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Les Burke

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Full Name: Leslie Kingston Burke Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/168 First Game: May 2, 1923
Birthdate: December 18, 1902 Final Game: September 15, 1926
Birthplace: Lynn, Massachusetts MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: May 6, 1975
Deathplace: Danvers, Massachusetts
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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  • 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
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[edit] Biography

Les Burke (Leslie Kingston Burke) was born on December 18, 1902 in Lynn, Massachusetts. He made his Major League debut on May 2, 1923 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1924, his rookie year, he hit .253 with 0 home runs and 17 RBI. Burke played for the Detroit Tigers for his entire 4 year career.

Most people believe that Les Burke's best season was 1925, when he hit for a .289 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
1923 DET A 7 10 2 1 0 2 .100 .100 .100 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1924 DET A 72 241 30 61 0 17 .253 .321 .328 10 4 22 20 2 8 2 0 0
1925 DET A 77 180 32 52 0 24 .289 .357 .356 6 3 17 8 2 14 4 0 0
1926 DET A 38 75 9 17 0 4 .227 .301 .240 1 0 7 3 1 2 1 0 0
Total 194 506 73 131 0 47 .259 .327 .320 17 7 46 32 5 24 7 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1923 DET A C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1923 DET A 2B 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1923 DET A 3B 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
1924 DET A SS 6 0 0 6 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .913
1924 DET A 2B 58 0 0 125 167 13 30 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1925 DET A 2B 52 0 0 100 130 9 27 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1926 DET A 3B 7 0 0 7 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .920
1926 DET A SS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1926 DET A 2B 15 0 0 27 38 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 .942
Total SS 7 0 0 7 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .917
Total 3B 9 0 0 8 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .862
Total C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 126 0 0 252 337 26 65 0 0 0 0 0 .958

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