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.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	CAL	@	SEA	L,4-8	CG	42	9.2	1	2	0	3	1	SS
2	2	Apr 9	CAL	@	SEA	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
3	4 (1)	Apr 11	CAL	@	OAK	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
4	5	Apr 12	CAL	@	OAK	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
5	6	Apr 13	CAL	@	OAK	L,7-11	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
6	7	Apr 14	CAL		SEA	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
7	8	Apr 15	CAL		SEA	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
8	9	Apr 16	CAL		SEA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
9	10	Apr 17	CAL		MIN	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
10	11	Apr 18	CAL		MIN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	SS
11	17 (5)	Apr 25	CAL	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
12	18	Apr 26	CAL	@	MIN	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
13	19	Apr 27	CAL	@	MIN	W,8-7	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
14	20	Apr 29	CAL	@	TOR	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
15	21	Apr 30	CAL	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	28 (6)	May 7	CAL		TOR	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
17	29	May 8	CAL		TOR	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
18	39 (9)	May 21	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
19	42 (2)	May 24	CAL	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	57 (14)	Jun 10	CAL	@	CHW	L,3-7	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
21	66 (8)	Jun 20	CAL	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
22	67	Jun 21	CAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
23	68	Jun 22	CAL	@	KCR	L,4-7	GF	6	1.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
24	71 (2)	Jun 25	CAL	@	TEX	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
25	72	Jun 27	CAL		CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
26	74 (1)	Jun 29	CAL		CLE	L,4-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	77 (2)	Jul 2	CAL		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
28	78	Jul 4	CAL	@	TOR	W,9-1	GS	22	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
29	79	Jul 5	CAL	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
30	84 (4)	Jul 10	CAL	@	BOS	L,7-8	GF	12	1.2	1	0	1	2	0	PR 3B
31	89 (4)	Jul 18	CAL		TOR	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
32	90	Jul 19	CAL		TOR	W,9-3	GS	26	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
33	91	Jul 20	CAL		TOR	L,3-6	CG	44	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
34	93 (1)	Jul 22	CAL		MIL	L,2-6	GF	6	1.0	0	1	1	2	0	DH SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	105 (11)	Aug 4	CAL	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS	29	7.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
36	107 (1)	Aug 6	CAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
37	112 (4)	Aug 11	CAL		MIN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
38	114 (1)	Aug 13	CAL		MIN	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
39	117 (2)	Aug 17	CAL		OAK	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
40	118	Aug 19 (1)	CAL	@	DET	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
41	123 (4)	Aug 23	CAL	@	BAL	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	DH SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	145 (21)	Sep 18	CAL		KCR	W,18-3	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
43	147 (1)	Sep 20	CAL		CHW	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
44	150 (2)	Sep 22 (2)	CAL		CLE	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
45	156 (5)	Sep 29	CAL	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
46	158 (1)	Oct 1	CAL	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
47	162 (3)	Oct 5	CAL	@	TEX	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
							47gm		327.1	62	90	3	155	15