Ellis Burks

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 175lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: September 11, 1964 in Vicksburg, MS us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (20th) of the 1983 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Ranger College (Ranger, TX).

High School: Everman HS (Everman, TX)

Schools: Paris Junior College (Paris, TX), Ranger College (Ranger, TX)

Debut: April 30, 1987 (Age 22-231d, 15,314th in major league history)
vs. SEA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 2004 (Age 40-021d)
vs. BAL 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Agents: Jim Turner

Full Name: Ellis Rena Burks

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Relatives: Cousin of Roosevelt Brown

2x All-Star
Gold Glove
2x Silver Slugger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

49.8

7232

2107

352

.291

1253

RBI

1206

181

OBP

.363

SLG

.510

OPS

.874

OPS+

126

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-34 / in Starts: 32-31
Longest Hitting Streak	10 games
Longest On Base Streak	17 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	1 in 8 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	8

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 263 PAs	30
Actual Runners on Base	189 (98-57-34)
Avg. MLBer w/ 263 PAs	27
Avg. Runners on Base	161 (79-53-28)

Most Driven In
Self	8
J Reed	6
W Boggs	5
M Greenwell	5
P Plantier	2
H Winningham	2
J Clark	2

Most Driven In By
Self	8
M Vaughn	6
L Rivera	6
T Peña	3
P Plantier	2
T Brunansky	2
M Greenwell	1
J Clark	1

