Elmer Burkart
Elmer Robert Burkart was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Burkart played for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1936 to 1940. In 16 career games, he had a 1–1 record with a 4.93 ERA. He batted and threw right-handed.
Burkart earned his only victory near the end of his MLB career on April 22, 1939. While he pitched the final 2 innings in relief against the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Phillies scored 3 runs in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 5–4 walk-off win. His only loss had come in the previous season when he pitched a complete game in the second game of a double-header at Braves Field as the Boston Bees defeated the Phillies, 4–1.
Burkart was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Baltimore, Maryland.
