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: 3-12 / in Starts: 2-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 1

1935 Pitching Game Log

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1935 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	238	3	Apr 19	WSH		BOS	L,4-10	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.2	8	7	7	2	1	0	0	9.45	3.78	28	15	3	0	0	7	29			0	1	0	26	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.324	3.73	-0.61%	-1.66	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d1
2	239	7	Apr 24	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	3	1	0	5.17	3.88	34	13	10	1	4	8	66			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.549	2.98	0.74%	3.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
3	240	12	Apr 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(1-2)	4	8.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	1	4.18	3.52	32	11	9	1	0	8	61			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.095	2.88	0.19%	2.33	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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
4	241	16	May 5	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS-2	L(1-3)	5	2.0	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	5.26	3.73	12	4	2	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.236	2.82	-0.40%	-2.84	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
5	242	20	May 11	WSH	@	DET	W,10-7	GS-9		5	8.0	9	7	7	4	2	1	0	5.88	4.22	37	11	11	0	2	9	34			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.418	3.19	-0.69%	-1.64	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a2
6	243	22	May 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-8	L(1-4)	3	7.1	7	5	5	4	2	1	0	5.93	4.55	31	11	7	2	0	7	42			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	2	0	0	.96	-0.124	2.83	-0.22%	-0.10	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out tie
7	244	26	May 19	WSH		DET	L,6-16	GS-3	L(1-5)	3	2.1	6	6	4	1	1	0	0	6.44	4.50	15	5	3	1	0	5	25			0	0	0	14	0	2	0	1	0	2	.65	-0.344	1.47	-0.47%	-4.58	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out d5
8	245	34	May 29	WSH		NYY	L,4-7	GS-4	L(1-6)	9	3.2	8	7	7	2	1	2	1	7.28	5.10	22	4	6	0	1	8	16			2	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.355	2.33	-0.55%	-4.90	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d6
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
9	246	38	Jun 1(2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	4	3	2	3	1	0	0	7.35	5.16	13	3	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.174	.54	-0.13%	-1.87	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 4
10	247	46	Jun 11(1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,9-8	7-7	BS(1)	9	0.1	1	2	2	2	0	1	0	7.66	5.53	4	0	1	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.434	2.27	-0.36%	-4.17	7b 123 2 out a5	7b 3 out tie
11	248	47	Jun 11(2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-9	6-GF(8)		-1	3.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	7.57	5.42	15	8	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.010	.06	-0.01%	-0.26	6b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 7
12	249	57	Jun 22(1)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-7	GS-7	L(1-7)	10	7.0	11	7	7	3	0	0	0	7.74	5.31	33	17	2	1	0	11	24			1	0	0	29	2	4	0	2	0	0	.50	-0.195	.43	-0.10%	-3.17	1b start tie	7b 3 out d7
13	250	62	Jun 27	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-15	GS-4	L(1-8)	4	4.0	7	6	6	1	1	1	0	8.10	5.39	19	5	6	1	3	6	24			0	0	0	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.386	1.13	-0.25%	-3.83	1b start a 2	4b 3 out d4
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
14	251	67	Jul 3	WSH	@	BOS	L,7-14			5	2.1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	7.95	5.36	12												11					0
15	252	71	Jul 6(2)	WSH		NYY	L,7-10			2	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	8.01	5.38	4												3					0
							3-12		W-L:1-8,BSv:1	4.2	66.1	90	63	59	27	16	7	2	8.01	5.38	311	1.73		4%	6%	83	35	3	100%	3	1	0	276	16	12	0	7	0	2	.91	-2.356	2.26	-2.86%	-23.59

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