Ernest Burke
1946–1948 · bats L / throws R · Baltimore Elite Giants
18G
.175AVG
.298OBP
.225SLG
More career statistics
7H
0HR
5RBI
0SB
4–4W–L
89.0IP
26K
3.84ERA
8GS
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 18 | 20 |
| Batting · At bats | 40 | 33 |
| Batting · Hits | 7 | 6 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 5 | 4 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 49 | 39 |
| Batting · RBI | 5 | 1 |
| Pitching · Games | 15 | 19 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 394 | 402 |
| Pitching · p er | 38 | 4 |
| Pitching · p gs | 8 | 9 |
| Pitching · p h | 113 | 110 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 267 | 283 |
| Pitching · p k | 26 | 24 |
| Pitching · p r | 52 | 53 |
| Pitching · p w | 20 | 25 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 49 | 40 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | .175 | .298 | .225 | .523 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89.0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 113 | 52 | 38 | 0 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3.84 | 1.494 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1948-08-30 to 1948-09-03
3longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1948-08-22 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 9 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | 22 | 1 |
| 1948 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 11 | 27 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .185 | 72 | 23 |