Rick Burleson

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 165lb (178cm, 74kg)

Born: April 29, 1951 in Lynwood, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 8th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Earl Warren HS (Downey, CA) and the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (5th) of the 1970 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Earl Warren HS (Downey, CA).

High School: Earl Warren HS (Downey, CA)

Debut: May 4, 1974 (Age 23-005d, 13,484th in major league history)
vs. TEX 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 8, 1987 (Age 36-070d)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: Jack Sands

Full Name: Richard Paul Burleson

Nicknames: Rooster

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4x All-Star
Gold Glove
Silver Slugger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.9

5139

1401

.273

656

RBI

449

OBP

.328

SLG

.361

OPS

.689

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	24 (23)	May 4	BOS		TEX	L,0-1	GS	31	8.0	1	4	3	8	1	SS
2	26 (1)	May 5 (2)	BOS		TEX	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
3	27	May 8	BOS		NYY	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	7	0	9	3	SS
4	28	May 9	BOS		NYY	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
5	29	May 10	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	35	8.1	0	1	1	2	0	SS
6	30	May 11	BOS	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
7	31	May 12	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	GS	24	6.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
8	32	May 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
9	33	May 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
10	34	May 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
11	38 (3)	May 19 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
12	47 (8)	May 31	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	7	0	12	3	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	49 (1)	Jun 2	BOS		CHW	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
14	51 (1)	Jun 4	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
15	52	Jun 5	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
16	53	Jun 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
17	54	Jun 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-13	CG	47	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
18	55	Jun 9	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	2B
19	56	Jun 10	BOS		OAK	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
20	57	Jun 11	BOS		OAK	W,10-9	GS	31	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
21	58	Jun 12	BOS		OAK	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
22	59	Jun 14	BOS	@	CAL	L,3-4	GF	29	7.1	3	3	0	6	1	2B
23	60	Jun 15	BOS	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	2B
24	61	Jun 16	BOS	@	CAL	W,7-4	GS	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B SS
25	62	Jun 17	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	2B
26	63	Jun 18	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
27	64	Jun 19	BOS	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
28	65	Jun 22 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,0-11	CG	48	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
29	66	Jun 22 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
30	67	Jun 23	BOS		CLE	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
31	68	Jun 24	BOS		MIL	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
32	70 (1)	Jun 27	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
33	71	Jun 28	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
34	72	Jun 29	BOS	@	CLE	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	75 (2)	Jul 2	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-6	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
36	77 (1)	Jul 3 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,4-6	GS	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS 2B
37	79 (1)	Jul 6	BOS		KCR	L,3-5	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
38	80	Jul 7 (1)	BOS		KCR	L,9-11	CG	52	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
39	82 (1)	Jul 8	BOS		KCR	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	4	4	1	9	1	SS
40	83	Jul 9	BOS		TEX	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
41	84	Jul 10	BOS		TEX	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
42	85	Jul 11	BOS		TEX	W,12-3	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
43	86	Jul 12	BOS		CAL	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
44	88 (1)	Jul 14	BOS		CAL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
45	89	Jul 15	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
46	90	Jul 16	BOS	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
47	91	Jul 17	BOS	@	KCR	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
48	92	Jul 18	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
49	93	Jul 19	BOS	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
50	94	Jul 20	BOS	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
51	95	Jul 21	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
52	96	Jul 25	BOS	@	DET	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
53	97	Jul 26	BOS	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	40	10.1	2	2	0	4	2	SS
54	98	Jul 27	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
55	99	Jul 28	BOS		NYY	W,8-3	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
56	100	Jul 29	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
57	101	Jul 30	BOS		DET	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
58	102	Jul 31	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	103	Aug 1	BOS		BAL	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
60	104	Aug 2	BOS		BAL	W,7-5	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
61	105	Aug 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
62	106	Aug 4	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
63	107	Aug 5	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
64	108	Aug 6 (1)	BOS	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
65	109	Aug 6 (2)	BOS	@	MIL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
66	110	Aug 7	BOS	@	MIL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
67	111	Aug 8	BOS	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
68	112	Aug 9	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	4	2	8	1	SS
69	113	Aug 10	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
70	114	Aug 11	BOS	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
71	115	Aug 12	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
72	116	Aug 13	BOS	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
73	117	Aug 14	BOS	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
74	118	Aug 16	BOS		MIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
75	119	Aug 17	BOS		MIN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
76	120	Aug 18	BOS		MIN	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
77	121	Aug 19	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
78	122	Aug 20	BOS		CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
79	123	Aug 21	BOS		CHW	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
80	124	Aug 23	BOS		OAK	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
81	125	Aug 24	BOS		OAK	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
82	126	Aug 25	BOS		OAK	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
83	127	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
84	128	Aug 28	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
85	129	Aug 29	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	15	4.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
86	131 (1)	Aug 31	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	132	Sep 1	BOS	@	MIN	L,6-9	CG	44	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	SS
88	133	Sep 2 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
89	135 (1)	Sep 4	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
90	136	Sep 5	BOS		MIL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
91	137	Sep 6	BOS		MIL	L,0-2	GS	25	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
92	140 (2)	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
93	141	Sep 10	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	48	12.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
94	142	Sep 11	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
95	143	Sep 12	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
96	144	Sep 13	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-5	GS	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
97	145	Sep 14	BOS	@	MIL	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
98	146	Sep 15	BOS	@	MIL	L,5-9	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
99	147	Sep 17	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
100	148	Sep 18	BOS		DET	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
101	149	Sep 19	BOS		DET	L,1-3	GS	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B SS
102	150	Sep 20	BOS		BAL	L,1-2	GS	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B SS
103	151	Sep 21	BOS		BAL	W,6-5	GS	42	10.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B SS
104	152	Sep 22	BOS		BAL	L,2-7	GS	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B SS
105	153	Sep 24 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
106	154	Sep 24 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
107	155	Sep 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	GS	38	9.1	4	3	0	7	1	SS 2B
108	156	Sep 26	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	41	10.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
109	157	Sep 27	BOS	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
110	158	Sep 28	BOS	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
111	159	Sep 29	BOS	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
112	160	Sep 30	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	6	8	0	14	1	2B
113	161	Oct 1	BOS		CLE	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
114	162	Oct 2	BOS		CLE	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
							121gm		957.0	210	336	21	567	66