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Jeff
Burroughs		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: March 7, 1951 in Usa, CA, LONG BEACH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1981   
All-Star Selections 1979    1980    1981    1983    1984   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 19 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5
1971 20 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
1972 21 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
1973 22 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
1974 23 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
1975 24 TOR AL $ 591,429   5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
1976 25 TOR AL $ 2,565,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
1977 26 TOR AL $ 2,707,143   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7
1978 27 NYG NL $ 4,940,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7
1979 28 NYG NL $ 4,940,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7
1980 29 NYG NL $ 4,940,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
1981 30 NYG NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
1982 31 NYG NL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1983 32 NYG NL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1984 33 NYG NL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1985 34 KCR AL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
1986 35 KCR AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
1987 36 BSN NL $ 6,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
1988 37 CLN NL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1970 19 DET AL 26 94 8 21 5 1 1 12 0 0 7 25 .223 .275 .330 .604 7.9 0.6
    AAA   135 513 78 131 16 1 29 87 8 7 82 98 .255 .358 .460 .818 87.2  
1971 20 DET AL 101 370 43 89 19 2 11 46 0 0 47 81 .241 .328 .392 .720 47.4 7.9
    AAA   54 214 38 67 10 2 14 43 5 3 32 26 .313 .402 .575 .977 46.6  
1972 21 DET AL 137 517 72 130 31 0 19 81 2 3 57 93 .251 .325 .422 .747 67.7 10.0
1973 22 DET AL 154 581 67 126 30 3 16 65 2 2 70 90 .217 .300 .361 .661 63.7 6.0
1974 23 TOR AL 106 194 27 49 11 1 7 38 0 0 34 41 .253 .361 .428 .789 30.4 4.6
1975 24 TOR AL 124 342 48 93 19 0 19 73 0 0 28 47 .272 .320 .494 .814 55.3 8.4
1976 25 TOR AL 147 509 81 133 31 0 19 66 0 3 71 91 .261 .352 .434 .786 77.9 16.0
1977 26 TOR AL 153 563 94 165 27 2 25 110 1 1 77 72 .293 .376 .481 .858 100.1 22.9
1978 27 TOR AL 74 264 33 67 10 2 10 43 0 0 26 32 .254 .315 .420 .736 35.6 6.1
  NYG NL 79 283 38 73 10 2 13 50 1 0 33 38 .258 .331 .445 .776 43.4 8.1
  TOT   153 547 71 140 20 4 23 93 1 0 59 70 .256 .324 .433 .757 78.9 14.2
1979 28 NYG NL 155 589 96 173 32 0 37 106 0 1 69 74 .294 .366 .537 .902 106.6 29.0
1980 29 NYG NL 156 603 99 173 31 2 28 107 0 0 79 79 .287 .370 .484 .854 102.2 25.6
1981 30 NYG NL 154 597 92 164 34 1 25 98 0 0 71 83 .275 .349 .461 .809 92.0 20.0
1982 31 NYG NL 153 578 89 155 35 2 24 92 1 0 68 104 .268 .346 .460 .806 86.7 16.9
1983 32 NYG NL 154 588 104 177 32 7 29 99 0 0 65 93 .301 .367 .527 .894 105.1 25.5
1984 33 NYG NL 152 591 99 176 43 5 28 110 0 0 62 108 .298 .361 .530 .891 106.7 28.4
1985 34 KCR AL 131 418 51 114 18 5 13 63 0 2 49 72 .273 .348 .433 .781 61.5 11.4
1986 35 KCR AL 151 569 77 136 19 2 17 62 0 0 66 132 .239 .317 .369 .686 66.2 10.0
1987 36 BSN NL 126 429 47 115 18 0 12 47 0 0 38 114 .268 .328 .394 .722 55.2 10.9
1988 37 AAA   95 338 36 89 10 1 14 47 0 1 35 87 .263 .332 .423 .756 48.1  
    A   33 110 10 14 3 0 4 9 0 0 21 27 .127 .267 .264 .531 9.3  
18 Years Sim 2433 8679 1265 2329 455 37 353 1368 7 12 1017 1469 .268 .343 .451 .795 1311.4 268.4
3 Years AAA 284 1065 152 287 36 4 57 177 13 11 149 211 .269 .359 .471 .831 182.0  
1 Years A 33 110 10 14 3 0 4 9 0 0 21 27 .127 .267 .264 .531 9.3  
4 Years Minors 317 1175 162 301 39 4 61 186 13 11 170 238 .256 .350 .452 .802 191.3  
162 Game Average 577 84 155 30 2 23 91 0 0 67 97 .268 .343 .451 .795 87.3  
Career Highs 156 603 104 177 43 7 37 110 2 3 79 132 .301 .376 .537 .902 106.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6138 876 1681 333 24 239 949 5 9 677 1049 .274 .345 .453 .797 951.7
vs LH   2541 389 648 122 13 114 419 2 3 340 420 .255 .341 .448 .788 398.3
Home 1220 4212 638 1175 257 16 177 679 2 5 510 715 .279 .355 .474 .828 699.7
Away 1213 4467 627 1154 198 21 176 689 5 7 507 754 .258 .333 .430 .763 650.3
RISP   2274 0 624 115 9 105 970 0 0 318 371 .274 .354 .471 .825 390.6
Pinch Hitting   184 25 57 7 0 7 44 0 0 24 29 .310 .386 .462 .848 32.6
Close/Late   1083 152 339 60 6 58 198 0 0 148 201 .313 .394 .540 .934 219.4
Mar/Apr 352 1219 165 319 60 9 40 179 0 3 143 180 .262 .338 .424 .762 176.4
