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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 BOS AL 23 SS 88 81 711.0 417 143 256 18 42 .957 6.6 11.1 7.6 0.2 7.4 -1 5.05 4.53 .965 4.98 4.24 RoY-4
1974 BOS AL 23 2B 31 27 245.0 147 65 79 3 24 .980 2.7 13.2 1.7 -0.1 1.7 1 5.29 4.65 .975 5.37 4.56 RoY-4
1974 BOS AL 23 3B 2 0 1.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 27.00 1.50 .967 2.70 2.75 RoY-4
1975 BOS AL 24 SS 158 157 1398.0 794 267 498 29 102 .963 8.3 7.1 7.3 6.4 1.0 1 4.92 4.84 .959 4.85 4.09 MVP-13
1976 BOS AL 25 SS 152 145 1304.1 786 274 478 34 88 .957 -6.3 -5.8 -6.3 -3.7 -2.6 0 5.19 4.95 .967 4.99 4.40
1977 BOS AL 26 SS 154 154 1360.0 791 285 482 24 111 .970 1.1 1.0 -1.9 2.2 -4.0 3 5.08 4.98 .963 4.82 4.07 AS,MVP-22
1978 BOS AL 27 SS 144 144 1298.0 782 285 482 15 100 .981 10.2 9.4 9.2 5.7 3.5 1 5.32 5.33 .963 4.92 4.19 AS,MVP-36
1979 BOS AL 28 SS 153 151 1313.0 811 272 523 16 109 .980 19.2 17.5 17.2 4.9 12.2 2 5.45 5.20 .964 5.01 4.10 AS,MVP-21,GG
1980 BOS AL 29 SS 155 155 1364.1 851 301 528 22 147 .974 2.2 1.9 -1.8 -5.2 3.3 4 5.47 5.35 .963 4.99 4.26
1981 CAL AL 30 SS 109 108 948.1 615 208 394 13 88 .979 9.7 12.3 8.7 2.3 6.4 1 5.71 5.52 .967 4.99 4.19 AS,SS
1982 CAL AL 31 SS 11 11 114.2 71 19 51 1 12 .986 5.6 58.6 4.6 0.4 4.2 1 5.49 6.36 .965 4.87 4.17
1983 CAL AL 32 SS 31 29 263.2 161 54 102 5 16 .969 -6.3 -28.7 -4.3 -4.9 0.6 -2 5.32 5.03 .963 4.75 4.15
1986 CAL AL 35 DH 38
1986 CAL AL 35 SS 37 29 257.2 122 43 77 2 12 .984 -0.9 -4.2 -0.9 0.4 -1.4 0 4.19 3.24 .966 4.53 3.94
1986 CAL AL 35 2B 6 5 42.0 26 15 11 0 3 1.000 -1.6 -45.7 -1.6 -1.4 -0.2 0 5.57 4.33 .981 5.10 4.33
1986 CAL AL 35 3B 4 3 27.2 7 4 2 1 0 .857 -1.1 -47.7 -1.1 -0.5 -0.6 0 1.95 1.50 .957 2.73 2.38
1987 BAL AL 36 2B 55 53 470.0 263 112 145 6 39 .977 -2.5 -6.4 -2.5 -3.6 1.1 0 4.92 4.67 .980 5.12 4.48
1987 BAL AL 36 DH 7
11 Seasons SS 1192 1164 10333.0 6201 2151 3871 179 827 .971 49.4 5.7 39.4 8.7 30.6 10 5.25 5.05 .964 4.92 4.18
3 Seasons 2B 92 85 757.0 436 192 235 9 66 .979 -1.4 -2.2 -2.4 -5.1 2.6 1 5.08 4.64 .978 5.20 4.50
2 Seasons DH 45
2 Seasons 3B 6 3 28.2 10 6 3 1 0 .900 -0.8 -33.5 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 0 2.83 1.50 .960 2.73 2.50
13 Seasons TOT 1290 1252 11118.2 6647 2349 4109 189 893 .972 47.2 5.1 36.2 3.4 32.6 11 5.23 5.01 .936 4.94 4.20
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 BOS AL 23 114 108 114 114 0 0 0 31 1 89 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 BOS AL 24 158 157 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 BOS AL 25 152 145 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 BOS AL 26 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 BOS AL 27 145 144 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 BOS AL 28 153 151 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 BOS AL 29 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CAL AL 30 109 108 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CAL AL 31 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 32 33 29 33 31 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1984 CAL AL 33 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
1986 CAL AL 35 93 72 93 47 0 0 0 6 4 37 0 0 0 0 35 14 4
1987 BAL AL 36 62 57 62 55 0 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0
13 Seasons 1346 1291 1346 1284 0 0 0 92 5 1194 0 0 0 0 39 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 3051 64% 81% 26% 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 6191 61% 81% 25% 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 5714 56% 83% 28% 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 5930 51% 81% 27% 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 5668 51% 81% 27% 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 5815 50% 80% 27% 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 6060 48% 81% 28% 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 4158 56% 82% 29% 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 31 464 58% 80% 35% 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 1198 62% 83% 30% 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 1117 52% 76% 28% 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 45366 54% 81% 27% 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 57% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 1074 62% 78% 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 35 192 61% 81% 27% 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 2191 62% 77% 25% 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 3457 62% 78% 24% 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 57% 78% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 35 124 51% 73% 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 127 52% 73% 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 57% 78% 27% 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 1954 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.

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