Dick Burrus
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Dick Burrus (Maurice Lennon Burrus) was born on January 29, 1898 in Hatteras, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on June 23, 1919 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1919, his rookie year, he hit .258 with 0 home runs and 8 RBI. Burrus played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Braves over the course of his 6 year career.
Most people believe that Dick Burrus's best season was 1925, when he hit for a .340 average and knocked in 87 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1919
| PHI
| A
| 70
| 194
| 17
| 50
| 0
| 8
| .258
| .294
| .314
| 3
| 4
| 9
| 25
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| PHI
| A
| 71
| 135
| 11
| 25
| 0
| 10
| .185
| .225
| .244
| 8
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| BOS
| N
| 152
| 588
| 82
| 200
| 5
| 87
| .340
| .396
| .449
| 41
| 4
| 51
| 29
| 3
| 10
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| BOS
| N
| 131
| 486
| 59
| 131
| 3
| 61
| .270
| .324
| .335
| 21
| 1
| 37
| 16
| 2
| 15
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| BOS
| N
| 72
| 220
| 22
| 70
| 0
| 32
| .318
| .370
| .382
| 8
| 3
| 17
| 10
| 1
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| BOS
| N
| 64
| 137
| 15
| 37
| 3
| 13
| .270
| .367
| .380
| 6
| 0
| 19
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 419
| 1431
| 178
| 438
| 11
| 193
| .306
| .365
| .393
| 76
| 8
| 124
| 63
| 8
| 36
| 16
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 141
| 329
| 28
| 75
| 0
| 18
| .228
| .266
| .286
| 11
| 4
| 14
| 32
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 560
| 1760
| 206
| 513
| 11
| 211
| .291
| .347
| .373
| 87
| 12
| 138
| 95
| 11
| 39
| 18
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1919
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 337
| 21
| 5
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1919
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .688
|
| 1920
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 252
| 16
| 3
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1920
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1925
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 151
| 0
| 0
| 1416
| 85
| 15
| 110
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1926
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 128
| 0
| 0
| 1153
| 103
| 12
| 97
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1927
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 505
| 44
| 16
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1928
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 286
| 15
| 7
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 441
| 0
| 0
| 3949
| 284
| 58
| 324
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .647
|
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