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.
Triple Plays: 2 (May 10, Jul 23)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	BOS		CLE	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
2	2	Apr 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
3	3	Apr 8	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	48	12.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
4	4	Apr 10	BOS	@	MIL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
5	5	Apr 12	BOS	@	MIL	W,12-10	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
6	6	Apr 15	BOS		CLE	W,14-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
7	7	Apr 16	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 17	BOS		MIL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
9	9	Apr 18	BOS		MIL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
10	10	Apr 19	BOS		MIL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
11	11	Apr 20	BOS		KCR	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
12	12	Apr 21	BOS		KCR	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
13	13	Apr 22	BOS		KCR	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
14	14	Apr 24	BOS	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	51	12.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
15	15	Apr 25	BOS	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
16	16	Apr 26	BOS	@	SEA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
17	17	Apr 27	BOS	@	CAL	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
18	18	Apr 28	BOS	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
19	19	Apr 29	BOS	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
20	20	Apr 30	BOS	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	42	10.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	BOS	@	OAK	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
22	22	May 2	BOS	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
23	23	May 4	BOS		SEA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
24	24	May 5	BOS		SEA	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
25	25	May 6	BOS		SEA	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	5	6	0	11	3	SS
26	26	May 7	BOS		CAL	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
27	27	May 8	BOS		CAL	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
28	28	May 9	BOS		CAL	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
29	29	May 10	BOS		CAL	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
30	30	May 11	BOS		OAK	W,11-2	GS	15	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
31	31	May 12	BOS		OAK	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
32	32	May 13	BOS		OAK	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
33	33	May 15	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
34	34	May 16	BOS		BAL	L,6-10	GS	38	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
35	35	May 17	BOS		BAL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	9	0	11	0	SS
36	36	May 18	BOS		NYY	L,0-10	CG	48	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
37	37	May 19	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	6	1	12	4	SS
38	38	May 20	BOS		NYY	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
39	39	May 22	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
40	40	May 23	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.1	1	9	0	10	4	SS
41	41	May 24	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
42	42	May 26	BOS	@	TOR	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	SS
43	46 (3)	May 31	BOS	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	47	Jun 1	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	6	4	0	10	3	SS
45	48	Jun 2	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
46	49	Jun 3	BOS	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
47	50	Jun 4	BOS		TEX	W,13-5	GS	27	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
48	51	Jun 5	BOS		TEX	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
49	52	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
50	53	Jun 7	BOS		CHW	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
51	54	Jun 8	BOS		MIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
52	55	Jun 9	BOS		MIN	W,12-6	GS	22	6.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
53	56	Jun 10	BOS		MIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
54	57	Jun 11	BOS	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	34	10.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
55	58	Jun 12	BOS	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	42	9.1	2	4	0	6	1	SS
56	59	Jun 13	BOS	@	KCR	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
57	60	Jun 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
58	61	Jun 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-5	GS	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
59	62	Jun 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
60	63	Jun 18	BOS		DET	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
61	64	Jun 19	BOS		DET	L,4-10	CG	64	14.0	4	10	0	14	2	SS
62	65	Jun 20	BOS		DET	W,13-3	GS	29	7.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
63	66	Jun 21	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
64	67	Jun 22	BOS		TOR	W,12-1	GS	20	5.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
65	68	Jun 23	BOS		TOR	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
66	70 (1)	Jun 26	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
67	71	Jun 27	BOS	@	DET	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
68	72	Jun 28	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
69	73	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	52	13.0	4	0	0	4	1	SS
70	74	Jun 30	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	75	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
72	76	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
73	77	Jul 3	BOS		KCR	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
74	78	Jul 4	BOS		KCR	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
75	79	Jul 5	BOS		KCR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
76	80	Jul 6	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
