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Tim Burke

Timothy Philip Burke

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 19, 1959 in Omaha, NE
School: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1985
Teams (by GP): Expos/Mets/Yankees 1985-1992
Agents: Adam Katz [*]
Final Game: September 22, 1992
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All-Star

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
1985 26 MON NL 78 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .100 .182 .100 .282 -17 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 27 MON NL 68 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 -62 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1987 28 MON NL 55 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1988 29 MON NL 61 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 30 MON NL 68 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 -22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1990 31 MON NL 58 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .167 .286 .167 .452 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 32 TOT NL 72 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 32 MON NL 37 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 32 NYM NL 35 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 33 TOT MLB 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 33 NYM NL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 33 NYY AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Yrs 498 51 44 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 24 .045 .125 .045 .170 -50 2 0 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 17 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .045 .125 .045 .170 -50 1 0 0 1 0 0
MON (7 yrs) 425 46 39 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 20 .051 .140 .051 .191 -45 2 0 0 3 0 0
NYM (2 yrs) 50 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 475 51 44 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 24 .045 .125 .045 .170 -50 2 0 0 3 0 0
AL (1 yr) 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Awards
1985 26 MON NL 78 11 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ 1
1986 27 MON NL 68 9 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $160,000 1
1987 28 MON NL 55 12 -3 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .497 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $210,000 1
1988 29 MON NL 61 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $625,000 1
1989 30 MON NL 68 4 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $740,000 1 AS
1990 31 MON NL 58 7 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $1,600,000 1
1991 32 MON NL 37 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
1991 32 NYM NL 35 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1992 33 NYM NL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,266,667 1
1992 33 NYY AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
8 Seasons 498 51 -10 0 0 0 6 -3 -0.4 2 -2 -0.3 .499 .500 -0.3 0.3 -2 $5,601,667
MON (7 yrs) 425 46 -8 0 0 0 6 -3 -0.3 1 -1 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.2 0.2 -1 $3,335,000
NYM (2 yrs) 50 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $2,266,667
NYY (1 yr) 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
1985 26 MON NL 11 9 0 0.0 91 .200 .100 .254 .182 .321 .100 .379 .282 .700 -17 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .222 .100 .000
1986 27 MON NL 9 8 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .261 .125 .332 .000 .394 .125 .726 -62 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .143 .143 .000
1987 28 MON NL 12 12 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .273 .000 .343 .000 .425 .000 .767 -100 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1988 29 MON NL 2 2 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .261 .000 .325 .000 .383 .000 .708 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1989 30 MON NL 4 3 0 0.0 91 .000 .255 .250 .322 .000 .380 .250 .702 -22 .000 -0.4 -0.1 .333 .333 .000
1990 31 MON NL 7 5 0 0.0 95 .333 .167 .260 .286 .325 .167 .390 .452 .715 31 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .400 .167 .000
1991 32 TOT NL 6 6 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .256 .000 .324 .000 .384 .000 .708 -100 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1991 32 MON NL 1 1 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .256 .000 .324 .000 .384 .000 .708 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1991 32 NYM NL 5 5 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .256 .000 .324 .000 .384 .000 .708 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
8 Yrs 51 45 0 0.0 97 .100 .045 .261 .125 .329 .045 .394 .170 .723 -50 .000 -9.2 -0.9 .143 .091 .000
162 Game Avg. 17 15 0 0.0 97 .100 .045 .261 .125 .329 .045 .394 .170 .723 -50 .000 -9.2 -0.9 .143 .091 .000
MON (7 yrs) 46 40 0 0.0 97 .105 .051 .261 .140 .329 .051 .395 .191 .725 -45 .000 -7.9 -0.8 .162 .103 .000
NYM (2 yrs) 5 5 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .256 .000 .324 .000 .384 .000 .708 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1989 MON NL 30

