Rick Burleson

Richard Paul Burleson (Rooster)

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 29, 1951 in Lynwood, CA
High School: Warren HS (South Gate, 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
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Angels/Orioles 1974-1987
Agents: Jack Sands [*]
Final Game: July 8, 1987
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1974	BOS	AL	23	SS	88	81	69	711.0	417	143	256	18	42	.957	7	11	5.05	4.53	.965	4.98	4.96	RoY-4
1974	BOS	AL	23	2B	31	27	23	245.0	147	65	79	3	24	.980	3	13	5.29	4.65	.975	5.37	5.35	RoY-4
1974	BOS	AL	23	3B	2	0	0	1.0	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	0	360	27.00	1.50	.953	2.70	3.10	RoY-4
1975	BOS	AL	24	SS	158	157	153	1398.0	794	267	498	29	102	.963	8	7	4.92	4.84	.959	4.85	4.84	MVP-13
1976	BOS	AL	25	SS	152	145	141	1304.1	786	274	478	34	88	.957	-6	-6	5.19	4.95	.967	4.99	5.01
1977	BOS	AL	26	SS	154	154	152	1360.0	791	285	482	24	111	.970	1	1	5.08	4.98	.963	4.82	4.79	AS,MVP-22
1978	BOS	AL	27	SS	144	144	142	1298.0	782	285	482	15	100	.981	10	9	5.32	5.33	.964	4.92	4.87	AS,MVP-36
1979	BOS	AL	28	SS	153	151	138	1313.0	811	272	523	16	109	.980	19	18	5.45	5.20	.965	5.01	4.95	AS,MVP-21,GG
1980	BOS	AL	29	SS	155	155	149	1364.1	851	301	528	22	147	.974	2	2	5.47	5.35	.963	4.99	4.98
1981	CAL	AL	30	SS	109	108	105	948.1	615	208	394	13	88	.979	10	12	5.71	5.52	.967	4.99	4.98	AS,SS
1982	CAL	AL	31	SS	11	11	10	114.2	71	19	51	1	12	.986	6	59	5.49	6.36	.965	4.87	4.84
1983	CAL	AL	32	SS	31	29	27	263.2	161	54	102	5	16	.969	-6	-29	5.32	5.03	.963	4.75	4.72
1986	CAL	AL	35	DH	38	35
1986	CAL	AL	35	SS	37	29	25	257.2	122	43	77	2	12	.984	-1	-4	4.19	3.24	.967	4.53	4.49
1986	CAL	AL	35	2B	6	5	3	42.0	26	15	11	0	3	1.000	-2	-46	5.57	4.33	.981	5.10	5.05
1986	CAL	AL	35	3B	4	3	2	27.2	7	4	2	1	0	.857	-1	-48	1.95	1.50	.949	2.73	2.70
1987	BAL	AL	36	2B	55	53	49	470.0	263	112	145	6	39	.977	-2	-6	4.92	4.67	.980	5.12	5.06
1987	BAL	AL	36	DH	7	4
	11 Seasons			SS	1192	1164	1111	10333.0	6201	2151	3871	179	827	.971	49	6	5.25	5.05	.964	4.92	4.90
	3 Seasons			2B	92	85	75	757.0	436	192	235	9	66	.979	-1	-2	5.08	4.64	.978	5.20	5.16
	2 Seasons			3B	6	3	2	28.2	10	6	3	1	0	.900	-1	-33	2.83	1.50	.950	2.73	2.83
	13 Seasons			TOT	1290	1252	1188	11118.2	6647	2349	4109	189	893	.972	47	5	5.23	5.01	.965	4.94	4.91
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp
1974	BOS	AL	23	SS	7	11	8	7	0	-1
1974	BOS	AL	23	2B	3	13	2	2	-0	1
1974	BOS	AL	23	3B	0	360	0	0	0	0
1975	BOS	AL	24	SS	8	7	7	1	6	1
1976	BOS	AL	25	SS	-6	-6	-6	-3	-4	0
1977	BOS	AL	26	SS	1	1	-2	-4	2	3
1978	BOS	AL	27	SS	10	9	9	4	6	1
1979	BOS	AL	28	SS	19	18	17	12	5	2
1980	BOS	AL	29	SS	2	2	-2	3	-5	4
1981	CAL	AL	30	SS	10	12	9	6	2	1
1982	CAL	AL	31	SS	6	59	5	4	0	1
1983	CAL	AL	32	SS	-6	-29	-4	1	-5	-2
1986	CAL	AL	35	SS	-1	-4	-1	-1	0	0
1986	CAL	AL	35	2B	-2	-46	-2	-0	-1	0
1986	CAL	AL	35	3B	-1	-48	-1	-1	-0	0
1987	BAL	AL	36	2B	-2	-6	-2	1	-4	0
	11 Seasons			SS	49	6	39	31	9	10
	3 Seasons			2B	-1	-2	-2	3	-5	1
	2 Seasons			3B	-1	-33	-1	-1	-0	0
	13 Seasons			TOT	47	5	36	33	3	11

