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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	BOS	@	MIL	L,5-9	CG	42	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
2	2	Apr 12	BOS	@	MIL	L,1-18	CG	49	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
3	3	Apr 13	BOS	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
4	4	Apr 14	BOS		DET	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	SS
5	5	Apr 16	BOS		DET	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
6	6	Apr 17	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	5	2	1	8	1	SS
7	7	Apr 18	BOS		TEX	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
8	8	Apr 19	BOS		TEX	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
9	9	Apr 20	BOS		TEX	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
10	10	Apr 21	BOS		CHW	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
11	11	Apr 22	BOS		CHW	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
12	12	Apr 24	BOS		CHW	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
13	13	Apr 25	BOS	@	DET	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
14	14	Apr 26	BOS	@	DET	W,12-7	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
15	15	Apr 27	BOS	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
16	16	Apr 29	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
17	17	Apr 30	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
19	19	May 2	BOS	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	48	11.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
20	20	May 3	BOS	@	KCR	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	3	SS
21	21	May 4	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
22	22	May 5	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
23	23	May 6	BOS	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
24	24	May 7	BOS	@	TEX	W,7-4	CG	42	11.0	3	7	1	11	1	SS
25	25	May 9	BOS		KCR	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
26	26	May 10	BOS		KCR	L,8-13	CG	53	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
27	27	May 11	BOS		KCR	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
28	28	May 12	BOS		MIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
29	29	May 13	BOS		MIN	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
30	30	May 14	BOS		MIN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
31	31	May 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
32	32	May 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
33	33	May 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	46	9.2	1	3	1	5	0	SS
34	34	May 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
35	35	May 19	BOS	@	TOR	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
36	36	May 20	BOS	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
37	37	May 21	BOS	@	TOR	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
38	38	May 23	BOS		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
39	39	May 24	BOS		CLE	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
40	40	May 25	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
41	41	May 26	BOS		TOR	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
42	42	May 27	BOS		TOR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
43	43	May 28	BOS		TOR	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
44	44	May 30	BOS		MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
45	45	May 31	BOS		MIL	L,8-19	CG	51	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	46	Jun 1	BOS		MIL	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
47	47	Jun 2	BOS	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
48	48	Jun 3	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
49	49	Jun 6	BOS	@	OAK	W,14-8	CG	43	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
50	50	Jun 7	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
51	51	Jun 8	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
52	52	Jun 9	BOS	@	SEA	L,7-8	CG	56	12.1	0	5	1	6	0	SS
53	53	Jun 10	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	43	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
54	54	Jun 11	BOS	@	SEA	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
55	55	Jun 12	BOS	@	CAL	W,13-2	GS	18	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
56	56	Jun 13	BOS	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	SS
57	57	Jun 14	BOS	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
58	58	Jun 15	BOS	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
59	59	Jun 16	BOS		OAK	L,8-11	CG	50	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
60	60	Jun 17	BOS		OAK	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
61	61	Jun 18	BOS		SEA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
62	62	Jun 19	BOS		SEA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
63	63	Jun 20	BOS		CAL	L,2-20	CG	54	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
64	64	Jun 21	BOS		CAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
65	65	Jun 22	BOS		CAL	W,6-3	CG	44	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
66	66	Jun 23	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
67	67	Jun 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
68	68	Jun 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
69	69	Jun 27	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	5	0	10	4	SS
70	70	Jun 28	BOS		BAL	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
71	71	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	72	Jul 1	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
73	73	Jul 2	BOS		NYY	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	9	0	10	2	SS
74	74	Jul 3	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
75	75	Jul 4	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
76	76	Jul 5	BOS	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
77	77	Jul 6	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
78	78	Jul 10 (1)	BOS	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
79	79	Jul 10 (2)	BOS	@	MIL	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
80	80	Jul 11	BOS	@	MIL	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
