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: 6-16 / in Starts: 4-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 4

1932 Pitching Game Log

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1932 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	154	8	Apr 20	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.00	3.79	32	23	2	0	0	5	67			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.036	3.15	-0.07%	2.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
2	155	12	Apr 26	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	4-6		5	3.0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	2.25	4.38	13	2	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.084	2.63	0.19%	1.67	4b --- 0 out d3	6b 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
3	156	18	May 3	WSH		NYY	W,5-4	GS-7		6	6.2	4	1	1	12	3	0	0	1.93	5.42	35	9	8	0	0	3	53			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.269	4.99	0.71%	2.53	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
4	157	21	May 8	WSH		CHW	W,6-5	7-9		4	3.0	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	2.08	5.38	13	6	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	2	1	0	0	2.23	-0.067	9.03	-0.16%	0.72	7t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out d1
5	158	24	May 14	WSH		DET	W,6-4	5-8	W(2-0)	5	4.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.75	4.94	14	7	3	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.215	4.15	0.67%	2.93	5t -2- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
6	159	27	May 17	WSH		SLB	L,2-11	GS-4	L(2-1)	2	3.2	8	6	6	1	1	0	0	3.38	4.70	19	6	3	0	1	8	21			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.303	5.35	-0.77%	-2.97	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d3
7	160	28	May 18	WSH		SLB	L,7-11	8-GF	BS(1)	0	2.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.73	4.68	9	2	4	0	2	2		3	3	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.319	2.72	-0.77%	-2.00	8t 123 0 out a1	9t end d 4
8	161	31	May 20	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-6	4-GF(8)		1	5.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.47	4.47	20	7	8	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.033	1.34	0.11%	1.78	4b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
9	162	35	May 23	WSH		BOS	L,2-6	GS-	L(2-2)	2	1.1	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.30	4.41	9						26						9					0
10	163	39	May 29	WSH		NYY	L,8-11	GS-5	L(2-3)	5	4.2	6	4	4	5	2	0	0	4.68	4.49	24	5	6	0	1	6	33			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.223	6.51	-0.66%	-1.68	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out d2
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	164	45	Jun 2(2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.03	4.10	34						72						33	0	1			0
12	165	47	Jun 4(2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,8-9	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.88	4.01	6	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.007	.20	0.02%	1.10	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 4
13	166	50	Jun 8	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-9	L(3-4)	3	8.2	4	3	0	4	1	0	0	3.34	4.00	34	9	17	4	4	3	67			0	2	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.35	0.469	4.22	0.88%	4.09	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out a2
14	167	55	Jun 12(2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-4	GS-7	L(3-5)	3	7.0	10	4	4	2	4	1	0	3.52	4.04	31	14	1	1	0	10	43			0	0	0	28	4	2	0	2	0	0	.74	0.001	2.59	0.00%	0.29	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
15	168	57	Jun 15	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.47	4.02	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.009	.34	0.02%	0.61	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
16	169	60	Jun 19	WSH	@	DET	L,5-8	GS-6	L(3-6)	3	5.0	13	8	8	2	0	1	1	4.20	4.23	31	13	4	0	0	11	7			0	0	0	27	4	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.466	2.44	-0.64%	-5.37	1b start a 2	6b 1-- 0 out d4
17	170	65	Jun 25	WSH		BOS	L,6-7	4-7		5	2.1	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	4.19	4.32	10	5	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.29	-0.047	.64	-0.06%	0.00	4t 1-- 2 out d5	7t 1-- 0 out d1
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
18	171	77	Jul 8	WSH		CLE	L,5-6	9-GF		12	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.14	4.30	4	0	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.046	.55	0.02%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
19	172	82	Jul 12	WSH		CHW	W,13-12	GS-2		3	1.0	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	4.76	4.28	10	4	0	0	0	6	17			0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.347	.67	-0.13%	-5.06	1t start tie	2t -2- 0 out d5
20	173	88	Jul 18(1)	WSH		DET	L,6-8	5-8		5	4.0	5	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.86	4.23	20	6	5	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	18	4	0	0	0	0	1	.66	-0.125	.70	-0.08%	-0.71	5t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d4
21	174	98	Jul 28	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-6	6-GF(8)		9	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.69	4.14	11	3	4	0	2	2		0	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.030	.07	0.01%	1.84	6b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 2
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
22	175	105	Aug 5	WSH	@	DET	L,0-13	4-GF(8)		7	4.2	10	7	7	3	1	0	0	5.14	4.15	27	12	1	1	0	10		2	2	2	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	1	.11	-0.051	.04	-0.01%	-5.28	4b 1-3 1 out d4	8b end d13
							6-16		W-L:3-6,BSv:1	3.7	91.0	98	55	52	44	32	4	1	5.14	4.15	409	1.87		3%	6%	79	41	7	71%	4	5	0	360	25	7	2	5	0	6	.88	-0.821	3.05	-0.72%	-2.80

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