1992 Batting Game Log

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1992 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	657	1	Apr 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	1.34	0.009	1.93	0.01%	-0.38	CF
2	658	2	Apr 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.625	1.000	4	.95	0.099	1.23	0.08%	1.01	CF
3	659	3	Apr 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG(19)	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.214	.313	.357	.670	4	2.16	-0.262	2.52	-0.18%	-1.38	CF
4	660	4	Apr 12 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.294	.400	.412	.812	4	1.28	0.072	1.66	0.06%	0.55	CF
5	661	5	Apr 12 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.360	.364	.724	4	.71	0.067	.86	0.05%	0.08	CF
6	662	6	Apr 13	BOS		BAL	L,6-8	CG	5	4	2	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.308	.400	.462	.862	4	1.89	0.019	2.43	0.02%	1.82	CF
7	663	7	Apr 15	BOS		BAL	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.267	.353	.400	.753	4	1.06	-0.076	1.28	-0.06%	-0.79	CF
8	664	8	Apr 17	BOS		TOR	W,1-0	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.368	.375	.743	4	.79	-0.016	1.13	-0.01%	-0.21	CF
9	665	9	Apr 18	BOS		TOR	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.278	.381	.389	.770	4	1.79	0.033	2.74	0.03%	1.01	CF
10	666	10	Apr 19	BOS		TOR	W,5-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.340	.341	.682	4	3.02	-0.416	4.19	-0.35%	-2.63	CF
11	667	11	Apr 20	BOS		TOR	L,4-6	CG(13)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.217	.302	.304	.606	4	1.81	-0.097	2.69	-0.09%	-0.97	CF
12	668	12	Apr 21	BOS	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.316	.320	.636	4	.87	0.041	1.06	0.03%	0.38	CF
13	669	13	Apr 23	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.311	.302	.613	4	1.30	-0.077	1.56	-0.06%	-0.64	CF
14	670	14	Apr 24	BOS		TEX	W,3-1	CG(6)	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.236	.328	.309	.637	4	.90	0.044	.84	0.03%	0.36	CF
15	671	15	Apr 26 (1)	BOS		TEX	L,1-3	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.333	.322	.655	4	1.30	-0.029	1.28	-0.02%	0.07	CF
16	672	17 (1)	Apr 28	BOS		CHW	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.238	.329	.317	.646	4	.56	0.031	.48	0.02%	1.17	CF
17	673	18	Apr 29	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.224	.312	.299	.610	4	.65	0.063	.59	0.03%	-0.08	CF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	674	19	May 1	BOS		KCR	W,6-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.305	.292	.597	4	3.39	-0.091	3.42	-0.06%	-1.13	CF
19	675	20	May 2	BOS		KCR	W,7-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.227	.302	.293	.596	4	1.37	0.060	1.49	0.04%	0.26	CF
20	676	21	May 3	BOS		KCR	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.300	.316	.616	4	1.17	-0.070	1.35	-0.05%	0.07	CF
21	677	22	May 4	BOS		MIN	L,1-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.232	.309	.354	.662	4	.84	-0.057	.89	-0.04%	0.50	CF
22	678	23	May 5	BOS		MIN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.316	.395	.712	4	.66	0.180	.61	0.10%	2.36	CF
23	679	24	May 6	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.311	.385	.695	4	1.61	-0.054	1.56	-0.03%	-1.08	CF
24	680	25	May 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.324	.385	.708	4	.72	0.026	.68	0.02%	0.44	CF
25	681	26	May 8	BOS	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.321	.379	.700	4	1.39	-0.032	1.09	-0.02%	-0.01	CF
26	682	27	May 9	BOS	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.240	.316	.370	.686	4	1.03	-0.016	.81	-0.01%	-1.74	CF
27	683	28	May 10	BOS	@	KCR	W,10-6	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.311	.390	.701	5	.45	-0.021	.42	-0.01%	-0.10	CF
28	684	29	May 12	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.325	.413	.738	6	.62	0.120	.62	0.07%	2.85	CF
29	685	30	May 13	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.315	.398	.713	5	1.57	-0.166	1.28	-0.08%	-1.35	CF
30	686	31	May 15	BOS		CAL	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.313	.419	.732	5	1.05	-0.056	.72	-0.02%	-0.03	CF
31	687	32	May 16	BOS		CAL	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.319	.417	.735	6	.94	0.024	.70	0.01%	-0.05	CF
32	688	33	May 17	BOS		CAL	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.316	.413	.729	9	1.58	-0.046	1.22	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
33	689	34	May 18	BOS		SEA	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.317	.411	.728	6	.52	-0.016	.39	-0.01%	-0.35	CF
34	690	35	May 19	BOS		SEA	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.308	.398	.706	5	2.04	-0.128	1.84	-0.07%	-1.52	CF
35	691	36	May 20	BOS		SEA	W,6-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.311	.417	.727	5	2.64	0.062	2.79	0.04%	1.49	CF
36	692	37	May 22	BOS		OAK	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.309	.412	.721	6	1.21	-0.034	1.36	-0.02%	-0.50	CF
37	693	38	May 23	BOS		OAK	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.314	.417	.731	6	.94	0.168	.89	0.10%	1.60	CF
38	694	39	May 24	BOS		OAK	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.308	.408	.717	6	.59	-0.044	.67	-0.03%	-0.51	CF
39	695	40	May 26	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.319	.414	.733	5	.89	0.013	.97	0.01%	0.35	CF
40	696	41	May 27	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.317	.405	.723	6	1.07	-0.015	1.19	-0.01%	-0.12	CF
41	697	42	May 28	BOS	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.316	.401	.717	5	.76	-0.051	1.00	-0.04%	-0.56	CF
42	698	43	May 29	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.320	.400	.720	6	1.17	0.027	1.66	0.02%	0.17	CF
43	699	44	May 30	BOS	@	SEA	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.313	.390	.703	5	.98	-0.094	1.29	-0.08%	-0.96	CF
44	700	45	May 31	BOS	@	SEA	W,7-1	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.245	.321	.399	.719	5	.80	0.063	.91	0.04%	1.29	CF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
45	701	46	Jun 1	BOS	@	OAK	L,7-10	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.323	.417	.739	6	1.62	-0.050	1.96	-0.04%	1.64	CF
46	702	47	Jun 2	BOS	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.326	.415	.742	6	1.26	-0.024	1.24	-0.01%	0.06	CF
47	703	48	Jun 3	BOS	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.256	.328	.415	.743	6	1.26	-0.036	1.06	-0.02%	0.26	CF
48	704	49	Jun 6 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.332	.413	.745	6	.60	-0.036	.51	-0.02%	-0.18	CF
49	705	50	Jun 6 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.251	.325	.404	.730	4	2.66	-0.418	2.56	-0.24%	-2.44	DH
50	706	51	Jun 7	BOS		CLE	W,4-0	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.329	.403	.732	5	.85	0.040	.74	0.02%	0.57	CF
51	707	52	Jun 8	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.327	.397	.724	6	.80	-0.010	.96	-0.01%	-0.24	CF
52	708	53	Jun 9	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.326	.394	.719	6	1.07	0.064	1.13	0.04%	0.12	CF
53	709	54	Jun 10	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.324	.406	.730	6	1.05	0.033	1.25	0.02%	0.33	CF
54	710	55	Jun 11	BOS	@	TOR	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.324	.405	.729	5	.91	-0.033	.96	-0.02%	-0.26	CF
55	711	56	Jun 12	BOS	@	TOR	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.332	.414	.746	6	.53	0.102	.43	0.05%	1.39	CF
56	712	57	Jun 13	BOS	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.330	.425	.756	5	.49	0.075	.46	0.04%	0.31	CF
57	713	59 (1)	Jun 15	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.326	.419	.745	5	.85	-0.066	.66	-0.03%	-0.66	CF
58	714	60	Jun 16	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.332	.421	.753	6	2.31	0.375	1.89	0.19%	0.84	CF
59	715	61	Jun 17	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.335	.436	.770	6	1.59	0.303	1.61	0.18%	1.90	CF
60	716	62	Jun 18	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.336	.434	.770	6	.88	0.016	.93	0.01%	0.17	CF
61	717	63	Jun 19	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.335	.432	.766	5	3.52	-0.079	3.33	-0.05%	-0.46	PH CF
62	718	64	Jun 20	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.329	.424	.753	6	1.54	-0.150	1.33	-0.08%	-1.24	CF
63	719	65	Jun 21	BOS	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.328	.421	.749	5	1.13	-0.068	.84	-0.03%	-0.22	CF
64	720	66	Jun 22	BOS	@	DET	L,2-4	CG(11)	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.331	.422	.753	6	.85	0.020	.63	0.01%	-0.01	CF
65	721	67	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	L,7-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.330	.421	.750	9	.17	-0.004	.10	0.00%	-0.35	PH
66	722	68	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.327	.417	.744	5	1.13	-0.053	.57	-0.02%	-0.51	CF
							32-34		263	235	35	60	8	3	8	30	25	2	48	1	0	2	5	5	5	2	.255	.327	.417	.744		1.27	-0.742	1.36	-0.55%	1.53

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