Leo Burke (baseball)
| Leo Burke | |||
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| Utilityman | |||
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Born: May 6, 1934 Hagerstown, Maryland | |||
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| 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 | ||
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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
Sources
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference