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Chris Burke
Christopher A. Burke

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.
School University of Tennessee

Debut July 4, 2004

Born March 11, 1980 in Louisville, KY

Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 2001. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 24 HOU NL  17   17    2    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   3  .059  .200  .059  -29    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2005 25 HOU NL 108  318   49   79  19  2   5   26  11  6  23  62  .248  .309  .368   76  117   9   3   0   6   7
 2006 26 HOU NL 123  366   58  101  23  1   9   40  11  1  27  77  .276  .347  .418   96  153   4   2   0  14   6
 2007 27 HOU NL 111  319   39   73  19  2   6   28   9  3  27  52  .229  .304  .357   72  114   8   1   1   8  10
 2008 28 ARI NL  86  165   20   32   5  1   2   12   5  0  27  33  .194  .310  .273   51   45   2   3   8   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      445 1185  168  286  66  6  22  106  36 10 107 227  .241  .318  .363   76  430  23   9   9  30  25
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        431   61  104  24  2   8   39  13  4  39  83  .241  .318  .363   76  157   8   3   3  11   9
 Career High    123  366   58  101  23  2   9   40  11  6  27  77  .276  .347  .418   96  153   9   3   8  14  10
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 24 HOU NL   20   16    0   0.0   113| .059  .272| .200  .344| .059  .441| .259  .785| -29  .000  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 2005 25 HOU NL  359  264   36   3.6   109| .248  .270| .309  .340| .368  .430| .677  .770|  76  .374 -11.2  -1.1  64%
 2006 26 HOU NL  413  278   56   5.4   113| .276  .272| .347  .343| .418  .442| .765  .785|  96  .526  -1.8  -0.2  91%
 2007 27 HOU NL  363  268   35   3.5   110| .229  .271| .304  .341| .357  .434| .661  .775|  72  .337 -13.7  -1.3  75%
 2008 28 ARI NL  199  140   17   3.3   114| .194  .275| .310  .348| .273  .439| .583  .788|  51  .322 -11.9  -1.1 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1354  966  144   4.0   111| .241  .272| .318  .342| .363  .436| .681  .779|  76  .399 -42.0  -4.0  78%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2004 24 HOU NL 2B 7 7 15 0 3 1.000 .982 3.14 4.31 7.70 5.01 2 25.7 2005 25 HOU NL OF 84 121 3 1 1 .992 .984 1.48 1.86 1.72 2.19 75 647.0 LF 83 120 3 1 1 .992 .984 1.48 1.52 1.75 1.94 74 634.0 2B 18 15 24 0 5 1.000 .980 2.17 4.30 4.37 4.98 7 80.3 CF 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.17 2.15 0.69 2.49 1 13.0 2006 26 HOU NL 2B 69 68 117 5 26 .974 .982 2.68 4.37 4.82 5.05 32 345.7 OF 61 96 2 1 0 .990 .984 1.61 1.88 2.03 2.22 52 435.0 CF 38 72 2 1 0 .987 .988 1.95 2.20 2.34 2.58 36 284.3 LF 19 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 0.74 1.54 1.06 1.97 13 119.0 SS 8 2 8 1 1 .909 .971 1.25 4.00 2.84 4.40 3 31.7 RF 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.43 1.74 2.84 2.10 3 31.7 2007 27 HOU NL 2B 58 56 103 3 17 .981 .984 2.74 4.23 4.60 4.86 31 311.0 OF 47 81 3 2 1 .977 .984 1.79 1.94 2.17 2.30 39 349.0 CF 26 50 1 1 0 .981 .986 1.96 2.30 2.28 2.71 23 201.0 RF 20 26 1 1 1 .964 .982 1.35 1.81 1.84 2.18 15 132.0 SS 7 3 9 0 0 1.000 .976 1.71 4.00 4.50 4.42 1 24.0 LF 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 1.53 3.38 2.02 1 16.0 2008 28 ARI NL LF 18 43 1 0 0 1.000 .982 2.44 1.47 3.40 1.90 13 116.3 2B 18 21 34 0 7 1.000 .982 3.06 4.04 5.38 4.83 9 92.0 1B 9 67 4 0 6 1.000 .992 7.89 8.23 10.14 9.34 6 63.0 RF 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.00 1.83 1.29 2.12 7 62.7 3B 4 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 1.75 2.23 3.15 2.61 2 20.0 SS 2 2 4 1 2 .857 .984 3.00 3.95 3.94 4.40 2 13.