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Thurman Munson League
8-6-2254
Denny Burke Catcher
Retired (1978, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .237 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .671 Status Deceased (2029) Option Years 0  
H 475 Age at Death 86 Date of Birth 01-27-1943
HR 69 Drafted Round 2, Pick 28
(1962)		 Majors Svc Time 12 years
(60 games)
RBI 239
SB 22
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C- Contact vs. L C  Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L A- Velocity D    Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range D+ WS Rings 0
1B A+ (98.9%) LF --- Arm A  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health A  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1962 Minors 19 27.00 5 / 5 3 / 3 3 / 3 2 / 4 3 / 3 5 / 5 4 / 4 25 / 27
1962 Majors 19 0.78 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1963 Minors 20 71.00 14 / 15 9 / 9 12 / 14 6 / 9 8 / 8 14 / 14 2 / 2 65 / 71
1964 Minors 21 66.00 7 / 13 8 / 11 8 / 14 2 / 4 8 / 9 7 / 9 4 / 6 44 / 66
1965 Majors 22 21.06 0 / 1 2 / 4 2 / 5 2 / 3 2 / 2 4 / 5 1 / 1 13 / 21
1966 Minors 23 17.00 4 / 4 2 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 4 0 / 0 2 / 2 13 / 17
1966 Majors 23 2.33 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
1967 Majors 24 13.69 1 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 2 / 2 2 / 2 6 / 13
1968 Majors 25 5.60 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 2 / 5
1969 Majors 26 10.53 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 3 2 / 10
1970 Majors 27 7.18 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 7
1971 Majors 28 18.39 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4 1 / 3 1 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 3 4 / 18
1972 Majors 29 39.31 0 / 4 1 / 3 1 / 7 1 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 4 3 / 39
1973 Majors 30 16.50 0 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 1 2 / 16
1974 Majors 31 8.80 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 8
1975 Majors 32 20.85 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 9 0 / 0 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 20
1976 Majors 33 22.21 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 1 0 / 22
1977 Majors 34 27.24 51 16 0 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 27
1978 Majors 35 1.65 9 1 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
Total 60 17 0 32 / 65 28 / 52 28 / 62 16 / 49 26 / 55 33 / 67 16 / 40 179 / 390
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1978-11-01Denny Burke has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1978-04-21The Cincinnati Cubs have waived Denny Burke.
1978-04-11The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Juan Peterson to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have designated Denny Burke for assignment.
1971-08-24A trade has been completed between the Washington Kangaroos and the Cincinnati Cubs. The Cincinnati Cubs receive Denny Burke, Todd Brock, Draft Pick - 1973 Round 2 (WAS), Draft Pick - 1972 Round 1 (WAS) from the Washington Kangaroos in exchange for Bill Boucher, Charlie Mitchell, Rusty Huggins.
1969-06-27Denny Burke of the Washington Kangaroos is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1967-04-01The Washington Kangaroos have promoted Denny Burke to the major league team.
1966-05-08The Washington Kangaroos have sent Denny Burke down to the minors.
1965-03-25The Washington Kangaroos have promoted Denny Burke to the major league team. The Washington Kangaroos have sent Tito Nischwitz to the minors.
1962-05-01The Washington Kangaroos have sent Denny Burke to the minors.
1962-04-11The Washington Presidents have promoted Denny Burke to the major league team.