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Name Team Age
Mike Burke Retired (1975, Age 37) Died (2006, Age 68)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 3
(1956)		 C B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Mark Fidrych League 0 16 years (41 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ A+ C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- B+ B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A- B  D 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D+ F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A- A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C- 0 10/28/1938
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
3 7 8
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (---)
C- (29.1 %) F  (1.1 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1960 NYA 142 545 76 154 24 5 18 75 56 77 12 4 2 .793 .349 .444 .283
1961 NYA 124 487 61 139 20 3 17 74 53 80 2 9 1 .799 .356 .444 .285
1962 NYA 144 553 74 168 25 4 15 67 42 84 3 5 1 .799 .355 .445 .304
1963 NYA 130 543 85 150 28 6 16 80 57 91 4 2 2 .783 .344 .438 .276
1964 NYA 130 518 70 146 25 2 25 93 56 94 2 5 3 .837 .354 .483 .282
1965 NYA 131 495 88 138 25 5 16 82 70 75 8 4 1 .814 .368 .446 .279
1966 NYA 121 469 77 144 30 4 18 73 41 82 11 8 0 .867 .364 .503 .307
1967 NYA 127 494 111 160 26 6 27 90 64 68 14 7 1 .972 .407 .565 .324
1968 NYA 128 515 95 175 34 6 11 82 53 80 12 8 6 .894 .400 .493 .340
1969 NYA 130 469 94 154 25 4 17 79 56 55 11 5 0 .908 .400 .507 .328
1970 NYA 115 448 92 158 20 7 21 80 49 65 18 6 1 .989 .419 .569 .353
1971 NYA 132 515 88 166 20 5 12 69 54 69 19 9 1 .842 .392 .450 .322
1972 NYA 130 512 90 162 33 3 20 89 45 74 20 8 2 .879 .370 .510 .316
1973 BOS 132 494 72 138 25 5 13 67 46 76 16 5 2 .770 .341 .429 .279
1974 PHI 130 467 65 145 21 2 27 89 41 69 27 29 2 .903 .365 .537 .310
1975 PHI 113 346 43 79 10 3 7 52 29 65 6 4 4 .627 .291 .335 .228
Total 2059 7870 1281 2376 391 70 280 1241 812 1204 185 118 29 .844 .368 .476 .302
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1975-11-01Mike Burke has retired from the Philadelphia Force
1975-08-15Mike Burke of the Philadelphia Force is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1974-04-01A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Force and the Boston Crimson Sawx. The Boston Crimson Sawx receive Draft Pick 1975 Round 2 CHN (Ed Fitzgerald), Draft Pick 1975 Round 2 PHI (John McCaigue), Draft Pick 1977 Round 2 PHI (Tim Cornutt) from the Philadelphia Force in exchange for Mike Burke.
1970-09-03Mike Burke of the New York Hitmen is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1966-04-21Mike Burke of the New York Hitmen is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1961-04-18Mike Burke of the New York Hitmen is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1960-04-01The New York Hitmen have promoted Mike Burke to the major league team. The New York Hitmen have designated Fred Mura for assignment.
1957-04-16A trade has been completed between the Boston Americans and the New York Hitmen. The New York Hitmen receive Mike Burke, Yohanny Frey from the Boston Americans in exchange for Bob Joyce, Denny Barry.