Les Burke
Third baseman, Baseball Player
1902 – 1975
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Who was Les Burke?
Leslie Kingston Burke, nicknamed "Buck," was a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Detroit Tigers from 1923 to 1926, during Ty Cobb's years as the team's manager. He played in 194 games for the Tigers, 126 at second base. His best season was 1925 when he had a .289 batting average and a .357 on-base percentage. For his career, his batting average was .259, and he had 131 hits, 73 runs scored, 47 runs batted in, and 46 bases on balls. Buck Burke was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, and died in Danvers, Massachusetts.
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- Born
- Dec 18, 1902
Lynn - Profession
- Lived in
- Lynn
- Died
- May 6, 1975
Danvers
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on July 23, 2013
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