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1985 26 MON NL 11 0.0% 45.5% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 5.00 2.0 3.00 45%
1986 27 MON NL 9 0.0% 22.2% 11.1% 0.0% 2.00 3.5 7.0 56%
1987 28 MON NL 12 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 2.50 33%
1988 29 MON NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50% 0%
1989 30 MON NL 4 0.0% 75.0% 25.0% 0.0% 3.00 1.0 0%
1990 31 MON NL 7 0.0% 42.9% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 3.00 2.0 43% 0%
1991 32 TOT NL 6 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 1.00 1.00 33% 0% 100%
1991 32 MON NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 100%
1991 32 NYM NL 5 0.0% 80.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 20% 0%
8 Yrs 51 0.0% 47.1% 7.8% 0.0% 0% 6.00 1.8 44.0 5.00 4.50 39% 0% 100%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.9% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 1.73 6.0 41.1 8.4 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.2% 22%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1985 26 MON NL -1.6 -0.2 11 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .57 -0.2 0.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.90 -1.7 0
1986 27 MON NL -1.6 -0.2 9 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .36 -0.1 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.75 -1.3 0
1987 28 MON NL -2.9 -0.3 12 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .32 -0.3 -0.0 -3.9 -0.4 1.11 -3.5 0
1988 29 MON NL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .38 -0.1 -0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.96 -0.5 0
1989 30 MON NL -0.5 -0.1 4 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .26 -0.1 0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.03 -0.6 0
1990 31 MON NL -0.5 -0.1 7 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .30 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.89 -0.7 0
1991 32 TOT NL -1.6 -0.2 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .39 -0.1 -0.0 -1.2 -0.1 0.75 -1.5 0
1991 32 MON NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .21 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.60 -0.3 0
1991 32 NYM NL -1.3 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .43 -0.1 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.78 -1.3 0
1992 33 TOT MLB 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 33 NYM NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 33 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
8 Yrs -9.2 -0.9 51 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .39 -0.9 0.2 -8.6 -0.9 0.92 -9.8 0

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1985 26 MON NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 27 MON 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
1987 28 MON NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 29 MON NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 30 MON NL 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
1990 31 MON NL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 32 TOT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 32 MON NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 32 NYM NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 0 0 17% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1985 26 MON NL 11 27% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1986 27 MON NL 9 11% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1987 28 MON NL 12 58% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 4 0 0% 5 2 40% 11 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1988 29 MON NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1989 30 MON NL 4 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1990 31 MON NL 7 43% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1991 32 TOT NL 6 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1991 32 MON NL 1 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
1991 32 NYM NL 5 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 51 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 5 0 0% 6 3 50% 32 1 3% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 60% 73% 11% 35% 14% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 29 MON NL 2 6 3.00 5 83% 60% 20% 0% 20% 40% 0% 33% 50% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1989 30 MON NL 4 20 5.00 11 55% 45% 27% 27% 0% 55% 0% 30% 50% 25% 0% 0 0 25% 1 0 25% 1 0 67% 0 0 0
1990 31 MON NL 7 34 4.86 21 62% 43% 19% 24% 14% 57% 0% 35% 67% 14% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
1991 32 TOT NL 6 22 3.67 16 73% 19% 31% 38% 13% 81% 0% 59% 62% 83% 0% 0 0 17% 1 0 0% 0 0 25% 0 0 0
1991 32 MON NL 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1991 32 NYM NL 5 21 4.20 15 71% 20% 33% 40% 7% 80% 0% 57% 58% 80% 0% 0 0 20% 1 0 0% 0 0 25% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 19 82 4.32 53 65% 38% 25% 26% 11% 62% 0% 40% 61% 37% 0% 0 0 11% 2 0 5% 1 0 36% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 26 78 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .100 .182 .100 .282 -17 1 0 0 0 0 0
1986 27 146 20 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .059 .158 .059 .217 -36 1 0 0 1 0 0
1987 28 201 32 27 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 .037 .103 .037 .140 -60 1 0 0 3 0 0
1988 29 262 34 29 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .034 .097 .034 .131 -62 1 0 0 3 0 0
1989 30 330 38 32 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17 .031 .114 .031 .146 -57 1 0 0 3 0 0
1990 31 388 45 38 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 20 .053 .143 .053 .195 -43 2 0 0 3 0 0
1991 32 460 51 44 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 24 .045 .125 .045 .170 -50 2 0 0 3 0 0
1992 33 498 51 44 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 24 .045 .125 .045 .170 -50 2 0 0 3 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1985 26 78 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 78
1986 27 68 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 68
1987 28 55 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 55
1988 29 61 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 61
1989 30 68 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 68
1990 31 58 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 58
1991 32 72 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 72
7 Yrs 460 51 44 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 24 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 460
162 Game Avg. 162 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 460

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All-Star Games
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