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: 10-27 / in Starts: 7-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 13

1934 Pitching Game Log

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1934 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	201	6	Apr 21	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-7	6-GF(8)		99	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	4.47	9	2	5	1	1	1		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.014	.18	0.02%	1.92	6b 123 2 out d5	8b end d 5
2	202	8	Apr 24	WSH		BOS	L,0-5	8-GF		2	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.88	9	7	1	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.002	.36	0.00%	0.74	8t -2- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
3	203	10	Apr 28	WSH		PHA	W,7-6	6-8	BW(1-0)	3	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.33	8	3	3	0	2	1		3	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.088	3.21	-0.12%	-0.08	6t 123 2 out a1	8t 3 out d1
4	204	11	Apr 29	WSH		PHA	W,7-6	3-6		0	4.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	3.65	15	4	7	2	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.124	1.41	0.19%	2.22	3t --- 0 out d5	6t 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
5	205	13	May 1	WSH		NYY	L,5-10	9-9		1	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.53	3.65	3	0	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.079	1.05	-0.12%	-2.58	9t --3 0 out d1	9t -23 0 out d3
6	206	20	May 9	WSH		CHW	L,1-8	GS-5	L(1-1)	7	4.0	9	6	6	3	0	0	0	5.52	4.14	24	7	8	3	1	6	17			1	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.193	2.97	-0.33%	-2.80	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d4
7	207	22	May 12(1)	WSH		SLB	L,5-6	10-GF(17)	L(1-2)	2	8.0	6	1	1	4	8	0	0	3.97	3.62	33	12	5	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	28	4	0	1	0	0	1	2.83	0.755	6.49	1.04%	3.44	10t --- 0 out tie	17t end d 1
8	208	26	May 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-14	7-GF(8)		4	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.70	3.51	6	2	2	2	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.003	.01	0.00%	0.08	7b -23 1 out d6	8b end d 8
9	209	29	May 20	WSH	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	W(2-2)	2	9.0	6	1	0	3	0	0	0	2.70	3.69	38	13	16	0	0	6	70			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	2	.89	0.407	1.96	0.54%	4.20	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
10	210	33	May 24	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-6	1-4		3	4.0	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.65	3.77	17	8	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.085	1.81	0.13%	1.88	1b 1-- 0 out d3	4b 3 out d4
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
11	211	43	Jun 2(2)	WSH		BOS	L,7-10	GS-12	L(2-3)	8	11.1	13	8	7	7	3	0	0	3.33	3.94	56	21	12	0	4	13	38			3	0	0	47	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.85	0.079	5.20	0.13%	-0.31	1t start tie	12t 12- 1 out d2
12	212	48	Jun 8	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	10-10		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.31	3.94	1	0	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.39	0.168	14.71	0.23%	0.84	10b 123 2 out tie	10b 3 out tie
13	213	56	Jun 16(2)	WSH		CLE	W,5-3	CG	W(3-3)	7	9.0	7	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.26	3.77	36	13	7	0	3	7	64			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.281	3.32	0.53%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	214	60	Jun 20	WSH		DET	L,10-13	7-7	BS(2)	3	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.57	3.82	3	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.31	-0.532	11.58	-1.12%	-3.58	7t 1-3 0 out a3	7t --3 0 out d1
15	215	62	Jun 22	WSH		DET	L,3-11	GS-8	L(3-4)	1	7.1	9	7	6	5	0	0	0	3.99	3.98	33	18	2	0	0	8	29			0	0	0	28	1	1	1	4	0	1	1.77	-0.491	5.79	-0.96%	-3.55	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out d4
16	216	67	Jun 26	WSH		SLB	W,10-9	GS-6		3	5.2	10	6	6	0	1	0	0	4.44	3.89	26	8	8	1	1	9	26			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.179	2.32	-0.18%	-1.20	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out tie
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	217	73	Jul 4(2)	WSH		PHA	L,3-6	GS-7	L(3-5)	7	7.0	9	4	3	2	3	0	0	4.38	3.82	33	10	11	2	6	7	46			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.088	1.38	-0.06%	-0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
18	218	76	Jul 7	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-7	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	4.44	3.87	6	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.33	-0.027	.44	-0.02%	-0.46	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
