LF Joe Burke #28
Houston Drillers MLB
Age: 26 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Very Good
06/11/1973
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LF JOE BURKE #28 - AGE: 26 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
41 55 13 1 1 1 4 6 13 .236 .311 .345 1 -0.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 50 50 50
Gap 55 50 60 60
Power 45 40 45 45
Eye 55 50 60 70
Avoid K's 45 45 45 45
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 30 40
Errors: - 30 50
Arm: 20 35 60
Turn DP: - 20 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 40
1st Base: 30 Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: 35
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 50
Stealing Aggressiveness: 60
Stealing Ability: 55
Baserunning Inst.: 65
Sacrifice Bunt: 35
Bunt for Hit: 30
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
06/10/1973 @ DET Loss, 6-7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/09/1973 @ DET Loss, 0-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
06/08/1973 @ DET Loss, 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/06/1973 @ SFS Loss, 4-8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
06/03/1973 SEA Win, 5-3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/31/1973 CHH Loss, 1-7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
05/30/1973 CHH Win, 9-8 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
05/29/1973 CHH Win, 8-0 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
05/28/1973 CHH Loss, 9-11 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
05/27/1973 TCN Win, 10-5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
The last person you'd find in the tabloids.
Birthday:01/14/1947
Born in:Monett, MO
Nationality:American
Height:5' 10"
Weight:185 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$70,000
Signed Through:1973 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 69 Days
Service This Yr:69 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1965, 20th Pick in Round 2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1973 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 41 55 13 1 1 1 4 7 6 13 .236 .311 .345 .657 .305 .109 86
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 8 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 3 1 0 100.0 6.6 4.22 -0.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Versus Right   51 12 1 1 1 4 5 6 11 0 0 0 .235 .316 .353 .669
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
April   19 5 0 1 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 .263 .300 .526 .826
May   31 6 1 0 0 3 4 5 7 0 0 0 .194 .306 .226 .531
June   5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Spring Training   51 10 0 0 0 4 4 9 11 1 2 0 .196 .311 .196 .508
Last Year   136 22 3 0 1 9 8 14 29 2 0 2 .162 .247 .206 .453
2 Years Ago   55 17 3 0 3 12 15 6 5 1 2 2 .309 .391 .527 .918
Career   389 86 16 3 6 41 51 46 74 5 2 4 .221 .306 .324 .630
Home   29 10 1 1 0 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 .345 .424 .448 .873
Road   26 3 0 0 1 2 3 2 9 0 0 0 .115 .179 .231 .409
Grass   55 13 1 1 1 4 7 6 13 0 0 0 .236 .311 .345 .657
Day   23 6 0 1 1 1 5 3 4 0 0 0 .261 .346 .478 .824
Night   32 7 1 0 0 3 2 3 9 0 0 0 .219 .286 .250 .536
As Starter   27 5 0 0 0 2 3 4 4 0 0 0 .185 .290 .185 .476
As Reliever / Substitution   28 8 1 1 1 2 4 2 9 0 0 0 .286 .333 .500 .833
Pinch Hitting   28 8 1 1 1 2 3 2 9 0 0 0 .286 .333 .500 .833
Close/Late   21 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 .095 .136 .190 .327
Inning 1-3   8 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .333 .250 .583
Inning 4-6   12 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
Inning 7-9   34 8 1 1 1 4 3 2 10 0 0 0 .235 .278 .412 .690
Extra Innings   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   24 4 0 0 1 2 4 3 4 0 0 0 .167 .259 .292 .551
1 Outs   17 5 1 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 .294 .368 .471 .839
2 Outs   14 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 .286 .333 .286 .619
Scoring Position   12 3 0 0 0 3 2 2 6 0 0 0 .250 .357 .250 .607
Bases Empty   31 6 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 .194 .265 .355 .620
Runner on 1st   12 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 .333 .385 .417 .801
Runner on 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .667 .000 .667
Runner on 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   4 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Runner on 1st & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Bases Loaded   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   29 5 0 0 1 3 4 2 13 0 0 0 .172 .226 .276 .502
First Pitch   8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 0-1   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 0-2   7 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 1-0   3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
Count 1-1   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Count 1-2   10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200
Count 2-0   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000
Count 2-2   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000
