Lance Berkman

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Both  •  Throws: Left
6-1, 220lb (185cm, 99kg)
Born: February 10, 1976 (Age: 46-036d) in Waco, TX
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 (17,524th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Last Game: September 17, 2013
vs. TBR 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Full Name: William Lance Berkman
Nicknames: Big Puma or Fat Elvis
Pronunciation: \BURK-man\
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February 10, 1976

Lance Berkman is born in Waco, TX.

August 16, 2000

Six different Astros belt home runs and they’ll need all of them to outlast Pittsburgh, 11-10.

June 18, 2001

Jeff Bagwell and Lance Berkman drive in four runs apiece to drum the Rockies, 13-5. Tony Eusebio adds a double and a homer. Colorado manages to outhit Houston, 14-12, and still lose by eight. 

July 7, 2001

2001 – Jeff Bagwell ties a club record with seven RBIs in a 10-8 slugfest in Kansas City. His day starts with a three-run shot off Paul Byrd and finishes with a two-run double in the eighth to give the Astros breathing room. Lance Berkman strokes four safeties to run his hitting streak to 20 games. 

July 8, 2001

2001 – Scott Elarton is ejected after he hits the first batter and misses a 14-5 thrashing by the Astros in Kansas City. After Craig Biggio and Julio Lugo are plunked to start the game, umpires warn both teams. After Elarton hits Rey Sanchez with his fifth pitch of the day, he and skipper Larry Dierker get the thumb. Jeff Bagwell and Mendy Lopez bash three-run homers in the game. Lance Berkman (.365) and Moises Alou (.362) take the league’s top two batting averages into the All-Star break. 

April 8, 2002

Craig Biggio becomes the fourth player in franchise history to hit for the cycle in an 8-4 triumph in Colorado

July 13, 2004

Clemens gets shelled in All Star Game but still receives the Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award from Bud Selig in recognition of his outstanding 21-year career.

August 27, 2004

Carlos Beltran’s two home runs lead a five-dinger barrage as Houston clubs the Cubs, 15-7

October 16, 2004

2004 – Roger Clemens cools off the Cardinal bats with seven innings of four-hit ball as the Astros win Game Three of the N.L.C.S., 5-2. Jeff Kent homers in the opening frame and Houston nurses a 3-2 advantage until Carlos Beltran and Lance Berkman drill solo shots to give the bullpen some breathing room . St. Louis still leads the best-of-seven series, 2-1. 

September 7, 2005

Craig Biggio blasts a dramatic three-run homer off ex-Astro Billy Wagner with two outs in the ninth to stun the Phillies, 8-6

October 22, 2005

White Sox beat the Astros in their first World Series game in 43 year history of the franchise

April 5, 2006

2006 – Craig Biggio adds to his illustrious credentials in a 6-5 triumph over the Marlins. His first-inning double gives him 606 in his career to become tenth all-time in that category. Later, he scores his 1700th run, 24th all-time in that department. He is two hits shy of the 2800 plateau. Lance Berkman and Preston Wilson supply the muscle with two-run homers to support Wandy Rodriguez. 

September 28, 2006

Roy Oswalt endures a three-hour rain delay to blank the Pirates, 3-0, for Houston’s ninth straight win.

February 8, 2010

Lance Berkman is inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame

April 24, 2010

Chris Jakubauskas is struck in the head by a vicious line drive off the bat of Houston’s Lance Berkman

April 1, 2012

The Cardinals’ Lance Berkman plays an April Fools prank on teammate Adam Wainwright

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