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: 7-17 / in Starts: 3-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 7

1930 Pitching Game Log

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1930 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	100	7	Apr 22	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	GS-4		99	4.0	5	3	3	0	4	0	0	6.75	0.86	16	3	4	0	1	5	44			0	0	0	15	2	1	0	0	1	0	.90	-0.084	2.76	-0.16%	-0.53	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
2	101	13	Apr 30	WSH		NYY	L,0-9	8-GF		7	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.35	1.44	6	3	2	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	0.24	8t 1-- 1 out d8	9t end d 9
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	102	16	May 4	WSH		SLB	L,6-8			3	0.0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.35	1.44	2												2	0	1	0		0
4	103	19	May 7	WSH		DET	L,1-3	4-7		2	3.1	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	4.00	2.08	14	2	4	0	1	1		2	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.178	3.13	0.33%	2.43	4t 1-3 2 out d3	7t 3 out d2
5	104	24	May 12	WSH		CHW	W,13-2	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	5	2	1	2	3	0	0	2.50	2.47	34	9	15	2	0	5	72			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	1	.58	0.097	2.03	0.20%	3.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
6	105	34	May 22(2)	WSH		BOS	W,13-1	CG	W(2-0)	9	9.0	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	1.67	2.41	34	22	1	1	0	6	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	1	.41	0.196	1.82	0.53%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
7	106	38	May 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.55	2.58	8	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	.22	0.025	1.16	0.08%	1.18	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
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
8	107	42	Jun 1	WSH		PHA	L,6-9	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	2.59	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.013	.98	0.05%	0.62	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
9	108	45	Jun 5	WSH	@	DET	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.41	2.73	8	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.15	0.015	.65	0.04%	1.25	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
10	109	49	Jun 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-10	GS-6	L(2-1)	6	6.0	6	5	5	1	1	1	1	2.37	3.20	25	6	12	7	1	4	40			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.280	4.21	-0.68%	-1.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
11	110	57	Jun 21	WSH		CHW	L,2-7	7-7		8	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.31	3.34	4	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.018	1.31	0.04%	0.62	7t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
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
12	111	80	Jul 12(2)	WSH	@	DET	W,7-5	8-GF	S(1)	20	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.20	3.39	7	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.228	7.69	0.74%	1.25	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
13	112	81	Jul 13	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	4-GF(8)	L(2-2)	0	5.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.15	3.22	19	9	1	0	0	4		1	1	1	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.20	0.023	6.55	0.07%	2.04	4b --3 0 out tie	8b end d 1
14	113	85	Jul 16(2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-13	3-6		2	3.2	7	9	9	4	3	0	0	3.62	3.32	22	4	4	1	0	7		1	0	1	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	1	0	.21	-0.065	1.07	-0.20%	-6.32	3b -2- 1 out d4	6b 3 out d13
15	114	92	Jul 22	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.48	3.36	7	3	3	0	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.42	0.054	1.69	0.13%	1.26	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
16	115	94	Jul 24	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-10	3-7	L(2-3)	1	3.1	7	8	4	2	2	0	0	3.93	3.36	20	5	5	1	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	18	0	3	0	0	0	1	1.66	-0.497	6.52	-1.18%	-4.92	3b -23 2 out tie	7b 1-3 0 out d3
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
17	116	103	Aug 3(2)	WSH		BOS	L,1-7	4-8		9	5.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.90	3.52	20	13	0	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	1	0	.18	-0.064	.34	-0.07%	0.13	4t 12- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d6
18	117	109	Aug 9(1)	WSH		CLE	L,7-13	2-2		5	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.90	3.52	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.74	-0.103	1.17	-0.10%	-2.31	2t 12- 0 out d3	2t 1-3 0 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
19	118	132	Sep 3	WSH	@	NYY	L,7-10	6-GF(8)		24	3.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.71	3.47	10	1	6	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.01	0.00%	1.76	6b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
20	119	137	Sep 9	WSH	@	SLB	W,8-4	11-GF(12)	W(3-3)	5	2.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	3.74	3.59	9	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.02	0.175	1.50	0.08%	0.26	11b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 4
21	120	139	Sep 11	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-7	3-6	L(3-4)	1	3.1	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	3.82	3.62	16	6	3	0	1	4		0	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.274	.67	-0.09%	-2.26	3b --- 0 out tie	6b -2- 1 out d3
22	121	141	Sep 13	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-4	7-GF	S(2)	1	3.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.66	3.56	12	5	3	1	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	0.306	1.00	0.09%	1.76	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
23	122	143	Sep 15	WSH	@	CHW	W,14-9	8-GF	S(3)	1	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.56	3.52	9	1	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.51	0.030	.05	0.00%	1.18	8b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
24	123	152	Sep 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		10	1.0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.51	3.59	7	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.08	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-1.42	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 6
							7-17		W-L:3-4,Sv:3	4.0	74.1	62	41	29	29	35	2	4	3.51	3.59	314	1.61		9%	3%	56	58	11	45%	7	0	0	271	13	7	1	8	6	5	.76	-0.019	2.35	-0.10%	4.88

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