John Burke

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-4, 220lb (193cm, 99kg)

Born: February 9, 1970 in Durango, CO us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 34th round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Cherry Creek HS (Greenwood Village, CO), the Houston Astros in the 1st round (6th) of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Florida (Gainesville, FL) and the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (27th) of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Florida (Gainesville, FL).

High School: Cherry Creek HS (Greenwood Village, CO)

School: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)

Debut: August 13, 1996 (Age 26-186d, 16,942nd in major league history)
vs. FLA 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 10, 1997 (Age 27-151d)
vs. SDP 4.0 IP, 10 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 7 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: John Chandler Burke

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.5

ERA

6.75

74.2

WHIP

1.835

Summary of 16 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 4 go ahead

1 Tm
COL	16

Platoon
vs RHB	9
vs LHB	7

Home/Road
Home	9
Away	7

Outs
1	9
0	4
2	3

10 Opps
SFG	3
SDP	3
CIN	2
HOU	2
PIT	1
STL	1
LAD	1
ANA	1
SEA	1
FLA	1

15 Batters
Ken Caminiti	2
Jim Edmonds	1
Joe Oliver	1
Ray Lankford	1
Kim Batiste	1
Russ Davis	1
Craig Biggio	1
Damon Berryhill	1
Barry Larkin	1
Charles Johnson	1
Kevin Elster	1
Steve Finley	1
Mike Piazza	1
J.T. Snow	1
Jeff Bagwell	1

7 Parks
Coors Fld (DEN)	9
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
78	5
7	4
8	3
89	2
9	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
5	5
3	3
2	3
1	2
Unk	2
4	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	10
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
1--	5
---	5
12-	2
123	1
--3	1
-2-	1
1-3	1

32 Runs
RISP	6
0 on	5
1 on	7
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	11

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

1-3	4
4-6	9
7-end	3

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	1
+2	2
+1	1
Tied	3
-1	2
-4..	2

Ahead	9
Tied	3
Behind	4

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-2	3
2-0	3
Unk	2
1-0	2
0-0	2
1-2	1
2-1	1
3-1	1
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	4
3B	4
CF	3
1B	2
PH	1
2B	1
SS	1

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

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	4
Low Lev	8

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1996-08-17 (2)	Barry Larkin	CIN		COL	ahead 7-4	b 8	1	---	3,(2-0) ..BBX	1	9	PH	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Larkin Scores
2	2	2	1	1996-08-29	Joe Oliver	CIN	@	COL	ahead 11-2	t 6	2	123	4,(2-1) BSBX	4	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Larkin Scores; K. Mitchell Scores; W. Greene Scores
3	3	3	1	1996-09-28	Kim Batiste	SFG	@	COL	behind 3-4	t 5	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	5	19%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Hill Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1997-05-07	Kevin Elster	PIT	@	COL	ahead 5-0	t 5	0	1--	5,(3-1) BFBBX	2	5	6	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Johnson Scores
5	5	2	1	1997-05-24	Jeff Bagwell	HOU	@	COL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	3	15%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Spiers Scores; J. Bagwell Scores
6	6	3	2	1997-05-24	Craig Biggio	HOU	@	COL	ahead 4-0	t 4	1	1--	2,(0-1) F1X	2	1	4	8%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Ausmus Scores; C. Biggio Scores
7	7	4	1	1997-06-02	Ray Lankford	STL		COL	behind 2-6	b 5	2	1-3	5,(2-2) FBBFX	3	3	8	24%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball); D. DeShields Scores; R. Gant Scores
8	8	5	1	1997-06-08 (1)	Charles Johnson	FLA	@	COL	behind 0-7	t 7	0	1--		2	8	2	2%	4%		Home Run (CF-RF); J. Conine Scores
9	9	6	1	1997-06-13	Russ Davis	SEA		COL	ahead 3-1	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	5	6%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
10	10	7	1	1997-06-20	Steve Finley	SDP		COL	behind 1-2	b 6	0	---	5,(2-2) CBFBX	1	3	8	19%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
11	11	8	1	1997-06-25	Mike Piazza	LAD		COL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	--3		2	3	2	13%	72%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Butler Scores
12	12	9	1	1997-07-01	Jim Edmonds	ANA	@	COL	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	1--	5,(2-2) B1CFPX	2	3	8	15%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Erstad Scores
13	13	10	1	1997-07-06	J.T. Snow	SFG		COL	ahead 5-0	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	3	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Snow Scores
14	14	11	2	1997-07-06	Damon Berryhill	SFG		COL	ahead 6-0	b 5	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); D. Berryhill Scores
15	15	12	1	1997-07-10	Ken Caminiti	SDP	@	COL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	5,(1-2) S*BFFX	3	4	5	19%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Q. Veras Scores; T. Gwynn Scores; K. Caminiti Scores
16	16	13	2	1997-07-10	Ken Caminiti	SDP	@	COL	ahead 5-3	t 4	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	4	5	16%	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); R. Henderson Scores/unER; T. Gwynn Scores; K. Caminiti Scores