May 390 1371 227 393 74 6 66 241 1 3 165 199 .287 .361 .494 .855 239.5
June 407 1473 188 393 82 5 54 223 1 2 164 280 .267 .338 .439 .778 219.6
July 393 1397 199 351 68 4 59 218 2 1 173 248 .251 .332 .432 .764 206.5
August 436 1581 245 427 89 2 70 245 1 3 186 260 .270 .346 .462 .808 251.6
Sep/Oct 455 1638 241 446 82 11 64 262 2 0 186 302 .272 .344 .453 .797 256.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1970 19 DET AL RF 25 25 209.7 43 1 4 0 .917 1.89   0.2
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1971 20 DET AL RF 101 101 893.0 214 5 7 1 .969 2.21   2.9
    CF 3 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1972 21 DET AL RF 136 135 1192.7 240 7 6 1 .976 1.86   3.1
    CF 6 0 17.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 5.29    
1973 22 DET AL RF 152 152 1345.7 285 4 13 1 .957 1.93   2.4
    CF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    LF 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 23 TOR AL 3B 47 28 267.3 15 68 2 2 .976 2.79   0.9
    RF 25 3 66.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 3.14   0.6
    CF 9 5 50.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.13    
    LF 11 1 34.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.85    
1975 24 TOR AL RF 32 13 152.7 39 1 2 0 .952 2.36   1.7
    CF 22 15 147.7 55 0 3 0 .948 3.35    
    LF 21 15 138.0 21 0 1 0 .955 1.37    
    3B 24 6 105.3 5 24 1 3 .967 2.48   0.3
1976 25 TOR AL CF 20 15 152.3 46 2 1 1 .980 2.84   1.0
    LF 11 11 96.7 13 2 1 0 .938 1.40    
    RF 6 4 41.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.54    
    3B 6 4 37.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.49   0.0
1977 26 TOR AL 3B 106 105 906.3 75 217 7 13 .977 2.90   2.9
    RF 2 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 27 TOR AL 3B 44 42 368.2 23 99 1 10 .992 2.98   1.0
    LF 25 25 217.6 48 2 1 1 .980 2.07   0.6
    CF 1 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  NYG NL 3B 47 45 404.4 26 109 2 11 .985 3.00   1.4
    LF 27 26 239.0 53 3 2 1 .966 2.11   0.6
    CF 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   3B 91 87 772.6 49 208 3 21 .988 2.99   2.4
      LF 52 51 456.6 101 5 3 2 .972 2.09   1.2
      CF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1979 28 NYG NL LF 55 54 481.0 87 1 0 0 1.000 1.65   1.1
    3B 32 32 282.7 24 76 4 8 .962 3.18   1.3
    RF 13 11 103.7 18 0 1 0 .947 1.56    
    CF 3 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1980 29 NYG NL 3B 103 102 929.0 57 210 8 17 .971 2.59   2.3
    LF 2 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    RF 5 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
1981 30 NYG NL 3B 148 147 1324.3 79 312 17 24 .958 2.66   4.8
    LF 2 1 10.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.84   0.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1982 31 NYG NL 3B 112 109 995.0 57 223 12 21 .959 2.53   2.9
    LF 35 34 301.7 66 0 0 0 1.000 1.97   0.8
    CF 5 0 15.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 32 NYG NL 3B 147 147 1303.3 82 316 15 21 .964 2.75   3.8
    CF 5 0 10.3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.74   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1984 33 NYG NL 3B 148 148 1314.0 78 290 11 19 .971 2.52   3.8
    RF 4 0 8.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.38   0.1
1985 34 KCR AL 3B 10 0 23.7 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.66   0.1
    RF 6 0 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1986 35 KCR AL 3B 151 151 1352.0 95 326 10 27 .977 2.80   6.1
1987 36 BSN NL 3B 36 29 270.7 12 58 0 5 1.000 2.33   0.6
    RF 29 26 245.3 64 1 2 0 .970 2.38   1.3
    CF 17 15 129.0 38 1 0 0 1.000 2.72    
    LF 12 12 104.7 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.41    
    1B 1 0 5.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 10.80   0.0
  3B 1162 1095 9885.2 629 2337 90 181 .971 2.70   32.2
  RF 539 470 4288.0 939 22 35 4 .965 2.02   12.2
  LF 205 179 1634.9 325 8 5 2 .985 1.83   3.2
  CF 99 50 548.6 174 3 5 1 .973 2.90   1.0
  1B 1 0 5.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 10.80   0.0
Career Totals   2006 1794 16361.7 2073 2370 135 189 .971 2.44   48.6
Career Highs   157 152 1353.3 286 326 17 27 1.000 2.86    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1972 21 DET AL 10 41 5 9 1 0 2 4 0 0 6 6 .220 .319 .390 .709
1979 28 NYG NL 7 27 4 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 2 .296 .345 .444 .789
1980 29 NYG NL 11 43 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 6 .163 .265 .163 .428
1981 30 NYG NL 16 64 16 25 7 0 5 19 0 0 8 8 .391 .466 .734 1.200
1982 31 NYG NL 7 29 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .241 .290 .310 .601
