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Les Burke

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 168lb (175cm, 76kg)

Born: December 18, 1902 in Lynn, MA us

Died: May 6, 1975 in Danvers, MA

Buried: Swampscott Cemetery, Swampscott, MA

High School: Lynn English HS (Lynn, MA)

Debut: May 2, 1923 (Age 20-135d, 5,735th in major league history)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 15, 1926 (Age 23-271d)
vs. WSH 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1924 season

Full Name: Leslie Kingston Burke

Nicknames: Buck

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

506

131

.259

RBI

OBP

.327

SLG

.320

OPS

.647

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	18 (17)	May 3	DET	@	CLE	T,6-6	GF	25	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
2	19	May 4	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	30 (10)	May 15	DET		PHA	L,7-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	33 (2)	May 18	DET		NYY	L,7-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	41 (7)	May 28	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	GF	8	2.0	1	1	1	3	1
6	42	May 29	DET	@	CHW	W,13-9	GF	18	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	47 (4)	Jun 2	DET		CHW	W,16-15	GF	23	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	59 (11)	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	W,19-1	GF	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	65 (5)	Jun 26	DET		SLB	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	66	Jun 27	DET		SLB	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	67	Jun 28	DET		SLB	L,2-8	GF	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	74 (6)	Jul 3	DET	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
13	76 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,10-12	GF	0		1	1	0	2	0
14	77	Jul 5	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	55	12.1	2	2	0	4	2
15	78	Jul 8 (1)	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	79	Jul 8 (2)	DET		BOS	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
17	80	Jul 9	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	81	Jul 10	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
19	82	Jul 11	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
20	83	Jul 12	DET		PHA	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
21	84	Jul 13	DET		PHA	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
22	85	Jul 14	DET		PHA	L,4-12	CG	46	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
23	95 (9)	Jul 25	DET		CHW	L,2-6	GF	21	5.0	1	2	0	3	1
24	99 (3)	Jul 30	DET	@	PHA	L,0-9	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	101 (1)	Aug 2	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
26	102	Aug 3	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
27	104 (1)	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
28	106 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
29	107	Aug 8 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
30	108	Aug 10	DET	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS	0		2	1	0	3	0
31	109	Aug 11	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
32	113 (3)	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	114	Aug 18	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
34	115	Aug 19	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
35	116	Aug 21	DET		WSH	W,1-0	CG	44	11.0	6	0	0	6	1
36	117	Aug 22	DET		WSH	L,5-20	CG	55	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	118	Aug 23	DET		WSH	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
38	119	Aug 24	DET		WSH	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	120	Aug 25	DET		BOS	W,14-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
40	121	Aug 26	DET		BOS	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
41	122	Aug 27	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	5	2	0	7	1
42	123	Aug 28	DET		PHA	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
43	124	Aug 29	DET		PHA	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
44	125	Aug 30	DET		PHA	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	126	Sep 3	DET	@	CLE	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	8	4	0	12	1
46	127	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	3	3	2	8	1
47	128	Sep 7 (1)	DET		SLB	W,7-6	GS	33	7.0	1	1	2	4	0
48	129	Sep 7 (2)	DET		SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	130	Sep 8	DET		SLB	W,11-1	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	131	Sep 10 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
51	132	Sep 10 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-7	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	134 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	54	13.0	3	2	0	5	1
53	135	Sep 12 (2)	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	21	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
							52gm		383.0	100	130	9	239	27