Lance Berkman

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-1, 220lb (185cm, 99kg)

Born: February 10, 1976 in Waco, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (16th) of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rice University (Houston, TX).

High School: Canyon HS (New Braunfels, TX)

School: Rice University (Houston, TX)

Debut: July 16, 1999 (Age 23-156d, 17,510th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 17, 2013 (Age 37-219d)
vs. TBR 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

Agents: Michael Moye • Previously: Bobby Barad

Full Name: William Lance Berkman

Nicknames: Big Puma or Fat Elvis

Pronunciation: \BURK-man\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

51.9

6491

1905

366

.294

1146

RBI

1234

OBP

.406

SLG

.537

OPS

.943

OPS+

144

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2007 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2007 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	HOU		PIT	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
2	2	Apr 3	HOU		PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
3	3	Apr 4	HOU		PIT	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
4	4	Apr 6	HOU		STL	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
5	5	Apr 7	HOU		STL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	13	2	0	15	3	1B
6	6	Apr 8	HOU		STL	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
7	7	Apr 9	HOU	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
8	8	Apr 10	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
9	9	Apr 13	HOU	@	PHI	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
10	10	Apr 14	HOU	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	46	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
11	11	Apr 16	HOU		FLA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
12	12	Apr 17	HOU		FLA	W,6-1	GS	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
13	13	Apr 18	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
14	14	Apr 19	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
15	15	Apr 20	HOU	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
16	16	Apr 21	HOU	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
17	17	Apr 22	HOU	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
18	18	Apr 23	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-11	CG	45	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
19	19	Apr 24	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
20	20	Apr 25	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	59	15.2	20	2	0	22	0	1B
21	21	Apr 26	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
22	22	Apr 27	HOU		MIL	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
23	23	Apr 28	HOU		MIL	W,10-1	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
24	24	Apr 29	HOU		MIL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	25	May 1	HOU		CIN	L,2-11	CG	47	9.0	9	0	1	10	3	1B
26	26	May 2	HOU		CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	13	3	0	16	0	1B
27	27	May 3	HOU		CIN	W,7-5	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
28	28	May 4	HOU	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
29	29	May 5	HOU	@	STL	W,13-0	GS	21	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
30	30	May 6	HOU	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
31	31	May 7	HOU	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	1	8	2	1B
32	32	May 8	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
33	33	May 9	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
34	34	May 10	HOU	@	CIN	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
35	35	May 11	HOU		ARI	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
36	36	May 12	HOU		ARI	W,10-4	GS	32	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
37	37	May 13	HOU		ARI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
38	38	May 15	HOU		SFG	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
39	39	May 16	HOU		SFG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
40	40	May 17	HOU		SFG	L,1-2	CG	47	12.0	14	3	0	17	1	1B
41	41	May 18	HOU		TEX	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
42	42	May 19	HOU		TEX	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
43	43	May 20	HOU		TEX	L,1-14	CG	49	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
44	44	May 21	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	11	3	1	15	1	1B
45	45	May 22	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
46	47 (1)	May 24	HOU	@	ARI	L,1-9	GS	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B RF
47	48	May 25	HOU	@	ARI	L,3-13	GS	38	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF 1B
48	49	May 26	HOU	@	ARI	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF CF
49	50	May 27	HOU	@	ARI	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
50	51	May 29	HOU		CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	52	May 30	HOU		CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
52	53	May 31	HOU		CIN	W,10-2	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	54	Jun 1	HOU		STL	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
54	55	Jun 2	HOU		STL	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
55	56	Jun 3	HOU		STL	L,6-8	GF	13	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH 1B
56	57	Jun 5	HOU	@	COL	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
57	58	Jun 6	HOU	@	COL	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
58	59	Jun 7	HOU	@	COL	L,6-7	CG	43	8.1	9	0	0	9	0	1B
59	60	Jun 8	HOU	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
60	61	Jun 9	HOU	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B RF
61	62	Jun 10	HOU	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	63	Jun 11	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
63	66 (2)	Jun 14	HOU		OAK	L,5-6	CG	55	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
64	67	Jun 15	HOU		SEA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
65	68	Jun 16	HOU		SEA	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
66	71 (2)	Jun 19	HOU	@	LAA	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
67	72	Jun 20	HOU	@	LAA	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
68	73	Jun 22	HOU	@	TEX	L,3-11	GS	37	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
69	75 (1)	Jun 24	HOU	@	TEX	W,12-9	CG	43	10.0	11	5	0	16	0	1B
70	76	Jun 25	HOU	@	MIL	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
71	77	Jun 26	HOU	@	MIL	L,5-11	GS	34	6.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
