Leo Burke

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Full Name: Leo Patrick Burke	Primary Position: OF,RF,2B,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/185	First Game: September 7, 1958
Birthdate: May 6, 1934	Final Game: May 26, 1965
Birthplace: Hagerstown, Maryland	MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Leo Burke (Leo Patrick Burke) was born on May 6, 1934 in Hagerstown, Maryland. He made his Major League debut on September 7, 1958 for the Baltimore Orioles. Burke played for the Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Angels, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 6 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1958	BAL	A	7	11	4	5	1	4	.455	.500	.818	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1959	BAL	A	5	10	0	2	0	1	.200	.273	.200	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1
1961	LA	A	6	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1962	LA	A	19	64	8	17	4	14	.266	.329	.469	1	0	5	11	1	0	0	1	1
1963	STL	N	30	49	6	10	1	5	.204	.264	.347	2	1	4	12	0	0	0	0	1
1963	CHI	N	27	49	4	9	2	7	.184	.241	.306	0	0	4	13	0	0	0	1	1
1963	TOT	N	57	98	10	19	3	12	.194	.252	.327	2	1	8	25	0	0	0	1	2
1964	CHI	N	59	103	11	27	1	14	.262	.315	.340	3	1	7	31	1	0	0	1	2
1965	CHI	N	12	10	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1
Total	NL		128	211	21	48	4	26	.227	.281	.327	5	2	15	60	1	0	0	2	5
Total	AL		37	90	12	24	5	19	.267	.327	.456	2	0	6	19	2	0	0	1	2
Total			165	301	33	72	9	45	.239	.294	.365	7	2	21	79	3	0	0	3	7

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1958	BAL	A	CF	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	BAL	A	OF	3	1	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	BAL	A	RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1958	BAL	A	LF	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	BAL	A	3B	1	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1959	BAL	A	3B	2	1	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	BAL	A	2B	2	1	13	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	LA	A	3B	4	4	38	4	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.786
1962	LA	A	RF	8	8	64	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1962	LA	A	SS	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	LA	A	LF	4	4	33	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	LA	A	OF	12	12	97	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1963	STL	N	RF	9	6	46	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	STL	N	3B	5	3	31	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1963	STL	N	OF	11	6	49	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	STL	N	LF	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1963	CHI	N	2B	10	7	66	22	27	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	.925
1963	CHI	N	1B	4	3	24	31	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1964	CHI	N	RF	18	11	106.1	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	CHI	N	1B	2	1	13	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	CHI	N	2B	5	2	20.1	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.818
1964	CHI	N	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	CHI	N	OF	18	11	106.1	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	CHI	N	3B	4	1	21	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1965	CHI	N	RF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1965	CHI	N	OF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1965	CHI	N	C	2	0	3.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	17	10	99.1	31	34	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	.915
Total			CF	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			RF	37	25	219.1	49	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.980
Total			3B	16	10	105	12	19	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.838
Total			LF	7	5	44	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	6	4	37	44	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.979
Total			C	3	0	4.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	45	30	265.1	63	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.985

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Baltimore Orioles (1957).
Selected by Washington Senators from Baltimore Orioles in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).
Sold by Washington Senators to Los Angeles Angels (January 4, 1961).
Sold by Los Angeles Angels to St. Louis Cardinals (March 25, 1963).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Barney Schultz (June 24, 1963).

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