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Jamie Burke
Seattle Mariners [ Team Audit ] [ Depth Chart ]
Catcher
Bats R
Age 37
6'
225 lbs.

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Mariners Depth Chart (updated: 08-09)
PosOrderNamePT%PA AVG R HR RBI SB OBP SLG VORP
C 8 Jamie Burke 5 11 .209 1 0 1 0 .246 .279 -0.4
1   2009 Total 5 11 .209 1 0 1 0 .246 .279 -0.4

Historical Stats

-- Equivalents --
Year Tm Lg PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
2006 OKL AAA 399 46 21 1 10 49 22 41 0 0 0.0 .278 .323 .422 -.288 .226 .264 .348 .210 -19.9 53-C -4 21-3B -1 -1.8
2007 SEA MLB 129 19 8 0 1 12 7 17 0 1 -0.3 .301 .363 .398 .065 .310 .371 .425 .275 6.1 36-C -4 0.3
2008 SEA MLB 100 10 3 0 1 8 5 7 0 1 -0.6 .261 .303 .326 -.184 .272 .313 .337 .227 -1.4 28-C 1 0.1


EQA Distribution

Seven-Year WARP

2009 Forecast

(projection generated 3/7/09 11:10 PM)
-- Equivalents --
Percentile PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
90o 189 20 9 0 3 18 11 21 0 1 -0.8 .288 .339 .397 -.007 .291 .342 .419 .264 6.8 48-C -4 0.9
75o 181 16 7 0 2 16 10 20 0 1 -0.7 .261 .311 .349 -.145 .264 .314 .368 .239 0.7 46-C -3 0.4
60o 179 15 7 0 2 16 10 20 0 1 -0.7 .254 .304 .336 -.180 .257 .307 .356 .232 -0.7 46-C -3 0.3
50o 175 13 6 0 2 15 9 20 0 1 -0.6 .243 .292 .317 -.236 .246 .295 .335 .220 -3.0 45-C -3 0.1
40o 172 12 6 0 1 15 9 19 0 1 -0.6 .232 .281 .297 -.292 .235 .284 .314 .208 -5.1 44-C -2 0.0
25o 167 10 5 0 1 14 9 19 0 0 -0.6 .221 .269 .277 -.349 .224 .271 .293 .195 -7.2 43-C -2 -0.3
10o 154 7 4 0 0 11 7 18 0 0 -0.5 .191 .236 .223 -.502 .193 .238 .235 .151 -12.1 40-C -1 -0.7
Weighted Mean 179 14 6 0 2 16 10 20 0 1 -0.6 .241 .290 .314 -.248 .244 .293 .331 .218 -3.1 46-C -3 0.1

Diagnostics

Breakout Rate Improve Rate Collapse Rate Attrition Rate Beta

20%

41%

41%

37%

0.92

Seven-Year Forecast

-- Equivalents --
Year PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
2009 (age 37) 179 14 6 0 2 16 10 20 0 1 -0.6 .241 .290 .314 -.248 .244 .293 .331 .218 -3.1 46-C -3 0.1
2010 (age 38) 96 5 3 0 1 9 6 11 0 0 -0.3 .225 .277 .291 -.298 .230 .284 .311 .205 -2.5 27-C -2 0.0
2011 (age 39)
-- out of baseball --
2012 (age 40)
-- out of baseball --
2013 (age 41)
-- out of baseball --
2014 (age 42)
-- out of baseball --
2015 (age 43)
-- out of baseball --

Platoon

Platoon AVG OBP SLG
vs LHP .257 .308 .340
vs RHP .236 .284 .302
Split +.020 +.024 +.038
LgAvg +.020 +.024 +.038

Valuation

Year BRAA FRAA Tot WARP MORP SuperVORP Upside
2009 -3.5 -3.0 0.1 $400,000 -5.0 0.4
2010 -3.0 -2.0 0.0 $400,000 -3.7 0.3
2011
-- out of baseball --
2012
-- out of baseball --
2013
-- out of baseball --
2014
-- out of baseball --
2015
-- out of baseball --
Peak 0.0 $150,000 0.7 2.2


Stars & Scrubs Chart

Career Path Analysis


Seven-Year Performance
Year 75% 50% 25% Weighted Mean
2009 .239 .220 .195 .218
2010 .235 .209 .156 .205
2011
-- out of baseball --
2012
-- out of baseball --
2013
-- out of baseball --
2014
-- out of baseball --
2015
-- out of baseball --


Seven-Year Attrition
Year Attrition Rate Drop Rate Breakout
2009 37% 0% 20%
2010 81% 35% 12%
2011 97% 67% 4%
2012 97% 82% 8%
2013 96% 91% 5%
2014 100% 96% 2%
2015 100% 100% 1%

Most Comparable Players

Similarity Index

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Rank Hitter Year Score Trend Rank Hitter Year Score Trend
1 Sandy Alomar 2004 52 11 Tom Prince 2002 29
2 Joe Girardi 2002 43 12 Ron Hassey 1990 29
3 Clyde McCullough 1954 40 13 Tony Pena 1995 28
4 Bob Scheffing 1951 39 14 Benito Santiago 2002 28
5 Jamie Quirk 1992 38 15 Brian Jordan 2005 27
6 Bob Boone 1985 37 16 Vic Power 1965 26
7 Pat Borders 2001 36 17 Bert Haas 1951 26
8 Charlie O'Brien 1999 33 18 Sherm Lollar 1962 25
9 Damian Miller 2007 31 19 Larry Biittner 1983 25
10 Don Slaught 1996 31 20 Brad Ausmus 2007 25

Player Comments

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2008

With more than 4,500 career minor league plate appearances to his credit, Burke is a testament to persistence. He gives you a little more on-base ability than the average backup catcher and the added utility of being an emergency corner infielder. Having a journeyman like Burke around in 2006 might have kept the M's from rushing their catching prospects up the ladder. Ironically, his fate this year will depend on whether the team views on of those prospects, Jeff Clement, as a catcher who can DH or as a DH who can catch.

2005

You can't hold it against Burke that the reason he was on the team as its third catcher was that any team carrying the occasionally healthy Sandy Alomar and an irregular like Ben Davis probably needs a third catcher. His future on the roster was tied to Alomar's; when Alomar went to Texas and Williams picked up A.J. Pierzynski, Burke's outrighting off the roster came within a day. PECOTA is suspicious of an aging catcher whose primary skill is hitting for average, and while that .333 number looked pretty on the left-field scoreboard in September, Burke is not a great bet to resurface.


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