Leo Burke (baseball)

Leo Burke
Leo Burke
	Utilityman
	Born: May 6, 1934; Hagerstown, Maryland, U.S.
	Died: October 13, 2023 (aged 89); Riner, Virginia, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	September 7, 1958, for the Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB appearance
	May 26, 1965, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Batting average	.239
Home runs	9
Runs batted in	45
Teams
	Baltimore Orioles (1958–1959); Los Angeles Angels (1961–1962); St. Louis Cardinals (1963); Chicago Cubs (1963–1965);

Leo Patrick Burke (May 6, 1934 – October 13, 2023) [1] is a retired American utility player in Major League Baseball. The graduate of Virginia Tech played two full seasons and parts of five others in MLB as a rightfielder, second baseman and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Angels, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs (1958–59; 1961–65). He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).

Burke was involved in a waiver deal between the Cardinals and Cubs on June 24, 1963, when he was sent to Chicago for relief pitcher Barney Schultz,[2] who would play a major role in the Cardinals' 1964 pennant-winning season. Burke played 98 of his 165 MLB games in a Cub uniform.

During his Major League career, Burke batted .239 with 72 hits, nine home runs and 45 runs batted in.

References

"Leo Burke, Jr. Obituary". heraldmailmedia.com. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
"The Milwaukee Sentinel - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

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