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Dick Burrus

Maurice Lennon Burrus

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 29, 1898 in Hatteras, NC
School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1919
Teams (by GP): Braves/Athletics 1919-1928

Final Game: August 21, 1928
Died: February 2, 1972 in Elizabeth City, NC
Buried: New Hollywood Cemetery, Elizabeth City, NC
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1919 PHA AL 21 1B 38 37 36 363 337 21 5 15 .986 9.42 .988 10.68
1919 PHA AL 21 OF 10 6 6 16 10 1 5 1 .688 1.10 .958 2.26
1919 PHA AL 21 RF 8 6 6 16 10 1 5 1 .688 1.38 .951 1.94
1919 PHA AL 21 CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.65
1920 PHA AL 22 1B 31 23 22 271 252 16 3 22 .989 8.65 .990 10.82
1920 PHA AL 22 OF 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .960 2.25
1920 PHA AL 22 RF 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .960 1.90
1925 BSN NL 27 1B 151 150 149 1516 1416 85 15 110 .990 9.94 .989 10.33
1926 BSN NL 28 1B 128 127 121 1268 1153 103 12 97 .991 9.81 .989 10.56
1927 BSN NL 29 1B 61 56 52 565 505 44 16 51 .972 9.00 .989 10.51
1928 BSN NL 30 1B 32 32 32 308 286 15 7 29 .977 9.41 .989 10.48
6 Seasons 1B 441 425 412 4291 3949 284 58 324 .986 9.60 .989 10.50
2 Seasons OF 12 7 7 17 10 1 6 1 .647 0.92 .958 2.26
2 Seasons RF 10 7 7 17 10 1 6 1 .647 1.10 .952 1.93
1 Season CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.65
6 Seasons TOT 453 432 419 4308 3959 285 64 325 .985 9.37 .989 10.28
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1919 PHA AL 21 70 43 70 47 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 2 8 10 0 22 1
1920 PHA AL 22 72 24 72 35 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 37 1
1925 BSN NL 27 152 150 152 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1926 BSN NL 28 131 127 131 128 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1927 BSN NL 29 72 56 72 61 0 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1928 BSN NL 30 65 32 65 32 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
6 Seasons 562 432 562 454 0 0 442 0 0 0 0 2 10 12 0 107 2
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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts† s c a p y
1925 NL  1,416 (2nd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1925 NL  151 (2nd)
1926 NL  128 (5th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1925 NL  1,416 (2nd)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1925 NL  85 (1st)
1926 NL  103 (1st)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1925 NL  15 (2nd)
1927 NL  16 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1925 NL  9.94 (4th)
1926 NL  9.81 (5th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1925 NL  .990 (2nd)
1926 NL  .991 (3rd)

             

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