Jake Burger

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 230lb (188cm, 104kg)

Born: April 10, 1996 in St. Louis, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (11th) of the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft from Missouri State University (Springfield, MO).

School: Missouri State University (Springfield, MO)

Debut: July 2, 2021 (Age 25-083d, 22,436th in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2022 season

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 1.127 • Arb Eligible: 2026 • Free Agent: 2029

Agents: The Bledsoe Agency

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Jacob Michael Burger

Twitter: @Burgatron13

Instagram: @burgatron13

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.8

2.1

789

191

.176

.242

105

RBI

124

OBP

.214

.298

SLG

.297

.478

OPS

.511

.776

OPS+

110

Summary of 46 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 14 go ahead

2 Tms
CHW	34
MIA	12

Platoon
vs RHP	32
vs LHP	14

Home/Road
Home	29
Away	17

Outs
1	19
0	16
2	11

19 Opps
LAD	7
CLE	5
TBR	4
ATL	4
STL	3
BAL	3
WSN	3
TEX	2
CHC	2
NYY	2
BOS	2
HOU	2
OAK	1
LAA	1
DET	1
KCR	1
PIT	1
PHI	1
MIL	1

39 Pitchers
Trevor Williams	2
Clayton Kershaw	2
Tony Gonsolin	2
Rich Hill	2
Tanner Bibee	2
Lance Lynn	2
Marcus Stroman	2
Zach Eflin	1
Peyton Battenfield	1
Daniel Norris	1
Tucker Davidson	1
Kirby Yates	1
Grayson Rodriguez	1
Kyle Gibson	1
Michael Grove	1
Dereck Rodríguez	1
Austin Pruitt	1
Jalen Beeks	1
Hunter Brown	1
Joe La Sorsa	1
Bailey Falter	1
Luis Severino	1
Yency Almonte	1
Kolby Allard	1
Rico Garcia	1
Zack Greinke	1
Phil Bickford	1
Drew Rasmussen	1
Keegan Thompson	1
Shane Bieber	1
Shane McClanahan	1
Jordan Montgomery	1
Will Smith	1
Martín Pérez	1
Alex Lange	1
Josh Winckowski	1
Spencer Strider	1
Brandon Woodruff	1
Tyler Wells	1

11 Parks
Guaranteed (CHI)	25
loanDepot pk (MIA)	4
Dodger Stad (LOS)	4
Nationals Pk (WAS)	3
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	2
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	2
Truist Pk (ATL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
GlbLifeField (ARL)	1

Where Hit
7	20
78	14
8	5
9	4
89	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	16
2	10
3	9
4	8
6	2
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	38
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	26
1--	10
12-	6
-2-	3
123	1

74 RBI
RISP	10
0 on	26
1 on	13
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	20

Inning
1	4
2	5
3	6
4	8
5	9
6	4
7	3
8	3
9	4

1-3	15
4-6	21
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	2
+2	3
+1	8
Tied	12
-1	3
-2	4
-3	6
-4..	3

Ahead	18
Tied	12
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	16
0-2	6
2-1	6
1-0	5
0-1	5
1-1	3
3-2	2
1-2	2
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	30
DH	11
2B	4
PH	1

