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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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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 1:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #656. Ubaldo Jimenez… #657. Michael Jackson… #658. Bob Smith… #659. TIM BURKE… #660. Bobby Bolin… #661. Britt Burns… #662. Gary Bell… 

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
1985 26 MON NL 9 4 .692 2.39 78 0 31 0 0 8 120.1 86 32 32 9 44 14 87 7 0 7 483 143 1.080 6.4 0.7 3.3 6.5 1.98
1986 27 MON NL 9 7 .563 2.93 68 2 25 0 0 4 101.1 103 37 33 7 46 13 82 4 0 4 451 128 1.470 9.1 0.6 4.1 7.3 1.78
1987 28 MON NL 7 0 1.000 1.19 55 0 30 0 0 18 91.0 64 18 12 3 17 6 58 0 0 2 354 356 0.890 6.3 0.3 1.7 5.7 3.41
1988 29 MON NL 3 5 .375 3.40 61 0 39 0 0 18 82.0 84 36 31 7 25 13 42 3 1 3 350 106 1.329 9.2 0.8 2.7 4.6 1.68
1989 30 MON NL 9 3 .750 2.55 68 0 52 0 0 28 84.2 68 24 24 6 22 7 54 0 0 1 333 139 1.063 7.2 0.6 2.3 5.7 2.45 AS
1990 31 MON NL 3 3 .500 2.52 58 0 35 0 0 20 75.0 71 29 21 6 21 6 47 2 1 1 316 145 1.227 8.5 0.7 2.5 5.6 2.24
1991 32 TOT NL 6 7 .462 3.36 72 0 31 0 0 6 101.2 96 46 38 8 26 8 59 4 0 3 421 109 1.200 8.5 0.7 2.3 5.2 2.27
1991 32 MON NL 3 4 .429 4.11 37 0 16 0 0 5 46.0 41 24 21 3 14 6 25 4 0 1 190 90 1.196 8.0 0.6 2.7 4.9 1.79
1991 32 NYM NL 3 3 .500 2.75 35 0 15 0 0 1 55.2 55 22 17 5 12 2 34 0 0 2 231 134 1.204 8.9 0.8 1.9 5.5 2.83
1992 33 TOT MLB 3 4 .429 4.15 38 0 19 0 0 0 43.1 52 29 20 3 18 4 15 1 0 4 198 92 1.615 10.8 0.6 3.7 3.1 0.83
1992 33 NYM NL 1 2 .333 5.74 15 0 9 0 0 0 15.2 26 15 10 1 3 0 7 0 0 2 76 63 1.851 14.9 0.6 1.7 4.0 2.33
1992 33 NYY AL 2 2 .500 3.25 23 0 10 0 0 0 27.2 26 14 10 2 15 4 8 1 0 2 122 122 1.482 8.5 0.7 4.9 2.6 0.53
8 Yrs 49 33 .598 2.72 498 2 262 0 0 102 699.1 624 251 211 49 219 71 444 21 2 25 2906 136 1.205 8.0 0.6 2.8 5.7 2.03
162 Game Avg. 7 4 .598 2.72 68 0 36 0 0 14 95 85 34 29 7 30 10 60 3 0 3 395 136 1.205 8.0 0.6 2.8 5.7 2.03
MON (7 yrs) 43 26 .623 2.61 425 2 228 0 0 101 600.1 517 200 174 41 189 65 395 20 2 19 2477 142 1.176 7.8 0.6 2.8 5.9 2.09
NYM (2 yrs) 4 5 .444 3.41 50 0 24 0 0 1 71.1 81 37 27 6 15 2 41 0 0 4 307 108 1.346 10.2 0.8 1.9 5.2 2.73
NYY (1 yr) 2 2 .500 3.25 23 0 10 0 0 0 27.2 26 14 10 2 15 4 8 1 0 2 122 122 1.482 8.5 0.7 4.9 2.6 0.53
NL (8 yrs) 47 31 .603 2.69 475 2 252 0 0 102 671.2 598 237 201 47 204 67 436 20 2 23 2784 137 1.194 8.0 0.6 2.7 5.8 2.14
AL (1 yr) 2 2 .500 3.25 23 0 10 0 0 0 27.2 26 14 10 2 15 4 8 1 0 2 122 122 1.482 8.5 0.7 4.9 2.6 0.53

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 GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1985 26 MON NL 120.1 78 0 32 2.39 4.07 0.04 -0.32 96.2 3.57 15 1.7 1.3 0.0 2.8 27 .522 .510 $
1986 27 MON NL 101.1 68 2 37 3.29 4.23 -0.11 -0.27 99.8 4.07 8 0.9 1.5 0.0 1.8 19 .514 .506 $160,000
1987 28 MON NL 91.0 55 0 18 1.78 4.56 -0.11 -0.35 102.5 4.43 26 2.8 1.6 0.7 4.2 36 .551 .517 $210,000
1988 29 MON NL 82.0 61 0 36 3.95 3.99 0.26 -0.32 104.3 3.56 -4 -0.5 2.1 -0.4 -0.1 4 .493 .497 $625,000
1989 30 MON NL 84.2 68 0 24 2.55 3.96 -0.17 -0.31 100.4 3.84 12 1.4 1.8 0.3 2.4 20 .521 .509 $740,000 AS
1990 31 MON NL 75.0 58 0 29 3.48 4.28 -0.13 -0.33 96.8 3.95 3 0.3 1.9 -0.0 0.8 11 .505 .502 $1,600,000
1991 32 MON NL 46.0 37 0 24 4.70 4.16 0.07 -0.32 99.5 3.75 -5 -0.6 2.1 -0.4 -0.6 -1 .485 .497 $
1991 32 NYM NL 55.2 35 0 22 3.56 4.25 -0.42 -0.33 100.2 4.36 5 0.5 .9 -0.1 0.8 10 .515 .503 $
1992 33 NYM NL 15.2 15 0 15 8.62 3.93 -0.41 -0.30 99.2 4.00 -8 -0.9 .5 0.2 -0.6 -7 .440 .494 $2,266,667
1992 33 NYY AL 27.2 23 0 14 4.55 4.26 -0.11 -0.33 99.2 4.01 -2 -0.2 .8 -0.1 0.0 1 .492 .499 $
8 Seasons 699.1 498 2 251 3.23 4.18 -0.07 -0.32 99.8 3.93 49 5.5 1.6 0.3 11.5 120 .511 .503 $5,601,667
MON (7 yrs) 600.1 425 2 200 3.00 4.18 -0.03 -0.31 99.8 3.88 55 6.1 1.7 0.3 11.3 116 .514 .505 $3,335,000
NYM (2 yrs) 71.1 50 0 37 4.67 4.18 -0.42 -0.32 99.9 4.28 -4 -0.4 .8 0.1 0.2 3 .492 .499 $2,266,667
NYY (1 yr) 27.2 23 0 14 4.55 4.26 -0.11 -0.33 99.2 4.01 -2 -0.2 .8 -0.1 0.0 1 .492 .499 $

