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Leo Burke
Leo Patrick Burke

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 6, 1934 in Hagerstown, MD
High School: North Hagerstown (North Hagerstown, MD)
School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1958
Final Game: May 26, 1965
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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	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1958	BAL	AL	24	OF	3	1	11.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0.4	-43.6	-0.4	-0.6	0.2	0			1.64	0.67	1.000	2.29	1.93
1958	BAL	AL	24	3B	1	1	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	-0.7	-168.0	-0.7	0.0	-0.7		0		0.00	0.00	1.000	3.06	2.60
1958	BAL	AL	24	CF	1	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.2	120.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0			4.50	1.00	1.000	2.70	2.30
1958	BAL	AL	24	LF	1	1	8.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.6	-90.0	-0.6	-0.6	0.0	0			1.12	1.00	1.000	2.14	1.60
1958	BAL	AL	24	RF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.00	0.00		1.80	1.70
1959	BAL	AL	25	2B	2	1	13.0	7	4	3	0	0	1.000	0.5	46.2	0.5	0.4	0.1		0		4.85	3.50	.971	5.26	4.75
1959	BAL	AL	25	3B	2	1	10.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0.3	-36.0	-0.3	0.0	-0.3		0		0.90	0.50	.900	3.24	2.70
1962	LAA	AL	28	OF	12	12	97.0	24	23	0	1	0	.958	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0			2.13	1.92	.979	2.19	1.92
1962	LAA	AL	28	RF	8	8	64.0	10	9	0	1	0	.900	-1.5	-28.1	-1.5	-1.4	-0.1	0			1.27	1.13	.980	2.00	1.71
1962	LAA	AL	28	3B	4	4	38.0	14	4	7	3	1	.786	-1.0	-31.6	-1.0	0.5	-1.5		0		2.61	2.75	.957	3.08	2.80
1962	LAA	AL	28	LF	4	4	33.0	14	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.4	50.9	1.4	1.4	0.0	0			3.82	3.50	.979	2.02	1.60
1962	LAA	AL	28	SS	1	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	0.2	240.0	0.2	0.2	0.0		0		9.00	1.00	1.000	4.50	4.50
1963	STL	NL	29	OF	11	6	49.0	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.2	29.4	2.2	0.7	1.6	-1			2.39	1.18	.977	2.00	1.75
1963	STL	NL	29	RF	9	6	46.0	15	15	0	0	0	1.000	1.3	33.9	2.3	0.7	1.7	-1			2.93	1.67	.973	1.84	1.61
1963	STL	NL	29	3B	5	3	31.0	14	6	6	2	0	.857	-0.8	-31.0	-0.8	-0.3	-0.6		0		3.48	2.40	.943	2.93	2.54
1963	STL	NL	29	LF	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.1	-40.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1				0.00	0.00		1.80	1.40
1963	CHC	NL	29	2B	10	7	66.0	53	22	27	4	6	.925	-2.2	-40.0	-2.2	-0.6	-1.6		0		6.68	4.90	.975	5.21	4.59
1963	CHC	NL	29	1B	4	3	24.0	34	31	2	1	1	.971	1.0	50.0	1.0	0.1	0.9		0		12.38	8.25	.988	9.82	8.35
1964	CHC	NL	30	OF	18	11	106.1	26	25	1	0	1	1.000	2.3	26.0	1.3	0.6	0.6	1			2.20	1.44	.973	1.99	1.72
1964	CHC	NL	30	RF	18	11	106.1	26	25	1	0	1	1.000	2.3	26.0	1.3	0.6	0.6	1			2.20	1.44	.973	1.90	1.62
1964	CHC	NL	30	2B	5	2	20.1	11	5	4	2	0	.818	-1.0	-59.0	-1.0	0.1	-1.1		0		3.98	1.80	.982	5.22	4.60
1964	CHC	NL	30	3B	4	1	21.0	7	2	5	0	0	1.000	0.4	22.9	0.4	0.0	0.4		0		3.00	1.75	.943	2.91	2.60
1964	CHC	NL	30	1B	2	1	13.0	14	13	1	0	1	1.000	-0.7	-64.6	-0.7	0.0	-0.7		0		9.69	7.00	.993	10.04	8.85
1964	CHC	NL	30	C	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000									9.00	1.00	1.000	7.20	5.90	0	0	0	0
1965	CHC	NL	31	C	2	0	3.1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	5.40	1.00	1.000	7.02	5.80	0	0	0	0
1965	CHC	NL	31	OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.1	-60.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0			0.00	0.00		1.80	1.80
1965	CHC	NL	31	RF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.1	-60.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0			0.00	0.00		1.80	1.70
5 Seasons				OF	45	30	265.1	65	63	1	1	1	.985	2.9	13.1	2.9	0.6	2.3	0			2.17	1.42	.977	2.08	1.80
5 Seasons				RF	37	25	219.1	51	49	1	1	1	.980	2.0	10.9	2.0	-0.2	2.2	0			2.05	1.35	.975	1.91	1.64
3 Seasons				2B	17	10	99.1	71	31	34	6	6	.915	-2.7	-32.6	-2.7	-0.1	-2.6		0		5.89	3.82	.976	5.22	4.61
5 Seasons				3B	16	10	105.0	37	12	19	6	1	.838	-2.4	-27.4	-2.4	0.2	-2.7		0		2.66	1.94	.949	3.02	2.64
3 Seasons				LF	7	5	44.0	15	15	0	0	0	1.000	0.7	19.1	0.7	0.8	-0.1	0			3.07	2.14	.980	2.02	1.54
2 Seasons				1B	6	4	37.0	48	44	3	1	2	.979	0.3	9.7	0.3	0.1	0.2		0		11.43	7.83	.990	9.90	8.52
2 Seasons				C	3	0	4.1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	6.23	1.00	1.000	7.06	5.83	0	0	0	0
1 Season				CF	1	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.2	120.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0			4.50	1.00	1.000	2.70	2.30
1 Season				SS	1	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	0.2	240.0	0.2	0.2	0.0		0		9.00	1.00	1.000	4.50	4.50
7 Seasons				TOT	88	54	512.0	225	153	58	14	11	.938	-1.7	-4.0	-1.7	1.0	-2.8	0	0	0	3.71	2.40	.913	3.49	3.12	0	0	0	0
				Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards

