Bobby Burke

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 150lb (183cm, 68kg)

Born: January 23, 1907 in Joliet, IL us

Died: February 8, 1971 in Joliet, IL

Buried: St. Patrick Cemetery, Joliet, IL

Debut: April 16, 1927 (Age 20-083d, 6,531st in major league history)
vs. PHA 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: May 4, 1937 (Age 30-101d)
vs. CHC 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1927 season

Full Name: Robert James Burke

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.8

ERA

4.29

254

918.2

299

WHIP

1.400

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

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 16	WSH		PHA	L,7-8	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
2	11 (6)	Apr 24	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	1
3	13 (1)	Apr 28	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-15	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	16 (2)	May 2	WSH		NYY	L,6-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	23 (6)	May 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	36 (12)	May 29	WSH		PHA	L,1-6		11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	39 (2)	May 31	WSH		BOS	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	42 (2)	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	L,4-8		9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
9	47 (4)	Jun 9	WSH		CLE	L,1-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	55 (7)	Jun 19	WSH		DET	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	59 (3)	Jun 22 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-13	GF	30	6.2	1	1	0	2	0
12	64 (4)	Jun 27	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
13	67 (2)	Jun 30	WSH		PHA	W,6-5		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	69 (1)	Jul 2	WSH		PHA	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	72 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-21	GF	16	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
16	76 (3)	Jul 9 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS	23	4.1	0	1	0	1	0
17	78 (1)	Jul 10	WSH	@	CLE	W,10-9		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
18	81 (2)	Jul 13 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-7	GS	16	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	90 (8)	Jul 22 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-7		13	4.0	1	2	0	3	0
20	92 (1)	Jul 23	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-8		5	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	95 (2)	Jul 26 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,6-5		21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	104 (8)	Aug 5	WSH		SLB	W,17-8		9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	107 (2)	Aug 8	WSH		CLE	L,1-6	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	112 (4)	Aug 14	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	119 (6)	Aug 21	WSH	@	DET	L,4-11	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	123 (3)	Aug 25	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	124	Aug 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-8	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	125	Aug 27	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	126	Aug 28	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	131 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-3		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	134 (2)	Sep 8	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	GF	20	5.1	0	4	0	4	0
32	136 (1)	Sep 10 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,5-6		25	6.2	1	0	0	1	0
33	142 (5)	Sep 15	WSH		DET	L,5-6	GS	0	6.1	1	1	0	2	0
34	147 (4)	Sep 22	WSH		SLB	W,10-7		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
35	151 (3)	Sep 26 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
36	156 (4)	Oct 1	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
							36gm		100.0	6	24	0	30	1