Fred Burchell
[edit] Biography
Born on July 14, 1879 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Fred Burchell (Frederick Duff Burchell) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Americans and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 4 year career. Burchell broke into the bigs on April 17, 1903 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 2.96 ERA in 179.2 innings pitched in 1908, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Fred Burchell's best season was 1908, when he posted a 2.96 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 94 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1903
| PHI
| N
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 2.86
| 12
| 28
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 44
| 48
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1907
| BOS
| A
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2.70
| 6
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1908
| BOS
| A
| 31
| 19
| 10
| 8
| 2.96
| 94
| 84
| 59
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 179.2
| 161
| 2
| 65
| 0
| 11
| 11
|
| 1909
| BOS
| A
| 10
| 5
| 3
| 3
| 2.94
| 12
| 22
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 51
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 2.86
| 12
| 28
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 44
| 48
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 43
| 25
| 13
| 12
| 2.94
| 112
| 111
| 79
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 241.2
| 220
| 3
| 78
| 0
| 11
| 14
|
| Total
|
|
| 49
| 28
| 13
| 15
| 2.93
| 124
| 139
| 93
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 285.2
| 268
| 3
| 92
| 0
| 13
| 16
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1903
| PHI
| N
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .813
|
| 1907
| BOS
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1908
| BOS
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 48
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .869
|
| 1909
| BOS
| A
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 21
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .880
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 84
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .865
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1903
| PHI
| N
| 6
| 16
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .188
| .188
| .188
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| BOS
| A
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| BOS
| A
| 32
| 69
| 6
| 17
| 0
| 5
| .246
| .246
| .246
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| BOS
| A
| 10
| 19
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .158
| .158
| .211
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 6
| 16
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .188
| .188
| .188
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 44
| 93
| 6
| 21
| 0
| 6
| .226
| .226
| .237
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 50
| 109
| 6
| 24
| 0
| 7
| .220
| .220
| .229
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Baltimore (International) to Boston Americans in exchange for cash and a player to be named later (August 10, 1907); Baltimore (International) received John Knight (December 28, 1907).
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