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Dick Burrus
Maurice Lennon Burrus

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.
School North Carolina State University

Debut June 23, 1919
Final Game July 30, 1928
Born January 29, 1898 in Hatteras, NC
Died February 2, 1972 in Elizabeth City, NC

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1919 21 PHA AL  70  194   17   50   3  4   0    8   2      9  25  .258  .294  .314   70   61   2           1    
 1920 22 PHA AL  71  135   11   25   8  0   0   10   0  3   5   7  .185  .225  .244   24   33   1           2    
 1925 27 BSN NL 152  588   82  200  41  4   5   87   8  9  51  29  .340  .396  .449  124  264  10           3    
 1926 28 BSN NL 131  486   59  131  21  1   3   61   4     37  16  .270  .324  .335   85  163  15           2    
 1927 29 BSN NL  72  220   22   70   8  3   0   32   3     17  10  .318  .370  .382  109   84  10           1    
 1928 30 BSN NL  64  137   15   37   6  0   3   13   1     19   8  .270  .367  .380  100   52   1           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      560 1760  206  513  87 12  11  211  18 12 138  95  .291  .347  .373   96  657  39   0   0  11   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        509   60  148  25  3   3   61   5  3  40  27  .291  .347  .373   96  190  11   0   0   3   0
 Career High    152  588   82  200  41  4   5   87   8  9  51  29  .340  .396  .449  124  264  15   0   0   3   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1919 21 PHA AL  206  146   18   3.3    96| .258  .277| .294  .344| .314  .373| .608  .716|  70  .408  -8.8  -0.9     
 1920 22 PHA AL  143  114    6   1.4   107| .185  .293| .225  .357| .244  .402| .469  .759|  24  .103 -15.1  -1.5   0%
 1925 27 BSN NL  652  407  102   6.7   106| .340  .289| .396  .345| .449  .412| .845  .757| 124  .621  24.7   2.3  47%
 1926 28 BSN NL  540  370   52   3.7    95| .270  .275| .324  .334| .335  .382| .659  .716|  85  .414  -8.2  -0.8     
 1927 29 BSN NL  248  160   31   5.2    97| .318  .280| .370  .337| .382  .386| .752  .723| 109  .556   3.4   0.3     
 1928 30 BSN NL  159  101   19   5.1   105| .270  .284| .367  .348| .380  .404| .747  .751| 100  .522   0.9   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1948 1298  228   4.7   101| .291  .283| .347  .342| .373  .395| .720  .737|  96  .499  -3.1  -0.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1919 21 PHA AL 1B 38 337 21 5 15 .986 .988 9.42 10.44 OF 10 10 1 5 2 .688 .957 1.10 2.16 0 2 8 1920 22 PHA AL 1B 31 252 16 3 22 .989 .990 8.65 10.40 OF 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.15 0 0 2 1925 27 BSN NL 1B 151 1416 85 15 110 .990 .989 9.94 6.62 1926 28 BSN NL 1B 128 1153 103 12 97 .991 .989 9.81 7.81 1927 29 BSN NL 1B 61 505 44 16 51 .972 .989 9.00 10.16 1928 30 BSN NL 1B 32 286 15 7 29 .977 .989 9.41 10.17
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1919 21 PHA AL 1B 38 337 21 5 15 .986 .988 9.42 10.44 1920 22 PHA AL 1B 31 252 16 3 22 .989 .990 8.65 10.40 1925 27 BSN NL 1B 151 1416 85 15 110 .990 .989 9.94 6.62 1926 28 BSN NL 1B 128 1153 103 12 97 .991 .989 9.81 7.81 1927 29 BSN NL 1B 61 505 44 16 51 .972 .989 9.00 10.16 1928 30 BSN NL 1B 32 286 15 7 29 .977 .989 9.41 10.17 1919 21 PHA AL OF 10 10 1 5 2 .688 .957 1.10 2.16 0 2 8 1920 22 PHA AL OF 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.15 0 0 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 441 3949 284 58 324 .986 .989 9.60 8.31 OF 12 10 1 6 2 .647 .957 0.92 2.16 0 2 10 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 453 3959 285 64 326 .985 .989 9.37 8.15
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1925 NL-.340-9

Games
1925 NL-152-6

At Bats
1925 NL-588-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1925 NL-652-9

Hits
1925 NL-200-6

Doubles
1925 NL-41-4

Singles
1925 NL-150-3

Runs Created
1925 NL-102-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1925 NL-25-7

Batting Wins
1925 NL-2.3-7

Times on Base
1925 NL-254-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1926 NL-30.4-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 11 (1308) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1771) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.5 (1173) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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