Rick Burleson
Born: April 29, 1951, Lynwood, CAHeight: 5'10" Weight: 165 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1974 Boston AL 23 114 384 36 109 143 22 0 4 44 3 5 3 3 21 0 2 34 13 .284 .372 .320 1975 Boston AL 24 158 580 66 146 191 25 1 6 62 17 9 8 5 44 1 3 44 18 .252 .329 .305 1976 Boston AL 25 152 540 75 157 207 27 1 7 42 8 3 14 9 58 2 5 37 15 .291 .383 .365 1977 Boston AL 26 154 663 80 194 253 36 7 3 52 3 6 13 12 46 1 2 69 15 .293 .382 .338 1978 Boston AL 27 145 626 75 155 212 32 5 5 49 10 5 8 8 38 2 4 71 16 .248 .339 .295 1979 Boston AL 28 153 627 93 174 231 32 5 5 60 9 8 9 5 35 0 3 54 13 .278 .368 .315 1980 Boston AL 29 155 644 89 179 236 29 2 8 51 6 4 12 13 62 0 2 51 24 .278 .366 .341 1981 California AL 30 109 430 53 126 160 17 1 5 33 11 4 4 6 40 2 3 38 8 .293 .372 .357 1982 California AL 31 11 45 4 7 8 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 2 .156 .178 .255 1983 California AL 32 33 119 22 34 41 7 0 0 11 2 1 0 2 12 0 0 12 5 .286 .345 .348 1984 California AL 33 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 California AL 35 93 271 35 77 106 14 0 5 29 6 1 1 3 32 1 1 32 2 .284 .391 .363 1987 Baltimore AL 36 62 206 26 43 65 14 1 2 14 6 0 0 2 17 0 3 30 7 .209 .316 .279 TOTALS 1346 5139 656 1401 1853 256 23 50 449 84 46 72 68 409 11 28 477 138 .273 .361 .328
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1974 Boston AL SS 711.0 81 8 12 89 143 256 18 42 .957 5.05 1974 Boston AL 2B 245.0 27 4 4 31 65 79 3 24 .980 5.29 1974 Boston AL 3B 1.0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 27.00 1975 Boston AL SS 1398.0 157 1 4 158 267 498 29 102 .963 4.92 1976 Boston AL SS 1304.1 145 7 4 152 274 478 34 88 .957 5.19 1977 Boston AL SS 1360.0 154 0 2 154 285 482 24 111 .970 5.08 1978 Boston AL SS 1298.0 143 1 1 144 285 482 15 100 .981 5.32 1979 Boston AL SS 1313.0 151 2 13 153 272 523 16 109 .980 5.45 1980 Boston AL SS 1364.1 155 0 6 155 301 528 22 147 .974 5.47 1981 California AL SS 948.1 108 1 3 109 208 394 13 88 .979 5.71 1982 California AL SS 114.2 11 0 1 11 19 51 1 12 .986 5.49 1983 California AL SS 263.2 29 2 2 31 54 102 5 16 .969 5.32 1986 California AL SS 257.2 29 8 4 37 43 77 2 12 .984 4.19 1986 California AL 2B 42.0 5 1 2 6 15 11 0 3 1.000 5.57 1986 California AL 3B 27.2 3 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 .857 1.95 1987 Baltimore AL 2B 470.0 53 2 4 55 112 145 6 39 .977 4.92
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 8th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1969).
- Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (5th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 17, 1970).
- Placed on disabled list by Boston Red Sox (July 14, 1978)
- Activated by Boston Red Sox (July 28, 1978)
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Butch Hobson to California Angels in exchange for Carney Lansford, Rick Miller and Mark Clear (December 10, 1980).
- Placed on disabled list by California Angels, (April 18, 1982).
- Activated by California Angels, (October 4, 1982).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (January 7, 1987).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (July 11, 1987).