OrderPos
5th	13
6th	9
3rd	7
7th	7
8th	4
4th	2
9th	2
1st	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2021-07-17	CHW		HOU	Austin Pruitt	ahead 9-0	b 7	1	---	4,(2-1) TBBX	1	8	DH	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2022-04-15	CHW		TBR	Drew Rasmussen	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	5	0.099	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
3	3	2	1	2022-04-27	CHW		KCR	Zack Greinke	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	5	0.075	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
4	4	3	1	2022-05-25	CHW		BOS	Rich Hill	behind 0-1	b 5	0	12-	3,(0-2) CSX	3	6	DH	0.273	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Abreu Scores; A. Pollock Scores/unER
5	5	4	1	2022-05-28	CHW		CHC	Keegan Thompson	behind 0-3	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	5	0.091	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
6	6	5	1	2022-06-04	CHW	@	TBR	Jalen Beeks	behind 1-2	t 8	1	1--	2,(1-0) ..BX	2	9	PH	0.493	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Mendick Scores
7	7	6	1	2022-06-08	CHW		LAD	Tony Gonsolin	behind 0-3	b 5	0	---	6,(3-2) FBSBBX	1	6	DH	0.097	28%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
8	8	7	1	2022-06-09	CHW		LAD	Phil Bickford	behind 4-6	b 5	2	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	5	5	0.124	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	8	1	2022-06-11	CHW		TEX	Martín Pérez	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	5	DH	0.083	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Abreu Scores
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2023-04-07	CHW	@	PIT	Rich Hill	ahead 3-2	t 3	2	1--	3,(1-1) BSX	2	5	DH	0.184	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Y. Moncada Scores
11	11	2	1	2023-04-14	CHW		BAL	Tyler Wells	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	5	0.107	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	3	1	2023-04-15	CHW		BAL	Kyle Gibson	behind 2-4	b 6	1	1--	3,(0-2) SCX	2	6	5	0.274	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Jiménez Scores
13	13	4	1	2023-04-16	CHW		BAL	Grayson Rodriguez	ahead 3-0	b 1	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	5	5	0.061	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	5	1	2023-04-18 (2)	CHW		PHI	Bailey Falter	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	4,(2-1) BBFX	3	4	5	0.205	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); L. Robert Scores; E. Jiménez Scores
15	15	6	1	2023-04-27	CHW		TBR	Shane McClanahan	behind 1-4	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	5	0.095	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
16	16	7	1	2023-04-28	CHW		TBR	Zach Eflin	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---	4,(1-2) CBS.X	1	6	5	0.103	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	8	1	2023-05-14	CHW		HOU	Hunter Brown	behind 1-4	b 6	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	7	DH	0.188	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); L. Robert Scores
18	18	9	1	2023-05-16	CHW		CLE	Shane Bieber	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	1--	3,(0-2) FF.X	2	8	DH	0.051	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Y. Grandal Scores
19	19	10	1	2023-05-17	CHW		CLE	Peyton Battenfield	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	DH	0.161	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Y. Grandal Scores
20	20	11	1	2023-05-31	CHW		LAA	Tucker Davidson	behind 2-12	b 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	12	1	2023-06-04	CHW		DET	Alex Lange	tied 2-2	b 9	1	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	2	DH	0.164	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); A. Benintendi Scores; Y. Moncada Scores; T. Anderson Scores
22	22	13	1	2023-06-08 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	Luis Severino	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	7	DH	0.159	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Vaughn Scores
23	23	14	1	2023-06-14	CHW	@	LAD	Clayton Kershaw	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	5	0.103	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
24	24	15	2	2023-06-14	CHW	@	LAD	Yency Almonte	behind 2-4	t 8	0	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	5	0.266	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); E. Jiménez Scores
25	25	16	1	2023-06-15	CHW	@	LAD	Michael Grove	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	4,(1-2) CBSX	1	5	5	0.084	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
26	26	17	1	2023-06-24	CHW		BOS	Josh Winckowski	tied 1-1	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	0.147	68%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
27	27	18	1	2023-07-02	CHW	@	OAK	Rico Garcia	ahead 7-3	t 7	0	---	6,(3-2) ..FBBF.BX	1	6	5	0.025	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
28	28	19	1	2023-07-07	CHW		STL	Jordan Montgomery	behind 0-5	b 5	1	---	5,(2-2) BCS.BX	1	7	5	0.042	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
29	29	20	1	2023-07-15	CHW	@	ATL	Spencer Strider	tied 4-4	t 6	2	---	3,(0-2) SF.X	1	6	5	0.168	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
30	30	21	1	2023-07-16	CHW	@	ATL	Kolby Allard	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	4,(2-1) S*BBX	2	6	5	0.154	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); A. Vaughn Scores
31	31	22	1	2023-07-26	CHW		CHC	Marcus Stroman	ahead 3-2	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	4	0.100	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
32	32	23	1	2023-07-27	CHW		CLE	Tanner Bibee	behind 0-4	b 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	4	0.073	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
33	33	24	2	2023-07-27	CHW		CLE	Tanner Bibee	behind 1-4	b 5	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	4	0.179	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Y. Grandal Scores
34	34	25	1	2023-07-28	CHW		CLE	Daniel Norris	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	5	0.113	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
35	35	26	1	2023-08-05	MIA	@	TEX	Will Smith	behind 6-9	t 9	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	5	0.055	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Soler Scores
36	36	27	1	2023-08-18	MIA	@	LAD	Tony Gonsolin	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	12-	2,(0-1) SX	3	5	5	0.198	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Bell Scores; J. Chisholm Scores
37	37	28	1	2023-08-31	MIA	@	WSN	Joe La Sorsa	ahead 5-1	t 9	2	---	3,(0-2) SSX	1	3	DH	0.010	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	29	1	2023-09-02	MIA	@	WSN	Trevor Williams	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	3,(0-2) CS.X	1	3	5	0.101	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39	39	30	2	2023-09-02	MIA	@	WSN	Trevor Williams	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	5	0.105	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
40	40	31	1	2023-09-05	MIA		LAD	Clayton Kershaw	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	5	0.116	43%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
41	41	32	1	2023-09-16	MIA		ATL	Kirby Yates	tied 5-5	b 8	2	1--	4,(2-1) .1BBFX	2	3	5	0.373	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); D. Myers Scores
42	42	33	1	2023-09-17	MIA		ATL	Dereck Rodríguez	ahead 11-0	b 7	2	12-	4,(2-1) *BBFX	3	5	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); J. Bell Scores; J. Chisholm Scores
43	43	34	1	2023-09-23	MIA		MIL	Brandon Woodruff	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	5	0.237	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Arráez Scores; J. Bell Scores
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	2024-04-04	MIA	@	STL	Lance Lynn	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	3	5	0.122	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
45	45	2	2	2024-04-04	MIA	@	STL	Lance Lynn	ahead 3-1	t 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	5	0.091	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
46	46	3	1	2024-04-10	MIA	@	NYY	Marcus Stroman	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	3	5	0.200	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); N. Fortes Scores; L. Arráez Scores