Rick Burleson

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 165lb (178cm, 74kg)

Born: April 29, 1951 in Lynwood, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 8th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Earl Warren HS (Downey, CA) and the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (5th) of the 1970 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Earl Warren HS (Downey, CA).

High School: Earl Warren HS (Downey, CA)

Debut: May 4, 1974 (Age 23-005d, 13,484th in major league history)
vs. TEX 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 8, 1987 (Age 36-070d)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: Jack Sands

Full Name: Richard Paul Burleson

Nicknames: Rooster

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4x All-Star
Gold Glove
Silver Slugger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.9

5139

1401

.273

656

RBI

449

OBP

.328

SLG

.361

OPS

.689

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	12-21 / in Starts: 11-18
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 134 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	66 (38-21-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 134 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	81 (39-27-14)

Most Driven In
B Boone	3
R Carew	2
B Clark	1
B Downing	1
R Jackson	1
R Wilfong	1
S Lubratich	1
M O'Berry	1

Most Driven In By
B Downing	6
F Lynn	4
D Sconiers	3
E Valentine	3
B Grich	1
R Jackson	1
T Foli	0
R Carew	0

1983 Batting Game Log

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1983 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1152	74 (73)	Jun 30	CAL		TEX	L,2-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	1	1.21	-0.005	4.36	-0.01%	-0.11	SS
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	1153	75	Jul 1	CAL		KCR	W,7-6	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.556	.600	.556	1.156	1	.69	0.123	1.99	0.22%	1.28	SS
3	1154	77 (1)	Jul 3	CAL		KCR	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.538	.571	.538	1.110	1	.61	0.047	1.66	0.08%	0.24	SS
4	1155	78	Jul 4	CAL		KCR	L,1-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.529	.556	.529	1.085	1	.43	-0.027	1.19	-0.05%	-0.09	SS
5	1156	79	Jul 8	CAL	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	5	4	1	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.571	.565	.667	1.232	2	.50	0.124	1.13	0.17%	2.35	SS
6	1157	81 (1)	Jul 10	CAL	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.538	.536	.615	1.151	2	1.33	0.113	3.33	0.17%	0.10	SS
7	1158	82	Jul 11	CAL	@	DET	L,6-12	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.533	.531	.600	1.131	2	.61	0.054	1.64	0.09%	0.95	SS
8	1159	83	Jul 12	CAL	@	DET	L,4-5	CG(14)	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.457	.474	.514	.988	2	1.49	-0.117	3.79	-0.18%	-0.68	SS
9	1160	85 (1)	Jul 14	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.436	.452	.513	.965	1	.67	-0.056	1.67	-0.08%	0.05	SS
10	1161	86	Jul 15	CAL	@	BAL	L,4-10	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.457	.524	.980	2	.59	0.102	1.39	0.15%	0.76	SS
11	1162	87	Jul 16	CAL	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.426	.451	.511	.962	1	1.05	0.152	2.49	0.22%	1.23	SS
12	1163	89 (1)	Jul 18	CAL		BOS	L,2-7	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.404	.429	.500	.929	2	.70	-0.045	1.69	-0.07%	-1.21	SS
13	1164	90	Jul 19	CAL		BOS	W,6-1	CG	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.382	.417	.473	.889	2	.64	0.040	1.53	0.06%	0.07	SS
14	1165	92 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	CAL		DET	L,1-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.410	.464	.874	8	2.07	-0.049	4.83	-0.07%	-0.29	PH SS
15	1166	93	Jul 21 (2)	CAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.385	.433	.818	2	.62	-0.062	1.33	-0.08%	-0.79	SS
16	1167	94	Jul 22	CAL		DET	L,11-13	CG	5	4	1	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.414	.484	.899	2	.66	0.162	1.51	0.22%	2.44	SS
17	1168	96 (1)	Jul 24	CAL		DET	L,3-4	CG(12)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.405	.471	.876	2	1.12	-0.068	2.36	-0.09%	-0.03	SS
18	1169	100 (3)	Jul 29	CAL		OAK	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.361	.397	.458	.856	2	1.05	0.029	1.83	0.03%	-0.10	SS
19	1170	102 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	CAL		OAK	L,1-2	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.338	.373	.429	.802	2	1.48	-0.230	1.98	-0.19%	-1.55	SS
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	1171	105 (2)	Aug 1 (2)	CAL	@	MIN	L,0-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.329	.364	.415	.778	2	.57	-0.069	.90	-0.07%	-1.52	SS
21	1172	106	Aug 2	CAL	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.348	.395	.743	2	1.31	-0.127	1.78	-0.10%	-0.94	SS
22	1173	108 (1)	Aug 4	CAL	@	SEA	L,5-11	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.311	.351	.389	.739	2	1.01	-0.017	1.90	-0.02%	-0.52	SS
23	1174	109	Aug 5	CAL	@	SEA	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.351	.389	.739	1						SS
24	1175	110	Aug 6	CAL	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.347	.383	.730	2	1.16	0.029	1.76	0.03%	0.26	SS
25	1176	111	Aug 7	CAL	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.293	.330	.364	.694	2	1.17	-0.171	1.34	-0.12%	-1.66	SS
26	1177	113 (1)	Aug 9	CAL		MIN	W,8-2	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.327	.353	.680	2	.43	-0.006	.37	0.00%	-0.59	SS
27	1178	114	Aug 10	CAL		MIN	L,1-4	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.339	.358	.698	2	1.27	0.094	1.09	0.05%	0.75	SS
28	1179	117 (2)	Aug 14	CAL		SEA	W,7-2	CG	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.358	.361	.719	2	.56	0.121	.36	0.05%	2.25	SS
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	1180	135 (17)	Sep 3	CAL		MIL	L,3-4	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.355	.357	.712	1	1.38	-0.063	.02	0.00%	-0.50	SS
30	1181	137 (1)	Sep 5	CAL	@	TOR	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.344	.345	.689	1	.45	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-1.00	SS
31	1182	138	Sep 6	CAL	@	TOR	L,4-6	8-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.349	.350	.699	9	.52	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
32	1183	139	Sep 7	CAL	@	TOR	W,9-6	9-9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.354	.350	.704	9	2.71	0.109	.00	0.00%	0.38	PH
33	1184	140	Sep 8	CAL	@	CHW	L,5-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.348	.345	.693	9	.81	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.62	SS
							12-21		134	119	22	34	7	0	0	11	12	0	12	0	2	1	0	5	0	2	.286	.348	.345	.693		.91	0.120	1.67	0.40%	1.27

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