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Name	Team	Age
John Burke	Retired (1978, Age 34)	Died (2039, Age 95)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 11 (1969)	1B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Vince Coleman League	0	5 years (20 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	D+	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D	C	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	A+	B+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C-	C-	B+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A+	0	1/27/1944
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	3	6
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1969

Minors

28.00

0 / 3

3 / 5

1 / 6

1 / 4

0 / 2

6 / 7

1 / 1

12 / 28

1970

Minors

33.00

1 / 8

0 / 2

1 / 2

2 / 4

3 / 10

1 / 2

5 / 5

13 / 33

1971

Minors

20.00

1 / 3

0 / 2

1 / 7

0 / 1

0 / 2

2 / 3

2 / 2

6 / 20

1972

Majors

4.28

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 4

1973

Majors

3.20

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 3

1974

Minors

23.00

0 / 3

0 / 5

1 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 4

1 / 2

2 / 23

1975

Minors

20.00

0 / 4

1 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 2

1 / 4

0 / 3

2 / 20

1976

Majors

3.46

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 3

1977

Majors

16.00

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 6

0 / 2

0 / 16

1978

Majors

4.80

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 4

Total

0

0

0

2 / 27

4 / 19

4 / 23

3 / 20

3 / 20

10 / 29

9 / 16

35 / 154

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1978-11-01	John Burke has retired from the New York Mets
1976-03-25	The New York Mets have promoted John Burke to the major league team. The New York Mets have designated Sugar Wallace for assignment.
1974-04-01	The New York Mets have promoted Chuck Jones to the major league team. The New York Mets have sent John Burke to the minors.
1971-10-03	The New York Mets have promoted John Burke to the major league team. The New York Mets have designated Oscar Craig for assignment.
1970-04-01	The New York Mets have promoted Desi White to the major league team. The New York Mets have sent John Burke to the minors.
1970-03-25	The New York Mets have promoted Sammy Graham to the major league team. The New York Mets have promoted Ron Harris to the major league team. The New York Mets have promoted Phil Markell to the major league team. The New York Mets have promoted John Burke to the major league team. The New York Mets have promoted Randy Merritt to the major league team. The New York Mets have sent Mickey Jenkins to the minors. The New York Mets have sent Pop Mertes to the minors.