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Jimmy Burke
James Timothy Burke (Sunset Jimmy)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 160 lb.

Debut October 6, 1898
Final Game October 8, 1905
Born October 12, 1874 in St. Louis, MO
Died March 26, 1942 in St.Louis, MO

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1898 23 CLV NL  13   38    1    4   1  0   0    1   1      2      .105  .150  .132  -18    5   2           0    
 1899 24 STL NL   2    6    1    2   0  0   0    0   0      1      .333  .429  .333  108    2   0           0    
 1901 26 TOT    120  432   48   97  13  0   0   51  17     33      .225  .287  .255   54  110  16           5    
         TOT AL 106  381   44   87  13  0   0   47  17     29      .228  .290  .262   57  100  14           4    
         MLA AL  64  233   24   48   8  0   0   26   6     17      .206  .266  .240   44   56   6           2    
         CHW AL  42  148   20   39   5  0   0   21  11     12      .264  .327  .297   76   44   8           2    
         PIT NL  14   51    4   10   0  0   0    4   0      4      .196  .268  .196   34   10   2           1    
 1902 27 PIT NL  60  203   24   60  12  2   0   26   9     17      .296  .359  .374  122   76   4           3    
 1903 28 STL NL 115  431   55  123  13  3   0   42  28     23      .285  .326  .329   89  142   7           3    
 1904 29 STL NL 118  406   37   92  10  3   0   37  17     15      .227  .271  .266   69  108  17          10    
 1905 30 STL NL 122  431   34   97   9  5   1   30  15     21      .225  .275  .276   66  119   7           9    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      550 1947  200  475  58 13   1  187  87  0 112   0  .244  .295  .289   73  562  53   0   0  30   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        573   59  140  17  4   0   55  26  0  33   0  .244  .295  .289   73  166  16   0   0   9   0
 Career High    122  432   55  123  13  5   1   51  28  0  33   0  .296  .359  .374  122  142  17   0   0  10   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1898 23 CLV NL   42   36    1   0.7    88| .105  .273| .150  .337| .132  .350| .282  .687| -18  .043  -5.8  -0.6     
 1899 24 STL NL    7    4    1   6.4   101| .333  .292| .429  .355| .333  .381| .762  .736| 108  .677   0.1   0.0     
 1901 26 TOT     486  351   32   2.4    93| .225  .279| .287  .335| .255  .373| .542  .708|  54  .256 -24.9  -2.6     
         TOT AL  428  308   29   2.5    94| .228  .279| .290  .335| .262  .375| .552  .709|  57  .263 -20.6  -2.1     
         MLA AL  258  191   15   2.0    93| .206  .278| .266  .334| .240  .373| .506  .707|  44  .204 -16.6  -1.7     
         CHW AL  170  117   14   3.1    95| .264  .281| .327  .336| .297  .377| .624  .713|  76  .357  -4.0  -0.4     
         PIT NL   58   43    3   1.9    91| .196  .279| .268  .335| .196  .364| .464  .699|  34  .201  -4.3  -0.5     
 1902 27 PIT NL  227  147   27   4.9    81| .296  .271| .359  .327| .374  .333| .733  .660| 122  .655   6.0   0.7     
 1903 28 STL NL  464  315   46   3.9    90| .285  .274| .326  .337| .329  .357| .655  .693|  89  .488  -6.4  -0.7     
 1904 29 STL NL  448  331   27   2.1    74| .227  .253| .271  .311| .266  .327| .537  .638|  69  .314 -14.9  -1.7     
 1905 30 STL NL  468  341   31   2.4    81| .225  .261| .275  .322| .276  .341| .551  .663|  66  .334 -18.2  -2.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2142 1525  165   2.8    85| .244  .268| .295  .327| .289  .348| .584  .675|  73  .378 -64.1  -7.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1898 23 CLV NL 3B 13 8 21 5 0 .853 .901 2.23 3.42 1899 24 STL NL 2B 2 4 8 1 2 .923 .938 6.00 5.45 1901 26 TOT 3B 89 116 197 50 8 .862 .897 3.52 3.45 TOT AL 3B 75 100 163 43 5 .859 .899 3.51 3.51 MLA AL 3B 64 83 132 35 5 .860 .899 3.36 3.51 CHW AL SS 31 56 94 23 10 .867 .898 4.84 5.27 3B 11 17 31 8 0 .857 .899 4.36 3.51 PIT NL 3B 14 16 34 7 3 .877 .888 3.57 3.16 1902 27 PIT NL 2B 27 52 84 16 8 .895 .947 5.04 5.36 OF 18 16 2 1 0 .947 .947 1.00 1.93 7 0 11 3B 9 14 23 4 0 .902 .914 4.11 3.46 SS 4 8 11 2 0 .905 .913 4.75 5.35 1903 28 STL NL 3B 93 139 199 33 14 .911 .913 3.63 3.39 2B 15 25 58 6 0 .933 .938 5.53 5.09 OF 5 6 0 1 0 .857 .938 1.20 1.90 4 0 1 1904 29 STL NL 3B 118 148 217 42 10 .897 .899 3.09 3.20 1905 30 STL NL 3B 122 174 238 34 13 .924 .921 3.38 3.16
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1899 24 STL NL 2B 2 4 8 1 2 .923 .938 6.00 5.45 1902 27 PIT NL 2B 27 52 84 16 8 .895 .947 5.04 5.36 1903 28 STL NL 2B 15 25 58 6 0 .933 .938 5.53 5.09 1898 23 CLV NL 3B 13 8 21 5 0 .853 .901 2.23 3.42 1901 26 TOT 3B 89 116 197 50 8 .862 .897 3.52 3.45 TOT AL 3B 75 100 163 43 5 .859 .899 3.51 3.51 MLA AL 3B 64 83 132 35 5 .860 .899 3.36 3.51 CHW AL 3B 11 17 31 8 0 .857 .899 4.36 3.51 PIT NL 3B 14 16 34 7 3 .877 .888 3.57 3.16 1902 27 PIT NL 3B 9 14 23 4 0 .902 .914 4.11 3.46 1903 28 STL NL 3B 93 139 199 33 14 .911 .913 3.63 3.39 1904 29 STL NL 3B 118 148 217 42 10 .897 .899 3.09 3.20 1905 30 STL NL 3B 122 174 238 34 13 .924 .921 3.38 3.16 1902 27 PIT NL OF 18 16 2 1 0 .947 .947 1.00 1.93 7 0 11 1903 28 STL NL OF 5 6 0 1 0 .857 .938 1.20 1.90 4 0 1 1901 26 CHW AL SS 31 56 94 23 10 .867 .898 4.84 5.27 1902 27 PIT NL SS 4 8 11 2 0 .905 .913 4.75 5.35
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 444 599 895 168 45 .899 .908 3.36 3.29 2B 44 81 150 23 10 .909 .943 5.25 5.27 SS 35 64 105 25 10 .871 .900 4.83 5.28 OF 23 22 2 2 0 .923 .945 1.04 1.92 11 0 12 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 546 766 1152 218 65 .898 .912 3.51 3.52
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hit By Pitch
1904 NL-10-5

Sac. Hits
1901 AL-14-10

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Transactions 

March 29, 1899: Assigned to the St. Louis Perfectos by the Cleveland Spiders.

July 10, 1901: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Milwaukee Brewers.

September 15, 1901: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

September 16, 1901: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

January, 1903: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for Otto Krueger.


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