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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
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1974
Final Game: July 8, 1987
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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

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
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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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 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--13.182--5th
1976 AL--14.595--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 (674), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 20 (1000), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 20 (774), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1123), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  10. Jerry Lumpe (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 8th round of the 1969 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 17, 1970: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

December 10, 1980: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Butch Hobson to the California Angels for Mark Clear, Carney Lansford and Rick Miller.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

January 7, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

July 11, 1987: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985California Angels$856,667
1986California Angels$856,667
1987Baltimore Orioles$200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,913,334
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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