Class of 1937, pitcher : Burke
James Burke came to my attention in his first season. He won the Rookie of the Year Award, but two people win that every year. Why he stuck with me is that the other ROY was Bobby Burke!
Burke (James, Bobby's career was much less notable) won 362 games in his career. He got 9 career WS starts in 4 Series. In those 9 starts he had an ERA+ over 200, won 6 games, 3 series, and pitched 84.1 innings (yep, that's an average of more than 9 innings a start). He holds the single season VOR record with a 104 in 1891. He won 6 Cy Young Awards, and was a 9 time All-Star in a career that spanned from 1886 to 1904.
Black Ink 128
Gray Ink 359
Hall of Fame Monitor 307.5
Hall of Fame Standards 70
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