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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	38-32 / in Starts: 31-23
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	67 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 274 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	144 (79-44-21) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 274 PAs	31
Avg. Runners on Base	182 (91-58-33)

Most Driven In
B Jones	4
J Bassler	4
H Heilmann	2
H Manush	2
A Wingo	1
R Collins	1
C Gehringer	1
L Blue	1

Most Driven In By
H Manush	4
H Heilmann	4
T Cobb	3
L Blue	3
L Woodall	3
B Fothergill	2
F O'Rourke	2
D Pratt	1

1924 Batting Game Log

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1924 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	8	43 (42)	Jun 4	DET		WSH	W,6-5	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0					9	3.57	-0.018	14.73	-0.05%	-0.10	PH
2	9	44	Jun 5	DET		WSH	L,7-9	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0	0		1.000			9						PH
3	10	45	Jun 6	DET		WSH	L,0-2	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9						PH
4	11	47 (1)	Jun 8	DET		PHA	L,5-6	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	5						2B
5	12	53 (5)	Jun 14	DET		NYY	L,2-6	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.571	.250	.821	1	1.07	-0.079	4.37	-0.20%	-0.81	2B
6	13	54	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,10-4	CG	6	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.538	.400	.938	1	.74	0.016	2.70	0.04%	0.39	2B
7	14	55	Jun 16	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	1	.429	.529	.429	.958	1	.74	0.016	2.90	0.04%	0.16	2B
8	15	56	Jun 17	DET		BOS	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.444	.524	.444	.968	1	1.05	0.135	4.53	0.35%	1.11	2B
9	16	57	Jun 18	DET		BOS	W,5-3	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		1	0	.455	.520	.455	.975	1	.56	0.004	2.50	0.01%	-0.03	2B
10	17	58	Jun 19 (1)	DET		CLE	L,5-16	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.444	.500	.519	1.019	1	.34	0.009	1.45	0.02%	0.51	2B
11	18	59	Jun 19 (2)	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.406	.457	.469	.926	1	1.77	-0.166	7.34	-0.42%	-0.98	2B
12	19	60	Jun 20	DET		CLE	L,9-11	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.371	.421	.429	.850	1	.97	-0.079	4.17	-0.21%	-0.78	2B
13	20	61	Jun 21	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.395	.385	.780	1	1.11	-0.111	4.48	-0.27%	-0.80	2B
14	21	62	Jun 22	DET		CLE	L,5-7	CG	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.341	.426	.390	.816	1	.80	0.025	3.26	0.06%	0.61	2B
15	22	63	Jun 24 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.348	.423	.391	.814	1	1.12	-0.040	4.87	-0.11%	-0.60	2B
16	23	64	Jun 24 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-5	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.354	.426	.396	.822	1	.82	0.011	3.37	0.03%	0.14	2B
17	24	65	Jun 25	DET	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.397	.365	.762	1	.96	-0.099	3.56	-0.22%	-1.22	2B
18	25	66	Jun 27	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.387	.357	.744	5	.80	-0.059	3.16	-0.14%	-0.65	2B
19	26	67	Jun 28	DET	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG(8)	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.333	.403	.367	.770	1	.62	0.041	2.51	0.10%	0.82	2B
20	27	68	Jun 29	DET	@	CLE	L,3-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.391	.355	.746	5	1.38	-0.068	5.91	-0.18%	-0.65	2B
21	28	69	Jun 30	DET		CHW	L,4-14	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.392	.348	.740	1	.63	-0.014	2.47	-0.03%	-0.11	2B
Jul		Gtm	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
22	29	70	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,13-3	CG	5	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.392	.380	.773	1	.68	-0.031	2.56	-0.07%	0.56	2B
23	30	71	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.311	.386	.365	.750	1	.64	-0.043	2.37	-0.10%	-0.56	2B
24	31	72	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.379	.359	.738	1	.82	-0.029	3.24	-0.07%	-0.35	2B
25	32	73	Jul 4 (1)	DET		SLB	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.363	.341	.704	1	.94	-0.098	3.50	-0.22%	-0.81	2B
26	33	74	Jul 4 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0	0	.294	.375	.341	.716	1						2B
27	34	75	Jul 5	DET		SLB	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.380	.348	.728	1	.76	0.162	2.39	0.31%	1.72	2B
28	35	76	Jul 6	DET		SLB	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.379	.370	.748	7	.76	-0.008	2.66	-0.02%	-0.19	2B
29	36	78 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.374	.375	.749	1	.81	-0.075	3.30	-0.18%	-0.81	2B
30	37	79	Jul 10 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,12-10	CG(13)	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1				0	0	.291	.360	.359	.719	1						2B
31	38	80	Jul 10 (2)	DET	@	WSH	T,3-3	CG(5)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.359	.358	.717	1	.83	-0.014	3.69	-0.04%	-0.11	2B
32	39	81	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.352	.360	.713	1	.96	0.005	4.36	0.01%	-0.32	2B
33	40	82	Jul 12	DET	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.346	.348	.694	1	.62	-0.078	2.32	-0.18%	-1.32	2B
34	41	83	Jul 14	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.283	.348	.350	.698	1						2B
35	42	84	Jul 15	DET	@	PHA	W,11-9	CG	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.333	.333	.667	1	.96	-0.157	3.54	-0.35%	-1.49	2B
