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Al
Burch		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: October 7, 1883 in Usa, NY, ALBANY
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1906 22 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 7 6 9 10 10
1907 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 7 6 10 10 10
1908 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 7 7 10 10 10
1909 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 10 10
1910 26 CLE AL $ 3,250,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 10 10
1911 27 CLE AL $ 3,250,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 10 10
1912 28 CLE AL $ 3,250,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 10 10
1913 29 CLE AL $ 5,700,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 10 10
1914 30 CLE AL $ 5,700,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 10 9
1915 31 CLE AL $ 5,700,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 10 9
1916 32 CLE AL $ 6,270,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 3 4 3 6 7 7 9 10 9
1917 33 CLE AL $ 6,270,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 3 4 3 5 7 6 9 9 9
1918 34 CLE AL $ 6,270,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 3 4 3 5 7 6 9 9 9
1919 35 CLE AL $ 7,020,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 6 6 8 9 9
1920 36 CLE AL $ 7,020,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 6 5 8 9 9
1921 37 BOS AL $ 792,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 4 4 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 7 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,020,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 7 7 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1906 22 CLE AL 13 26 6 9 0 1 0 6 6 0 3 1 .346 .400 .423 .823 5.2 1.6
    AAA   65 241 37 75 9 2 0 26 26 4 48 30 .311 .426 .365 .791 44.3  
    AA   18 22 6 7 0 1 2 8 1 0 7 1 .318 .483 .682 1.165 7.0  
    A   23 70 12 22 3 0 1 10 11 0 22 12 .314 .478 .400 .878 17.5  
1907 23 CLE AL 73 276 50 81 1 2 1 34 39 9 28 10 .293 .358 .322 .681 38.7 9.8
1908 24 CLE AL 109 389 62 128 9 5 0 52 49 17 41 26 .329 .390 .378 .768 61.5 17.0
1909 25 CLE AL 147 545 69 152 6 4 2 60 61 16 72 34 .279 .365 .316 .681 73.0 19.1
1910 26 CLE AL 82 284 46 84 8 1 1 30 45 11 39 10 .296 .383 .342 .725 42.0 13.4
1911 27 CLE AL 106 325 58 89 6 3 1 33 39 8 42 26 .274 .357 .320 .677 44.4 8.3
1912 28 CLE AL 148 552 73 156 15 2 2 53 59 31 76 54 .283 .370 .328 .698 73.0 12.8
1913 29 CLE AL 124 425 78 127 9 3 1 53 61 16 73 17 .299 .402 .341 .743 67.4 14.3
1914 30 CLE AL 142 548 86 179 17 8 5 77 75 17 65 41 .327 .396 .414 .810 96.0 22.6
1915 31 CLE AL 147 524 76 138 6 5 1 49 73 29 100 26 .263 .378 .300 .678 73.6 19.5
1916 32 CLE AL 119 404 60 108 8 1 3 40 51 20 53 26 .267 .352 .314 .666 49.4 9.1
1917 33 CLE AL 113 395 55 116 12 4 3 52 45 17 43 26 .294 .363 .367 .731 54.1 11.9
1918 34 CLE AL 109 374 60 110 6 2 3 30 56 24 62 32 .294 .395 .345 .740 58.6 14.3
1919 35 CLE AL 102 399 57 120 13 1 1 39 46 18 33 23 .301 .354 .346 .700 50.2 9.9
1920 36 CLE AL 71 203 26 53 5 0 0 18 20 5 13 15 .261 .301 .286 .587 17.8 1.0
1921 37 BOS AL 67 161 27 44 8 0 0 11 16 6 17 15 .273 .343 .323 .666 19.5 2.6
16 Years Sim 1672 5830 889 1694 129 42 24 637 741 244 760 382 .291 .372 .339 .711 824.4 187.3
1 Years AAA 65 241 37 75 9 2 0 26 26 4 48 30 .311 .423 .365 .788 44.3  
1 Years AA 18 22 6 7 0 1 2 8 1 0 7 1 .318 .483 .682 1.165 7.0  
1 Years A 23 70 12 22 3 0 1 10 11 0 22 12 .314 .478 .400 .878 17.5  
3 Years Minors 106 333 55 104 12 3 3 44 38 4 77 43 .312 .439 .393 .833 68.8  
162 Game Average 564 86 164 12 4 2 61 71 23 73 37 .291 .372 .339 .711 79.9  
Career Highs 148 552 86 179 17 8 5 77 75 31 100 54 .346 .402 .423 .823 96.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4296 698 1326 103 35 21 500 567 183 613 228 .309 .394 .364 .758 691.1
vs LH   1534 191 368 26 7 3 137 174 61 147 154 .240 .307 .272 .578 146.2
Home 836 2839 444 866 72 22 12 334 349 110 384 190 .305 .387 .359 .745 440.8
Away 836 2991 445 828 57 20 12 303 392 134 376 192 .277 .358 .321 .679 396.5
RISP   1488 0 441 29 13 7 583 0 0 248 94 .296 .390 .347 .738 224.3
