Jimmy Burke

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Full Name: James Timothy Burke	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 5' 7"/160	First Game: October 6, 1898
Birthdate: October 12, 1874	Final Game: October 8, 1905
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: March 26, 1942
Deathplace: St. Louis, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Jimmy Burke (James Timothy Burke) was born on October 12, 1874 in St. Louis, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on October 6, 1898 for the Cleveland Spiders. In 1901, his rookie year, he hit .228 with 0 home runs and 47 RBI. Burke played for the Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos, Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Jimmy Burke's best season was 1903, when he stole 28 bases and hit for a .285 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1898	CLE	N	13	38	1	4	0	1	.105	.150	.132	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0
1899	STL	N	2	6	1	2	0	0	.333	.429	.333	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901	PIT	N	14	51	4	10	0	4	.196	.268	.196	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	0	0
1901	MIL	A	64	233	24	48	0	26	.206	.266	.240	8	0	17	0	2	6	6	0	0
1901	CHI	A	42	148	20	39	0	21	.264	.327	.297	5	0	12	0	2	8	11	0	0
1901	Total		120	432	48	97	0	51	.225	.287	.255	13	0	33	0	5	16	17	0	0
1901	TOT	A	106	381	44	87	0	47	.228	.290	.262	13	0	29	0	4	14	17	0	0
1902	PIT	N	60	203	24	60	0	26	.296	.359	.374	12	2	17	0	3	4	9	0	0
1903	STL	N	115	431	55	123	0	42	.285	.326	.329	13	3	23	0	3	7	28	0	0
1904	STL	N	118	406	37	92	0	37	.227	.271	.266	10	3	15	0	10	17	17	0	0
1905	STL	N	122	431	34	97	1	30	.225	.275	.276	9	5	21	0	9	7	15	0	0
Total	NL		444	1566	156	388	1	140	.248	.297	.295	45	13	83	0	26	39	70	0	0
Total	AL		106	381	44	87	0	47	.228	.290	.262	13	0	29	0	4	14	17	0	0
Total			550	1947	200	475	1	187	.244	.295	.289	58	13	112	0	30	53	87	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1898	CLE	N	3B	13	0	0	8	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.853
1899	STL	N	2B	2	0	0	4	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1901	PIT	N	3B	14	0	0	16	34	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.877
1901	MIL	A	3B	64	0	0	83	132	35	5	0	0	0	0	0	.860
1901	CHI	A	SS	31	0	0	56	94	23	10	0	0	0	0	0	.867
1901	CHI	A	3B	11	0	0	17	31	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1901	Total		3B	89	0	0	116	197	50	8	0	0	0	0	0	.862
1901	TOT	A	3B	75	0	0	100	163	43	5	0	0	0	0	0	.859
1902	PIT	N	3B	9	0	0	14	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.902
1902	PIT	N	2B	27	0	0	52	84	16	8	0	0	0	0	0	.895
1902	PIT	N	SS	4	0	0	8	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.905
1902	PIT	N	OF	18	0	0	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1903	STL	N	3B	93	0	0	139	199	33	14	0	0	0	0	0	.911
1903	STL	N	2B	15	0	0	25	58	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1903	STL	N	OF	5	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1904	STL	N	3B	118	0	0	148	217	42	10	0	0	0	0	0	.897
1905	STL	N	3B	122	0	0	174	238	34	13	0	0	0	0	0	.924
Total			3B	444	0	0	599	895	168	45	0	0	0	0	0	.899
Total			OF	23	0	0	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.923
Total			2B	44	0	0	81	150	23	10	0	0	0	0	0	.909
Total			SS	35	0	0	64	105	25	10	0	0	0	0	0	.871

[edit] Transactions

Assigned to St. Louis Perfectos by Cleveland Spiders with Frank Bates, Harry Blake, Jesse Burkett, Cupid Childs, Lou Criger, Nig Cuppy, Emmet Heidrick, Cowboy Jones, Pete McBride, Ed McKean, Jack O'Connor, Jack Powell, Ossee Schreckengost, Patsy Tebeau, Bobby Wallace and Zeke Wilson (March 29, 1899).
Sold by Milwaukee Brewers to Chicago White Sox (July 10, 1901).
Released by Chicago White Sox (September 15, 1901).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (September 16, 1901).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Otto Krueger (January, 1903).

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