36	43	85	Jul 16 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.264	.336	.326	.661	1	.93	0.087	3.48	0.20%	0.49	2B
37	44	86	Jul 16 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,11-3	CG	6	5	1	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.349	.358	.707	1	.62	-0.024	2.59	-0.06%	1.09	2B
38	45	87	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.344	.348	.692	1	1.37	-0.129	6.65	-0.37%	-0.55	2B
39	46	88	Jul 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,18-1	1-5	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.348	.355	.703	5	.22	0.056	1.12	0.17%	0.45	2B
40	47	89	Jul 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.340	.345	.684	1	1.36	-0.139	7.47	-0.46%	-1.16	2B
41	48	90	Jul 21	DET	@	NYY	W,9-7	CG	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.333	.338	.671	1	.77	-0.019	6.32	-0.09%	-1.28	2B
42	49	91	Jul 22	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.326	.329	.655	5	.72	-0.076	6.42	-0.41%	-0.96	2B
43	50	92	Jul 23	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-11	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.316	.319	.635	1	.94	-0.129	8.45	-0.70%	-1.23	2B
44	51	93	Jul 24	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG(8)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.244	.315	.317	.632	1	1.00	-0.025	8.84	-0.13%	-0.20	2B
45	52	94	Jul 26	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG(11)	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.240	.317	.311	.629	7	1.95	-0.053	11.93	-0.20%	-0.26	2B
46	53	95	Jul 27	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.321	.318	.639	7	1.66	-0.098	9.95	-0.35%	-0.67	2B
47	54	96	Jul 28	DET		PHA	L,4-7	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.240	.318	.314	.632	1						2B
48	55	97	Jul 29	DET		PHA	W,4-3	GS-0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0	0	.243	.323	.316	.640	7						2B
49	56	98	Jul 30	DET		WSH	L,4-7	CG	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.330	.330	.660	1	1.21	0.061	9.15	0.28%	0.21	2B
50	57	99	Jul 31	DET		WSH	L,0-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.330	.330	.660	7						2B
Aug		Gtm	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
51	58	100	Aug 1	DET		WSH	L,3-7	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.322	.321	.643	1	.80	-0.112	6.34	-0.53%	-1.26	2B
52	59	106 (5)	Aug 7	DET		BOS	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.325	.330	.655	9	.58	0.032	3.48	0.12%	1.00	PH
53	60	111 (4)	Aug 13 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,7-8	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.325	.330	.655	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
54	61	119 (7)	Aug 22	DET	@	NYY	W,8-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.249	.324	.328	.652	9	1.72	-0.045	11.85	-0.19%	-0.26	PH
55	62	124 (4)	Aug 27 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-6	8-GF	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.321	.325	.645	5	.25	-0.012	1.24	-0.04%	-0.50	PH SS
56	63	125	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.319	.320	.639	1	1.74	-0.074	8.55	-0.22%	-0.62	2B
57	64	127 (1)	Aug 30	DET	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	1	.242	.318	.318	.636	1	.77	-0.107	2.82	-0.23%	-1.17	2B
58	65	128	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	L,4-14	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.321	.322	.643	1	1.04	0.018	4.86	0.05%	0.33	2B
Sept		Gtm	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
59	66	130 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.316	.316	.631	1	.30	-0.031	1.36	-0.09%	-0.86	2B
60	67	131	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.314	.314	.628	9	.18	-0.005	.42	-0.01%	-0.25	PH
61	68	139 (7)	Sep 9	DET		CHW	W,7-3	3-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.317	.317	.635	9	2.10	0.137	8.84	0.35%	1.32	PH
62	69	141 (1)	Sep 11	DET		CHW	W,5-4	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.316	.316	.632	9	1.89	-0.045	6.72	-0.10%	-0.38	PH
63	70	146 (4)	Sep 17	DET		PHA	L,8-9	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.243	.315	.314	.629	7						2B
64	71	148 (1)	Sep 19	DET		NYY	W,6-5	8-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.318	.318	.635	8	2.43	0.080	.01	0.00%	0.40	PH
65	72	149	Sep 20	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.312	.312	.624	7	1.62	-0.206	.01	0.00%	-2.22	2B
66	73	150	Sep 21	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1				0	0	.239	.308	.307	.616	7						2B
67	74	151	Sep 22	DET		BOS	W,9-1	0-GF	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1				0	0	.245	.314	.314	.628	5						2B SS
68	75	152	Sep 23	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.314	.311	.625	7	.95	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.18	2B
69	76	153	Sep 26	DET	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.316	.317	.633	7	.66	0.060	.00	0.00%	0.95	2B SS
70	77	154	Sep 27	DET	@	CHW	W,10-8	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.318	.323	.641	5	1.99	0.283	.00	0.00%	0.47	SS
71	78	155	Sep 28	DET	@	CHW	T,10-10	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0	1	.250	.319	.322	.641	7						2B SS
72	79	156	Sep 29	DET	@	CHW	L,5-16	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.321	.328	.649	5	.46	0.106	.00	0.00%	1.69	SS
							38-32		274	241	30	61	10	4	0	17	22	0	20	2	9		2		2	4	.253	.321	.328	.649		.97	-1.263	4.19	-5.06%	-12.32

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