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Les Burke
Leslie Kingston Burke (Buck)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 168 lb.

Debut May 2, 1923
Final Game September 15, 1926
Born December 18, 1902 in Lynn, MA
Died May 6, 1975 in Danvers, MA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1923 20 DET AL   7   10    2    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   1  .100  .100  .100  -47    1   0           0    
 1924 21 DET AL  72  241   30   61  10  4   0   17   2  4  22  20  .253  .321  .328   68   79   8           2    
 1925 22 DET AL  77  180   32   52   6  3   0   24   4  1  17   8  .289  .357  .356   82   64  14           2    
 1926 23 DET AL  38   75    9   17   1  0   0    4   1  2   7   3  .227  .301  .240   42   18   2           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      194  506   73  131  17  7   0   47   7  7  46  32  .259  .327  .320   67  162  24   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        423   61  109  14  6   0   39   6  6  38  27  .259  .327  .320   67  135  20   0   0   4   0
 Career High     77  241   32   61  10  4   0   24   4  4  22  20  .253  .321  .328   68   79  14   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1923 20 DET AL   10    9    0   0.0   106| .100  .288| .100  .357| .100  .397| .200  .755| -47  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1924 21 DET AL  273  192   24   3.3   111| .253  .297| .321  .366| .328  .407| .649  .773|  68  .333 -11.8  -1.1  33%
 1925 22 DET AL  213  143   23   4.3   115| .289  .298| .357  .369| .356  .418| .713  .787|  82  .422  -4.9  -0.5  80%
 1926 23 DET AL   85   62    5   2.2   110| .227  .291| .301  .363| .240  .408| .541  .771|  42  .194  -6.4  -0.6  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       581  406   52   3.4   112| .259  .296| .327  .366| .320  .411| .647  .777|  67  .337 -25.3  -2.4  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1923 20 DET AL 3B 2 1 1 2 0 .500 .952 1.00 3.25 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.40 1924 21 DET AL 2B 58 125 167 13 30 .957 .966 5.03 5.39 SS 6 6 15 2 2 .913 .950 3.50 4.83 1925 22 DET AL 2B 52 100 130 9 27 .962 .962 4.42 5.31 1926 23 DET AL 2B 15 27 38 4 8 .942 .967 4.33 5.33 3B 7 7 16 2 0 .920 .950 3.29 3.14 SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 4.60
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1923 20 DET AL 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.40 1924 21 DET AL 2B 58 125 167 13 30 .957 .966 5.03 5.39 1925 22 DET AL 2B 52 100 130 9 27 .962 .962 4.42 5.31 1926 23 DET AL 2B 15 27 38 4 8 .942 .967 4.33 5.33 1923 20 DET AL 3B 2 1 1 2 0 .500 .952 1.00 3.25 1926 23 DET AL 3B 7 7 16 2 0 .920 .950 3.29 3.14 1924 21 DET AL SS 6 6 15 2 2 .913 .950 3.50 4.83 1926 23 DET AL SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 4.60
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 126 252 337 26 65 .958 .964 4.67 5.35 3B 9 8 17 4 0 .862 .951 2.78 3.17 SS 7 7 15 2 2 .917 .948 3.14 4.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 142 267 369 32 67 .952 .963 4.48 5.18
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1923 AL-20-8

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3477) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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