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Chipper Jones League
3-25-1979
Roy Burke Starting Pitcher
Retired (1964, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 5.71 Total Rating 69   Bats/Throws L/L
W-L 55-92 Status Retired (1964) Option Years 0  
SV 1 Age 48 (OS 49) Date of Birth 10-12-1930
K 842 Drafted Round 3, Pick 36
(1952)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(28 games)
IP 1106.1
WHIP 1.65
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 2 Contact vs. L 10 Endurance 61   Ldrship 4
Power vs. R 1 Power vs. L 9 Velocity 92   Mentor Val 28
Speed 42 Bunt 22 Control 47
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range 33 WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm 85 WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health 45 LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1954 NYN
3
 22
42
42
1
0
0
 0
110.2
 132 100 94 3 61
78
1.74
7.64
1955 NYN
3
 16
37
37
0
0
0
 0
110.2
 135 84 81 3 61
82
1.77
6.59
1956 NYN
2
 11
39
39
1
0
0
 0
99.2
 127 70 67 4 62
82
1.90
6.05
1957 NYN-CLE
12
 12
35
35
1
0
0
 0
193.0
 221 137 119 11 107
145
1.70
5.55
1958 CLE
15
 13
37
37
5
0
0
 0
238.0
 249 130 125 6 101
185
1.47
4.73
1959 CLE
10
 12
30
30
4
1
0
 0
182.0
 203 121 113 9 94
138
1.63
5.59
1960 CLE
8
 6
22
22
0
0
0
 0
129.0
 145 83 79 6 68
95
1.65
5.51
1961 CLE
2
 0
16
1
0
0
1
 0
38.0
 44 26 22 1 15
30
1.55
5.21
1963 BRO
0
 0
4
0
0
0
0
 0
5.1
 5 2 2 0 0
7
0.94
3.38
1979
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
55
 92
262
243
12
1
1
 0
1106.1
 1261 753 702 43 569
842
1.65
5.71
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1964-11-01Roy Burke has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1964-04-04The Brooklyn Bomb Squad have waived Roy Burke.
1963-09-29The Brooklyn Bomb Squad have promoted Ogres N. Dwarves to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bomb Squad have designated Roy Burke for assignment.
1963-09-28The Brooklyn Bomb Squad have promoted Roy Burke to the major league team.
1963-07-09The Brooklyn Bomb Squad have designated Roy Burke for assignment.
1963-06-08The Brooklyn Bomb Squad have promoted Roy Burke to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bomb Squad have designated Leo Lamb for assignment.
1963-06-08The Brooklyn Bomb Squad have acquired Roy Burke from the waiver wire.
1963-04-01The Boston Seven Footers have waived Roy Burke.
1962-09-19The Boston Seven Footers have acquired Roy Burke from the waiver wire.
1962-09-06The Boston Seven Footers have waived Roy Burke.
1962-06-27The Boston Seven Footers have acquired Roy Burke from the waiver wire.
1962-06-11The Cleveland Boxes have acquired Mr. Mef from the waiver wire. The Cleveland Boxes have waived Roy Burke.
1962-03-31The Cleveland Boxes have designated Roy Burke for assignment.
1957-04-12A trade has been completed between the New York Gimps and the Cleveland Boxes. The Cleveland Boxes receive Darwin R. Humphreys, Roy Burke, Barry Risley, Draft Pick - 1959 Round 1 (NYN) from the New York Gimps in exchange for Ray Abernathy, Shock Potato, Bob Jones.
1955-09-10Roy Burke of the New York Gimps is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1954-03-31The New York Gimps have promoted Jack Phillips to the major league team. The New York Gimps have promoted Dike Devens to the major league team. The New York Gimps have promoted Roy Burke to the major league team.