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Name Team Age
Gene Burk Retired (1991, Age 36) Died (2030, Age 75)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 4
(1978)
LF B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Earl Averill League 0 11 years (161 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- B- C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B- A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B- 0 4/21/1955
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 2
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (3B)
A+ (98.9 %) A+ (98.7 %) (1.8 %)

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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 
1978 Minors 43.00 4 / 7 6 / 10 2 / 4 3 / 7 0 / 2 4 / 6 6 / 7 25 / 43
1979 Minors 13.00 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 2 2 / 2 4 / 13
1979 Majors 14.31 1 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 3 / 3 3 / 3 9 / 14
1979 Pos (1B) 25.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 4 / 25
1979 Pos (LF) 11.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 6 / 11
1980 Majors 61.95 162 144 0 3 / 9 1 / 5 3 / 6 6 / 11 5 / 12 5 / 9 7 / 9 30 / 61
1981 Majors 66.01 162 145 0 4 / 6 1 / 9 2 / 11 4 / 11 4 / 11 5 / 10 7 / 8 27 / 66
1982 Majors 56.64 140 124 22 1 / 5 2 / 5 3 / 8 3 / 9 6 / 12 3 / 6 5 / 11 23 / 56
1983 Majors 54.25 144 114 18 1 / 13 1 / 5 1 / 8 0 / 2 1 / 7 5 / 12 2 / 7 11 / 54
1984 Majors 61.95 162 133 0 0 / 6 1 / 8 0 / 10 1 / 5 1 / 11 2 / 12 0 / 9 5 / 61
1985 Majors 58.89 162 120 0 1 / 11 1 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 2 2 / 18 0 / 5 1 / 11 5 / 58
1986 Majors 50.06 162 83 0 0 / 9 1 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 1 1 / 10 0 / 8 2 / 50
1987 Majors 35.69 162 39 0 0 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 5 1 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 7 0 / 4 3 / 35
1988 Majors 35.20 162 27 0 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 35
1989 Majors 35.11 162 27 0 -2 / 2 -4 / 4 0 / 6 -5 / 4 -8 / 2 -1 / 6 -3 / 11 -23 / 35
1990 Majors 33.85 162 18 0 -3 / 6 -7 / 7 -6 / 2 -6 / 5 -7 / 2 -3 / 7 -4 / 4 -36 / 33
1991 Majors 27.72 150 9 6 -3 / 7 -4 / 3 -2 / 4 -6 / 7 -5 / 2 -2 / 2 -2 / 2 -24 / 27
Total 1892 983 46 7 / 93 1 / 81 4 / 83 1 / 85 0 / 93 24 / 102 24 / 104 71 / 677
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1991-11-01Gene Burk has retired from the Chicago BleacherBums
1991-09-24Gene Burk of the Chicago BleacherBums is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1991-06-26The Chicago BleacherBums have acquired Gene Burk from the waiver wire.
1991-06-22The St. Louis Rough Riders have designated Gene Burk for assignment.
1991-04-09The St. Louis Rough Riders have promoted Gene Burk to the major league team.
1991-04-05The St. Louis Rough Riders have designated Gene Burk for assignment.
1990-04-01The St. Louis Rough Riders have re-claimed Gene Burk from the waiver wire.
1990-04-01The St. Louis Rough Riders have promoted Chuck Fear to the major league team. The St. Louis Rough Riders have promoted Frank Mowry to the major league team. The St. Louis Rough Riders have designated Gene Burk for assignment. The St. Louis Rough Riders have designated Dave Reimer for assignment.
1983-08-15The St. Louis Rough Riders have promoted Gene Burk to the major league team. The St. Louis Rough Riders have sent Solly Correa to the minors.
1983-07-27The St. Louis Rough Riders have promoted Paul Kuehne to the major league team. The St. Louis Rough Riders have sent Gene Burk to the minors.
1983-07-25Gene Burk of the St. Louis Rough Riders is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1982-07-28Gene Burk of the St. Louis Rough Riders is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1979-10-22The St. Louis Rough Riders have promoted Gene Burk to the major league team. The St. Louis Rough Riders have sent Uke Okrie to the minors.
1979-10-22The St. Louis Rough Riders have sent Gene Burk to the minors.
1979-09-18The St. Louis Rough Riders have promoted Gene Burk to the major league team.
1979-09-10The St. Louis Rough Riders have promoted Uke Okrie to the major league team. The St. Louis Rough Riders have sent Gene Burk to the minors.
1979-08-10The St. Louis Rough Riders have promoted Gene Burk to the major league team. The St. Louis Rough Riders have sent Uke Okrie to the minors.
1979-08-10The St. Louis Rough Riders have promoted Uke Okrie to the major league team. The St. Louis Rough Riders have sent Gene Burk to the minors.
1979-08-08Gene Burk of the St. Louis Rough Riders is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1979-07-06The St. Louis Rough Riders have promoted Gene Burk to the major league team. The St. Louis Rough Riders have sent Fritz Burk to the minors.
1979-07-04The St. Louis Rough Riders have promoted Fritz Burk to the major league team. The St. Louis Rough Riders have sent Gene Burk to the minors.
1979-07-04The St. Louis Rough Riders have promoted Gene Burk to the major league team. The St. Louis Rough Riders have sent Fritz Burk to the minors.
1978-10-13The St. Louis Rough Riders have sent Buddy Delahanty to the minors. The St. Louis Rough Riders have sent Gene Burk to the minors.
1978-10-03The St. Louis Rough Riders have promoted Gene Burk to the major league team.