77	81	Jul 7	BOS	@	SEA	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
78	82	Jul 8	BOS	@	SEA	W,8-2	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
79	83	Jul 9	BOS	@	CAL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
80	84	Jul 10	BOS	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	9	0	12	2	SS
81	85	Jul 11	BOS	@	CAL	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
82	86	Jul 13	BOS	@	OAK	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	9	0	9	0	SS
83	87	Jul 14	BOS	@	OAK	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
84	88	Jul 15	BOS	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
85	89	Jul 19	BOS		SEA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	SS
86	90	Jul 20	BOS		SEA	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
87	91	Jul 21	BOS		SEA	L,5-13	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
88	92	Jul 22	BOS		CAL	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
89	93	Jul 23	BOS		CAL	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
90	94	Jul 24	BOS		OAK	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
91	95	Jul 25	BOS		OAK	W,16-4	GS	25	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
92	96	Jul 26	BOS		OAK	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
93	97	Jul 27	BOS	@	TEX	L,2-11	GS	20	3.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
94	98	Jul 28	BOS	@	TEX	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
95	99	Jul 29	BOS	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
96	101 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,10-11	GF	26	5.2	1	2	0	3	1	SS
97	102	Jul 31 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	103	Aug 1	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
99	104	Aug 2	BOS	@	MIL	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
100	105	Aug 3	BOS	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
101	106	Aug 4	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
102	107	Aug 5 (1)	BOS	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
103	108	Aug 5 (2)	BOS	@	MIL	W,19-5	CG	37	9.0	4	3	1	8	2	SS
104	109	Aug 7	BOS		CLE	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
105	110	Aug 8 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	3	6	1	10	2	SS
106	111	Aug 8 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
107	112	Aug 9	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
108	113	Aug 10	BOS		MIL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
109	114	Aug 11	BOS		MIL	L,6-9	CG	47	10.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
110	115	Aug 13	BOS		MIN	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
111	116	Aug 14	BOS		MIN	W,12-1	GS	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
112	117	Aug 15	BOS		MIN	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
113	118	Aug 16	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
114	119	Aug 17	BOS		CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
115	120	Aug 18	BOS		CHW	W,8-2	CG	23	6.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
116	121	Aug 19	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
117	122	Aug 20	BOS	@	MIN	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
118	123	Aug 21	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
119	124	Aug 22	BOS	@	MIN	W,9-4	CG	31	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
120	125	Aug 24	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
121	126	Aug 25	BOS	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
122	127	Aug 26	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
123	128	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
124	129	Aug 28	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
125	130	Aug 30	BOS		TEX	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
126	131	Aug 31	BOS		TEX	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	1	10	0	11	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	132	Sep 1	BOS		TEX	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
128	133	Sep 2	BOS		TEX	L,6-7	CG	46	11.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
129	134	Sep 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
130	135	Sep 4	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
131	136	Sep 5	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
132	137	Sep 7	BOS		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
133	138	Sep 8	BOS		BAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
134	139	Sep 9	BOS		BAL	L,4-16	CG	51	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
135	140	Sep 10	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	7	0	9	4	SS
136	141	Sep 11	BOS		NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
137	142	Sep 12	BOS		NYY	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
138	143	Sep 13	BOS		NYY	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
139	144	Sep 14	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
140	145	Sep 15	BOS	@	BAL	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
141	146	Sep 16	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-13	GS	20	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
142	147	Sep 17 (1)	BOS	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	2	2	0	4	0	SS
143	149 (1)	Sep 18	BOS	@	TOR	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
144	150	Sep 19	BOS	@	TOR	W,8-0	CG	28	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
145	151	Sep 20	BOS	@	TOR	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
146	152	Sep 21	BOS		DET	W,4-1	CG	27	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
147	153	Sep 23 (1)	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
148	154	Sep 23 (2)	BOS		DET	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
149	155	Sep 25	BOS		TOR	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
150	156	Sep 26	BOS		TOR	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
151	157	Sep 27	BOS		TOR	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	8	0	11	3	SS
152	158	Sep 28	BOS	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
153	159	Sep 29	BOS	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
							153gm		1313.0	272	523	16	811	109