72	78	Jun 27	HOU	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	43	10.1	11	1	0	12	0	1B
73	79	Jun 28	HOU		COL	W,8-5	GS	46	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF 1B
74	80	Jun 29	HOU		COL	W,9-8	GS	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF 1B
75	81	Jun 30	HOU		COL	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	82	Jul 1	HOU		COL	W,12-0	GS	22	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
77	83	Jul 2	HOU		PHI	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
78	84	Jul 3	HOU		PHI	W,5-4	CG	55	13.0	11	4	0	15	1	1B
79	85	Jul 4	HOU		PHI	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
80	86	Jul 5	HOU		NYM	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
81	87	Jul 6	HOU		NYM	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
82	89 (1)	Jul 8	HOU		NYM	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
83	90	Jul 13	HOU	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	44	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	1B
84	91	Jul 14	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
85	92	Jul 15	HOU	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
86	93	Jul 16	HOU	@	WSN	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
87	94	Jul 17	HOU	@	WSN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	13	4	0	17	2	1B
88	95	Jul 18	HOU	@	WSN	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
89	99 (3)	Jul 23	HOU		LAD	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
90	100	Jul 24	HOU		LAD	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
91	101	Jul 25	HOU		LAD	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
92	102	Jul 26	HOU		SDP	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
93	103	Jul 27	HOU		SDP	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
94	104	Jul 28	HOU		SDP	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
95	105	Jul 29	HOU		SDP	L,11-18	CG	53	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
96	106	Jul 31	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	107	Aug 1	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-12	GS	40	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
98	108	Aug 2	HOU	@	ATL	W,12-11	CG	67	14.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
99	109	Aug 3	HOU	@	FLA	W,8-2	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
100	110	Aug 4	HOU	@	FLA	L,5-6	CG	48	11.2	7	1	0	8	0	1B
101	111	Aug 5	HOU	@	FLA	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
102	112	Aug 6	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
103	113	Aug 7	HOU		CHC	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
104	114	Aug 8	HOU		CHC	W,8-2	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
105	115	Aug 10	HOU		MIL	L,4-5	GS	48	11.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B RF
106	116	Aug 11	HOU		MIL	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
107	117	Aug 12	HOU		MIL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
108	118	Aug 13	HOU	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
109	119	Aug 14	HOU	@	LAD	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
110	120	Aug 15	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
111	121	Aug 16	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
112	122	Aug 17	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
113	123	Aug 18	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
114	124	Aug 19	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
115	125	Aug 20	HOU		WSN	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
116	126	Aug 21	HOU		WSN	L,6-11	GS	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
117	127	Aug 22	HOU		WSN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
118	128	Aug 23	HOU		WSN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
119	129	Aug 24	HOU		PIT	L,3-8	CG	63	15.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
120	130	Aug 25	HOU		PIT	L,1-4	GS	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	RF 1B
121	131	Aug 26	HOU		PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
122	132	Aug 28	HOU		STL	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
123	133	Aug 29	HOU		STL	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
124	134	Aug 30	HOU		STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
125	135	Aug 31	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	136	Sep 1	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
127	137	Sep 2	HOU	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
128	138	Sep 3	HOU	@	MIL	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
129	139	Sep 4	HOU	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
130	140	Sep 5	HOU	@	MIL	L,2-14	GS	29	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
131	141	Sep 7	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-11	GS	36	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
132	142	Sep 8	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	11	1	1	13	0	1B
133	143	Sep 9	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
134	144	Sep 11	HOU		CHC	W,5-4	CG	52	11.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
135	145	Sep 12	HOU		CHC	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
136	146	Sep 13	HOU		CHC	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
137	147	Sep 14	HOU		PIT	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
138	148	Sep 15	HOU		PIT	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
139	150 (1)	Sep 17	HOU		MIL	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
140	151	Sep 18	HOU		MIL	L,1-9	CG	39	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
141	152	Sep 19	HOU		MIL	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
142	153	Sep 20	HOU	@	STL	W,18-1	GS	21	6.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
143	154	Sep 21	HOU	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
144	155	Sep 22	HOU	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
145	156	Sep 23	HOU	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
146	157	Sep 25	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
147	158	Sep 26	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
148	160 (1)	Sep 28	HOU		ATL	L,2-7	GS	37	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	1B
149	161	Sep 29	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	GS	22	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
150	162	Sep 30	HOU		ATL	W,3-0	GS	19	5.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
							158gm		1297.0	1064	104	12	1180	87