Baseball player
| Jimmy Burke | |
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| Third baseman / Manager | |
| Born: (1874-10-12)October 12, 1874 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | |
| Died: March 26, 1942(1942-03-26) (aged 67) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | |
| Batted: RightThrew: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| October 6, 1898, for the Cleveland Spiders | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 8, 1905, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .244 |
| Home runs | 1 |
| Runs batted in | 187 |
| Games managed | 445 |
| Managerial record | 206–236 |
| Winning % | .466 |
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James Timothy Burke (October 12, 1874 – March 26, 1942) was an American Major League Baseball third baseman, coach, and manager. He played for the Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago White Stockings, Pittsburgh Pirates, and St. Louis Cardinals.
Burke was the regular third baseman for the Cardinals from 1903 to 1905. He was named player-manager in the middle of the 1905, season but was replaced by Stanley Robison after amassing a record of 34–56.
Playing career
Burke made his debut in October 1898 for the Cleveland Spiders. He was one of many players moved from Cleveland to St. Louis the following season, a move that stocked Cleveland with inferior and inept ball players that resulted in that team producing the worst record ever in Major league baseball. Burke only played a couple of games for St. Louis, now called the St. Louis Perfectos.
In 1901, he split time between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox of the American League. After being released by Chicago in 1901, he signed with the National League's Pittsburgh Pirates where once again he played only occasionally.
Burke never got anywhere near close to regular playing time until he was traded by Pittsburgh to the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1903, his first season with significant playing time, he batted .285 and rove in 42 runs. However, despite in appearing in over hundred games in both of the next seasons, Burke found himself playing for the Kansas City Blues in the minor leagues. Burke never again played in the majors, finishing his career with the Fort Wayne Champs of the Central League in 1913.
Coaching
From 1914 through 1917, Burke was a coach for the Detroit Tigers. He then served as manager for the St. Louis Browns from 1918 through 1920. In 1921, he became a coach for the Boston Red Sox, a position he held for three seasons. Burke later was a coach for the Chicago Cubs from 1926 through 1930, and was last a coach with the New York Yankees from 1931 through 1933.
Managerial record
| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
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| Games | Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| STL | 1905 | 90 | 34 | 56 | .378 | interim | – | – | – | – |
| STL total | 90 | 34 | 56 | – | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| SLB | 1918 | 60 | 29 | 31 | .483 | 5th in AL | – | – | – | – |
| SLB | 1919 | 139 | 67 | 72 | .482 | 5th in AL | – | – | – | – |
| SLB | 1920 | 153 | 76 | 77 | .497 | 4th in AL | – | – | – | – |
| SLB total | 352 | 172 | 180 | .489 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| Total | 442 | 206 | 236 | .466 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
See also
References
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Managerial record
- Jimmy Burke at Find a Grave
| Preceded byN/A | Boston Red Sox Pitching Coach 1921–1923 |
Succeeded byJack Ryan |
| Chicago White Stockings 1901 American League champions | |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 1902 National League champions | |
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| New York Yankees 1932 World Series champions | |
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- 1874 births
- 1942 deaths
- Major League Baseball third basemen
- Cleveland Spiders players
- St. Louis Perfectos players
- Milwaukee Brewers (1901) players
- Chicago White Sox players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- St. Louis Cardinals managers
- St. Louis Browns managers
- New York Yankees coaches
- Chicago Cubs coaches
- Detroit Tigers coaches
- Boston Red Sox coaches
- Toledo Mud Hens managers
- Peoria Distillers players
- Lansing Senators players
- Peoria Blackbirds players
- Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players
- Milwaukee Creams players
- Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
- Rochester Bronchos players
- Kansas City Blues (baseball) players
- Louisville Colonels (minor league) players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Fort Wayne Billikens players
- Fort Wayne Champs players
- Indianapolis Indians managers
- Major League Baseball player-managers
- 19th-century baseball players
- Kansas City Blues (baseball) managers
- Louisville Colonels (minor league) managers
- Burials at Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis)