Rick Burleson
Richard Paul Burleson (Rooster)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 29, 1951 in Lynwood, CA
High School: Warren (Downey, CA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1974
Final Game: July 8, 1987
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1974 23 BOS AL 114 415 384 36 109 22 0 4 44 3 3 21 34 .284 .320 .372 .693 93 143 13 2 3 5 0 64/5 RoY-4
1975 24 BOS AL 158 654 580 66 146 25 1 6 62 8 5 45 44 .252 .305 .329 .634 73 191 18 3 17 9 1 *6 MVP-13
1976 25 BOS AL 152 616 540 75 157 27 1 7 42 14 9 60 37 .291 .365 .383 .748 109 207 15 5 8 3 2 *6
1977 26 BOS AL 154 721 663 80 194 36 7 3 52 13 12 47 69 .293 .338 .382 .720 87 253 15 2 3 6 1 *6 AS,MVP-22
1978 27 BOS AL 145 685 626 75 155 32 5 5 49 8 8 40 71 .248 .295 .339 .633 70 212 16 4 10 5 2 *6 AS,MVP-36
1979 28 BOS AL 153 682 627 93 174 32 5 5 60 9 5 35 54 .278 .315 .368 .683 80 231 13 3 9 8 0 *6 AS,MVP-21,GG
1980 29 BOS AL 155 718 644 89 179 29 2 8 51 12 13 62 51 .278 .341 .366 .708 90 236 24 2 6 4 0 *6
1981 30 CAL AL 109 490 430 53 126 17 1 5 33 4 6 42 38 .293 .357 .372 .729 111 160 8 3 11 4 2 *6 AS,SS
1982 31 CAL AL 11 53 45 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 3 .156 .255 .178 .433 22 8 2 0 2 0 2 6
1983 32 CAL AL 33 134 119 22 34 7 0 0 11 0 2 12 12 .286 .348 .345 .693 93 41 5 0 2 1 0 6
1984 33 CAL AL 7 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
1986 35 CAL AL 93 312 271 35 77 14 0 5 29 1 3 33 32 .284 .363 .391 .754 107 106 2 1 6 1 1 D6/45
1987 36 BAL AL 62 232 206 26 43 14 1 2 14 0 2 17 30 .209 .279 .316 .594 60 65 7 3 6 0 0 4/D
13 Seasons 1346 5717 5139 656 1401 256 23 50 449 72 68 420 477 .273 .328 .361 .689 87 1853 138 28 84 46 11
162 Game Avg. 162 688 619 79 169 31 3 6 54 9 8 51 57 .273 .328 .361 .689 87 223 17 3 10 6 1
BOS (7 yrs) 1031 4491 4064 514 1114 203 21 38 360 67 55 310 360 .274 .326 .362 .688 85 1473 114 21 56 40 6
CAL (5 yrs) 253 994 869 116 244 39 1 10 75 5 11 93 87 .281 .351 .362 .713 102 315 17 4 22 6 5
BAL (1 yr) 62 232 206 26 43 14 1 2 14 0 2 17 30 .209 .279 .316 .594 60 65 7 3 6 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1974 23 BOS AL 415 299 43 3.9 95 .299 .284 .267 .320 .333 .372 .384 .693 .717 93 .470 -3.5 -0.4 .570 .143 .089 3.4
1975 24 BOS AL 654 483 58 3.2 101 .260 .252 .269 .305 .341 .329 .395 .634 .736 73 .371 -21.9 -2.2 .530 .160 .078 6.9
1976 25 BOS AL 616 418 76 4.9 96 .301 .291 .270 .365 .336 .383 .381 .748 .717 109 .594 8.2 0.9 .681 .213 .093 9.3
1977 26 BOS AL 721 505 83 4.4 110 .320 .293 .281 .338 .347 .382 .427 .720 .774 87 .477 -12.8 -1.3 .611 .161 .089 4.9
1978 27 BOS AL 685 510 60 3.1 103 .270 .248 .274 .295 .341 .339 .404 .633 .746 70 .359 -27.2 -2.8 .517 .155 .091 6.2
1979 28 BOS AL 682 488 72 3.9 107 .293 .278 .277 .315 .342 .368 .419 .683 .761 80 .418 -18.9 -1.8 .580 .153 .091 6.4
1980 29 BOS AL 718 512 76 4.0 104 .290 .278 .276 .341 .339 .366 .409 .708 .749 90 .436 -8.5 -0.8 .596 .183 .089 9.6
1981 30 CAL AL 490 333 58 4.7 89 .309 .293 .256 .357 .321 .372 .373 .729 .693 111 .561 7.4 0.8 .638 .172 .079 4.4
1982 31 CAL AL 53 42 2 1.3 98 .167 .156 .264 .255 .328 .178 .402 .433 .730 22 .088 -4.8 -0.5 .350 .156 .022
1983 32 CAL AL 134 95 13 3.7 97 .315 .286 .264 .348 .326 .345 .399 .693 .725 93 .403 -0.6 -0.1 .554 .143 .059
1984 33 CAL AL 5 5 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .264 .000 .326 .000 .398 .000 .724 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1986 35 CAL AL 312 206 40 5.2 99 .306 .284 .260 .363 .328 .391 .406 .754 .734 107 .548 3.7 0.4 .693 .221 .107 1.7
1987 36 BAL AL 232 178 17 2.6 103 .236 .209 .262 .279 .329 .316 .420 .594 .749 60 .227 -11.6 -1.1 .483 .180 .107 .0
13 Seasons 5717 4074 598 3.9 101 .290 .273 .271 .328 .337 .361 .403 .689 .740 87 .447 -91.6 -9.1 .584 .170 .088 59.0
162 Game Avg. 688 490 72 3.9 101 .290 .273 .271 .328 .337 .361 .403 .689 .740 87 .447 -91.6 -9.1 .584 .170 .088 7
BOS (7 yrs) 4491 3215 468 3.9 103 .290 .274 .274 .326 .340 .362 .405 .688 .745 85 .445 -84.6 -8.5 .582 .168 .088 48.5
CAL (5 yrs) 994 681 113 4.5 94 .301 .281 .259 .351 .324 .362 .388 .713 .713 102 .509 4.6 0.5 .622 .182 .082 6.7
BAL (1 yr) 232 178 17 2.6 103 .236 .209 .262 .279 .329 .316 .420 .594 .749 60 .227 -11.6 -1.1 .483 .180 .107 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 24 BOS AL ALCS OAK W 3 11 9 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .444 .500 .667 1.167 6 0 0 1 0 0
1975 24 BOS AL WS CIN L 7 28 24 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 2 .292 .393 .333 .726 8 2 0 0 0 1
1986 35 CAL AL ALCS BOS L 4 12 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545 3 0 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 14 51 44 3 14 3 0 0 3 0 1 5 2 .318 .388 .386 .774 17 2 0 2 0 1
2 ALCS 7 23 20 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .350 .381 .450 .831 9 0 0 2 0 0
1 WS 7 28 24 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 2 .292 .393 .333 .726 8 2 0 0 0 1