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	DH	PH	PR
1974	BOS	AL	23	114	108	114	114	31	1	89	0	1	0
1975	BOS	AL	24	158	157	158	158	0	0	158	0	0	0
1976	BOS	AL	25	152	145	152	152	0	0	152	0	0	0
1977	BOS	AL	26	154	154	154	154	0	0	154	0	0	0
1978	BOS	AL	27	145	144	145	145	0	0	145	0	1	0
1979	BOS	AL	28	153	151	153	153	0	0	153	0	1	0
1980	BOS	AL	29	155	155	155	155	0	0	155	0	0	0
1981	CAL	AL	30	109	108	109	109	0	0	109	0	0	0
1982	CAL	AL	31	11	11	11	11	0	0	11	0	0	0
1983	CAL	AL	32	33	29	33	31	0	0	31	0	3	0
1984	CAL	AL	33	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
1986	CAL	AL	35	93	72	93	47	6	4	37	38	14	4
1987	BAL	AL	36	62	57	62	55	55	0	0	7	3	0
	13 Seasons			1346	1291	1346	1284	92	5	1194	45	28	6

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1974	BOS	AL	23	2944	66%	84%	27%	347	89%	2	144	74	50	20	257	203	48	0	4	18	0	13	5	14	42	15	6	9	4	2	36	21	15	5	3	2
1975	BOS	AL	24	5970	63%	84%	26%	600	95%	2	267	114	120	33	497	386	98	0	6	29	2	14	13	16	102	39	11	19	9	8	92	50	36	6	3	3
1976	BOS	AL	25	5506	59%	86%	29%	613	91%	9	276	134	98	44	478	368	86	3	17	34	2	23	9	27	88	35	7	20	13	5	82	42	38	4	0	2
1977	BOS	AL	26	5780	52%	83%	28%	569	93%	6	284	121	129	34	481	376	86	3	8	24	2	18	4	14	111	32	5	48	9	8	105	38	66	5	2	2
1978	BOS	AL	27	5496	53%	84%	28%	593	92%	6	285	129	118	38	483	358	99	4	10	15	1	10	4	11	100	35	7	40	6	5	95	42	52	4	1	3
1979	BOS	AL	28	5609	52%	83%	28%	606	94%	5	273	121	127	25	523	414	93	0	8	16	0	13	3	12	109	35	7	40	9	9	101	42	59	7	1	4
1980	BOS	AL	29	5868	49%	84%	29%	571	93%	8	302	113	159	31	523	412	86	3	15	22	3	12	7	11	145	37	11	54	16	12	135	48	83	8	2	5
1981	CAL	AL	30	3996	58%	85%	30%	475	93%	4	208	88	93	27	394	300	82	1	6	13	0	11	2	10	88	37	6	25	5	6	83	44	36	4	1	3
1982	CAL	AL	31	449	60%	83%	37%	55	95%	0	19	6	11	2	52	42	10	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	12	4	1	3	1	1	11	5	6	0	0	0
1983	CAL	AL	32	1162	64%	85%	31%	122	92%	1	53	17	27	10	102	76	23	1	3	5	0	5	0	4	16	4	2	5	3	0	15	6	8	0	0	0
1986	CAL	AL	35	1082	54%	78%	29%	96	90%	1	42	19	15	8	78	55	15	0	3	2	0	2	0	2	11	4	2	3	0	0	9	6	3	1	0	0
	11 Seasons			43862	56%	84%	28%	4647	93%	44	2153	936	947	272	3868	2990	726	15	80	179	10	122	47	122	824	277	65	266	75	56	764	344	402	44	13	24
	MLB Averages				60%	82%	28%		91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1974	BOS	AL	23	1040	64%	81%	23%	107	89%	1	65	28	30	7	82	70	10	0	3	3	0	2	1	1	25	4	8	6	4	22	10	12	3	2	1
1986	CAL	AL	35	185	63%	84%	28%	15	93%	0	15	6	5	4	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	0
1987	BAL	AL	36	2098	64%	81%	26%	160	96%	1	109	39	54	16	145	126	15	0	2	6	0	5	1	4	39	12	12	7	0	32	7	24	4	3	1
