Steve Burke

Steven Michael Burke

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 5, 1955 in Stockton, CA
High School: Tokay HS (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
Team: Mariners 1977-1978

Final Game: June 2, 1978
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Standard Pitching

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
1974	19	BOS-min	A-	5	5	.500	5.81	16	14		2	0	0	79.0	98	65	51	4	40	4	58	6	0	9			1.747	11.2	0.5	4.6	6.6	1.45	ELM · NYPL
1975	20	BOS-min	A	12	9	.571	3.74	26	22		11	1	1	166.0	171	78	69	4	59	2	73	5	1	11			1.386	9.3	0.2	3.2	4.0	1.24	WHV · FLOR
1976	21	BOS-min	A	10	10	.500	3.07	27	25					170.0	147	77	58	3	71								1.282	7.8	0.2	3.8			WHV · FLOR
1977	22	KCR-min	AA	6	5	.545	3.42	28	9		4	0	4	100.0	91	44	38	1	49	1	76	9	0	4			1.400	8.2	0.1	4.4	6.8	1.55	JCK · SOUL
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	147	1.213	6.9	0.0	4.0	3.4	0.86
1978	23	SEA-min	AAA	1	1	.500	6.18	25	0		0	0	0	67.0	87	61	46	7	52	1	22	2	0	5			2.075	11.7	0.9	7.0	3.0	0.42	SJO · PCL
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	110	1.429	8.4	0.4	4.4	2.9	0.67
1979	24	SEA-min	AAA	3	1	.750	6.80	40	1		0	0	2	82.0	116	80	62	3	40	0	42	3	0	12			1.902	12.7	0.3	4.4	4.6	1.05	SPO · PCL
2 Yrs				0	2	.000	3.34	24	0	14	0	0	0	64.2	58	28	24	2	31	1	22	1	0	2	271	118	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	118	1.376	8.1	0.3	4.3	3.1	0.71

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1977	22	SEA	AL	15.2	6	6	3.45	4.74	0.02	-0.38	101.3	4.39	2	0.2	.9	-0.0	0.3	3	.528	.501	$
1978	23	SEA	AL	49.0	18	22	4.04	4.16	-0.23	-0.34	100.9	4.09	0	0.0	.9	-0.1	0.4	5	.502	.500	$
2 Seasons				64.2	24	28	3.90	4.30	-0.17	-0.35	101.0	4.16	2	0.2	.9	-0.1	0.7	9	.509	.501	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	2
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	6
2 Yrs				24	271	231	28	58	6	2	2	9	2	31	22	.251	.338	.320	.659	.267	74	11	1	5	3	1	8
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	23
MLB Averages																.261	.326	.390	.716	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1977	22	SEA	AL	2.1	0.2	67	0.1	0.8	-0.7	.63	0.1	-0.0	4.2	0.4	0.63	2.5	1	2	3
1978	23	SEA	AL	1.6	0.2	220	-0.5	1.8	-2.3	.55	0.0	-0.9	-0.6	-0.1	0.55	1.2	5	1	10
2 Yrs				3.8	0.4	287	-0.4	2.5	-3.0	.57	0.1	-0.9	3.6	0.4	0.57	3.8	6	3	13

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1977	22	SEA	AL	6	6	5	1	0	0	8	1	13%	6	.628	1	2	3	0	1	5	5	1	5	5	0	7.8
1978	23	SEA	AL	18	18	9	1	1	1	24	9	38%	6	.554	5	1	10	2	1	15	15	3	17	17	4	8.2
2 Yrs				24	24	14	2	1	1	32	10	31%		.571	6	3	13	2	2	20	20	4	22	22	4	8.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1977	22	SEA	AL	64	64%	0.0%	9.4%	10.9%	4.7%	25%	2.42	75%	15	3	20%
1978	23	SEA	AL	207	64%	1.0%	7.7%	11.6%	3.4%	15%	2.13	78%	40	8	20%
2 Yrs				271	64%	0.7%	8.1%	11.4%	3.7%	17%	2.19	77%	55	11	20%
MLB Averages					45%	2.1%	13.0%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.10	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	0	0	4	0
2 Yrs				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	0	0	6	0
MLB Averages																		52%							64%

Cumulative Pitching

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	147	1.213	6.9	0.0	4.0	3.4	0.86	147
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	118	1.376	8.1	0.3	4.3	3.1	0.71	118

Neutralized Pitching

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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	3.86	14.0	13	7	6	0	8	5	0	1.500	8.4	5.1	3.2	0.63	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 Yrs		3	2	.600	4.19	58.0	61	30	27	2	33	19	1	1.621	9.5		2.9	0.58	0.3	24

* 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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