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

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-15 / in Starts: 9-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 5

1931 Pitching Game Log

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1931 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	124	6	Apr 20	WSH		BOS	L,3-13	8-GF		99	2.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	18.00	3.64	13	4	0	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.003	.04	-0.01%	-2.84	8t --- 0 out d7	9t end d11
2	125	12	Apr 27	WSH		NYY	W,9-8	8-GF(12)	W(1-0)	6	5.0	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	5.14	2.42	22	12	1	1	0	6		0	0	1	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	2.26	0.132	6.28	0.22%	0.91	8t --- 0 out d1	12t end tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	126	15	May 1	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-10	1-6		3	5.2	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	2.84	2.51	21	11	4	0	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.60	0.073	1.86	0.14%	2.34	1b 123 1 out d2	6b 3 out d3
4	127	20	May 5	WSH	@	NYY	L,8-18	3-6		3	4.0	8	5	4	1	2	0	0	4.32	2.60	21	10	2	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	1	.13	-0.038	.39	-0.07%	-2.81	3b --- 0 out d6	6b 3 out d9
5	128	28	May 16	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-7		W(2-0)	10	7.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	1	3.80	2.88	30												26					0
6	129	37	May 27(2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-3	6-GF	S(1)	10	4.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.25	2.88	13	9	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	0.668	8.16	1.38%	2.80	6b -2- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
7	130	40	May 30(2)	WSH		NYY	L,8-9	GS-7	L(2-1)	2	6.1	8	6	6	5	3	1	0	4.24	3.58	30	14	0	0	0	8	31			3	0	0	24	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.11	-0.148	4.65	-0.37%	-0.59	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	131	43	Jun 3	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	3	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.56	3.67	33	20	4	1	0	3	75			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.606	4.02	1.12%	4.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
9	132	48	Jun 8	WSH		CHW	W,18-4	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	8	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.63	3.93	37	14	10	0	5	8	54			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.099	1.06	0.19%	1.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a14
10	133	54	Jun 14	WSH		SLB	W,9-3	GS-6	W(5-1)	5	5.0	7	2	2	0	1	0	1	3.63	3.87	22	10	3	0	1	7	46			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.043	4.29	-0.10%	-0.11	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a1
11	134	56	Jun 16	WSH		SLB	W,11-10	9-GF	W(6-1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.57	3.86	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.011	.58	0.03%	0.58	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
12	135	58	Jun 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-9	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.51	3.81	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.009	.50	0.02%	0.61	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
13	136	62	Jun 23(1)	WSH	@	DET	W,10-3	GS-7	W(7-1)	3	6.0	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.60	3.81	23	6	8	1	3	6	47			0	0	0	21	4	0	0	2	0	0	.79	0.243	3.24	0.60%	0.54	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a5
14	137	65	Jun 25	WSH	@	DET	W,4-3	6-GF	S(2)	1	3.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.42	3.80	13	10	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.58	0.547	10.83	1.38%	2.05	6b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
15	138	68	Jun 28(1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-7	L(7-2)	2	6.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.39	3.74	22	17	0	0	0	5	54			0	0	0	22	1	3	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.005	4.98	-0.01%	1.33	1b start tie	7b --3 0 out tie
16	139	71	Jun 30	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-7	6-GF(8)		1	3.0	5	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.61	3.90	15	2	6	1	1	5		0	0	3	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.035	.65	-0.09%	-1.22	6b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 7
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	140	73	Jul 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,13-5	GS-3		1	2.1	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	3.95	4.07	16	2	5	2	0	4	28			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.238	4.03	-0.53%	-3.49	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out d4
18	141	75	Jul 4(2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-7	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	4.04	6	6	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.012	.34	0.03%	1.10	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 3
19	142	79	Jul 8	WSH		PHA	L,3-6	3-6		3	4.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.78	3.99	16	6	4	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	1	0	0	.29	0.036	1.79	0.13%	1.33	3t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d6
20	143	82	Jul 11(2)	WSH		BOS	W,8-7	5-7		2	2.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.77	3.97	11	4	3	0	1	2		3	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.072	2.99	-0.13%	-0.17	5t 123 1 out d1	7t 3 out d3
21	144	84	Jul 13(1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-12	8-GF(8)	BS(1)	1	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	2	0	4.03	4.26	6	3	0	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.274	4.02	-0.89%	-3.54	8b 123 0 out a1	8b end d 5
22	145	93	Jul 22	WSH		SLB	L,4-8	6-GF		8	4.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.05	4.22	18	5	5	0	0	6		0	0	1	1	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.006	1.07	-0.01%	0.33	6t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
23	146	96	Jul 26	WSH		SLB	L,2-5	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.01	4.21	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.05	0.00%	0.58	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	147	106	Aug 8	WSH		BOS	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-2)	12	9.0	0	0	0	5	8	0	0	3.66	4.10	31	12	6	1	0	0	90			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.535	.31	0.13%	5.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
25	148	110	Aug 13	WSH	@	CHW	L,8-10	GS-2		4	1.1	3	4	3	3	0	0	0	3.87	4.18	10	2	2	1	0	3	31			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.387	.70	-0.11%	-3.89	1b start a 3	2b --3 1 out d1
26	149	112	Aug 15	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	GS-10		1	10.0	7	2	2	6	2	0	0	3.69	4.21	41	10	17	3	4	6	66			1	1	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	0.603	.31	0.07%	3.95	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
27	150	117	Aug 19(2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,8-10	GS-5	L(8-3)	3	4.0	8	5	5	4	1	0	0	3.94	4.26	23	5	6	0	1	7	23			0	0	0	19	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.22	-0.303	.19	-0.03%	-2.98	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d3
28	151	121	Aug 23	WSH	@	DET	W,6-5	GS-		3	4.1	6	5	5	4	1	1	0	4.17	4.41	23						28						19					0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	152	135	Sep 7(1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS-		14	3.2	6	5	4	2	0	0	0	4.33	4.42	20						29						18					0
30	153	145	Sep 17	WSH		DET	L,1-3	8-GF		9	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	4.40	8	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.031	.00	0.00%	1.17	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
							15-15		W-L:8-3,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.0	128.2	125	67	61	54	42	6	2	4.27	4.40	553	2.31		4%	6%	100	46	11	55%	9	3	0	488	25	5	2	10	0	4	.97	2.058	2.59	3.10%	8.70

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