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 BOS AL 26 as SS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 BOS AL 27 DNP
1979 BOS AL 28 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CAL AL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (3 Appearances) 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1974 23 BOS AL 415 1.0% 8.2% 5.1% 6.3% 24% 1.62 11.3 96.0 8.7 1.06 85%
1975 24 BOS AL 654 0.9% 6.7% 6.9% 4.9% 22% 0.98 13.2 96.7 9.4 1.08 82%
1976 25 BOS AL 616 1.1% 6.0% 9.7% 5.7% 22% 0.62 14.6 77.1 12.9 1.35 81%
1977 26 BOS AL 721 0.4% 9.6% 6.5% 6.4% 24% 1.47 9.6 221.0 12.8 1.41 83%
1978 27 BOS AL 685 0.7% 10.4% 5.8% 6.1% 27% 1.78 8.8 125.2 12.8 1.37 81%
1979 28 BOS AL 682 0.7% 7.9% 5.1% 6.2% 24% 1.54 11.6 125.4 10.5 1.22 84%
1980 29 BOS AL 718 1.1% 7.1% 8.6% 5.4% 22% 0.82 12.6 80.5 12.6 1.49 82%
1981 30 CAL AL 490 1.0% 7.8% 8.6% 4.7% 18% 0.90 11.3 86.0 13.0 1.07 80%
1982 31 CAL AL 53 0.0% 5.7% 11.3% 1.9% 14% 0.50 15.0 22.5 1.50 79%
1983 32 CAL AL 134 0.0% 9.0% 9.0% 5.2% 21% 1.00 9.9 10.8 1.25 81%
1984 33 CAL AL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 40%
1986 35 CAL AL 312 1.6% 10.3% 10.6% 6.1% 25% 0.97 8.5 54.2 9.3 0.87 75%
1987 36 BAL AL 232 0.9% 12.9% 7.3% 7.3% 40% 1.76 6.9 103.0 14.7 1.12 75%
13 Seasons 5717 0.9% 8.3% 7.4% 5.8% 24% 1.14 10.8 102.8 11.4 1.24 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1974 23 BOS AL 5 0 25% 156 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 5 46% 18 9 8 3 2 1 23 11 11
1975 24 BOS AL 11 0 32% 245 8 5 62% 8 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 17 60% 38 19 17 9 4 5 25 3 21
1976 25 BOS AL 8 0 32% 289 14 9 61% 13 7 1 0 0 2 2 1 11 17 60% 47 18 29 11 8 3 19 4 14
1977 26 BOS AL 5 0 32% 324 13 12 52% 13 11 0 1 0 0 3 0 10 18 47% 39 22 15 11 6 5 20 6 13
1978 27 BOS AL 11 0 36% 267 8 8 50% 6 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 11 15 41% 37 25 11 5 4 1 21 6 14
1979 28 BOS AL 10 0 43% 261 9 5 64% 9 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 8 19 55% 43 23 19 10 6 4 23 4 19
1980 29 BOS AL 9 0 35% 324 12 13 48% 10 10 2 2 0 1 4 2 12 22 51% 56 28 28 15 9 5 18 6 12
1981 30 CAL AL 7 0 29% 231 4 6 40% 4 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 6 13 46% 27 18 9 3 2 1 16 4 11
1982 31 CAL AL 0 0 31% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 38% 5 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 1
1983 32 CAL AL 0 0 48% 62 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 42% 11 5 5 3 1 2 5 3 1
1984 33 CAL AL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1986 35 CAL AL 1 0 28% 130 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 11 39% 15 11 4 4 3 1 12 5 7
1987 36 BAL AL 4 0 39% 78 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 10% 7 6 1 3 3 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 71 0 34% 2386 72 68 51% 67 58 5 6 0 4 23 7 84 148 50% 343 186 148 79 49 28 185 52 126
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1974 23 BOS AL 415 32% 109 1 0 0 0 0.14 4 0 11 4 0 3 1 0 4 3 75% 82 13 16% 39 13 33% 264 43 16% 26 13 50% 25 12 48% 0
1975 24 BOS AL 654 25% 146 0 0 0 0 6 0 13 4 2 3 3 0 23 17 74% 134 18 13% 78 31 40% 404 58 14% 41 19 46% 34 17 50% 0
1976 25 BOS AL 616 28% 157 0 0 0 0 7 0 11 5 2 3 4 0 12 8 67% 100 15 15% 57 20 35% 303 37 12% 33 15 45% 26 11 42% 0
1977 26 BOS AL 721 23% 194 0 0 0 0 3 0 13 2 1 2 1 0 4 3 75% 106 15 14% 55 19 35% 351 49 14% 41 21 51% 26 10 38% 0
1978 27 BOS AL 685 24% 155 0 0 0 0 2.61 5 0 16 4 1 3 2 0 10 10 100% 122 16 13% 60 25 42% 371 48 13% 35 17 49% 34 16 47% 0
1979 28 BOS AL 682 26% 174 1 0 0 0 3.92 5 1 13 3 2 4 1 1 9 9 100% 120 13 11% 67 30 45% 378 58 15% 44 25 57% 42 20 48% 0
1980 29 BOS AL 718 27% 179 0 0 0 0 8 0 13 3 5 3 5 0 7 6 86% 111 24 22% 55 25 45% 383 48 13% 35 22 63% 36 14 39% 0
1981 30 CAL AL 490 27% 126 0 0 0 0 5 0 11 3 2 2 3 0 18 11 61% 105 8 8% 69 27 39% 304 28 9% 27 13 48% 43 16 37% 0
1982 31 CAL AL 53 13% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 2 29% 4 2 50% 32 2 6% 2 0 0% 5 2 40% 0
1983 32 CAL AL 134 32% 34 2 1 0 0 1.80 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 25 5 20% 15 4 27% 66 11 17% 4 3 75% 11 6 55% 0
1984 33 CAL AL 5 40% 0 4 0 0 0 1.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1986 35 CAL AL 312 56% 77 8 2 0 1 1.95 5 0 11 1 4 2 3 0 6 6 100% 46 2 4% 29 12 41% 189 24 13% 13 4 31% 21 9 43% 0
1987 36 BAL AL 232 39% 43 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 6 6 100% 51 7 14% 24 7 29% 128 14 11% 9 4 44% 10 4 40% 0
13 Seasons 5717 28% 1401 16 3 0 1 1.87 50 1 117 31 19 27 23 1 104 84 81% 1011 138 14% 553 216 39% 3175 420 13% 310 156 50% 313 137 44% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 23 114 415 384 36 109 22 0 4 44 3 3 21 34 .284 .320 .372 .693 93 143 13 2 3 5 0
1975 24 272 1069 964 102 255 47 1 10 106 11 8 66 78 .265 .311 .346 .657 81 334 31 5 20 14 1
1976 25 424 1685 1504 177 412 74 2 17 148 25 17 126 115 .274 .331 .360 .690 91 541 46 10 28 17 3
1977 26 578 2406 2167 257 606 110 9 20 200 38 29 173 184 .280 .333 .366 .699 90 794 61 12 31 23 4
1978 27 723 3091 2793 332 761 142 14 25 249 46 37 213 255 .272 .325 .360 .685 85 1006 77 16 41 28 6
1979 28 876 3773 3420 425 935 174 19 30 309 55 42 248 309 .273 .323 .362 .685 84 1237 90 19 50 36 6
1980 29 1031 4491 4064 514 1114 203 21 38 360 67 55 310 360 .274 .326 .362 .688 85 1473 114 21 56 40 6
1981 30 1140 4981 4494 567 1240 220 22 43 393 71 61 352 398 .276 .329 .363 .692 88 1633 122 24 67 44 8
1982 31 1151 5034 4539 571 1247 221 22 43 395 71 61 358 401 .275 .328 .362 .690 87 1641 124 24 69 44 10
1983 32 1184 5168 4658 593 1281 228 22 43 406 71 63 370 413 .275 .329 .361 .690 87 1682 129 24 71 45 10
1984 33 1191 5173 4662 595 1281 228 22 43 406 71 63 370 415 .275 .328 .361 .689 87 1682 129 24 72 45 10
1985 34 1191 5173 4662 595 1281 228 22 43 406 71 63 370 415 .275 .328 .361 .689 87 1682 129 24 72 45 10
1986 35 1284 5485 4933 630 1358 242 22 48 435 72 66 403 447 .275 .330 .362 .693 88 1788 131 25 78 46 11
1987 36 1346 5717 5139 656 1401 256 23 50 449 72 68 420 477 .273 .328 .361 .689 87 1853 138 28 84 46 11