Full Count   8 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 5 0 0 0 .250 .400 .625 1.025
Behind in Count   19 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 .105 .105 .105 .211
Ahead in Count   10 5 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 .500 .643 .800 1.443
Batting Leadoff   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 2nd   10 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 .200 .273 .200 .473
Batting 4th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308
Batting 6th   4 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100
Batting 7th   8 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 .000 .273 .000 .273
Batting 8th   7 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 .429 .500 .857 1.357
Batting 9th   10 4 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 .400 .400 .700 1.100
Low Leverage   20 7 1 0 1 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 .350 .381 .550 .931
Medium Leverage   19 3 0 0 0 1 3 3 4 0 0 0 .158 .273 .158 .431
High Leverage   16 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 .188 .278 .312 .590
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1969 Houston - MLB 22 40 35 8 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 .229 .325 .371 .696 100 88 0.1
1970 Houston - MLB 23 83 108 26 6 1 1 14 16 15 0 2 22 0 1 .241 .328 .343 .671 88 88 0.1
1971 Houston - MLB 24 67 55 17 3 0 3 12 15 6 2 1 5 0 0 .309 .391 .527 .918 164 152 0.8
1972 Houston - MLB 25 114 136 22 3 0 1 9 8 14 2 2 29 1 0 .162 .247 .206 .453 41 34 -1.1
1973 Houston - MLB 26 41 55 13 1 1 1 4 7 6 0 0 13 1 0 .236 .311 .345 .657 80 86 -0.1
Total MLB 345 389 86 16 3 6 41 51 46 4 5 74 2 1 .221 .306 .324 .630 83 79 -0.3
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1965 Total - 18 21 89 40 13 4 2 22 30 11 3 3 4 18 6 .449 .509 .753 1.262 100 100 2.0
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Houston - MLB 23 7 7 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 61 53 -0.1
Total MLB 7 7 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 61 53
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1969 Houston - MLB 1B 5 0 9 1 1 10 0 1.000 10.1 8.71 -0.2 1.047
1969 Houston - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Houston - MLB RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Houston - MLB C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
1970 Houston - MLB 1B 6 1 23 2 3 25 0 1.000 29.2 7.58 -0.1 1.030
1970 Houston - MLB LF 12 10 24 0 0 24 0 1.000 82.2 2.61 -1.6 .902
1970 Houston - MLB RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Houston - MLB 1B 2 0 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 2.2 16.88 +0.1 1.025
1971 Houston - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Houston - MLB 1B 6 0 19 1 1 21 1 .952 18.1 9.82 -0.6 .822
1972 Houston - MLB LF 15 12 21 0 0 22 1 .955 115.2 1.63 -2.0 .932
1972 Houston - MLB RF 7 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 13.0 2.08 -1.5 .583
1973 Houston - MLB 1B 4 3 24 1 2 26 1 .962 24.0 9.38 -0.6 .859
1973 Houston - MLB LF 6 5 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 44.1 2.44 -2.1 .821
1973 Houston - MLB RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL 1B 23 4 80 5 7 87 2 .977 85.0 9.00 -1.4 .922
TOTAL LF 35 27 57 0 0 58 1 .983 246.2 2.08 -5.7 .892
TOTAL RF 9 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 16.0 1.69 -1.5 .583
PLAYER HISTORY
12/13/1965 Drafted in the 1965 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 20, 48th overall pick) by the Houston Drillers, out of high school Agape Boarding (Agape Boarding; Stockton, MO).
01/01/1966 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (55); Power: 25 (45); Eye: 30 (50).
04/12/1966 Named the #41 prospect in the MLB
07/07/1966 Named the #28 prospect in the MLB
10/20/1966 Named the #19 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (55); Power: 25 (45); Eye: 40 (50).
04/11/1967 Named the #45 prospect in the MLB
07/06/1967 Named the #21 prospect in the MLB
10/20/1967 Named the #36 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (55); Power: 30 (45); Eye: 50 (50).
04/09/1968 Named the #45 prospect in the MLB
07/04/1968 Named the #23 prospect in the MLB
10/31/1968 Named the #31 prospect in the MLB
12/06/1968 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at right field at the Houston Drillers development complex.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (60); Power: 45 (55); Eye: 55 (55).
04/08/1969 Named the #58 prospect in the MLB
07/03/1969 Named the #39 prospect in the MLB
11/17/1969 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $23,400.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 45 (50); Eye: 55 (55).
11/17/1970 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $24,800.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 45 (50); Eye: 55 (60).
11/11/1971 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $47,000.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 55 (65).
03/19/1972 Detrimentally completed training to improve his defense at left field at the Houston Drillers development complex.
11/10/1972 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $70,000.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 55 (65).
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