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Name	Team	Age
Jesse Burkett	Retired (1987, Age 38)	Died (2020, Age 72)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 3 (1966)	2B	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ralph Kiner League	0	17 years (58 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	B-	A
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B+	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	B+	B-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A-	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D+	0	11/7/1948
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
2	2	7
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

1966

Minors

53.00

2 / 3

10 / 14

5 / 5

4 / 4

1 / 6

13 / 13

7 / 8

42 / 53

1967

Minors

48.00

1 / 6

1 / 4

5 / 5

5 / 6

0 / 8

2 / 8

10 / 11

24 / 48

1968

Minors

52.00

6 / 10

8 / 11

7 / 7

2 / 4

0 / 6

1 / 4

6 / 10

30 / 52

1969

Minors

65.00

3 / 10

6 / 9

5 / 8

11 / 11

1 / 5

5 / 11

9 / 11

40 / 65

1970

Minors

12.00

0 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 2

2 / 3

1 / 1

4 / 12

1970

Majors

47.88

124

107

10

1 / 2

2 / 6

4 / 10

3 / 6

0 / 6

3 / 5

4 / 12

17 / 47

1970

Pos (2B)

28.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 28

1971

Majors

63.50

162

139

0

6 / 12

6 / 10

3 / 6

6 / 13

1 / 8

1 / 5

2 / 9

25 / 63

1972

Majors

54.06

130

87

32

3 / 8

4 / 6

5 / 10

3 / 5

0 / 9

1 / 9

0 / 7

16 / 54

1973

Majors

57.09

139

120

23

0 / 1

2 / 8

1 / 8

2 / 10

1 / 6

3 / 17

0 / 7

9 / 57

1974

Majors

68.24

162

139

0

1 / 7

3 / 9

1 / 7

2 / 11

0 / 13

2 / 12

0 / 9

9 / 68

1975

Majors

68.23

162

139

0

0 / 12

0 / 15

1 / 8

1 / 12

0 / 4

1 / 8

0 / 9

3 / 68

1976

Majors

68.21

162

139

0

1 / 10

0 / 10

3 / 10

1 / 8

1 / 15

0 / 10

0 / 5

6 / 68

1977

Majors

59.70

145

125

17

0 / 5

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 9

1 / 9

0 / 15

1 / 59

1978

Majors

66.28

162

139

0

0 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 12

2 / 8

0 / 8

2 / 13

0 / 12

4 / 66

1979

Majors

66.28

162

139

0

0 / 9

0 / 13

1 / 4

0 / 8

0 / 12

0 / 6

0 / 14

1 / 66

1980

Majors

66.28

162

139

0

0 / 13

0 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 2

0 / 8

2 / 13

0 / 9

2 / 66

1981

Majors

49.13

120

103

42

0 / 10

0 / 6

1 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 8

1 / 49

1982

Majors

66.28

162

139

0

-1 / 7

-1 / 15

-1 / 9

-1 / 6

-8 / 10

-3 / 8

-2 / 11

-17 / 66

1983

Majors

55.19

137

113

25

-1 / 6

-2 / 7

-1 / 6

-2 / 15

-4 / 5

-1 / 7

0 / 9

-11 / 55

1984

Majors

39.79

102

69

60

-4 / 5

-4 / 6

0 / 4

-4 / 5

-8 / 7

-1 / 5

-2 / 7

-23 / 39

1985

Majors

61.26

152

119

10

-1 / 4

-1 / 6

-1 / 10

-3 / 10

-9 / 12

-1 / 8

-4 / 11

-20 / 61

1986

Majors

65.57

162

126

0

-2 / 7

-1 / 11

-1 / 14

-5 / 6

-4 / 8

0 / 9

-2 / 10

-15 / 65

1987

Majors

67.32

162

135

0

0 / 5

-3 / 9

-1 / 7

0 / 8

-2 / 5

-1 / 17

-4 / 16

-11 / 67

Total

2669

2216

219

15 / 161

30 / 201

38 / 177

27 / 168

-30 / 179

32 / 207

25 / 221

137 / 1342

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1987-11-01	Jesse Burkett has retired from the New York Bronx Bombers
1985-08-26	Jesse Burkett of the New York Bronx Bombers is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1984-07-31	Jesse Burkett of the New York Bronx Bombers is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1984-04-20	Jesse Burkett of the New York Bronx Bombers is injured and is expected to be out 39 days.
1983-09-03	Jesse Burkett of the New York Bronx Bombers is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1981-08-15	Jesse Burkett of the New York Bronx Bombers is injured and is expected to be out 56 days.
1981-06-15	A trade has been completed between the Boston Scribes and the New York Bronx Bombers. The New York Bronx Bombers receive Jesse Burkett, John Urbanski, Draft Pick 1982 Round 2 BOS (Mike Creamer) from the Boston Scribes in exchange for Joe Hudson, Draft Pick 1982 Round 1 NYA (Bart Browne).
1977-06-25	Jesse Burkett of the Boston Scribes is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1973-05-23	Jesse Burkett of the Boston Scribes is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1972-07-30	Jesse Burkett of the Boston Scribes is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
1970-06-06	Jesse Burkett of the Boston Scribes is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1970-05-02	The Boston Scribes have promoted Jesse Burkett to the major league team. The Boston Scribes have designated Reggie Piersall for assignment.
1969-04-16	A trade has been completed between the Boston Scribes and the Cleveland Spiders. The Cleveland Spiders receive Bill Solis, Hank Power from the Boston Scribes in exchange for Jesse Burkett.
1967-04-11	The Cleveland Spiders have renamed Leo Brubaker to Jesse Burkett.