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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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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1958 BAL AL 24 OF 3 1 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -44 1.64 0.67 .980 2.29 2.27
1958 BAL AL 24 3B 1 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -1 -168 0.00 0.00 .950 3.06 3.10
1958 BAL AL 24 CF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 4.50 1.00 .980 2.70 2.60
1958 BAL AL 24 LF 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -90 1.12 1.00 .980 2.14 2.10
1958 BAL AL 24 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1959 BAL AL 25 2B 2 1 1 13.0 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 0 46 4.85 3.50 .976 5.26 5.25
1959 BAL AL 25 3B 2 1 1 10.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -36 0.90 0.50 .950 3.24 3.20
1962 LAA AL 28 OF 12 12 9 97.0 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -0 -1 2.13 1.92 .980 2.19 2.18
1962 LAA AL 28 RF 8 8 6 64.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 -2 -28 1.27 1.13 .979 2.00 1.99
1962 LAA AL 28 3B 4 4 4 38.0 14 4 7 3 1 .786 -1 -32 2.61 2.75 .952 3.08 3.08
1962 LAA AL 28 LF 4 4 3 33.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1 51 3.82 3.50 .976 2.02 2.00
1962 LAA AL 28 SS 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .960 4.50 4.80
1963 STL NL 29 OF 11 6 2 49.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1 29 2.39 1.18 .977 2.00 2.00
1963 STL NL 29 RF 9 6 2 46.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1 34 2.93 1.67 .976 1.84 1.82
1963 STL NL 29 3B 5 3 2 31.0 14 6 6 2 0 .857 -1 -31 3.48 2.40 .941 2.93 2.92
1963 STL NL 29 LF 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -40 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1963 CHC NL 29 2B 10 7 5 66.0 53 22 27 4 6 .925 -2 -40 6.68 4.90 .974 5.21 5.19
1963 CHC NL 29 1B 4 3 1 24.0 34 31 2 1 1 .971 1 50 12.38 8.25 .989 9.82 9.78
1964 CHC NL 30 OF 18 11 9 106.1 26 25 1 0 1 1.000 2 26 2.20 1.44 .973 1.99 1.98
1964 CHC NL 30 RF 18 11 9 106.1 26 25 1 0 1 1.000 2 26 2.20 1.44 .973 1.89 1.87
1964 CHC NL 30 2B 5 2 2 20.1 11 5 4 2 0 .818 -1 -59 3.98 1.80 .973 5.22 5.20
1964 CHC NL 30 3B 4 1 1 21.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0 23 3.00 1.75 .941 2.91 2.90
1964 CHC NL 30 1B 2 1 1 13.0 14 13 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -65 9.69 7.00 .990 10.04 9.95
1964 CHC NL 30 C 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 .990 7.20 6.80 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHC NL 31 C 2 0 0 3.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 5.40 1.00 .990 7.02 6.95 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHC NL 31 OF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1965 CHC NL 31 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
5 Seasons OF 45 30 21 265.1 65 63 1 1 1 .985 3 13 2.17 1.42 .977 2.08 2.06
5 Seasons RF 37 25 17 219.1 51 49 1 1 1 .980 2 11 2.05 1.35 .975 1.91 1.89
3 Seasons 2B 17 10 8 99.1 71 31 34 6 6 .915 -3 -33 5.89 3.82 .974 5.22 5.20
5 Seasons 3B 16 10 8 105.0 37 12 19 6 1 .838 -2 -27 2.66 1.94 .946 3.02 3.00
3 Seasons LF 7 5 4 44.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1 19 3.07 2.14 .976 2.02 1.96
2 Seasons 1B 6 4 2 37.0 48 44 3 1 2 .979 0 10 11.43 7.83 .989 9.90 9.83
2 Seasons C 3 0 0 4.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.23 1.00 .990 7.06 6.90 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season CF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 4.50 1.00 .980 2.70 2.60
1 Season SS 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .960 4.50 4.80
7 Seasons TOT 88 54 39 512.0 225 153 58 14 11 .938 -2 -4 3.71 2.40 .974 3.49 3.56 0 0 0 0 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1958 BAL AL 24 3B -1 -168 -1 -1 0 0
1958 BAL AL 24 CF 0 120 0 0 0 0
1958 BAL AL 24 LF -1 -90 -1 0 -1 0
1958 BAL AL 24 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 25 2B 0 46 0 0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 25 3B -0 -36 -0 -0 0 0
1962 LAA AL 28 RF -2 -28 -2 -0 -1 0
1962 LAA AL 28 3B -1 -32 -1 -2 0 0
1962 LAA AL 28 LF 1 51 1 0 1 0
1962 LAA AL 28 SS 0 240 0 0 0 0
1963 STL NL 29 RF 1 34 2 2 1 -1
1963 STL NL 29 3B -1 -31 -1 -1 -0 0
1963 STL NL 29 LF -0 -40 -0 -0 0
1963 CHC NL 29 2B -2 -40 -2 -2 -1 0
1963 CHC NL 29 1B 1 50 1 1 0 0
1964 CHC NL 30 RF 2 26 1 1 1 1
1964 CHC NL 30 2B -1 -59 -1 -1 0 0
1964 CHC NL 30 3B 0 23 0 0 0 0
1964 CHC NL 30 1B -1 -65 -1 -1 0 0
1964 CHC NL 30 C
1965 CHC NL 31 C 0 0 0
1965 CHC NL 31 RF -0 -60 -0 0 -0 0
5 Seasons RF 2 11 2 2 -0 0
3 Seasons 2B -3 -33 -3 -3 -0 0
5 Seasons 3B -2 -27 -2 -3 0 0
3 Seasons LF 1 19 1 -0 1 0