1983 32 NYG NL 5 19 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .316 .381 .421 .802
1984 33 NYG NL 5 20 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .150 .190 .150 .340
1986 35 KCR AL 8 29 6 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .310 .375 .414 .789
Career Post-Season Batting 69 272 39 74 16 0 8 34 1 0 30 39 .272 .347 .419 .766
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1984-10-.298
 On-Base Pct
1977-9-.376
 Slugging Pct
1977-5-.481
1979-3-.537
1980-9-.484
1983-6-.527
1984-2-.530
 OPS
1977-7-.858
1979-3-.902
1980-7-.854
1983-5-.894
1984-3-.891
 XR
1977-6-100.1
1979-4-106.6
1980-3-102.2
1983-4-105.1
1984-2-106.7
CAR-49-1311.4
 Games
1979-8-155
1980-4-156
CAR-29-2433
At-Bats
1973-9-581
1980-8-603
1981-5-597
CAR-35-8679
 Runs
1977-8-94
1979-9-96
1980-4-99
1981-6-92
1983-5-104
1984-4-99
 Hits
1979-10-173
1980-7-173
1983-8-177
1984-4-176
 Total Bases
1977-7-271
1979-2-316
1980-1-292
1981-8-275
1983-2-310
1984-1-313
CAR-45-3917
 Doubles
1972-9-31
1984-2-43
 Triples
1983-6-7
Homeruns
1977-7-25
1979-4-37
1980-4-28
1981-9-25
1982-8-24
1983-4-29
1984-3-28
 RBIs
1977-3-110
1979-7-106
1980-3-107
1981-7-98
1983-7-99
1984-1-110
CAR-47-1368
 Walks
1977-10-77
1980-10-79
 Strikeouts
1982-8-104
1986-9-132
CAR-41-1469
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 115    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 43    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Detroit in 1970
Had first career hit on 9/1/1970, off Jim Maloney (LAD)
Hit first career homerun on 9/6/1970, off Charlie Beamon (MIN)
Injured on 4/21/1972 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/22/1972 with a Bruised Heel, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Toronto on 2/13/1974 (Going to TOR: RF Jeff Burroughs, CF Cesar Cedeno, CF Jose Cruz, CF Vada Pinson, P Jim Ray. Going to DET: P John Gelnar)
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $591,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,565,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1976, hitting .556 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (N) on 5/12/1976
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,707,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1977, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1977, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1977, hitting .370 with 7 HR, 26 RBI
7/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $4,940,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Toronto to New York (N) on 7/1/1978 (Going to NYG: RF Jeff Burroughs. Going to TOR: P Odell Jones)
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 9/12/1978
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1979, hitting .350 with 13 HR, 30 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 4/7/1980
7/1/1980: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1981, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1981
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/1982, hitting .464 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1983, hitting .483 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1983, hitting .364 with 8 HR, 26 RBI
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1983, hitting .524 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 5/13/1984
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (A) on 5/17/1984
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1984, hitting .365 with 11 HR, 31 RBI
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1984, hitting .565 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
10/3/1984: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Silver Slugger in 1984, hitting .298 with 28 HR, 110 RBI
Traded from New York (N) to Kansas City on 3/4/1985 (Going to NYG: P Rick Camp, SS Dave Hilton. Going to KCR: 3B Jeff Burroughs, 1B Steve Kemp, C Jody Davis, LF Tito Landrum)
Drove in 7 runs against Los Angeles on 5/19/1985
Had 2000th career hit on 6/23/1985, off Len Barker (NYG)
Injured on 10/6/1986 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Kansas City to Boston (N) on 2/2/1987 (Going to BSN: P Mike Loynd, P Mike Lacoss, P Dick Ruthven, 3B Jeff Burroughs. Going to KCR: P Mike Chris)
Injured on 5/28/1988 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 3 days
Injured on 6/25/1988 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Boston (N) to Cleveland (N) on 7/31/1988 (Going to CLN: RF Dwight Evans, 3B Jeff Burroughs, P Mike Lacoss. Going to BSN: SS Rance Mulliniks, 2B Julio Cruz, P Andy Rincon)
Injured on 8/27/1988 with a Stiff Neck, out for 6 days
 
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