Lance Berkman

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-1, 220lb (185cm, 99kg)

Born: February 10, 1976 in Waco, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (16th) of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rice University (Houston, TX).

High School: Canyon HS (New Braunfels, TX)

School: Rice University (Houston, TX)

Debut: July 16, 1999 (Age 23-156d, 17,510th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 17, 2013 (Age 37-219d)
vs. TBR 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

Agents: Michael Moye • Previously: Bobby Barad

Full Name: William Lance Berkman

Nicknames: Big Puma or Fat Elvis

Pronunciation: \BURK-man\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

51.9

6491

1905

366

.294

1146

RBI

1234

OBP

.406

SLG

.537

OPS

.943

OPS+

144

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2010 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2010 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	13 (12)	Apr 20	HOU		FLA	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
2	14	Apr 21	HOU		FLA	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
3	15	Apr 22	HOU		FLA	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
4	16	Apr 23	HOU		PIT	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
5	17	Apr 24	HOU		PIT	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
6	18	Apr 25	HOU		PIT	W,10-3	GS	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	2
7	19	Apr 27	HOU		CIN	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
8	20	Apr 28	HOU		CIN	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
9	21	Apr 29	HOU		CIN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	3
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	23 (1)	May 1	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-10	GS	40	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
11	24	May 2	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
12	25	May 3	HOU		ARI	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
13	26	May 4	HOU		ARI	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
14	27	May 5	HOU		ARI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	7	4	0	11	1
15	28	May 6	HOU		ARI	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
16	29	May 7	HOU		SDP	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
17	30	May 8	HOU		SDP	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
18	31	May 9	HOU		SDP	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	12	0	0	12	0
19	32	May 11	HOU	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
20	33	May 12	HOU	@	STL	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
21	34	May 13	HOU	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	11	3	0	14	3
22	35	May 14	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
23	36	May 15	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
24	37	May 16	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
25	38	May 17	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	14	1	0	15	0
26	39	May 18	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
27	40	May 19	HOU		COL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
28	41	May 20	HOU		COL	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
29	42	May 21	HOU		TBR	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
30	43	May 22	HOU		TBR	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
31	45 (1)	May 25	HOU	@	MIL	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
32	46	May 26	HOU	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	47	May 27	HOU	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	46	9.2	5	0	0	5	1
34	48	May 28	HOU	@	CIN	L,6-15	CG	48	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	49	May 29	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-12	GS	33	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
36	50	May 30	HOU	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	41	10.0	10	1	0	11	0
37	51	May 31	HOU		WSN	L,4-14	CG	47	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	52	Jun 1	HOU		WSN	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
39	53	Jun 2	HOU		WSN	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
40	54	Jun 3	HOU		WSN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	10	3	0	13	3
41	55	Jun 4	HOU		CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
42	56	Jun 5	HOU		CHC	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
43	57	Jun 6	HOU		CHC	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
44	58	Jun 7	HOU	@	COL	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	59	Jun 8	HOU	@	COL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	3
46	60	Jun 9	HOU	@	COL	W,6-2	CG	41	10.0	8	1	0	9	1
47	61	Jun 10	HOU	@	COL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
48	62	Jun 11	HOU	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
49	63	Jun 12	HOU	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
50	65 (1)	Jun 15	HOU	@	KCR	L,7-15	CG	48	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
51	66	Jun 16	HOU	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
52	67	Jun 17	HOU	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
53	68	Jun 18	HOU		TEX	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
54	69	Jun 19	HOU		TEX	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
55	70	Jun 20	HOU		TEX	L,4-5	CG	51	10.0	9	1	0	10	0
56	71	Jun 22	HOU		SFG	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
57	72	Jun 23	HOU		SFG	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
58	73	Jun 24	HOU		SFG	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	4
59	74	Jun 25	HOU	@	TEX	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
60	75	Jun 26	HOU	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	44	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
61	76	Jun 27	HOU	@	TEX	L,1-10	GS	38	7.0	11	0	0	11	0
62	77	Jun 28	HOU	@	MIL	W,9-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	78	Jun 29	HOU	@	MIL	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
64	79	Jun 30	HOU	@	MIL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	80	Jul 1	HOU	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	40	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
66	81	Jul 2	HOU	@	SDP	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
67	82	Jul 3	HOU	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
68	83	Jul 4	HOU	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	11	2	0	13	0
69	84	Jul 6	HOU		PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
70	85	Jul 7	HOU		PIT	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
71	86	Jul 8	HOU		PIT	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
72	87	Jul 9	HOU		STL	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
73	88	Jul 10	HOU		STL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
74	89	Jul 11	HOU		STL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
75	90	Jul 16	HOU	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
76	91	Jul 17	HOU	@	PIT	L,6-12	CG	44	8.0	8	3	0	11	0
77	93 (1)	Jul 19	HOU	@	CHC	W,11-5	CG	35	9.0	12	2	0	14	2
78	94	Jul 20	HOU	@	CHC	L,7-14	CG	43	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
79	95	Jul 21	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	55	12.0	8	1	0	9	0
80	96	Jul 23	HOU		CIN	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
81	97	Jul 24	HOU		CIN	L,0-7	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	3
82	98	Jul 25	HOU		CIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
83	99	Jul 26	HOU		CHC	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
84	100	Jul 27	HOU		CHC	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
85	101	Jul 28	HOU		CHC	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Houston Astros to New York Yankees
86	104	Aug 1	NYY	@	TBR	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
87	112 (7)	Aug 10	NYY	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	9	0	0	9	0
88	113	Aug 11	NYY	@	TEX	W,7-6	GS	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	140 (26)	Sep 8	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
90	148 (7)	Sep 18	NYY	@	BAL	W,11-3	GS	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	2
91	149	Sep 19	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS	40	10.0	10	0	0	10	1
92	155 (5)	Sep 25	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	161 (5)	Oct 2 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS	30	7.0	6	0	1	7	2
							93gm		799.1	750	74	2	826	68