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Leo
Burke		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 215
 
Born: May 6, 1934 in Usa, MD, HAGERSTOWN
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1958 24 CLE AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
1959 25 MON NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
1960 26 MON NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
1961 27 MON NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
1962 28 WOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1963 29 WOR AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1964 30 WOR AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1965 31 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
1966 32 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
1967 33 PIT NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
1968 34 PIT NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
1969 35 PIT NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 24 AA   31 111 17 40 4 1 4 12 1 1 14 23 .360 .432 .523 .955 23.0  
    A   105 413 57 123 6 1 25 69 2 2 45 86 .298 .367 .499 .866 74.0  
1959 25 AA   129 505 61 113 13 2 28 69 0 6 42 141 .224 .283 .424 .707 61.5  
1960 26 AA   137 575 78 147 17 0 31 79 5 6 61 131 .256 .327 .447 .774 85.0  
1961 27 AA   137 558 83 151 24 3 32 80 6 5 55 145 .271 .336 .496 .832 91.6  
1962 28 WOR AL 39 119 12 28 6 0 2 9 0 0 9 27 .235 .290 .336 .626 12.6 1.6
    AA   106 406 49 122 14 0 22 55 2 3 49 102 .300 .376 .498 .873 73.6  
1963 29 WOR AL 156 498 26 99 8 2 12 44 0 0 30 144 .199 .249 .295 .544 33.6 0.6
1964 30 WOR AL 61 178 13 33 2 0 4 13 0 0 12 45 .185 .247 .264 .511 11.0 0.0
    A   73 273 54 89 13 0 29 62 1 0 41 62 .326 .414 .692 1.106 71.1  
1965 31 PIT NL 81 128 10 26 3 0 3 12 0 0 8 36 .203 .255 .297 .552 9.3 0.6
1966 32 PIT NL 58 90 3 20 4 0 1 9 0 0 3 24 .222 .263 .300 .563 5.5 0.0
1967 33 PIT NL 100 153 8 21 2 0 1 8 0 0 13 52 .137 .214 .170 .384 4.4 0.0
1968 34 PIT NL 62 88 8 19 2 0 2 4 0 0 7 22 .216 .281 .307 .588 8.2 0.8
1969 35 PIT NL 44 110 10 17 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 30 .155 .177 .191 .368 0.8 0.0
    AAA   83 282 35 72 8 1 10 39 0 1 35 78 .255 .338 .397 .735 39.1  
8 Years Sim 601 1364 90 263 28 2 26 102 0 0 85 380 .193 .247 .273 .520 85.4 3.6
1 Years AAA 83 282 35 72 8 1 10 39 0 1 35 78 .255 .343 .397 .740 39.1  
5 Years AA 540 2155 288 573 72 6 117 295 14 21 221 542 .266 .341 .468 .809 334.6  
2 Years A 178 686 111 212 19 1 54 131 3 2 86 148 .309 .390 .576 .966 145.1  
8 Years Minors 801 3123 434 857 99 8 181 465 17 24 342 768 .274 .352 .485 .837 518.9  
162 Game Average 367 24 70 7 0 7 27 0 0 22 102 .193 .247 .273 .520 23.0  
Career Highs 156 498 26 99 8 2 12 44 0 0 30 144 .235 .290 .336 .626 33.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   946 62 184 21 2 18 77 0 0 54 262 .195 .244 .278 .522 59.8
vs LH   418 28 79 7 0 8 25 0 0 31 118 .189 .252 .263 .515 26.6
Home 300 695 40 129 17 2 7 38 0 0 50 190 .186 .246 .246 .492 38.6
Away 301 669 50 134 11 0 19 64 0 0 35 190 .200 .247 .302 .549 47.8
RISP   240 0 45 5 0 4 65 0 0 19 68 .188 .248 .258 .506 15.1
Pinch Hitting   53 6 17 3 0 2 9 0 0 2 18 .321 .345 .491 .836 8.3
Close/Late   197 12 43 5 1 6 16 0 0 15 62 .218 .284 .345 .629 19.1
Mar/Apr 114 254 16 46 3 0 7 19 0 0 15 68 .181 .230 .276 .505 15.4
May 126 281 20 48 5 0 5 18 0 0 18 88 .171 .225 .242 .467 13.6
June 73 173 14 33 7 1 5 16 0 0 11 49 .191 .247 .329 .577 13.6
July 68 154 6 28 1 1 2 8 0 0 9 44 .182 .227 .240 .467 7.6
August 93 194 15 44 3 0 3 19 0 0 13 60 .227 .289 .289 .578 15.5
