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{{Infobox baseball biography<br />
|name=Mack Burk<br />
|position=[[Pinch runner]]/[[Pinch hitter]]/[[Catcher]]<br />
|image = <br />
|bats=Right<br />
|throws=Right<br />
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1935|4|21}}<br />
|birth_place=[[Nacogdoches, Texas]]<br />
|debutleague = MLB<br />
|debutdate=May 25<br />
|debutyear=1956<br />
|debutteam= [[Philadelphia Phillies]]<br />
|finalleague = MLB<br />
|finaldate=June 22<br />
|finalyear=1958<br />
|finalteam=[[Philadelphia Phillies]]<br />
|statleague = MLB<br />
|stat1label=[[Games played]]<br />
|stat1value=16<br />
|stat2label=[[At bat]]s<br />
|stat2value=2<br />
|stat3label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hit]]s<br />
|stat3value=1<br />
|stat4label=[[Runs scored]]<br />
|stat4value=3<br />
|teams=<br />
* [[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{mlby|1956}}; {{mlby|1958}})<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mack Edwin Burk''' (born April 21, 1935) is an [[Americans|American]] former professional [[baseball]] [[catcher]], who played in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) for the {{by|1956}} and {{by|1958}} [[Philadelphia Phillies]]. Of his 16 big league [[Games played|game appearances]], 13 were as a [[pinch runner]], two as a [[pinch hitter]], and only one [[inning]] as a catcher.<br />
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Burk stood {{convert|6|ft|4|in}} tall, weighed {{convert|180|lb}} and threw and batted [[right-handed]]. He attended the [[University of Texas at Austin]] and signed a $40,000 bonus contract<ref>[[J. G. Taylor Spink]], ed., [[The Sporting News]] ''1956 Official Baseball Register,'' page 29</ref> with the Phillies in September 1955. Under the [[Bonus Rule|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 in baseball|1956]], Burk pinch-ran for catcher [[Andy Seminick]], in a home game against the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] at [[Shibe Park|Connie Mack Stadium]].<ref>[https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1956/B05250PHI1956.htm May 25, 1956 box score] from [[Retrosheet]]</ref> In Burk’s third game, on June 5, he pinch hit for [[pitcher]] [[Curt Simmons]] in the fifth inning and [[Single (baseball)|singled]] off [[left-handed|left-hander]] [[Joe Nuxhall]] of the [[Cincinnati Reds|Cincinnati Redlegs]]. Burk came around to score his first big-league [[Run (baseball)|run]] that inning on a [[sacrifice fly]] by [[Stan Lopata]].<ref>[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1956/B06050CIN1956.htm June 5, 1956 box score] from [[Retrosheet]]</ref> Burk 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 15 against the [[St. Louis Cardinals]], and handled one [[Total chances|chance]] flawlessly.<ref>[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1956/B07151SLN1956.htm July 15, 1956 box score] from [[Retrosheet]]</ref><br />
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Burk missed the entire 1957 season due to military service.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rose|first=George|title=One Hit Wonders: Baseball Stories|year=2004|publisher=Excel/Kaleidoscope|location=United States|isbn=9780595318070|pages=212}}</ref> But in 1958, he returned to baseball and was able to gain much-needed playing time in [[minor league baseball]]. Burk also played in one game with the Phillies. In his second big-league [[plate appearance]] and [[at bat]], Burk 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 [[strikeout|called out on strikes]] against veteran [[Johnny Antonelli]].<ref>[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1958/B06221PHI1958.htm June 22, 1958 box score] from [[Retrosheet]]</ref> 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 (baseball)|batting average]] of .500.<br />
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Burk continued his career in the minors through 1960 in the Phillies' [[Farm team|farm system]] before leaving pro baseball.<br />
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