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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	48	11.0	2	5	2	9	1	SS
2	2	Apr 10	BOS		CLE	L,9-19	CG	51	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
3	3	Apr 12	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
4	4	Apr 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
5	5	Apr 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
6	6	Apr 17 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
7	7	Apr 17 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
8	8	Apr 18	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
9	9	Apr 19	BOS		DET	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
10	10	Apr 20	BOS		DET	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 21	BOS		DET	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
12	12	Apr 24	BOS	@	TOR	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
13	13	Apr 25 (1)	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
14	14	Apr 25 (2)	BOS	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	8	3	1	12	1	SS
15	15	Apr 26	BOS	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
16	16	Apr 27	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
17	17	Apr 29	BOS		OAK	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
18	18	Apr 30	BOS		OAK	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	BOS		OAK	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
20	20	May 3	BOS		SEA	L,8-10	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
21	21	May 4	BOS		SEA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
22	24 (2)	May 7	BOS		CAL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	11	0	13	2	SS
23	25	May 8	BOS		CAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
24	26	May 9	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
25	27	May 11	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
26	28	May 13	BOS	@	SEA	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
27	29	May 14	BOS	@	SEA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
28	30	May 15	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
29	31	May 16	BOS	@	CAL	W,8-7	CG	50	11.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
30	32	May 17	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
31	33	May 20	BOS		MIL	L,7-15	CG	49	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
32	34	May 21	BOS		MIL	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
33	35	May 22 (1)	BOS		MIL	W,14-10	CG	45	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
34	36	May 22 (2)	BOS		MIL	L,0-6	CG	49	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
35	37	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
36	38	May 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
37	39	May 25 (1)	BOS		MIN	L,5-13	CG	53	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
38	40	May 25 (2)	BOS		MIN	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
39	41	May 27	BOS		KCR	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
40	42	May 28	BOS		KCR	W,17-12	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
41	43	May 29	BOS		KCR	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
42	44	May 30	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
43	45	May 31	BOS		NYY	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	46	Jun 1	BOS	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
45	47	Jun 2	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
46	48	Jun 3	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
47	49	Jun 4	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
48	50	Jun 5	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-1	GS	22	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
49	54 (3)	Jun 9	BOS		BAL	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
50	55	Jun 12 (1)	BOS		TEX	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
51	56	Jun 12 (2)	BOS		TEX	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
52	57	Jun 13	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
53	58	Jun 14	BOS		CHW	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
54	59	Jun 16	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
55	60	Jun 17	BOS		NYY	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
56	61	Jun 18	BOS		NYY	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
57	62	Jun 19	BOS		NYY	W,11-1	CG	29	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	SS
58	63	Jun 20	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
59	64	Jun 21	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
60	65	Jun 22	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
61	66	Jun 23	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
62	67	Jun 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
63	68	Jun 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
64	69	Jun 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	1	5	0	6	1	SS
65	70	Jun 27	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
66	71	Jun 28	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	5	6	0	11	4	SS
67	72	Jun 29	BOS	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	73	Jul 1	BOS		BAL	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
69	74	Jul 2	BOS		BAL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
70	75	Jul 3	BOS		BAL	L,8-12	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
71	76	Jul 4	BOS		TOR	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
72	77	Jul 6	BOS		TOR	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
73	78	Jul 7	BOS		TOR	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	9	1	15	1	SS
74	79	Jul 8	BOS	@	MIL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
75	80	Jul 9	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
76	81	Jul 10 (1)	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	45	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
77	82	Jul 10 (2)	BOS	@	MIL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
78	83	Jul 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
79	84	Jul 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
80	85	Jul 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-7	CG	47	10.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
81	86	Jul 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
82	87	Jul 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
83	88	Jul 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
84	89	Jul 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
85	90	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
86	91	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
87	92	Jul 22	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
88	93	Jul 23	BOS		CLE	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
89	94	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
90	95	Jul 25	BOS		CHW	L,7-8	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
91	96	Jul 26	BOS		MIL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	1	9	0	SS
92	97	Jul 27	BOS		MIL	L,5-14	CG	49	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
93	98	Jul 28	BOS		MIL	W,12-0	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
94	99	Jul 29	BOS	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
95	100	Jul 30	BOS	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
96	101	Jul 31	BOS	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	102	Aug 2	BOS	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
98	103	Aug 3	BOS	@	SEA	W,12-4	GS	31	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
99	104	Aug 4	BOS	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
100	105	Aug 5	BOS	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	SS
101	106	Aug 6	BOS	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
102	107	Aug 7	BOS	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
103	108	Aug 10	BOS		CAL	W,11-10	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
104	109	Aug 11	BOS		CAL	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
105	110	Aug 12	BOS		SEA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
106	111	Aug 13	BOS		SEA	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
107	112	Aug 14	BOS		SEA	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
108	113	Aug 15	BOS		KCR	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
109	114	Aug 16	BOS		KCR	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
110	115	Aug 17	BOS	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
111	116	Aug 18	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
112	117	Aug 19	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
113	118	Aug 20	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
114	119	Aug 21	BOS	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
115	121 (1)	Aug 23	BOS	@	MIN	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
116	122	Aug 24 (1)	BOS		TEX	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
117	123	Aug 24 (2)	BOS		TEX	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
118	124	Aug 25	BOS		TEX	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
119	125	Aug 26	BOS		MIN	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
120	126	Aug 27	BOS		MIN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	3	9	1	SS
121	127	Aug 28	BOS		MIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
122	128	Aug 29	BOS		OAK	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
123	129	Aug 30	BOS		OAK	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	1	8	3	SS
124	130	Aug 31	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	131	Sep 1	BOS		CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	6	0	10	3	SS
126	132	Sep 2	BOS	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
127	133	Sep 3	BOS	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
128	134	Sep 4	BOS	@	TEX	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
129	135	Sep 5 (1)	BOS	@	TOR	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
130	136	Sep 5 (2)	BOS	@	TOR	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
131	137	Sep 6	BOS	@	TOR	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
132	138	Sep 7	BOS	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
133	139	Sep 8	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
134	140	Sep 9 (1)	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
135	141	Sep 9 (2)	BOS		DET	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
136	142	Sep 10	BOS		DET	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
137	143	Sep 11	BOS		DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	8	0	11	4	SS
138	144	Sep 13	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
139	145	Sep 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
140	146	Sep 15	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
141	147	Sep 16	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
142	148	Sep 17	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
143	149	Sep 18	BOS	@	BAL	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
144	150	Sep 19	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
145	151	Sep 21	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
146	152	Sep 22	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
147	153	Sep 23	BOS	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	28	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	SS
148	154	Sep 24	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
149	155	Sep 25	BOS	@	DET	W,12-5	CG	44	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
150	156	Sep 27 (1)	BOS		TOR	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
151	157	Sep 27 (2)	BOS		TOR	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
152	158	Sep 28	BOS		TOR	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
153	159	Sep 29	BOS		TOR	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
154	160	Sep 30	BOS		BAL	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
							154gm		1360.0	285	482	24	791	111