Leo Burke
Baseball Player
1934 –
Who is Leo Burke?
Leo Patrick Burke 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. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches and weighed 185 pounds.
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, who would play a 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.
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- Born
- May 6, 1934
Hagerstown - Profession
- Education
- Virginia Tech
- Lived in
- Hagerstown
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on July 23, 2013
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