Standard Batting

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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 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1985 MON NL 26 P 78 0 0 120.1 27 5 21 1 2 .963 1.94 0.33 .953 1.92 1.92 16 8 33% 30% 0
1986 MON NL 27 P 68 2 0 101.1 27 4 22 1 1 .963 2.31 0.38 .955 1.94 1.94 13 2 13% 32% 1
1987 MON NL 28 P 55 0 0 91.0 23 6 17 0 0 1.000 2.27 0.42 .955 1.91 1.90 6 3 33% 29% 0
1988 MON NL 29 P 61 0 0 82.0 22 8 14 0 0 1.000 2.41 0.36 .955 1.96 1.96 14 2 13% 29% 2
1989 MON NL 30 P 68 0 0 84.2 20 4 16 0 0 1.000 2.13 0.29 .947 1.87 1.87 8 1 11% 32% 0 AS
1990 MON NL 31 P 58 0 0 75.0 23 3 20 0 1 1.000 2.76 0.40 .957 1.80 1.79 4 1 20% 29% 0
1991 TOT NL 32 P 72 0 0 101.2 26 3 21 2 1 .923 2.12 0.33 .955 1.86 1.85 8 1 11% 33% 0
1991 MON NL 32 P 37 0 0 46.0 11 1 9 1 0 .909 1.96 0.27 .955 1.86 1.85 7 1 13% 33% 0
1991 NYM NL 32 P 35 0 0 55.2 15 2 12 1 1 .933 2.26 0.40 .955 1.86 1.85 1 0 0% 33% 0
1992 TOT MLB 33 P 38 0 0 43.4 16 3 12 1 0 .938 3.12 0.39 .953 1.81 1.80 5 1 17% 33% 1
1992 NYM NL 33 P 15 0 0 15.2 6 2 3 1 0 .833 2.87 0.33 .953 1.95 1.94 1 0 0% 32% 0
1992 NYY AL 33 P 23 0 0 27.2 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 3.25 0.43 .953 1.72 1.71 4 1 20% 34% 1
8 Seasons P 498 2 0 699.1 184 36 143 5 5 .973 2.30 0.36 .954 1.89 1.88 74 19 20% 31% 4
8 Seasons TOT 498 2 0 699.1 184 36 143 5 5 .973 2.30 0.36 .954 1.89 1.88 74 19 20% 31% 4
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1989 *

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1987 NL  4.2 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1985 NL  78 (1st)
1986 NL  68 (8th)
1989 NL  68 (10th)
1991 NL  72 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1987 NL  18 (8th)
1988 NL  18 (9th)
1989 NL  28 (4th)
1990 NL  20 (7th)
Career  102 (126th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1985 NL  7 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1988 NL  39 (9th)
1989 NL  52 (6th)
1990 NL  35 (10th)
Career  262 (157th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1985 NL  17 (10th)
1987 NL  28 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1985 NL  1.8 (10th)
1987 NL  2.9 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1985 NL  21.74 (7th)
1987 NL  21.58 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1985 NL  3.4 (9th)
1987 NL  5.0 (1st)
Career  8.9 (226th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1987 NL  2.3 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1985 NL  2.4 (8th)
1987 NL  2.2 (8th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1985 NL  78 (1st)
1991 NL  72 (4th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (843), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 16 (1216), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (797), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 22 (260), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (133rd), 11.2 career WAR/12.5 7yr-peak WAR/11.9 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 37.9 career WAR/26.7 7yr-peak WAR/32.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Eddie Watt (945)
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  5. Wayne Granger (938)
  6. Frank Linzy (932)
  7. Tom Niedenfuer (932)
  8. Joe Hoerner (931)
  9. Steve Howe (931)
  10. Ed Roebuck (930)
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  3. Jeff Montgomery (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dave Smith (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave Smith (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dave Smith (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dave Smith (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kent Tekulve (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198627Montreal Expos$160,0001986 USA Today survey
198728Montreal Expos$210,000Scully, Business of MLB, p. 164
198829Montreal Expos$625,000USA Today, 4/1/88Arbitration loss; $850,000 request
198930Montreal Expos$740,0001989 USA Today survey
199031Montreal Expos$1,600,000USA Today
199132Cincinnati Reds$2,266,667USA Today survey
199233New York Mets$2,266,6674/2/92 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$7,868,334
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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