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Dale Murphy League
4-1-2050
John Burke Left Field
Retired (1970, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .265 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .680 Status Deceased (2013) Option Years 0  
H 228 Age at Death 77 Date of Birth 07-11-1936
HR 8 Drafted Undrafted
(1955)		 Majors Svc Time 4 years
(16 games)
RBI 87
SB 20
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R C- Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A-
Speed A  Bunt C  Control D-   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF C+ (44.7%)   Health C  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (96.7%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1958 MIL-DET-WAS
87
244
37
77
17
2
2
21
17
 38 0 1
2
 1 2
.785
.359
.426
.111
.316
1959 WAS
40
105
11
25
2
0
2
7
8
 13 0 0
1
 0 2
.606
.292
.314
.076
.238
1960 WAS
37
102
12
24
4
0
0
11
8
 18 1 0
4
 1 2
.572
.297
.275
.039
.235
1961 WAS
82
194
38
60
5
6
3
31
23
 28 1 3
6
 1 8
.823
.380
.443
.134
.309
1962 WAS-KC
59
151
22
33
10
0
1
12
15
 18 0 0
3
 1 1
.594
.289
.305
.086
.219
1965 BRO
6
13
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
 2 0 0
0
 0 0
.462
.231
.231
.000
.231
1966 BRO
18
27
3
3
0
0
0
2
2
 3 0 1
3
 0 0
.278
.167
.111
.000
.111
1967 CHA-NYA
10
23
2
3
0
0
0
1
1
 1 0 0
1
 0 0
.297
.167
.130
.000
.130
Total
339
859
125
228
38
8
8
87
74
 121 2 5
20
 4 15
.680
.323
.356
.091
.265
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1970-11-01John Burke has retired from the New York Yankees
1967-07-23The New York Yankees have acquired John Burke from the waiver wire.
1967-07-11The Chicago Ski have waived John Burke.
1967-05-16The Chicago Ski have promoted Yank McNaughton to the major league team. The Chicago Ski have designated John Burke for assignment.
1967-04-18The Chicago Ski have promoted John Burke to the major league team. The Chicago Ski have sent Rusty Reardon to the minors.
1967-03-01The Chicago Ski have promoted Bill Best to the major league team. The Chicago Ski have designated John Burke for assignment.
1966-05-16The Brooklyn Dodgers have designated John Burke for assignment.
1965-09-21The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted John Burke to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dodgers have sent Vince Hassler to the minors.
1964-04-08The Kansas City TKs have acquired John Curtis from the waiver wire. The Kansas City TKs have waived John Burke.
1963-04-01The Kansas City TKs have promoted Niles Krug to the major league team. The Kansas City TKs have designated John Burke for assignment.
1962-09-18The Kansas City TKs have acquired John Burke from the waiver wire.
1962-09-14The Washington Demons have designated John Burke for assignment.
1962-08-08The Washington Demons have promoted John Burke to the major league team.
1962-07-01The Washington Demons have designated John Burke for assignment.
1960-08-19The Washington Demons have promoted John Burke to the major league team. The Washington Demons have designated Gene Smith for assignment.
1960-07-15The Washington Demons have sent John Burke to the minors.
1960-06-27The Washington Demons have promoted John Burke to the major league team.
1959-07-29The Washington Demons have sent John Burke to the minors.
1959-06-20The Washington Demons have promoted John Burke to the major league team.
1959-06-03The Washington Demons have sent Slim Phelps to the minors. The Washington Demons have sent John Burke to the minors.
1958-04-04The Washington Demons have promoted John Burke to the major league team.
1958-04-01A trade has been completed between the Washington Demons and the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers receive Dave Ponder, Gene Larkin, Joe Adcock from the Washington Demons in exchange for Red Lasorda, Arnold Quinn, Eddie Carroll, John Burke, Bruno Lelivelt, Draft Pick - 1959 Round 2 (DET), Draft Pick - 1959 Round 5 (DET).
1958-04-01A trade has been completed between the Milwaukee Brewskies and the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers receive Roy Hockett, John Burke from the Milwaukee Brewskies in exchange for Jeff North.
1955-08-07The Milwaukee Brewskies have acquired John Burke from the waiver wire. The Milwaukee Brewskies have waived Fernando Tartabull.
1955-07-10The New York Islanders have waived John Burke.
1955-05-30The New York Islanders have acquired John Burke from the waiver wire.