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: 10-26 / in Starts: 3-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 10

1927 Pitching Game Log

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1927 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	1	4	Apr 16	WSH		PHA	L,7-8	8-GF		99	1.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.75	4.75	7		0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.42	-0.04%
2	2	11	Apr 24	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	8-GF		7	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.70	4.30	8		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.38	0.02%
3	3	13	Apr 28	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-15	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.08	4.58	4		1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
4	4	16	May 2	WSH		NYY	L,6-9	9-GF		3	1.0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.38	4.19	5		0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.04%
5	5	23	May 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		8	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.45	4.28	9		1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.03%
6	6	36	May 29	WSH		PHA	L,1-6	6-8		17	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	3.76	11		0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.43	0.00%
7	7	39	May 31	WSH		BOS	L,1-4	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	3.65	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.01%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
8	8	42	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	L,4-8	7-8		2	1.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	2.08	3.58	9		1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.02%
9	9	47	Jun 9	WSH		CLE	L,1-7	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.93	3.72	4		1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.02	0.00%
10	10	55	Jun 19	WSH		DET	L,1-5	9-GF		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	3.64	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.00%
11	11	59	Jun 22(2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-13	2-GF(8)		2	6.2	8	6	4	0	2	1	1	2.91	3.84	30		1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	1	2	.08	-0.01%
12	12	64	Jun 27	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-8	7-7	W(1-0)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	3.82	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.02%
13	13	67	Jun 30	WSH		PHA	W,6-5	4-4		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.74	3.81	5		0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.04%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
14	14	69	Jul 2	WSH		PHA	W,4-2	GS-8	W(2-0)	1	8.0	8	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.61	3.34	30	60	2	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.46	0.24%
15	15	72	Jul 4(2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-21	6-GF(8)		1	2.1	5	7	6	2	1	3	0	4.05	4.57	16		0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	.00	0.00%
16	16	76	Jul 9(1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS-5		4	4.1	7	5	5	4	0	0	1	4.78	4.73	23	25	0	2	0	18	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.21%
17	17	78	Jul 10	WSH	@	CLE	W,10-9	5-6		0	1.1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.85	4.73	5		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.03%
18	18	81	Jul 13(1)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-7	GS-3	L(2-1)	2	2.2	6	6	6	2	0	1	0	5.83	5.05	16	20	1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	-0.35%
19	19	90	Jul 22(1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-7	4-7		8	4.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.32	4.89	13		0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.03%
20	20	92	Jul 23	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-8	7-7		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.21	4.90	5		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.01%
21	21	95	Jul 26(2)	WSH		CHW	W,6-5	3-8		2	6.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	4.78	4.76	21		0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.03%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
22	22	104	Aug 5	WSH		SLB	W,17-8	3-4		9	1.1	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.17	4.71	9		0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.05%
23	23	107	Aug 8	WSH		CLE	L,1-6	8-GF		2	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.14	4.65	9		0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.00%
24	24	112	Aug 14	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.05	4.57	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.00%
25	25	119	Aug 21	WSH	@	DET	L,4-11	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.97	4.50	5		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
26	26	123	Aug 25	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.88	4.47	4		0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
27	27	124	Aug 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-8	6-GF(8)		0	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	4.65	4.37	9		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	.00	0.00%
28	28	125	Aug 27	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.57	4.34	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
29	29	126	Aug 28	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	4.32	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
30	30	131	Sep 5(2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-3	6-7		7	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.36	4.26	8		0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
31	31	134	Sep 8	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	4-GF		2	5.1	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.04	4.19	20		0	1	1	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	32	136	Sep 10(1)	WSH		CHW	L,5-6	1-7		1	6.2	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.81	4.07	25		0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
33	33	142	Sep 15	WSH		DET	L,5-6	GS-		4	6.1	9	5	5	0	2	0	0	4.06	3.90	28	37				27					0
34	34	147	Sep 22	WSH		SLB	W,10-7	4-4		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.02	3.89	1		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
35	35	151	Sep 26(2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-1	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	5	1	1	4	1	0	1	3.73	3.90	36	70				31	1	0			0
36	36	156	Oct 1	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-6	L(3-2)	4	6.0	7	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.87	3.97	24	41	0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							10-26		W-L:3-2	3.4	100.0	91	48	43	30	21	6	7	3.87	3.97	415	42	8	5	1	370	19	2	0	6	4	4	.50	-0.31%

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