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.

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	STL		SDP	L,3-5	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 2	STL		SDP	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 3	STL		SDP	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 4	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
5	5	Apr 5	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 6	STL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 8	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 9	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
9	10 (1)	Apr 11	STL	@	ARI	W,8-2	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	11	Apr 12	STL	@	ARI	L,8-13	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	12	Apr 13	STL	@	ARI	W,15-5	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	13	Apr 14	STL	@	LAD	W,9-5	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	14	Apr 15	STL	@	LAD	W,11-2	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	16 (1)	Apr 17	STL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	17	Apr 20 (1)	STL		WSN	L,6-8	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	18	Apr 20 (2)	STL		WSN	W,5-3	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	20 (1)	Apr 22	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	21	Apr 23	STL		CIN	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	22	Apr 24	STL		CIN	W,3-0	GS	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	23	Apr 26	STL	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS	41	8.1	12	1	0	13	1
21	24	Apr 27	STL	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	25	Apr 28	STL	@	HOU	W,11-7	GS	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	26	Apr 29	STL	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	44	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	27	Apr 30	STL	@	ATL	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	28	May 1	STL	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
26	29	May 2	STL		FLA	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	30	May 3	STL		FLA	W,7-5	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	31	May 4	STL		FLA	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	32	May 5	STL		FLA	W,6-3	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	34 (1)	May 7	STL		MIL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	35	May 8	STL		MIL	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	36	May 10	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	37	May 11	STL	@	CHC	L,4-11	GS	32	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	39 (1)	May 13	STL	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	40	May 14	STL	@	CIN	L,3-7	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	41	May 15	STL	@	CIN	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	42	May 16	STL		PHI	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	10	1	0	11	2
38	43	May 17	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	44	May 18	STL		HOU	W,5-1	GS	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	48 (3)	May 22	STL	@	KCR	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
41	49	May 23	STL	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	50	May 24	STL	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	38	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	51	May 25	STL	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	52	May 27	STL	@	COL	W,10-3	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	53	May 28	STL	@	COL	L,4-15	GS	28	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	54	May 29	STL	@	COL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	55	May 30	STL		SFG	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	56	May 31	STL		SFG	W,4-3	GS	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	57	Jun 1	STL		SFG	L,5-7	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	59 (1)	Jun 3	STL		CHC	W,6-1	GS	24	7.0	1	0	1	2	0
51	60	Jun 4	STL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	48	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	62 (1)	Jun 7	STL	@	HOU	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	63	Jun 8	STL	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	64	Jun 9	STL	@	HOU	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
55	65	Jun 10	STL	@	MIL	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	66	Jun 11	STL	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	67	Jun 12	STL	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	68	Jun 14	STL	@	WSN	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	69	Jun 15	STL	@	WSN	L,0-10	GS	35	6.2	9	1	0	10	2
60	70	Jun 16	STL	@	WSN	L,4-7	GS	42	9.1	8	0	1	9	0
61	71	Jun 17	STL		KCR	L,4-5	GS	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	72	Jun 18	STL		KCR	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	73	Jun 19	STL		KCR	W,5-4	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	1
64	74	Jun 21	STL		PHI	L,2-10	GS	41	8.0	6	2	0	8	2
65	75	Jun 22	STL		PHI	L,0-4	CG	31	9.0	11	2	0	13	4
66	76	Jun 23	STL		PHI	W,12-2	GS	32	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
67	77	Jun 24	STL		TOR	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
68	78	Jun 25	STL		TOR	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
69	79	Jun 26	STL		TOR	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
70	80	Jun 28	STL	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
71	81	Jun 29	STL	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	83 (1)	Jul 1	STL	@	TBR	W,5-3	GS	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
73	84	Jul 2	STL	@	TBR	L,1-5	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	86 (1)	Jul 4	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
75	87	Jul 5	STL		CIN	W,8-1	GS	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
76	88	Jul 6	STL		CIN	L,8-9	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	89	Jul 7	STL		ARI	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	90	Jul 8	STL		ARI	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	91	Jul 9	STL		ARI	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	93 (1)	Jul 15	STL	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
81	94	Jul 16	STL	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	95	Jul 17	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	96	Jul 19	STL	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
84	97	Jul 20	STL	@	NYM	L,5-6	GS	41	9.1	6	0	0	6	0
85	98	Jul 21	STL	@	NYM	W,6-2	GS	27	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	99	Jul 22	STL	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	100	Jul 23	STL	@	PIT	W,9-1	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	101	Jul 24	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
89	103 (1)	Jul 26	STL		HOU	W,3-1	GS	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	108 (4)	Jul 31	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	109	Aug 1	STL	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	110	Aug 2	STL	@	MIL	W,8-7	CG	52	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	111	Aug 3	STL	@	MIL	L,5-10	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	112	Aug 4	STL	@	FLA	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	113	Aug 5	STL	@	FLA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	114	Aug 6	STL	@	FLA	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	115	Aug 7	STL	@	FLA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	116	Aug 9	STL		MIL	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	118 (1)	Aug 11	STL		MIL	W,5-2	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	119	Aug 12	STL		COL	W,6-1	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	120	Aug 13	STL		COL	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	121	Aug 14	STL		COL	W,6-2	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	122	Aug 15	STL	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
104	123	Aug 16	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	125 (1)	Aug 19	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	30	7.1	2	0	0	2	0
106	126	Aug 20	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	127	Aug 21	STL	@	CHC	W,6-2	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	128	Aug 22	STL		LAD	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	129	Aug 23	STL		LAD	L,2-13	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	130	Aug 24	STL		LAD	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	131	Aug 25	STL		PIT	W,8-4	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	132	Aug 26	STL		PIT	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
113	133	Aug 27	STL		PIT	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	134	Aug 28	STL		PIT	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	3
115	135	Aug 30	STL	@	MIL	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	136	Aug 31	STL	@	MIL	W,8-3	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	137	Sep 1	STL	@	MIL	W,8-4	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	138	Sep 2	STL		CIN	L,8-11	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	139	Sep 3	STL		CIN	W,6-4	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
120	140	Sep 4	STL		CIN	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	142 (1)	Sep 6	STL		MIL	W,4-2	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	143	Sep 7	STL		MIL	W,2-0	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	144	Sep 9	STL		ATL	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	145	Sep 10	STL		ATL	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	146	Sep 11	STL		ATL	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	147	Sep 12	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	148	Sep 13	STL	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	2
128	149	Sep 14	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	150	Sep 16	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	151	Sep 17	STL	@	PHI	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	152	Sep 18	STL	@	PHI	W,5-0	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
132	153	Sep 19	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	154	Sep 20	STL		NYM	W,11-6	GS	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
134	155	Sep 21	STL		NYM	W,6-5	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	156	Sep 22	STL		NYM	L,6-8	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	157	Sep 23	STL		CHC	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
137	158	Sep 24	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
138	159	Sep 25	STL		CHC	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
139	160	Sep 26	STL	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
140	161	Sep 27	STL	@	HOU	W,13-6	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	162	Sep 28	STL	@	HOU	W,8-0	GS	24	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
							147gm		1141.1	348	18	6	372	20