Dick Burrus

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Full Name: Maurice Lennon Burrus	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/175	First Game: June 23, 1919
Birthdate: January 29, 1898	Final Game: July 30, 1928
Birthplace: Hatteras, North Carolina	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: February 2, 1972
Deathplace: Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
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Dick Burrus (Maurice Lennon Burrus) was born on January 29, 1898 in Hatteras, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on June 23, 1919 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1919, his rookie year, he hit .258 with 0 home runs and 8 RBI. Burrus played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Braves over the course of his 6 year career.

Most people believe that Dick Burrus's best season was 1925, when he hit for a .340 average and knocked in 87 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1919	PHI	A	70	194	17	50	0	8	.258	.294	.314	3	4	9	25	1	2	2	0	0
1920	PHI	A	71	135	11	25	0	10	.185	.225	.244	8	0	5	7	2	1	0	0	0
1925	BOS	N	152	588	82	200	5	87	.340	.396	.449	41	4	51	29	3	10	8	0	0
1926	BOS	N	131	486	59	131	3	61	.270	.324	.335	21	1	37	16	2	15	4	0	0
1927	BOS	N	72	220	22	70	0	32	.318	.370	.382	8	3	17	10	1	10	3	0	0
1928	BOS	N	64	137	15	37	3	13	.270	.367	.380	6	0	19	8	2	1	1	0	0
Total	NL		419	1431	178	438	11	193	.306	.365	.393	76	8	124	63	8	36	16	0	0
Total	AL		141	329	28	75	0	18	.228	.266	.286	11	4	14	32	3	3	2	0	0
Total			560	1760	206	513	11	211	.291	.347	.373	87	12	138	95	11	39	18	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1919	PHI	A	1B	38	0	0	337	21	5	15	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1919	PHI	A	OF	10	0	0	10	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.688
1920	PHI	A	1B	31	0	0	252	16	3	22	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1920	PHI	A	OF	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1925	BOS	N	1B	151	0	0	1416	85	15	110	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1926	BOS	N	1B	128	0	0	1153	103	12	97	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1927	BOS	N	1B	61	0	0	505	44	16	51	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1928	BOS	N	1B	32	0	0	286	15	7	29	0	0	0	0	0	.977
Total			1B	441	0	0	3949	284	58	324	0	0	0	0	0	.986
Total			OF	12	0	0	10	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.647

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