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 23 114 412 384 38 109 22 0 4 47 3 21 34 .284 .320 .372 .693 46 114
1975 24 159 640 583 67 146 25 1 6 63 8 45 44 .250 .303 .328 .631 58 158
1976 25 153 618 548 78 163 28 1 7 44 15 62 37 .297 .372 .391 .763 79 152
1977 26 154 701 649 73 180 33 6 3 48 12 44 69 .277 .322 .361 .683 76 154
1978 27 145 671 623 75 152 31 5 5 49 8 39 71 .244 .291 .334 .624 60 145
1979 28 154 670 625 89 169 31 5 5 58 9 34 54 .270 .307 .360 .667 69 153
1980 29 155 701 636 88 171 28 2 8 50 11 59 51 .269 .331 .357 .688 75 155
1981 30 165 752 671 93 211 28 2 8 58 7 70 58 .314 .380 .398 .778 101 109
1982 31 11 51 45 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 6 3 .156 .255 .178 .433 2 11
1983 32 33 131 118 23 33 7 0 0 12 0 12 12 .280 .344 .339 .682 14 33
1984 33 7 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1986 35 93 312 275 36 81 15 0 5 30 1 35 32 .295 .375 .404 .779 42 93
1987 36 62 225 205 26 42 14 1 2 14 0 17 30 .205 .276 .312 .588 17 62
13 Seasons 1405 5888 5366 692 1464 263 23 53 475 74 444 497 .273 .329 .360 .689 639 1346
162 Game Avg. 162 679 619 80 169 30 3 6 55 9 51 57 .273 .329 .360 .689 74 1346