Appearances

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1958	BAL	AL	24	7	2	7	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	4	0
1959	BAL	AL	25	5	2	5	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1961	LAA	AL	27	6	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
1962	LAA	AL	28	19	16	19	19	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	8	12	3	0
1963	STL	NL	29	30	9	30	30	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	9	11	17	2
1963	CHC	NL	29	27	10	27	27	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
1964	CHC	NL	30	59	15	59	59	1	2	5	4	0	0	0	18	18	37	1
1965	CHC	NL	31	12	0	12	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	0
7 Seasons				165	54	165	165	3	6	17	16	1	7	1	37	45	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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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%
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	292	64%	69%	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	1	0	0	2	0	0.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	195	65%	73%	33%	16	94%
1964	CHC	NL	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	4	3	1	14	8	57.1%	5	1	7.1%	0	482	54%	83%	25%	51	49%
1965	CHC	NL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	12	50%	67%	8%	2	0%
5 Seasons				1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	8	2	0	4	1	0	2	2	0	3	2	0	7	4	1	24	11	45.8%	12	1	4.2%	0	985	59%	77%	26%	94	52%
MLB Averages																															42.0%			3.1%			61%	77%	28%		54%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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											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	291	56%	82%	32%	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	107	59%	79%	33%	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				448	58%	80%	32%	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					61%	77%	27%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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											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	172	59%	78%	32%	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	142	57%	77%	28%	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	89	65%	73%	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				469	57%	77%	30%	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					61%	77%	27%		89%																								61%

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%
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	36	58%	89%	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	1	1	0	6	4	66.7%	2	0	0.0%	0	156	54%	81%	27%	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	15	67%	53%	13%	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	1	1	0	6	4	66.7%	2	0	0.0%	0	207	56%	81%	24%	22	68%
MLB Averages																															57.0%			2.3%			61%	77%	28%		48%

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%
1963	CHC	NL	29	95	55%	84%	42%	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	62	44%	74%	19%	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				157	50%	80%	33%	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					61%	77%	27%		93%																											85%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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					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					3.76	4.26		95%																							88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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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	1.19

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%
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																															41.1%			2.0%			61%	77%	28%		56%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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											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					61%	77%	27%		91%

* 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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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.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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 (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') 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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Site last updated Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 07:09:43 AM

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Win Probability and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

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