Pinch Hitting   108 21 36 0 1 0 17 7 0 18 6 .333 .422 .352 .774 19.0
Close/Late   744 110 200 16 5 1 68 1 3 122 44 .269 .370 .308 .678 95.6
Mar/Apr 195 707 100 194 16 5 4 66 96 23 87 48 .274 .354 .328 .682 97.2
May 272 961 158 288 17 9 3 115 129 46 131 67 .300 .383 .345 .728 143.9
June 291 1012 160 310 27 8 4 112 134 40 121 69 .306 .381 .361 .742 154.1
July 314 1089 171 317 26 8 4 130 146 44 163 71 .291 .382 .341 .723 165.8
August 293 1006 148 284 21 9 3 99 112 39 128 61 .282 .363 .330 .693 136.2
Sep/Oct 307 1055 152 301 22 3 6 115 124 52 130 66 .285 .363 .329 .692 140.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1906 22 CLE AL CF 6 3 30.0 7 1 2 1 .800 2.40   0.2
    RF 4 3 28.0 12 0 1 0 .923 3.86    
1907 23 CLE AL CF 55 55 476.3 130 5 14 3 .906 2.55   1.9
    RF 18 17 149.7 35 2 3 2 .925 2.23    
1908 24 CLE AL CF 94 92 831.7 229 7 14 2 .944 2.55   3.3
    RF 10 9 83.0 18 2 3 0 .870 2.17    
1909 25 CLE AL CF 145 143 1312.3 341 5 32 2 .915 2.37   3.3
1910 26 CLE AL CF 67 66 625.0 179 6 21 1 .898 2.66   2.1
    RF 4 4 34.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.30    
    1B 1 0 12.0 17 2 0 1 1.000 14.25   0.0
1911 27 CLE AL CF 82 75 685.7 176 10 18 0 .912 2.44   1.7
    RF 6 3 31.0 14 0 1 0 .933 4.06    
1912 28 CLE AL RF 85 85 747.3 173 8 9 2 .953 2.18   4.6
    CF 60 59 514.3 162 7 22 3 .885 2.96    
1913 29 CLE AL RF 118 115 1054.0 229 12 11 1 .956 2.06   3.2
    CF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1914 30 CLE AL RF 135 134 1221.0 251 4 18 1 .934 1.88   3.0
    CF 6 5 41.7 9 2 2 0 .846 2.38    
1915 31 CLE AL RF 87 87 770.7 170 3 12 0 .935 2.02   3.7
    CF 59 57 513.3 144 4 11 2 .931 2.59    
1916 32 CLE AL RF 85 79 697.3 160 5 5 1 .971 2.13   3.3
    CF 26 26 232.0 41 2 3 0 .935 1.67    
1917 33 CLE AL RF 100 100 880.3 196 8 13 1 .940 2.09   2.4
    CF 4 3 27.0 10 0 1 0 .909 3.33    
1918 34 CLE AL RF 103 102 909.3 190 14 9 5 .958 2.02   3.4
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1919 35 CLE AL RF 99 96 861.0 172 7 7 2 .962 1.87   2.9
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1920 36 CLE AL CF 32 25 232.0 50 3 6 0 .898 2.06   1.0
    RF 23 21 188.3 32 1 0 1 1.000 1.58    
1921 37 BOS AL CF 32 29 243.7 68 4 7 1 .911 2.66   1.3
    RF 16 12 105.0 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.31    
    3B 1 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 893 867 7760.6 1684 66 92 16 .950 2.03   26.5
  CF 672 638 5768.6 1546 56 153 15 .913 2.50   14.9
  1B 1 0 12.0 17 2 0 1 1.000 14.25   0.0
  3B 1 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1567 1505 13544.9 3247 124 245 32 .932 2.24   41.4
Career Highs   146 144 1312.3 341 15 32 5 .963 3.10    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1908 24 CLE AL 4 14 3 7 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 14 3 7 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1914-2-.327
 On-Base Pct
1909-6-.365
1913-3-.400*
1914-2-.396
1915-5-.378
 Slugging Pct
1914-6-.414
 OPS
1914-2-.810
 XR
1909-9-73.0
1914-2-96.0
1915-8-73.6
 Games
1912-3-148
1915-4-147
Runs
1914-6-86
1915-6-76
 Hits
1914-1-179
 Total Bases
1914-5-227
 Singles
1909-4-140
1912-8-137
1914-1-149
1915-2-126
CAR-42-1499
 RBIs
1914-10-77
 Stolen Bases
1909-6-61
1912-4-59
1913-6-61
1914-1-75
1915-1-73
1916-4-51
1917-7-45
1918-4-56
1919-3-46
CAR-9-741
Caught Stealing
1912-2-31
1915-1-29
1916-9-20
1918-9-24
1919-10-18
CAR-20-244
 Walks
1909-6-72
1912-5-76
1913-6-73
1914-9-65
1915-1-100
CAR-30-760
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  6. Joe Cassidy (881)
  7. Elmer Smith (878)
  8. Eddie Murphy (874)
  9. Rube Ellis (874)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1906
Had first career hit (triple) on 8/28/1906, off Ham Iburg (WS1)
Hit first career homerun on 5/6/1907, off Ed Kinsella (PHA)
Injured on 8/27/1908 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 4 weeks
2/13/1910: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,250,000 through salary arbitration
7/31/1918: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $7,020,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/20/1921 to a 1-year deal worth $792,000 per year
 
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