Leo Burke (baseball)
Leo Burke | |
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Utilityman | |
Born: Hagerstown, Maryland | May 6, 1934|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 7, 1958, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 26, 1965, for the Chicago Cubs | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .239 |
Home runs | 9 |
Runs batted in | 45 |
Teams | |
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Leo Patrick Burke (born May 6, 1934 in Hagerstown, Maryland) is a retired American utility player in Major League Baseball. The graduate of Virginia Tech played two full seasons and parts of five others in MLB as a rightfielder, second baseman and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Angels, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs (1958–59; 1961–65). He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).
Burke was involved in a waiver deal between the Cardinals and Cubs on June 24, 1963, when he was sent to Chicago for relief pitcher Barney Schultz,[1] who would play a major role in the Cardinals' 1964 pennant-winning season. Burke played 98 of his 165 MLB games in a Cub uniform.
During his Major League career, Burke batted .239 with 72 hits, nine home runs and 45 runs batted in.
References[]
- ^ "The Milwaukee Sentinel - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
Sources[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- 1934 births
- Living people
- Baltimore Orioles players
- Baseball players from Maryland
- Chicago Cubs players
- Dallas Rangers players
- Knoxville Smokies players
- Los Angeles Angels players
- Major League Baseball right fielders
- Miami Marlins (IL) players
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- Salt Lake City Bees players
- San Antonio Missions players
- Sportspeople from Hagerstown, Maryland
- Virginia Tech Hokies baseball players
- Virginia Tech Hokies football players
- American baseball outfielder, 1930s birth stubs