	3 Seasons			3323	64%	81%	25%	282	93%	2	189	73	89	27	237	205	26	0	5	9	0	7	2	5	68	18	20	14	4	57	18	38	7	5	2
	MLB Averages				60%	82%	28%		94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1974	BOS	AL	23	3	100%	100%	67%	2	100%	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	CAL	AL	35	122	52%	74%	27%	7	86%	1	4	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2 Seasons			125	53%	74%	28%	9	89%	1	5	4	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				60%	82%	28%		90%																								71%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1993 BBWAA ()	All-Star Games 1977 (SS) 1978 1979 * 1981 *	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 (885th)	Gold Gloves 1979 AL (SS)
Silver Sluggers 1981 AL (SS)	Assists† s c a p y 1975 AL 498 (3rd) 1977 AL 482 (4th) 1978 AL 482 (3rd) 1979 AL 523 (2nd) 1980 AL 528 (1st) 1981 AL 394 (1st)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1975 AL 29 (2nd) 1976 AL 34 (2nd)	Total Zone Runs† s c a p y 1979 AL 19 (4th)
Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1975 AL 158 (1st) 1976 AL 152 (4th) 1977 AL 154 (2nd) 1978 AL 144 (4th) 1979 AL 153 (2nd) 1980 AL 155 (1st) 1981 AL 109 (1st) Career 1,192 (95th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1975 AL 267 (3rd) 1976 AL 274 (4th) 1977 AL 285 (1st) 1978 AL 285 (2nd) 1979 AL 272 (2nd) 1980 AL 301 (1st) 1981 AL 208 (1st) Career 2,151 (90th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1975 AL 498 (3rd) 1976 AL 478 (4th) 1977 AL 482 (3rd) 1978 AL 482 (2nd) 1979 AL 523 (2nd) 1980 AL 528 (1st) 1981 AL 394 (1st) Career 3,871 (84th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1975 AL 29 (2nd) 1976 AL 34 (2nd) 1980 AL 22 (5th) 1981 AL 13 (5th)
Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y 1974 AL 7 (4th) 1975 AL 8 (3rd) 1978 AL 10 (3rd) 1979 AL 19 (2nd) 1981 AL 10 (3rd) 1982 AL 6 (4th) Career 49 (37th)	Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 1974 AL 5.05 (4th) 1975 AL 4.92 (5th) 1976 AL 5.19 (4th) 1977 AL 5.08 (5th) 1978 AL 5.32 (3rd) 1979 AL 5.45 (3rd) 1980 AL 5.47 (2nd) 1981 AL 5.71 (2nd) Career 5.25 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1975 AL 4.84 (4th) 1976 AL 4.95 (5th) 1977 AL 4.98 (3rd) 1978 AL 5.33 (2nd) 1979 AL 5.20 (3rd) 1980 AL 5.35 (1st) 1981 AL 5.52 (2nd) Career 5.05 (60th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1975 AL .963 (5th) 1977 AL .970 (3rd) 1978 AL .981 (3rd) 1979 AL .980 (2nd) 1980 AL .974 (5th) 1981 AL .979 (5th) Career .971 (68th)

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