Lance Berkman

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-1, 220lb (185cm, 99kg)

Born: February 10, 1976 in Waco, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (16th) of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rice University (Houston, TX).

High School: Canyon HS (New Braunfels, TX)

School: Rice University (Houston, TX)

Debut: July 16, 1999 (Age 23-156d, 17,510th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 17, 2013 (Age 37-219d)
vs. TBR 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

Agents: Michael Moye • Previously: Bobby Barad

Full Name: William Lance Berkman

Nicknames: Big Puma or Fat Elvis

Pronunciation: \BURK-man\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

51.9

6491

1905

366

.294

1146

RBI

1234

OBP

.406

SLG

.537

OPS

.943

OPS+

144

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-26 / in Starts: 26-25
Longest Hitting Streak	10 games
Longest On Base Streak	37 games
Most Games w/o HR	15 games
Most Games w/o RBI	4 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	2001	NLDS g1	Oct 9	HOU		ATL	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	1.08	-0.057	16.94	-0.54%	-0.63	LF
2	2001	NLDS g2	Oct 10	HOU		ATL	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	4	2.51	-0.462	38.22	-4.55%	-1.99	LF
3	2001	NLDS g3	Oct 12	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	4	1.10	-0.068	11.42	-0.40%	-0.63	LF
2004 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	2004	NLDS g1	Oct 6	HOU	@	ATL	W,9-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	1.000	1.400	4	.57	0.151	8.88	1.60%	1.64	RF CF
5	2004	NLDS g2	Oct 7	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.600	.900	4	.91	-0.110	13.83	-0.95%	-0.61	RF
6	2004	NLDS g3	Oct 9	HOU		ATL	W,8-5	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.467	.615	1.082	4	.87	0.015	18.29	0.17%	0.46	RF
7	2004	NLDS g4	Oct 10	HOU		ATL	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.450	.556	1.006	4	1.80	0.164	40.48	2.58%	0.11	RF
8	2004	NLDS g5	Oct 11	HOU	@	ATL	W,12-3	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.409	.480	.591	1.071	4	.40	0.044	16.67	1.19%	0.18	RF
9	2004	NLCS g1	Oct 13	HOU	@	STL	L,7-10	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.448	.654	1.102	4	.83	-0.063	21.63	-1.03%	1.04	RF
10	2004	NLCS g2	Oct 14	HOU	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.387	.441	.645	1.086	4	1.63	0.135	43.34	2.00%	0.89	RF
11	2004	NLCS g3	Oct 16	HOU		STL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.447	.714	1.162	4	.98	0.047	20.36	0.69%	0.97	RF
12	2004	NLCS g4	Oct 17	HOU		STL	W,6-5	CG	4	2	1	2	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.432	.500	.838	1.338	4	1.45	0.349	44.25	6.88%	3.24	RF
13	2004	NLCS g5	Oct 18	HOU		STL	W,3-0	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.410	.500	.795	1.295	4	1.36	-0.001	56.09	-0.01%	0.16	RF
14	2004	NLCS g6	Oct 20	HOU	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-9	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.381	.471	.738	1.209	4	2.16	-0.198	97.25	-4.92%	-0.81	RF
15	2004	NLCS g7	Oct 21	HOU	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.436	.674	1.110	4	.55	-0.058	46.04	-3.01%	-0.56	RF
2005 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	2005	NLDS g1	Oct 5	HOU	@	ATL	W,10-5	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.600	.000	.600	3	1.33	0.052	20.95	0.52%	-0.01	1B
17	2005	NLDS g2	Oct 6	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.556	.333	.889	3	.83	0.033	12.54	0.34%	-0.12	1B
18	2005	NLDS g3	Oct 8	HOU		ATL	W,7-3	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.538	.333	.872	3	1.08	-0.005	22.67	-0.06%	0.28	LF 1B
19	2005	NLDS g4	Oct 9	HOU		ATL	W,7-6	GS-10	5	5	1	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.500	.643	1.143	3	.91	0.207	20.57	2.92%	2.47	LF 1B
20	2005	NLCS g1	Oct 12	HOU	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.455	.611	1.066	3	1.05	-0.150	27.34	-2.15%	-1.77	LF
21	2005	NLCS g2	Oct 13	HOU	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.462	.636	1.098	3	1.23	0.012	32.80	0.20%	0.10	1B
22	2005	NLCS g3	Oct 15	HOU		STL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.433	.577	1.010	3	.96	-0.081	30.08	-1.41%	-0.98	LF 1B
