	1.318	267	9	0	0	0	0
1959	25	12	23	21	4	7	1	0	1	5	0	1	7	.333	.391	.524	.915	155	11	1	1	0	0
1960	26	12	23	21	4	7	1	0	1	5	0	1	7	.333	.391	.524	.915	155	11	1	1	0	0
1961	27	18	28	26	4	7	1	0	1	5	0	1	8	.269	.321	.423	.745	104	11	1	1	0	0
1962	28	37	98	90	12	24	2	0	5	19	0	6	19	.267	.327	.456	.782	112	41	2	2	0	1
1963	29	94	206	188	22	43	4	1	8	31	1	14	44	.229	.288	.388	.676	85	73	4	2	1	2
1964	30	153	317	291	33	70	7	2	9	45	1	21	75	.241	.297	.371	.669	84	108	6	3	1	3
1965	31	165	327	301	33	72	7	2	9	45	1	21	79	.239	.294	.365	.660	82	110	7	3	1	3

Neutralized Batting

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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
1958	24	7	13	12	5	6	1	0	1	5	0	1	2	.500	.538	.833	1.372	5	7
1959	25	5	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	5

1961	27	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1962	28	19	70	64	8	17	1	0	4	15	0	5	11	.266	.329	.469	.797	10	19
1963	29	57	108	99	11	20	2	1	3	13	0	8	25	.202	.259	.333	.593	9	57
1964	30	59	111	103	11	27	3	1	1	14	0	7	31	.262	.315	.340	.655	11	59
1965	31	12	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	12
7 Yrs		165	328	303	35	70	7	2	9	47	0	21	79	.231	.287	.356	.643	35	165
162 Game Avg.		162	322	297	34	69	7	2	9	46	0	21	78	.231	.287	.356	.643	34	165

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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