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Leo Patrick Burke (born May 6, 1934 in Hagerstown, Maryland) 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).

Leo Burke
Utilityman
Born: (1934-05-06) May 6, 1934 (age 88) Hagerstown, Maryland
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)

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,[1] 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

Sources

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference

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