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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	44	8.2	1	4	0	5	1	SS
2	2	Apr 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
3	3	Apr 9	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
4	4	Apr 10	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	1	5	0	6	1	SS
5	5	Apr 12	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 14	BOS		TEX	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
7	7	Apr 15	BOS		TEX	W,12-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
8	8	Apr 16	BOS		TEX	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
9	9	Apr 17	BOS		MIL	W,9-2	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
10	10	Apr 18	BOS		MIL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 20	BOS		MIL	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	3	SS
12	12	Apr 21	BOS		CLE	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
13	13	Apr 22	BOS		CLE	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
14	14	Apr 23 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
15	15	Apr 23 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,7-10	GF	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
16	16	Apr 25	BOS	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
17	17	Apr 26	BOS	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
18	18	Apr 28	BOS	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	40	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
19	19	Apr 29	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
20	20	Apr 30	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	4	6	0	10	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	BOS		BAL	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
22	22	May 2	BOS		BAL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
23	23	May 3	BOS		MIN	W,11-9	CG	46	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	SS
24	24	May 4	BOS		MIN	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
25	25	May 6 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-4	CG	44	10.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
26	26	May 6 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
27	27	May 7	BOS		CHW	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
28	28	May 8	BOS		KCR	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
29	29	May 9	BOS		KCR	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
30	30	May 10	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	SS
31	31	May 11	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
32	32	May 13	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
33	33	May 14	BOS	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
34	34	May 15	BOS	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	7	1	11	2	SS
35	35	May 16	BOS	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
36	36	May 19	BOS	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
37	37	May 20	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
38	38	May 21 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
39	39	May 21 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
40	40	May 22	BOS	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
41	41	May 23	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	46	11.1	2	5	0	7	0	SS
42	42	May 24	BOS	@	TOR	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
43	43	May 25	BOS	@	TOR	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
44	44	May 26	BOS		DET	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
45	45	May 27	BOS		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
46	46	May 28 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
47	48 (1)	May 29	BOS		TOR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
48	49	May 30	BOS		TOR	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
49	50	May 31	BOS		TOR	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	51	Jun 2	BOS	@	CAL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
51	52	Jun 3	BOS	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	9	0	9	2	SS
52	53	Jun 4	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
53	54	Jun 5	BOS	@	OAK	L,7-9	CG	37	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
54	55	Jun 6	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
55	56	Jun 9	BOS	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
56	57	Jun 10	BOS	@	SEA	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
57	58	Jun 11	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
58	59	Jun 12	BOS		CAL	W,10-9	CG	50	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
59	60	Jun 13	BOS		CAL	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
60	61	Jun 14	BOS		OAK	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
61	62	Jun 15	BOS		OAK	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
62	63	Jun 16	BOS		SEA	W,6-3	GS	26	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
63	64	Jun 17	BOS		SEA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
64	65	Jun 18	BOS		SEA	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
65	66	Jun 19	BOS		NYY	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
66	67	Jun 20	BOS		NYY	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
67	68	Jun 21	BOS		NYY	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
68	69	Jun 23	BOS		BAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
69	70	Jun 24	BOS		BAL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
70	71	Jun 25	BOS		BAL	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
71	72	Jun 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
72	73	Jun 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	56	13.1	2	8	0	10	3	SS
73	74	Jun 29	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
74	75	Jun 30	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	76	Jul 1	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	46	10.1	2	6	0	8	0	SS
76	77	Jul 3	BOS		NYY	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
77	78	Jul 5	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
78	79	Jul 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
79	80	Jul 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,9-10	CG	45	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
80	82 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
81	100 (17)	Jul 28	BOS		KCR	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
82	101	Jul 29	BOS		KCR	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
83	102	Jul 30	BOS		KCR	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
84	103	Jul 31	BOS		CHW	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	104	Aug 1	BOS		CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
86	105	Aug 2 susp	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	68	17.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
87	106	Aug 3	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
88	107	Aug 4	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
89	108	Aug 5	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
90	109	Aug 6	BOS	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
91	110	Aug 8	BOS		CLE	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	0	8	0	8	0	SS
92	111	Aug 9	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
93	112	Aug 10	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	60	13.0	2	6	1	9	0	SS
94	113	Aug 11	BOS		MIL	L,5-10	CG	51	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
95	114	Aug 12 (1)	BOS		MIL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
96	115	Aug 12 (2)	BOS		MIL	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
97	116	Aug 13	BOS		MIL	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
98	117	Aug 14	BOS		MIL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
99	118	Aug 15	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
100	119	Aug 16	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
101	120	Aug 17	BOS	@	CAL	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
102	121	Aug 18	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
103	122	Aug 19	BOS	@	OAK	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
104	123	Aug 20	BOS	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
105	124	Aug 22	BOS	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
106	125	Aug 23	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
107	126	Aug 25	BOS		CAL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
108	127	Aug 26	BOS		CAL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
109	128	Aug 27	BOS		CAL	W,4-3	CG	51	12.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
110	129	Aug 28	BOS		SEA	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	1	5	2	8	1	SS
111	130	Aug 29	BOS		SEA	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
112	131	Aug 30 (1)	BOS		TOR	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
113	132	Aug 30 (2)	BOS		TOR	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	133	Sep 1	BOS		OAK	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
115	134	Sep 2	BOS		OAK	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
116	135	Sep 3	BOS		OAK	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
117	136	Sep 4	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
118	137	Sep 5	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
119	138	Sep 6	BOS	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
120	139	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	L,3-15	CG	54	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
121	140	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,2-13	CG	49	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
122	141	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
123	142	Sep 10	BOS		NYY	L,4-7	CG	47	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	SS
124	143	Sep 11	BOS		BAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
125	144	Sep 12	BOS		BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
126	145	Sep 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	5	1	7	2	SS
127	146	Sep 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
128	147	Sep 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
129	148	Sep 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	1	3	0	4	0	SS
130	149	Sep 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
131	150	Sep 18	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
132	151	Sep 19	BOS	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
133	152	Sep 20	BOS	@	DET	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
134	153	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
135	154	Sep 22	BOS	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	1	4	0	5	0	SS
136	155	Sep 23	BOS	@	TOR	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
137	156	Sep 24	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-6	CG	62	14.0	7	6	0	13	2	SS
138	157	Sep 26	BOS		DET	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
139	158	Sep 27	BOS		DET	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
140	159	Sep 28	BOS		DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	5	6	0	11	4	SS
141	160	Sep 29	BOS		TOR	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
142	161	Sep 30	BOS		TOR	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
143	162	Oct 1	BOS		TOR	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
144	163	Oct 2	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
							144gm		1298.0	285	482	15	782	100