Robert James Burke (January 23, 1907 – February 8, 1971) was an American
pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...
for the
Washington Senators and
Philadelphia Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has ...
.
Burke helped the Senators win the 1933 American League Pennant.
In 10 seasons Burke had a 38–46 win–loss record, appearing in 254 games, starting 88 of them, pitching 27 complete games, tossing 4 shutouts, finishing 93 games, earning 5 saves, 918 innings pitched, allowing 926 hits, allowing 506 runs (437 earned), surrendering 35 home runs, walking 360, striking our 299, hitting 24 batsmen, 16 wild pitches, facing 3,985 batters, 3 balks and a 4.28 ERA.
On August 8, 1931, while with the Senators, Burke
no-hit the
Boston Red Sox
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5–0 at
Griffith Stadium
Griffith Stadium stood in Washington, D.C., from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street (left field), and between W Street and Florida Avenue NW.
The site was once home to a wooden baseball park. Built in 1891, it was called Bounda ...
. It was the last no-hitter by a Washington-area Major League Baseball team until
Jordan Zimmermann on September 28, 2014.
Burke died on February 8, 1971, aged 64.
See also
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List of Major League Baseball no-hitters
Below is a list of Major League Baseball no-hitters, enumerating every no-hitter pitched in Major League Baseball history. The list also includes no-hit games that were broken up in extra innings or were in shortened games, although they have no ...
References
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1907 births
1971 deaths
Major League Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Joliet, Illinois
Philadelphia Phillies players
Washington Senators (1901–1960) players
20th-century American sportsmen
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