23	2005	NLCS g4	Oct 16	HOU		STL	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.441	.536	.977	3	1.38	0.070	44.60	1.24%	0.53	LF 1B
24	2005	NLCS g5	Oct 17	HOU		STL	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.355	.474	.645	1.119	3	1.80	0.401	44.29	5.44%	2.33	LF 1B
25	2005	NLCS g6	Oct 19	HOU	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.442	.571	1.013	3	.46	-0.041	21.03	-1.18%	-0.82	1B
26	2005	WS g1	Oct 22	HOU	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS-8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.447	.590	1.037	3	1.83	0.282	95.75	8.36%	2.11	LF
27	2005	WS g2	Oct 23	HOU	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.431	.595	1.027	3	1.32	0.211	70.18	7.43%	1.66	1B LF
28	2005	WS g3	Oct 25	HOU		CHW	L,5-7	CG(14)	7	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.340	.448	.574	1.023	3	2.07	0.067	86.42	1.25%	1.27	LF 1B
29	2005	WS g4	Oct 26	HOU		CHW	L,0-1	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.468	.563	1.030	3	1.88	0.102	35.42	1.15%	0.65	LF
2010 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	2010	ALDS g2	Oct 7	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	8	1.15	0.325	17.46	3.21%	1.91	DH
31	2010	ALCS g2	Oct 16	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.500	1.000	1.500	8	.75	-0.026	19.26	-0.37%	0.15	DH
32	2010	ALCS g4	Oct 19	NYY		TEX	L,3-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.417	.727	1.144	7	1.38	-0.018	42.08	-0.54%	-0.35	DH
33	2010	ALCS g5	Oct 20	NYY		TEX	W,7-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.308	.375	.615	.990	6	.53	0.035	9.32	0.33%	-0.14	1B
34	2010	ALCS g6	Oct 22	NYY	@	TEX	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.368	.688	1.056	5	.85	-0.029	32.47	-0.60%	-0.11	1B
2011 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	2011	NLDS g1	Oct 1	STL	@	PHI	L,6-11	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	4	.65	0.212	10.17	2.18%	1.89	LF
36	2011	NLDS g2	Oct 2	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.625	.958	4	.99	0.053	15.97	0.57%	0.56	LF
37	2011	NLDS g3	Oct 4	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.286	.417	.702	4	1.88	-0.187	39.39	-2.42%	-1.21	RF
38	2011	NLDS g4	Oct 5	STL		PHI	W,5-3	GS-9	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.467	.800	4	.73	0.144	13.96	1.84%	1.14	RF
39	2011	NLDS g5	Oct 7	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.389	.675	4	1.19	-0.085	49.69	-2.30%	-0.88	RF
40	2011	NLCS g1	Oct 9	STL	@	MIL	L,6-9	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.320	.409	.729	4	1.18	0.070	30.85	1.11%	0.69	RF
41	2011	NLCS g2	Oct 10	STL	@	MIL	W,12-3	GS-7	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.310	.385	.695	5	.48	-0.044	12.68	-0.75%	-0.56	RF
42	2011	NLCS g3	Oct 12	STL		MIL	W,4-3	GS-9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.333	.357	.690	5	.88	0.035	27.62	0.61%	0.80	RF
43	2011	NLCS g4	Oct 13	STL		MIL	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.353	.379	.732	9	.50	0.027	16.10	0.57%	0.12	PH
44	2011	NLCS g5	Oct 14	STL		MIL	W,7-1	GS-8	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.242	.359	.364	.723	4	.43	0.012	17.66	0.27%	-0.45	RF
45	2011	NLCS g6	Oct 16	STL	@	MIL	W,12-6	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.341	.342	.683	4	.60	0.111	27.14	3.23%	0.46	RF
46	2011	WS g1	Oct 19	STL		TEX	W,3-2	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.354	.357	.711	5	1.04	0.064	54.39	1.83%	0.92	RF
47	2011	WS g2	Oct 20	STL		TEX	L,1-2	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.261	.346	.348	.694	4	.65	-0.003	34.38	-0.09%	0.06	RF
48	2011	WS g3	Oct 22	STL	@	TEX	W,16-7	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.368	.360	.728	5	.71	0.070	44.33	2.85%	1.12	DH
49	2011	WS g4	Oct 23	STL	@	TEX	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.383	.396	.780	5	.72	0.088	43.85	2.94%	0.71	DH
50	2011	WS g5	Oct 24	STL	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.385	.375	.760	5	1.57	-0.037	129.79	-1.68%	-0.21	DH
51	2011	WS g6	Oct 27	STL		TEX	W,10-9	CG(11)	6	5	4	3	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.311	.408	.443	.851	4	2.56	0.828	230.70	46.27%	3.66	RF
52	2011	WS g7	Oct 28	STL		TEX	W,6-2	GS-9	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.413	.438	.851	4	.77	-0.008	127.50	-0.38%	0.06	RF
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