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.

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	HOU		CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
2	2	Apr 7	HOU		CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
3	3	Apr 8	HOU		CHC	L,6-11	CG	50	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
4	4	Apr 10	HOU	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
5	5	Apr 11	HOU	@	STL	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
6	6	Apr 12	HOU	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
7	7	Apr 13	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
8	8	Apr 15	HOU	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
9	9	Apr 16	HOU	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
10	10	Apr 17	HOU		CIN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
11	11	Apr 18	HOU		CIN	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	1B
12	12	Apr 19	HOU		CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
13	13	Apr 20	HOU		CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
14	14	Apr 21	HOU		LAD	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
15	15	Apr 22	HOU		LAD	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
16	16	Apr 23	HOU		LAD	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
17	17	Apr 24	HOU		MIL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
18	18	Apr 25	HOU		MIL	L,8-9	CG	52	11.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
19	19	Apr 26	HOU		MIL	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
20	20	Apr 27	HOU	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	3	1B
21	21	Apr 28	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	23 (1)	May 1	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
23	24	May 2	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
24	25	May 3	HOU	@	ATL	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
25	26	May 4	HOU	@	WSN	L,4-9	CG	47	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
26	27	May 5 susp	HOU	@	WSN	L,10-11	CG	52	10.2	10	2	0	12	1	1B
27	28	May 6	HOU		CHC	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
28	29	May 7	HOU		CHC	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	7	0	1	8	2	1B
29	33 (3)	May 12	HOU	@	COL	L,1-12	CG	41	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
30	34	May 13	HOU	@	COL	W,15-11	GS	32	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
31	35	May 14	HOU	@	COL	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	1B
32	36	May 16	HOU	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	5	2	0	7	0	1B
33	37	May 17	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
34	38	May 19	HOU		MIL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
35	39	May 20	HOU		MIL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
36	40	May 21	HOU		MIL	L,3-4	GS	22	5.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
37	41	May 22	HOU		TEX	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
38	42	May 23	HOU		TEX	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
39	43	May 24	HOU		TEX	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
40	44	May 25	HOU	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
41	45	May 26	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
42	46	May 27	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
43	47	May 29	HOU	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
44	48	May 30	HOU	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
45	49	May 31	HOU	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	20	0	0	20	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	50	Jun 1	HOU		COL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
47	51	Jun 2	HOU		COL	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
48	52	Jun 3	HOU		COL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
49	53	Jun 4	HOU		COL	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
50	54	Jun 5	HOU		PIT	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
51	55	Jun 6	HOU		PIT	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
52	56	Jun 7	HOU		PIT	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
53	57	Jun 9	HOU		CHC	L,1-7	CG	50	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
54	58	Jun 10	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
55	59	Jun 11	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	CG	48	13.0	16	1	0	17	2	1B
56	60	Jun 12	HOU	@	ARI	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
57	61	Jun 13	HOU	@	ARI	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
58	62	Jun 14	HOU	@	ARI	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
59	63	Jun 16	HOU	@	TEX	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
60	64	Jun 17	HOU	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	41	9.1	7	1	0	8	1	1B
61	65	Jun 18	HOU	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
62	66	Jun 19	HOU	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
63	67	Jun 20	HOU	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
64	68	Jun 21	HOU	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
65	70 (1)	Jun 24	HOU		KCR	L,3-4	CG	49	11.0	7	2	1	10	0	1B
66	71	Jun 25	HOU		KCR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
67	72	Jun 26	HOU		DET	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
68	73	Jun 27	HOU		DET	W,8-1	CG	30	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
69	74	Jun 28	HOU		DET	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
70	75	Jun 29	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
71	76	Jun 30	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	77	Jul 1	HOU	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
73	78	Jul 2	HOU	@	SDP	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
74	79	Jul 3	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-13	GS	34	6.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
75	80	Jul 4	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
76	81	Jul 5	HOU	@	SFG	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
77	82	Jul 6	HOU		PIT	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	12	2	1	15	2	1B
78	83	Jul 7	HOU		PIT	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	10	2	1	13	1	1B
79	84	Jul 8	HOU		PIT	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
80	85	Jul 9	HOU		WSN	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
81	86	Jul 10	HOU		WSN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
82	87	Jul 11	HOU		WSN	L,2-13	CG	49	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	1B
83	88	Jul 12	HOU		WSN	W,5-0	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
84	89	Jul 16	HOU	@	LAD	W,3-0	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
85	93 (3)	Jul 20	HOU		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	114 (20)	Aug 12	HOU	@	FLA	W,14-6	GS	30	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
87	115	Aug 13	HOU	@	FLA	L,2-9	CG	37	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
88	116	Aug 14	HOU	@	MIL	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
89	117	Aug 15	HOU	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
90	118	Aug 16	HOU	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
91	119	Aug 18	HOU		FLA	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
92	120	Aug 19	HOU		FLA	W,6-3	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
93	121	Aug 20	HOU		FLA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
94	122	Aug 21	HOU		ARI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	5	0	11	0	1B
95	123	Aug 22	HOU		ARI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
96	124	Aug 23	HOU		ARI	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
97	125	Aug 25	HOU	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
98	126	Aug 26	HOU	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
99	127	Aug 27	HOU	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
100	128	Aug 28	HOU	@	ARI	L,7-14	GS	40	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
101	129	Aug 29	HOU	@	ARI	L,0-9	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
102	130	Aug 30	HOU	@	ARI	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
103	131	Aug 31	HOU	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	132	Sep 1	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
105	134 (1)	Sep 4	HOU		PHI	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
106	135	Sep 5	HOU		PHI	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
107	136	Sep 6	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
108	137	Sep 7	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
109	138	Sep 8	HOU		ATL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
110	139	Sep 9	HOU		ATL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
111	140	Sep 10	HOU		ATL	L,7-9	CG	47	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
112	141	Sep 11	HOU		PIT	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
113	142	Sep 12	HOU		PIT	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	14	2	0	16	0	1B
114	143	Sep 13	HOU		PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
115	144	Sep 14	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
116	147 (2)	Sep 18	HOU	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
117	148	Sep 19	HOU	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
118	149	Sep 20	HOU	@	MIL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
119	150	Sep 21	HOU		STL	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
120	151	Sep 22	HOU		STL	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
121	152	Sep 23	HOU		STL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
122	153	Sep 25	HOU		CIN	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
123	154	Sep 26	HOU		CIN	L,4-10	CG	42	9.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
124	155	Sep 27	HOU		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
125	156	Sep 28	HOU	@	PHI	W,8-2	GS	26	7.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
126	157	Sep 29	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
127	158	Sep 30	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
128	159	Oct 1	HOU	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
129	160	Oct 2	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
130	161	Oct 3	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
131	162	Oct 4	HOU	@	NYM	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
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