Rick Burleson

Full Name: Richard Paul Burleson	Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/165	First Game: May 4, 1974
Birthdate: April 29, 1951	Final Game: July 8, 1987
Birthplace: Lynwood, California	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Rick Burleson (Richard Paul Burleson) was born on April 29, 1951 in Lynwood, California. He made his Major League debut on May 4, 1974 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1974, his rookie year, he hit .284 with 4 home runs and 44 RBI. Burleson played for the Boston Red Sox, California Angels and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 12 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Rick Burleson's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1979, when he hit for a .278 average and knocked in 60 runs. However, others believe that it was 1977, when he hit for a .293 average and knocked in 52 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
1974	BOS	A	114	384	36	109	4	44	.284	.320	.372	22	0	21	34	2	3	3	0	13
1975	BOS	A	158	580	66	146	6	62	.252	.305	.329	25	1	45	44	3	17	8	1	18
1976	BOS	A	152	540	75	157	7	42	.291	.365	.383	27	1	60	37	5	8	14	2	15
1977	BOS	A	154	663	80	194	3	52	.293	.338	.382	36	7	47	69	2	3	13	1	15
1978	BOS	A	145	626	75	155	5	49	.248	.295	.339	32	5	40	71	4	10	8	2	16
1979	BOS	A	153	627	93	174	5	60	.278	.315	.368	32	5	35	54	3	9	9	0	13
1980	BOS	A	155	644	89	179	8	51	.278	.341	.366	29	2	62	51	2	6	12	0	24
1981	CAL	A	109	430	53	126	5	33	.293	.357	.372	17	1	42	38	3	11	4	2	8
1982	CAL	A	11	45	4	7	0	2	.156	.255	.178	1	0	6	3	0	2	0	2	2
1983	CAL	A	33	119	22	34	0	11	.286	.348	.345	7	0	12	12	0	2	0	0	5
1984	CAL	A	7	4	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
1986	CAL	A	93	271	35	77	5	29	.284	.363	.391	14	0	33	32	1	6	1	1	2
1987	BAL	A	62	206	26	43	2	14	.209	.279	.316	14	1	17	30	3	6	0	0	7
Total			1346	5139	656	1401	50	449	.273	.328	.361	256	23	420	477	28	84	72	11	138

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1974	BOS	A	3B	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.000
1974	BOS	A	SS	89	81	711	143	256	18	42	0	.957
1974	BOS	A	2B	31	27	245	65	79	3	24	0	.980
1975	BOS	A	SS	158	157	1398	267	498	29	102	0	.963
1976	BOS	A	SS	152	145	1304.1	274	478	34	88	0	.957
1977	BOS	A	SS	154	154	1360	285	482	24	111	0	.970
1978	BOS	A	SS	144	143	1298	285	482	15	100	0	.981
1979	BOS	A	SS	153	151	1313	272	523	16	109	2	.980
1980	BOS	A	SS	155	155	1364.1	301	528	22	147	0	.974
1981	CAL	A	SS	109	108	948.1	208	394	13	88	0	.979
1982	CAL	A	SS	11	11	114.2	19	51	1	12	0	.986
1983	CAL	A	SS	31	29	263.2	54	102	5	16	0	.969
1986	CAL	A	SS	37	29	257.2	43	77	2	12	0	.984
1986	CAL	A	2B	6	5	42	15	11	0	3	0	1.000
1986	CAL	A	DH	38	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1986	CAL	A	3B	4	3	27.2	4	2	1	0	0	.857
1987	BAL	A	2B	55	53	470	112	145	6	39	0	.977
1987	BAL	A	DH	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			3B	5	3	28.2	6	3	1	0	0	.900
Total			DH	45	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	92	85	757	192	235	9	66	0	.979
Total			SS	1193	1163	10333	2151	3871	179	827	2	.971

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Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 8th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1969).
Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (5th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 17, 1970).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Butch Hobson to California Angels in exchange for Carney Lansford, Rick Miller and Mark Clear (December 10, 1980).
Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (January 7, 1987).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (July 11, 1987).

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