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.

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	WSH		PHA	L,2-8	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	4 (1)	Apr 20	WSH		BOS	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	6 (1)	Apr 24	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	9 (2)	Apr 28	WSH		NYY	L,2-7	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (9)	May 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	38	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
6	25 (5)	May 19	WSH		PHA	L,0-7	GS	13	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
7	28 (2)	May 23 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,8-9		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	33 (4)	May 28	WSH		NYY	L,7-12	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	37 (3)	Jun 1	WSH		SLB	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	42 (4)	Jun 6	WSH		DET	L,5-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	47 (4)	Jun 12	WSH		CLE	L,5-9	GS	28	5.1	0	2	0	2	0
12	56 (8)	Jun 22 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	58 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,0-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	60 (1)	Jun 27	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	62 (1)	Jun 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	68 (5)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-14		0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	71 (2)	Jul 8 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,6-16	GF	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	73 (1)	Jul 10	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-9		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	80 (6)	Jul 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	84 (3)	Jul 20 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	87 (2)	Jul 24	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	91 (3)	Jul 28	WSH		CLE	L,6-9	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	93 (1)	Jul 31	WSH		SLB	L,1-5	GS	23	5.0	1	2	0	3	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	97 (3)	Aug 4 (2)	WSH		DET	L,11-13	GS	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	100 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-8	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	104 (3)	Aug 11	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS	37	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
27	109 (4)	Aug 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-8	GS	35	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
28	113 (3)	Aug 20	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-2	GS	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	124 (10)	Aug 31 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-13	GS	28	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	129 (4)	Sep 4	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	131 (1)	Sep 8	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	134 (2)	Sep 12	WSH		CLE	L,1-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	135	Sep 13	WSH		CLE	W,4-3		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
34	137 (1)	Sep 15 (1)	WSH		DET	L,2-16		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	139 (1)	Sep 16	WSH		DET	W,10-9	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
36	145 (5)	Sep 21	WSH		SLB	L,3-4		12	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	147 (1)	Sep 23	WSH		CHW	W,7-6		10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
							37gm		141.0	4	20	0	24	1