81	81	Jul 12	BOS		DET	W,9-3	GS	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
82	82	Jul 13	BOS		DET	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
83	83	Jul 14	BOS		DET	L,4-12	CG	49	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
84	84	Jul 15	BOS		KCR	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
85	85	Jul 16	BOS		KCR	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
86	86	Jul 17	BOS		KCR	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	2	7	1	10	1	SS
87	87	Jul 18	BOS		MIN	W,1-0	CG	35	10.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
88	88	Jul 19	BOS		MIN	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
89	89	Jul 20	BOS		MIN	L,4-5	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
90	90	Jul 21	BOS		TEX	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
91	91	Jul 22	BOS		TEX	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	6	6	1	13	5	SS
92	92	Jul 23	BOS		TEX	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	SS
93	93	Jul 25 (1)	BOS	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
94	94	Jul 25 (2)	BOS	@	MIN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
95	95	Jul 26	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
96	96	Jul 27	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
97	97	Jul 29	BOS	@	KCR	L,8-9	CG	42	8.2	2	4	1	7	2	SS
98	98	Jul 30	BOS	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
99	99	Jul 31	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-13	GS	35	6.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	100	Aug 1	BOS	@	TEX	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
101	101	Aug 2	BOS	@	TEX	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
102	102	Aug 3	BOS	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
103	103	Aug 4	BOS		MIL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
104	104	Aug 5	BOS		MIL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
105	105	Aug 6	BOS		MIL	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	4	6	0	10	3	SS
106	106	Aug 7	BOS		MIL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
107	107	Aug 8	BOS		CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
108	108	Aug 9	BOS		CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
109	109	Aug 10	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
110	110	Aug 11	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
111	111	Aug 12	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
112	112	Aug 13	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
113	113	Aug 14	BOS	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
114	114	Aug 15	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
115	115	Aug 19	BOS	@	OAK	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	SS
116	116	Aug 20	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
117	117	Aug 21	BOS	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
118	118	Aug 22	BOS	@	SEA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
119	119	Aug 23	BOS	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
120	120	Aug 24	BOS	@	SEA	W,10-7	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
121	121	Aug 25	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	40	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
122	122	Aug 26	BOS	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
123	123	Aug 28	BOS		OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
124	124	Aug 29	BOS		OAK	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	5	6	1	12	2	SS
125	125	Aug 30	BOS		OAK	W,7-6	CG	41	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
126	126	Aug 31	BOS		OAK	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	127	Sep 1	BOS		CAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
128	128	Sep 2	BOS		CAL	W,10-2	GS	34	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
129	129	Sep 3	BOS		CAL	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
130	130	Sep 4	BOS		SEA	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
131	131	Sep 5	BOS		SEA	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
132	132	Sep 6	BOS		SEA	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
133	133	Sep 7	BOS		SEA	L,6-12	GS	26	4.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
134	134	Sep 8	BOS	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	4	6	0	10	4	SS
135	135	Sep 9	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
136	136	Sep 10	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
137	137	Sep 11	BOS		NYY	L,5-8	CG	45	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
138	138	Sep 12	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
139	139	Sep 13	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
140	140	Sep 14	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
141	142 (1)	Sep 17	BOS		CLE	L,5-6	CG	48	11.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
142	143	Sep 18	BOS		CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
143	144	Sep 19	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	SS
144	145	Sep 20	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
145	146	Sep 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
146	147	Sep 22	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	SS
147	148	Sep 23	BOS	@	BAL	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
148	149	Sep 24	BOS	@	BAL	L,9-12	CG	40	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
149	150	Sep 26	BOS	@	TOR	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
150	151	Sep 27	BOS	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
151	152	Sep 28	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-3	GS	21	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
152	153	Sep 29 (1)	BOS		BAL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
153	154	Sep 29 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
154	155	Sep 30	BOS		BAL	L,6-11	CG	44	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
155	156	Oct 1	BOS		BAL	L,8-12	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
							155gm		1364.1	301	528	22	851	147