Sep/Oct 127 308 19 64 9 0 4 22 0 0 19 71 .208 .262 .276 .538 20.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1962 28 WOR AL RF 20 20 164.0 37 2 0 1 1.000 2.14   0.3
    3B 7 6 53.0 2 11 1 0 .929 2.21   0.1
    CF 3 3 25.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.16    
    LF 4 2 23.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.78    
    1B 3 2 20.0 21 4 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.1
    SS 1 1 8.0 2 4 0 2 1.000 6.75   0.0
1963 29 WOR AL RF 147 144 1246.0 259 3 3 1 .989 1.89   3.2
    LF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1964 30 WOR AL 1B 29 29 254.0 325 18 4 28 .988 12.15   0.5
    2B 9 5 47.0 12 16 1 4 .966 5.36   0.2
    CF 5 4 38.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.08   0.2
    RF 4 3 23.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57    
    SS 3 2 20.7 3 7 0 0 1.000 4.36   0.0
    LF 2 2 17.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.06    
    3B 1 1 9.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1965 31 PIT NL 3B 27 14 144.0 7 26 3 1 .917 2.06   0.3
    2B 22 12 117.3 29 61 1 15 .989 6.90   0.7
    SS 24 5 76.0 13 25 0 3 1.000 4.50   0.3
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1966 32 PIT NL 3B 19 10 94.0 5 21 0 2 1.000 2.49   0.4
    SS 21 3 66.7 11 20 0 7 1.000 4.19   0.3
    2B 10 6 59.0 12 27 1 7 .975 5.95   0.2
    1B 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1967 33 PIT NL SS 52 20 225.0 36 83 0 11 1.000 4.76   1.1
    3B 32 15 161.3 8 33 2 3 .953 2.29   0.6
    2B 12 5 59.0 14 25 0 6 1.000 5.95   0.3
    1B 2 1 10.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 8.10   0.0
1968 34 PIT NL SS 42 9 136.3 24 42 2 10 .971 4.36   0.4
    2B 9 6 61.7 11 24 2 3 .946 5.11   0.1
    3B 8 5 43.0 5 6 0 1 1.000 2.30   0.1
    RF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1969 35 PIT NL SS 37 31 268.7 44 84 3 15 .977 4.29   1.5
    3B 4 4 30.0 4 5 0 1 1.000 2.70   0.2
    2B 3 1 10.0 5 2 0 0 1.000 6.30   0.0
  RF 172 167 1435.3 300 5 3 2 .990 1.91   3.5
  SS 180 71 801.3 133 265 5 48 .988 4.47   3.8
  3B 98 55 534.3 32 104 6 8 .958 2.29   1.7
  2B 65 35 354.0 83 155 5 35 .979 6.05   1.7
  1B 35 32 287.0 357 22 4 29 .990 11.89   0.5
  CF 10 7 65.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.77   0.2
  LF 11 4 49.0 6 0 1 0 .857 1.10   0.0
Career Totals   571 371 3526.0 931 551 24 122 .984 3.78   11.4
Career Highs   152 144 1254.0 360 141 6 32 .990 8.88    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1963-9-156
 Strikeouts
1963-1-144
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 47th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1958
Traded from Cleveland to Montreal on 2/1/1959 (Going to CLE: 3B Andy Carey. Going to MON: RF Leo Burke)
Injured on 4/12/1959 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/13/1962 with a Bruised Heel, out for 4 days
Traded from Montreal to Worcester on 7/31/1962 (Going to WOR: LF Dick Gernert, 2B Leo Burke. Going to MON: LF Pete Whisenant)
Had first career hit (double) on 8/1/1962, off Fred Kipp (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 8/30/1962, off Carl Scheib (MIN)
Injured on 7/25/1964 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Released by Worcester on 10/29/1964
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 4/2/1965 to a minor league deal
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/9/1968 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 7 weeks
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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