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2008 28 ARI NL 1B 9 67 4 0 6 1.000 .992 7.89 8.23 10.14 9.34 6 63.0 2004 24 HOU NL 2B 7 7 15 0 3 1.000 .982 3.14 4.31 7.70 5.01 2 25.7 2005 25 HOU NL 2B 18 15 24 0 5 1.000 .980 2.17 4.30 4.37 4.98 7 80.3 2006 26 HOU NL 2B 69 68 117 5 26 .974 .982 2.68 4.37 4.82 5.05 32 345.7 2007 27 HOU NL 2B 58 56 103 3 17 .981 .984 2.74 4.23 4.60 4.86 31 311.0 2008 28 ARI NL 2B 18 21 34 0 7 1.000 .982 3.06 4.04 5.38 4.83 9 92.0 2008 28 ARI NL 3B 4 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 1.75 2.23 3.15 2.61 2 20.0 2005 25 HOU NL CF 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.17 2.15 0.69 2.49 1 13.0 2006 26 HOU NL CF 38 72 2 1 0 .987 .988 1.95 2.20 2.34 2.58 36 284.3 2007 27 HOU NL CF 26 50 1 1 0 .981 .986 1.96 2.30 2.28 2.71 23 201.0 2005 25 HOU NL LF 83 120 3 1 1 .992 .984 1.48 1.52 1.75 1.94 74 634.0 2006 26 HOU NL LF 19 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 0.74 1.54 1.06 1.97 13 119.0 2007 27 HOU NL LF 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 1.53 3.38 2.02 1 16.0 2008 28 ARI NL LF 18 43 1 0 0 1.000 .982 2.44 1.47 3.40 1.90 13 116.3 2005 25 HOU NL OF 84 121 3 1 1 .992 .984 1.48 1.86 1.72 2.19 75 647.0 2006 26 HOU NL OF 61 96 2 1 0 .990 .984 1.61 1.88 2.03 2.22 52 435.0 2007 27 HOU NL OF 47 81 3 2 1 .977 .984 1.79 1.94 2.17 2.30 39 349.0 2006 26 HOU NL RF 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.43 1.74 2.84 2.10 3 31.7 2007 27 HOU NL RF 20 26 1 1 1 .964 .982 1.35 1.81 1.84 2.18 15 132.0 2008 28 ARI NL RF 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.00 1.83 1.29 2.12 7 62.7 2006 26 HOU NL SS 8 2 8 1 1 .909 .971 1.25 4.00 2.84 4.40 3 31.7 2007 27 HOU NL SS 7 3 9 0 0 1.000 .976 1.71 4.00 4.50 4.42 1 24.0 2008 28 ARI NL SS 2 2 4 1 2 .857 .984 3.00 3.95 3.94 4.40 2 13.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 192 298 8 4 2 .987 .984 1.59 1.89 1.92 2.23 166 1431.0 123 70 36# 2B* 170 167 293 8 58 .983 .982 2.71 4.28 4.84 4.95 81 854.7 LF* 123 182 5 1 1 .995 .983 1.52 1.52 1.90 1.94 101 885.3 CF* 70 123 3 2 0 .984 .987 1.80 2.23 2.28 2.63 60 498.3 RF* 36 45 1 1 1 .979 .981 1.28 1.80 1.83 2.16 25 226.3 SS* 17 7 21 2 3 .933 .976 1.65 3.99 3.64 4.42 6 69.3 1B* 9 67 4 0 6 1.000 .992 7.89 8.23 10.14 9.34 6 63.0 3B* 4 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 1.75 2.23 3.15 2.61 2 20.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 392 541 331 14 69 .984 .983 2.22 3.16 3.22 3.43 261 2438
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2005   NLDS  HOU ATL     W   3   3   1   2  1  0  1   1   1   0  .667  .750 2.000   0  0             
        NLCS  HOU STL     W   6  20   5   6  0  1  1   3   1   3  .300  .333  .550   0  0             
        WS    HOU CHW     L   4   5   1   0  0  0  0   0   2   0  .000  .286  .000   2  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   2-1  13  28   7   8  1  1  2   4   4   3  .286  .375  .607   2  0             
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Hit By Pitch
2006 NL-14-6

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 2001.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005Houston Astros$316,000
2006Houston Astros$362,500
2007Houston Astros$415,000
2008Arizona Diamondbacks$955,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,048,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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