finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1958 right nacogdoches , texas 1956 june 22 16 2 1 3 pinch runner/pinch hitter/catcher philadelphia phillies games played at bats hits runs scored may 25 21 april 1935 mack burk
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mack burk

mack edwin burk -lrb- born april 21 , 1935 in nacogdoches , texas -rrb- is a retired american professional baseball player .
normally a catcher , burk appeared in 16 major league games played for the and philadelphia phillies -- 13 as a pinch runner , two as a pinch hitter , and only one game -lrb- and one inning -rrb- as a catcher .
burk stood tall , weighed and threw and batted right-handed .
he attended the university of texas at austin and signed a $ 40,000 bonus contract with the phillies in september 1955 .
under the rules of the day , a `` bonus baby '' such as burk was compelled to spend his first two years as a professional baseball player on a major league roster .
in his pro debut , on may 25 , 1956 , burk pinch-ran for catcher andy seminick .
in his third game , on june 5 , he pinch hit for pitcher curt simmons in the fifth inning and singled off left-hander joe nuxhall of the cincinnati redlegs .
he came around to score his first big-league run that inning on a sacrifice fly by stan lopata .
he scored two more runs during the 1956 season , both as a pinch runner .
in his lone appearance in the field , burk caught one inning , the bottom of the eighth , in relief of lopata on july 25 against the cardinals , and handled one chance flawlessly .
burk missed the entire 1957 season due to military service .
but in 1958 , he returned to baseball and was able to gain much-needed playing time in minor league baseball .
he also played in one game with the phillies .
in his second big-league plate appearance and at bat , he was called upon to pinch hit for phils ' pitcher ray semproch in the 14th inning of a game against the san francisco giants , and he was called out on strikes against veteran johnny antonelli .
it would be burk 's final mlb appearance .
all told , he collected three runs scored , and one single in his two at bats for a career batting average of .500 .
mack burk continued his career in the minors through 1960 in the phillies ' farm system before leaving pro baseball .