19	219	81	Jul 15(1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,8-10	5-6		7	1.0	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	4.73	3.86	8	5	0	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.115	.48	-0.03%	-1.49	5b 1-- 1 out d1	6b 123 1 out d2
20	220	82	Jul 15(2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,8-10	8-GF(8)		-1	0.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.71	3.90	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.015	.20	0.00%	0.40	8b --3 2 out d2	8b end d 2
21	221	83	Jul 16	WSH	@	DET	W,10-8	6-7	W(4-5)	0	1.1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.74	3.94	7	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.007	.43	0.00%	0.13	6b -2- 0 out d1	7b 123 1 out a4
22	222	86	Jul 19	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	6-7	BL(4-6)	2	0.2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.92	4.01	7	0	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	2.24	-0.281	.29	-0.02%	-1.54	6b --- 2 out a1	7b 1-3 1 out tie
23	223	88	Jul 21	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-6	GS-8		1	7.1	10	5	4	3	3	0	0	4.92	3.97	32	11	5	1	0	10	40			0	2	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.61	0.165	.15	0.01%	0.32	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 1 out a1
24	224	92	Jul 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-4	3-GF(8)		3	5.2	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.63	3.97	22	8	7	2	2	4		1	0	0	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	.29	0.092	.01	0.00%	3.70	3b -2- 1 out d4	8b end d 4
25	225	94	Jul 28(1)	WSH		BOS	L,3-6	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.58	3.96	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
26	226	96	Jul 30	WSH		BOS	L,0-8	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.53	3.95	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
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
27	227	101	Aug 5(2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-7	4-GF(8)		5	4.2	3	1	1	3	4	0	0	4.41	3.93	18	6	2	0	0	3		1	0	0	1	1	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.18	0.035	.00	0.00%	2.42	4b --3 1 out d5	8b end d 4
28	228	105	Aug 10	WSH		PHA	L,6-8	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.37	3.92	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
29	229	106	Aug 11	WSH		PHA	L,1-2	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.33	3.91	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
30	230	109	Aug 14	WSH		CLE	L,1-5	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.29	3.87	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
31	231	111	Aug 17(2)	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-6)	2	9.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.95	3.83	31	13	11	1	3	3	81			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.783	.00	0.00%	4.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
32	232	116	Aug 23	WSH		DET	W,3-1	CG	W(6-6)	5	9.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.73	3.83	36	15	13	2	5	3	72			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.22	0.498	.00	0.00%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
33	233	122	Aug 28	WSH		SLB	L,0-4	GS-8	L(6-7)	4	8.0	10	3	3	3	1	1	0	3.71	3.94	37	12	12	3	1	9	48			0	0	0	32	2	0	2	0	0	0	.95	0.071	.00	0.00%	1.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
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
34	234	133	Sep 8	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	W(7-7)	10	9.0	8	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.54	3.90	37	11	15	2	1	7	67			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.354	.00	0.00%	4.56	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
35	235	139	Sep 14	WSH	@	DET	L,4-6	GS-11		5	11.0	4	3	2	8	2	1	0	3.40	4.07	44	14	19	5	4	1	73			2	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.03	0.096	.00	0.00%	3.36	1b start tie	11b 3 out tie
36	236	145	Sep 19	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(8-7)	4	9.0	8	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.32	4.06	37						61						34	5	0			0
37	237	151	Sep 25(1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(8-8)	5	8.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.21	4.04	33	12	9	1	4	6	66			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.48	0.255	.00	0.00%	2.78	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out d1
							10-27		W-L:8-8,BSv:3	3.2	168.0	155	67	60	73	52	2	1	3.21	4.04	724	1.32		7%	9%	127	53	21	38%	8	7	1	635	33	9	5	13	0	13	1.27	2.286	1.78	-0.15%	30.50

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