Ernie Burch

Born: September 9, 1856
Died:
MLB Debut: August,15, 1884
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Ernie Burch was one of the few players on the St. Louis Whites with significant major league experience prior to joining the Whites. He made his major league debut in 1884 with Cleveland in the National League, and then in 1886 and 1887 played with Brooklyn in the American Association. In 1887, he was hitting near .300 with Brooklyn when he was released. It was reported that he had bought a ranch, and that he was more concerned about his ranch than playing baseball. He was signed by Tom Loftus in February of 1888, one of the last players signed by the Whites prior to spring training. He appeared in every game for the Whites, playing left field and batting cleanup.

After the Whites disbanded, he went back to his ranch. He came back to professional baseball in 1890 and 1891, playing with the club in Peoria. He died in 1892 at the age of 36 in Guthrie, Oklahoma.



Major League record for Ernie Burch

Batting stats
Year   Team              Pos            Age    G   AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR  RBI   BB    K   SB   CS     AVG    OBP    SLG
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1884   Cle-N             OF              27   32  124    9   26    4    0    0    7    5   24             0.210  0.240  0.242
1886   Bro-a             OF              29  113  456   78  119   22    6    2   72   39        16        0.261  0.321  0.349
1887   Bro-a             OF              30   49  188   47   55    4    4    2   26   29   14   15        0.293  0.395  0.388
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Totals (3 yrs)                               194  768  134  200   30   10    4  105   73   38   31    0   0.260  0.328  0.341


Stats with the St. Louis Whites

Batting stats
Year Team Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1888 STW 31 39 158 27 31 5 3 0 14 0.196 0.266

Spring stats for the Whites

  Date       Opponent      Pos.   AB    R   BH   2B   3B   HR	SB   BB    K
 4/1/1888    Prickly Ash    lf     4    2    1                   1         2
 4/7/1888    Browns         lf     3    0    1                   0
 4/8/1888    Browns         lf     4    1    3                   2         1
4/12/1888    Kansas City    lf     4    0    0
4/15/1888    Browns         lf     4    0    0                   1         1
4/16/1888    Bloomington    lf     5    1    1    1              0
4/17/1888    Bloomington    lf     4    1    2
4/18/1888    Bloomington    lf     4    1    2
4/19/1888    Peoria         lf     4    0    1    1
4/20/1888    Peoria         lf     4    0    2    1
4/21/1888    Davenport      lf     3    1    1              1    0
4/22/1888    Davenport      lf     4    0    3    1              0
4/23/1888    Rockford       lf     3    1    0
4/24/1888    Rockford       lf     5    2    1                   1
4/25/1888    Dubuque        lf     4    1    2                   1
4/26/1888    Dubuque        lf     2    0    1                   0
Totals (16 G)                     61   12   22    4    0    1    6    0    4
1 HBP; 14 putouts, 2 assists and 4 errors