Larry Burright
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Larry Allen Burright (Possum)
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.
[edit] Biographical Information
Larry Burright played almost as much second base as Jim Gilliam for the 1962 Dodgers who won 105 games. However, he hit only .205 (the team hit .268 that year) and was traded in the off-season to the New York Mets.
He was a year younger than teammate Don Drysdale on the Dodgers.
With the Mets, rookie Ron Hunt became the everyday second baseman and Burright backed him up in 1963. Burright hit .220 on a team that hit .219.
The Mets in 1963 had quite a few former Dodgers, including Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, Charlie Neal, Tim Harkness, Roger Craig and Norm Sherry.
He and Possum Whitted are the only major leaguers nicknamed "Possum". Burright was born in Roseville, IL, in west-central Illinois not far from the Iowa border.
