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Dick Burrus

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Full Name: Maurice Lennon Burrus Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/175 First Game: June 23, 1919
Birthdate: January 29, 1898 Final Game: July 30, 1928
Birthplace: Hatteras, North Carolina MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: February 2, 1972
Deathplace: Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

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.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
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

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Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
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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