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: 8-17 / in Starts: 4-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 8

1933 Pitching Game Log

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1933 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	176	5	Apr 17	WSH		BOS	L,2-4	9-9		99	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.098	2.44	-0.16%	-1.50	9t --- 0 out d1	9t -23 0 out d1
2	177	8	Apr 21	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-3	6-GF(8)		3	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.23	10	3	5	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.129	1.09	0.16%	2.69	6b 12- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
3	178	11	Apr 24	WSH		NYY	W,11-10	6-6		2	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.23	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	-0.186	5.51	-0.28%	-2.00	6t 1-3 0 out tie	6t 1-3 0 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	179	19	May 7(1)	WSH	@	DET	L,9-10	7-8		12	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	4.30	7	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.001	.94	0.00%	0.13	7b --- 0 out d2	8b 3 out d3
5	180	22	May 9	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-5	5-6		1	2.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	3.90	10	3	1	0	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.052	1.93	-0.10%	0.02	5b 123 0 out d1	6b 3 out d4
6	181	28	May 16	WSH		CLE	W,11-10	6-7	H(1)	6	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.78	5	2	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	-0.020	5.32	-0.05%	-0.27	6t 1-3 2 out a2	7t -2- 2 out a1
7	182	35	May 23	WSH		DET	L,1-7	9-GF		6	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.46	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.04	0.00%	0.55	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
8	183	42	May 31(2)	WSH		NYY	L,7-9			7	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.17	8												7					0
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	184	47	Jun 5	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-7	4-5		4	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0.69	2.82	9	1	3	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.011	.67	-0.02%	0.12	4b --- 0 out d5	5b 3 out d6
10	185	48	Jun 6	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-8	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.66	3.05	4	1	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.005	.35	-0.01%	-0.27	8b -2- 1 out d4	8b end d 5
11	186	65	Jun 25(2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,10-1	CG	W(1-0)	18	9.0	8	1	1	4	2	0	1	0.79	3.47	40	8	17	1	3	8	65			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	0	0	0	.77	0.237	4.32	0.80%	4.27	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a9
12	187	69	Jun 29	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	8-9	L(1-1)	3	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.76	3.58	5	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.139	6.94	-0.42%	-0.46	8b --- 0 out d1	9b 12- 0 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
13	188	80	Jul 13	WSH		CHW	L,6-9	9-9		13	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	3.56	5	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.043	2.39	-0.14%	-0.98	9t --- 0 out d2	9t 1-3 2 out d3
14	189	83	Jul 15(2)	WSH		SLB	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-1)	1	9.0	5	0	0	5	6	0	0	0.81	3.47	36	9	11	2	2	5	78			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.52	0.666	8.37	2.20%	4.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
15	190	87	Jul 20	WSH		DET	L,0-1	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.79	3.45	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.043	3.27	0.14%	0.55	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
16	191	90	Jul 23	WSH		DET	L,8-12	8-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	3.45	1	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.005	1.10	0.02%	0.63	8t -23 2 out d5	8t 3 out d5
17	192	91	Jul 24(1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-2	GS-6	W(3-1)	0	5.0	2	1	1	4	4	1	0	0.91	3.81	21	7	4	0	1	2	59			0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.093	4.94	0.32%	0.77	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a4
18	193	96	Jul 30	WSH		NYY	L,2-7	8-8		5	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.36	3.88	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.086	12.50	-0.54%	-1.01	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 12- 0 out d1
19	194	97	Jul 31	WSH		NYY	L,9-13	4-5		0	0.2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	1.79	3.87	5	1	1	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.229	8.40	-1.57%	-4.30	4t 123 1 out d1	5t --3 0 out d6
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
20	195	101	Aug 6	WSH		PHA	L,8-12	9-GF		5	1.0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.96	3.92	6	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.060	2.23	-0.19%	-1.45	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
21	196	107	Aug 11	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-4	6-6		4	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.93	3.97	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.009	5.91	0.03%	0.10	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 12- 2 out d1
22	197	121	Aug 25	WSH	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	W(4-1)	13	9.0	8	4	4	4	1	0	1	2.29	4.04	35	19	2	0	0	8	52			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.47	0.356	2.04	0.30%	1.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
23	198	126	Aug 29(2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS-4	L(4-2)	3	3.1	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	2.98	3.97	17	4	6	0	1	7	26			0	0	0	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.222	.50	-0.09%	-3.25	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d5
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
24	199	128	Sep 2(1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-7	5-5		3	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.11	4.01	5	1	1	1	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.95	-0.183	1.40	-0.08%	-1.58	5b -23 0 out a1	5b -23 2 out d2
25	200	144	Sep 18	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG	L(4-3)	15	9.0	7	4	3	3	7	0	0	3.09	3.78	39	12	10	1	1	7	63			1	0	0	36	2	2	0	0	0	2	1.37	-0.062	.02	0.00%	0.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
							8-17		W-L:4-3,Hld:1	3.1	64.0	65	29	22	31	28	1	2	3.09	3.78	287	1.37		3%	7%	60	57	17	65%	2	4	0	250	11	7	2	3	0	5	1.01	0.144	3.23	0.32%	-0.33

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