2 Seasons 1B 0 10 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons C 0 0 0
1 Season CF 0 120 0 0 0 0
1 Season SS 0 240 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons TOT -2 -4 -2 -3 1 0 0 0
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 BAL AL 24 7 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 4 0
1959 BAL AL 25 5 2 5 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1961 LAA AL 27 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1962 LAA AL 28 19 16 19 16 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 8 12 0 3 0
1963 STL NL 29 30 9 30 15 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 9 11 0 17 2
1963 CHC NL 29 27 10 27 13 0 0 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1964 CHC NL 30 59 15 59 29 0 1 2 5 4 0 0 0 18 18 0 37 1
1965 CHC NL 31 12 0 12 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 0
7 Seasons 165 54 165 84 0 3 6 17 16 1 7 1 37 45 0 92 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
1958 BAL AL 24 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 4 50% 100% 25% 0
1962 LAA AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 285 65% 71% 24% 25 36%
1963 STL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 190 67% 75% 34% 16 94%
1964 CHC NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 4 3 1 15 8 53.3% 6 1 6.7% 0 463 56% 86% 26% 51 49%
1965 CHC NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 10 60% 80% 10% 2 0%
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 2 0 4 1 0 2 2 0 3 2 0 8 4 1 27 11 40.7% 15 1 3.7% 0 952 61% 80% 27% 94 52%
MLB Averages 40.6% 3.1% 63% 79% 28% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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
1959 BAL AL 25 50 66% 68% 34% 3 100% 0 4 0 3 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHC NL 29 281 58% 85% 33% 32 88% 0 22 9 12 1 27 23 1 0 0 4 0 2 2 3 6 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 2 2 0
1964 CHC NL 30 103 61% 82% 34% 9 67% 0 5 0 3 2 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 434 59% 82% 33% 44 84% 0 31 9 18 4 35 31 1 0 1 6 0 4 2 5 6 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 2 2 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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%
1958 BAL AL 24 17 65% 53% 18% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 25 49 27% 88% 45% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 LAA AL 28 165 62% 82% 33% 15 73% 0 4 4 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0%
1963 STL NL 29 135 60% 81% 30% 13 85% 0 6 5 0 1 6 6 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CHC NL 30 87 67% 75% 26% 8 88% 0 2 1 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
5 Seasons 453 59% 80% 32% 39 77% 0 12 10 1 1 19 15 4 0 1 6 0 4 2 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 33%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 89% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1958 BAL AL 24 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 35 60% 91% 17% 4 25%
1962 LAA AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 0 152 55% 84% 28% 18 78%
1963 STL NL 29 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 14 71% 57% 14% 0
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 0 201 57% 83% 25% 22 68%
MLB Averages 58.4% 2.5% 63% 79% 28% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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%
1963 CHC NL 29 93 56% 86% 43% 12 92% 0 32 3 29 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CHC NL 30 60 45% 77% 20% 4 75% 0 13 1 11 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2 Seasons 153 52% 82% 34% 16 88% 0 45 4 40 1 7 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1964 CHC NL 30 3 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHC NL 31 12 2.70 2.70 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 15 2.08 2.08 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 4.26 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1964 CHC NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHC NL 31 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 38% 1.20 1.18

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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
1962 LAA AL 28 3 100% 100% 67% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3 100% 100% 67% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1958 BAL AL 24 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 7 43% 71% 57% 1 100%
1 Season 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 7 43% 71% 57% 1 100%
MLB Averages 42.0% 2.2% 63% 79% 28% 56%

* 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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