Steve Burke
Steven Michael Burke
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 5, 1955 in Stockton, CA
High School: Tokay (Lodi, CA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1977
Final Game: June 2, 1978
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1977 22 SEA AL 0 1 .000 2.87 6 0 5 0 0 0 15.2 12 6 5 0 7 1 6 0 0 1 64 143 1.213 6.9 0.0 4.0 3.4 0.86
1978 23 SEA AL 0 1 .000 3.49 18 0 9 0 0 0 49.0 46 22 19 2 24 0 16 1 0 1 207 109 1.429 8.4 0.4 4.4 2.9 0.67
2 Seasons 0 2 .000 3.34 24 0 14 0 0 0 64.2 58 28 24 2 31 1 22 1 0 2 271 116 1.376 8.1 0.3 4.3 3.1 0.71
162 Game Avg. 0 6 .000 3.34 68 0 40 0 0 0 183 164 79 68 6 88 3 62 3 0 6 768 116 1.376 8.1 0.3 4.3 3.1 0.71

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 22 SEA AL 6 64 53 6 12 2 1 0 2 0 7 6 .226 .311 .302 .613 .250 16 3 0 3 1 1
1978 23 SEA AL 18 207 178 22 46 4 1 2 7 2 24 16 .258 .346 .326 .672 .272 58 8 1 2 2 0
2 Seasons 24 271 231 28 58 6 2 2 9 2 31 22 .251 .338 .320 .659 .267 74 11 1 5 3 1
162 Game Avg. 68 768 655 79 164 17 6 6 26 6 88 62 .251 .338 .320 .659 .267 210 31 3 14 9 3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1977 22 SEA AL 6 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 6 0.646 1 2 3 0 1 5 5 1 5 0 5 0 7.8
1978 23 SEA AL 18 18 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 24 9 38% 6 0.605 5 3 9 2 1 15 15 3 17 0 17 4 8.2
2 Seasons 24 24 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 32 10 31% 0.615 6 5 12 2 2 20 20 4 22 0 22 4 8.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1977 22 SEA AL 64 36% 0.0% 9.4% 10.9% 4.7% 25% 2.42 75% 15 3 20%
1978 23 SEA AL 207 36% 1.0% 7.7% 11.6% 3.4% 15% 2.13 78% 40 8 20%
2 Seasons 271 36% 0.7% 8.1% 11.4% 3.7% 17% 2.19 77% 55 11 20%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1977 22 SEA AL 64 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 50% 2 1 0 30 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1978 23 SEA AL 207 46 2 0 10 1 1 1 1 13 7 3 54% 6 1 0 83 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
2 Seasons 271 58 2 0 11 1 1 1 1 19 10 3 53% 8 2 0 113 9 2 82% 8 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1977 22 0 1 .000 2.87 6 0 5 0 0 0 15.2 12 6 5 0 7 1 6 0 0 1 64 143 1.213 6.9 0.0 4.0 3.4 0.86 143
1978 23 0 2 .000 3.34 24 0 14 0 0 0 64.2 58 28 24 2 31 1 22 1 0 2 271 116 1.376 8.1 0.3 4.3 3.1 0.71 116

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1977 22 1 0 1.000 3.00 15.0 12 6 5 0 7 6 0 1.267 7.2 4.2 3.6 0.86 0.0 6
1978 23 2 2 .500 4.30 44.0 48 23 21 2 25 14 1 1.659 9.8 5.1 2.9 0.56 0.4 18
2 Seasons 3 2 .600 3.97 59.0 60 29 26 2 32 20 1 1.559 9.2 3.1 0.63 0.3 24

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