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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	CAL	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 10	CAL	@	SEA	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
3	3	Apr 11	CAL	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
4	4	Apr 12	CAL	@	SEA	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
5	5	Apr 13	CAL		OAK	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
6	6	Apr 14	CAL		OAK	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
7	7	Apr 15	CAL		OAK	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 16	CAL		OAK	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
9	9	Apr 17	CAL		MIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	6	5	0	11	2	SS
10	10	Apr 18	CAL		MIN	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
11	11	Apr 20	CAL		SEA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	3	SS
12	12	Apr 21	CAL		SEA	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
13	13	Apr 22	CAL		SEA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	SS
14	14	Apr 24	CAL	@	MIN	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
15	15	Apr 25	CAL	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
16	16	Apr 26 (1)	CAL	@	MIN	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
17	17	Apr 26 (2)	CAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
18	18	Apr 27	CAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
19	19	Apr 28	CAL	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
20	20	Apr 29	CAL	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
21	21	Apr 30	CAL		MIL	L,1-12	CG	48	9.0	4	3	1	8	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	CAL		MIL	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
23	23	May 2	CAL		MIL	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
24	24	May 3	CAL		MIL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
25	25	May 4	CAL		NYY	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
26	26	May 5	CAL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
27	27	May 6	CAL		NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
28	28	May 7	CAL		NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
29	29	May 8	CAL		DET	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
30	30	May 9	CAL		DET	W,15-1	GS	32	8.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
31	31	May 10	CAL		DET	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
32	32	May 12	CAL	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	4	SS
33	33	May 13	CAL	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
34	34	May 14	CAL	@	MIL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	1	7	2	SS
35	35	May 15	CAL	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
36	36	May 16	CAL	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
37	37	May 17	CAL	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	SS
38	38	May 18	CAL	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
39	39	May 19	CAL	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
40	40	May 20	CAL	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
41	41	May 21	CAL	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
42	42	May 22	CAL		CHW	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
43	43	May 23	CAL		CHW	L,4-15	CG	51	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
44	44	May 24	CAL		CHW	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
45	45	May 25	CAL		TOR	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
46	46	May 26	CAL		TOR	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
47	47	May 27	CAL		TOR	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
48	48	May 30	CAL	@	CHW	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
49	49	May 31 (1)	CAL	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
50	50	May 31 (2)	CAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	51	Jun 1	CAL	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
52	52	Jun 2	CAL	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	6	3	0	9	3	SS
53	53	Jun 3	CAL	@	TOR	W,17-6	CG	36	9.0	4	7	0	11	3	SS
54	54	Jun 5	CAL		BAL	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
55	55	Jun 6	CAL		BAL	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
56	56	Jun 7	CAL		BAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
57	57	Jun 8	CAL		CLE	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
58	58	Jun 9	CAL		CLE	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
59	59	Jun 10	CAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
60	60	Jun 11	CAL		BOS	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	61	Aug 10	CAL	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
62	62	Aug 11	CAL	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
63	63	Aug 12	CAL	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	37	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
64	64	Aug 14	CAL	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	38	9.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
65	65	Aug 15	CAL	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	59	12.1	3	6	0	9	1	SS
66	66	Aug 16	CAL	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
67	67	Aug 18	CAL		BAL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
68	68	Aug 19	CAL		BAL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
69	69	Aug 20	CAL		BAL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
70	70	Aug 21	CAL		CLE	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
71	71	Aug 22	CAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
72	72	Aug 23	CAL		CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
73	73	Aug 24	CAL		BOS	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
74	74	Aug 25	CAL		BOS	W,8-7	CG	40	10.0	4	8	0	12	2	SS
75	76 (1)	Aug 28	CAL	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
76	77	Aug 29	CAL	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
77	78	Aug 30	CAL	@	BAL	W,7-1	GS	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
78	79	Aug 31	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	80	Sep 1	CAL	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
80	81	Sep 2	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
81	82	Sep 4	CAL	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	18	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
82	83	Sep 5 (1)	CAL	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
83	84	Sep 5 (2)	CAL	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
84	85	Sep 6	CAL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
85	86	Sep 7	CAL	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	2	10	1	13	2	SS
86	87	Sep 8	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
87	88	Sep 9	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
88	89	Sep 11	CAL		TEX	L,6-11	CG	47	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
89	90	Sep 12	CAL		TEX	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	8	0	10	0	SS
90	91	Sep 13	CAL		TEX	W,8-7	CG	54	12.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
91	92	Sep 14	CAL		KCR	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
92	93	Sep 15	CAL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
93	94	Sep 16	CAL		KCR	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	7	1	9	1	SS
94	95	Sep 18	CAL	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
95	96	Sep 19	CAL	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
96	97	Sep 20	CAL	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
97	98	Sep 21	CAL		CHW	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
98	99	Sep 22	CAL		CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	SS
99	100	Sep 23	CAL		CHW	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
100	101	Sep 24	CAL		CHW	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	7	0	11	0	SS
101	102	Sep 25	CAL		TOR	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
102	103	Sep 26	CAL		TOR	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
103	104	Sep 27	CAL		TOR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
104	105	Sep 28	CAL	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
105	106	Sep 29	CAL	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
106	107	Sep 30	CAL	@	CHW	L,3-10	GS	36	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
107	108	Oct 2	CAL	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	44	9.2	3	6	0	9	1	SS
108	109	Oct 3	CAL	@	TEX	L,0-1	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	SS
109	110	Oct 4	CAL	@	TEX	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
							109gm		948.1	208	394	13	615	88