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1977 (SS)
1978
1979 *
1981 *

Gold Gloves
1979-AL-SS

Silver Sluggers
1981-AL-SS

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1975-AL-13-8%
1977-AL-22-1%
1978-AL-36-0%
1979-AL-21-2%
0.11 Career Shares (864th)

Games Played s c a p y
1975 AL--158--5th
1981 AL--109--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1977 AL--663--1st
1978 AL--626--4th
1979 AL--627--6th
1980 AL--644--5th
1981 AL--430--4th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1977 AL--721--1st
1978 AL--685--8th
1980 AL--718--5th
1981 AL--490--4th

Hits s c a p y
1977 AL--194--5th
1980 AL--179--9th
1981 AL--126--8th

Doubles s c a p y
1977 AL--36--5th
1978 AL--32--9th

Singles s c a p y
1977 AL--148--5th
1979 AL--132--7th
1980 AL--140--9th
1981 AL--103--4th

Times On Base s c a p y
1977 AL--243--10th
1981 AL--171--5th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1975 AL--17--4th
1981 AL--11--5th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1975 AL--9--5th
1979 AL--8--9th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1975 AL--18--8th
1980 AL--24--2nd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1980 AL--13--6th

AB per SO s c a p y
1975 AL--13.2--5th
1976 AL--14.6--3rd

Outs Made s c a p y
1975 AL--483--2nd
1977 AL--505--1st
1978 AL--510--1st
1979 AL--488--8th
1980 AL--512--2nd
1981 AL--333--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 20 (1004), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 20 (774), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (924), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Jerry Lumpe (924)
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  4. Marty Marion (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jack Wilson (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Wilson (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dick Groat (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jack Wilson (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dave Bancroft (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Billy Jurges (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Phil Rizzuto (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jim Gantner (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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