Jack Burdock

Jack Burdock

1872–1891 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'9", 158 lb · b. 1852 Brooklyn, NY

Career 1,187 G · 1,231 H · 18 HR · 501 RBI · .250 AVG

Seasons leading his league

18

17 best in baseball 1 league only

62 Top-5 finishes

10 Title seasons

7 Categories led

1878 Best season

Spanning 1873–1884, peaking at 5 titles in 1878.

Team records #1 Brooklyn Atlantics career HR #1 Hartford Dark Blues career H #1 Hartford Dark Blues career R #1 Hartford Dark Blues career SB #1 Brooklyn Atlantics 1873 HR #1 Brooklyn Atlantics 1873 R #1 Hartford Dark Blues 1875 R #1 Hartford Dark Blues 1876 R #1 Hartford Dark Blues 1875 SB #2 Hartford Dark Blues career R

Led in Second Base Putouts for 5 straight seasons (1876–1880) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

181st League titles 18
56th Best in baseball 17
220th Top-5 finishes 62

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

7th Second Base Range Factor 5.89
60th Second Base Putouts 3,075
90th Second Base Assists 3,322
130th Second Base Fielding Percentage .906
188th Second Base Double Plays 437

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Second Base Fielding Percentage	6	1st	2 yrs (1877–1878)	1875 .895 1877 .903 1878 .918 1880 .923 1882 .932 1884 NL .922 1876 #2 1879 #3 1881 #2 1883 #2
Second Base Putouts	6	1st	5 yrs (1876–1880)	1873 170 1876 211 1877 185 1878 245 1879 303 1880 328 1875 #2
Second Base Range Factor	2	1st	—	1878 7.62 1880 7.01 1873 #3 1876 #3 1877 #2 1879 #3
Third Base Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1874 .820
Third Base Putouts	1	1st	—	1874 160
Second Base Double Plays	1	1st	—	1878 34 1873 #3 1875 #3 1877 #3 1879 #2 1880 #2
Second Base Assists	1	1st	—	1878 212 1873 #2 1875 #3 1877 #3 1879 #3 1880 #2 1883 #3
Third Base Range Factor	—	#3	—	1874 #3
Third Base Double Plays	—	#2	—	1874 #2
Walks	—	#3	—	1876 #3
Runs Batted In	—	#2	—	1883 #2

Title Seasons

10 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1884	1	2B FPCT .922
1882	1	2B FPCT .932
1880	3	2B PO 328 2B FPCT .923 2B RF 7.01
1879	1	2B PO 303
1878	5	2B A 212 2B PO 245 2B DP 34 2B FPCT .918 2B RF 7.62
1877	2	2B PO 185 2B FPCT .903
1876	1	2B PO 211
1875	1	2B FPCT .895
1874	2	3B PO 160 3B FPCT .820
1873	1	2B PO 170

Batting

18 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1872	BR2	NA	37	174	27	47	3	0	0	14	1	1	0	.270	.274	.287	.562
1873	BR2	NA	55	245	56	62	7	1	2	36	7	4	3	.253	.274	.314	.588
1874	NY2	NA	61	273	45	75	11	4	1	26	1	5	4	.275	.277	.355	.633
1875	HR1	NA	74	350	72	103	12	5	0	35	3	13	20	.294	.300	.357	.657
1876	HAR	NL	69	309	66	80	9	1	0	23	13	16	0	.259	.289	.294	.583
1877	HAR	NL	58	277	35	72	6	0	0	9	2	16	0	.260	.265	.282	.547
1878	BSN	NL	60	246	37	64	12	6	0	25	3	17	0	.260	.269	.358	.627
1879	BSN	NL	84	359	64	86	10	3	0	36	9	28	0	.240	.258	.284	.542
1880	BSN	NL	86	356	58	90	17	4	2	35	8	26	0	.253	.269	.340	.609
1881	BSN	NL	73	282	36	67	12	4	1	24	7	18	0	.238	.256	.319	.575
1882	BSN	NL	83	319	36	76	6	7	0	27	9	24	0	.238	.259	.301	.560
1883	BSN	NL	96	400	80	132	27	8	5	88	14	35	0	.330	.353	.475	.828
1884	BSN	NL	87	361	65	97	14	4	6	49	15	52	0	.269	.298	.380	.677
1885	BSN	NL	45	169	18	24	5	0	0	7	8	18	0	.142	.181	.172	.352
1886	BSN	NL	59	221	26	48	6	1	0	25	11	27	3	.217	.254	.253	.508
1887	BSN	NL	65	237	36	61	6	0	0	29	18	22	19	.257	.320	.283	.603
1888	BR3 +1	AA	92	325	20	46	1	2	1	12	10	44	10	.142	.182	.166	.348
1891	BRO	NL	3	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	.083	.154	.083	.237
Career	—	—	1,187	4,915	778	1,231	164	50	18	501	140	367	59	.250	.273	.315	.588

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1872	BR2	NA	SS	36	35	314.0	50	112	56	2	218	.743	4.50
			C	4	1	16.0	3	4	2	0	9	.778	1.75
			2B	2	0	9.0	3	3	0	0	6	1.000	3.00
1873	BR2	NA	2B	55	—	498.0	170	166	75	24	411	.818	6.11
			C	2	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1874	NY2	NA	3B	60	60	527.0	160	131	64	7	355	.820	4.85
			OF	3	1	22.0	3	0	0	0	3	1.000	1.00
1875	HR1	NA	2B	73	—	651.0	208	185	46	24	439	.895	5.38
			3B	2	—	10.0	3	0	2	0	5	.600	1.50
			C	1	—	6.0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0.00
1876	HAR	NL	2B	69	—	617.0	211	174	45	18	430	.895	5.58
			3B	1	—	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	1.000	1.00
1877	HAR	NL	2B	55	—	499.0	185	189	40	25	414	.903	6.80
			3B	3	—	30.0	5	12	4	0	21	.810	5.67
1878	BSN	NL	2B	60	—	543.0	245	212	41	34	498	.918	7.62
1879	BSN	NL	2B	84	—	752.0	303	300	59	43	662	.911	7.18
1880	BSN	NL	2B	86	—	745.0	328	275	50	39	653	.923	7.01
1881	BSN	NL	2B	72	—	625.0	202	207	40	35	449	.911	5.68
			SS	1	—	3.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1882	BSN	NL	2B	83	—	730.0	223	256	35	28	514	.932	5.77
1883	BSN	NL	2B	96	—	845.0	224	290	44	39	558	.921	5.35
1884	BSN	NL	2B	87	—	767.0	183	278	39	23	500	.922	5.30
			3B	1	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1885	BSN	NL	2B	45	—	391.0	99	134	21	16	254	.917	5.18
1886	BSN	NL	2B	59	—	515.0	145	165	33	22	343	.904	5.25
1887	BSN	NL	2B	65	—	523.0	117	188	41	34	346	.882	4.69
1888	BR3	AA	2B	92	—	820.0	225	291	55	32	571	.904	5.61
1891	BRO	NL	2B	3	—	23.0	4	9	0	1	13	1.000	4.33
Career	—	—	2B	1,086	0	9553.0	3,075	3,322	664	437	7,061	.906	5.89
	—	—	3B	67	60	571.0	168	144	70	8	382	.817	4.66
	—	—	SS	37	35	317.0	50	113	56	2	219	.744	4.41
	—	—	C	7	1	24.0	3	4	3	0	10	.700	1.00
	—	—	OF	3	1	22.0	3	0	0	0	3	1.000	1.00