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Sam Crawford League
4-1-2004
Gator Burton Left Field
Retired (1978, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .262 Total Rating   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .718 Status Retired (1978) Option Years 0  
H 1056 Age 60 (OS 61) Date of Birth 12-22-1943
HR 86 Drafted Round 3, Pick 37
(1963)
Majors Svc Time 12 years
(50 games)
RBI 475
SB 115
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR C+
Speed Bunt D+ Control D+   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 1
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health A+ LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF A- (76.2%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1965 LF DET 21 19 166.0 41 41 0 0 0 -1 2.22 1.000
RF DET 5 5 42.0 12 12 0 0 0 -1 2.57 1.000
1966 LF DET 41 27 231.2 76 74 0 2 0 +1 2.87 .974
RF DET 14 14 125.0 29 28 0 1 0 -2 2.02 .966
1967 LF DET 109 103 928.1 210 204 0 6 0 -3 1.98 .971
RF DET 23 23 202.1 37 36 0 1 0 +1 1.60 .973
1968 LF DET 31 14 158.2 42 40 0 2 0 -1 2.27 .952
RF DET 13 13 115.0 22 22 0 0 0 0 1.72 1.000
1B DET 7 7 62.0 73 69 4 0 4 -2 10.60 1.000
CF DET 2 2 18.0 5 5 0 0 0 -1 2.50 1.000
1969 LF DET 39 23 233.2 65 64 0 1 0 0 2.47 .985
1B DET 14 14 128.1 134 132 2 0 5 -2 9.40 1.000
1970 LF DET 28 27 237.2 61 61 0 0 0 +1 2.31 1.000
RF DET 21 21 181.0 37 36 0 1 0 0 1.79 .973
1B DET 3 3 26.0 27 26 1 0 4 +1 9.35 1.000
1971 RF DET 32 30 273.2 68 66 0 2 0 +1 2.17 .971
LF DET 28 28 245.1 59 58 0 1 0 -3 2.13 .983
1B DET 22 22 202.2 216 213 2 1 13 -3 9.55 .995
1972 RF DET 112 112 998.0 196 191 0 5 0 0 1.72 .974
LF DET 38 38 341.2 109 108 0 1 0 +1 2.84 .991
1973 RF DET 76 72 666.1 138 137 0 1 0 -6 1.85 .993
CF DET 10 10 85.2 27 25 0 2 0 -3 2.63 .926
LF DET 5 5 46.0 13 13 0 0 0 +1 2.54 1.000
1B DET 4 4 36.0 32 32 0 0 1 0 8.00 1.000
1974 CF DET 49 49 439.2 121 121 0 0 0 -5 2.48 1.000
RF DET 11 11 99.2 22 20 0 2 0 -1 1.81 .909
1B DET 6 6 54.0 65 65 0 0 2 0 10.83 1.000
LF DET 5 4 37.2 9 9 0 0 0 0 2.15 1.000
1975 CF DET 132 129 1160.2 322 315 1 6 1 +3 2.45 .981
RF DET 2 1 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 3.27 1.000
1B DET 1 1 9.0 13 9 3 1 2 0 12.00 .923
LF DET 2 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1976 CF DET 119 115 1047.2 326 322 1 3 1 -2 2.77 .991
LF DET 4 0 10.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 6.30 1.000
1977 CF DET 42 41 371.0 108 106 0 2 0 -1 2.57 .981
LF DET 6 4 40.2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.44 1.000
SS DET 1 1 8.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.16 1.000
1978 CF MIN 7 7 61.0 19 19 0 0 0 -1 2.80 1.000
LF MIN 5 5 50.0 10 10 0 0 0 0 1.80 1.000
RF MIN 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
Pos Total CF 361 353 3183.2 928 913 2 13 2 -10 2.59 .986
LF 362 298 2736.1 705 692 0 13 0 -4 2.28 .982
RF 310 303 2723.0 568 555 0 13 0 -8 1.83 .977
1B 57 57 518.0 560 546 12 2 31 -6 9.70 .996
SS 1 1 8.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.16 1.000
Total 1091 1012 9169.1 2763 2707 15 41 33 -28 2.67 .985
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1978-11-01Gator Burton has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1978-05-17The Minnesota LG Twins have waived Gator Burton.
1978-05-09The Minnesota LG Twins have promoted Guillermo Wheelock to the major league team. The Minnesota LG Twins have designated Gator Burton for assignment.
1976-04-19The Detroit Devil Dawgs have renamed Gator Bruton to Gator Burton.
1976-03-13The Detroit BOHEMIANS have renamed Gator Brown to Gator Bruton.
1976-03-03The Detroit BOHEMIANS have renamed Gator Morris to Gator Brown.
1975-04-01The Detroit BOHEMIANS have renamed Gator Horton to Gator Morris.
1975-04-01The Detroit BOHEMIANS have renamed Rusty Staub to Gator Horton.
1975-03-07The Detroit BOHEMIANS have renamed Jim Northrup to Rusty Staub.
1967-04-01The Detroit Hurricanes have renamed Eric Grand to Jim Northrup.
1966-05-12The Detroit Panthers have promoted Eric Grand to the major league team. The Detroit Panthers have designated Tom Quinn for assignment.
1965-05-28The Detroit Panthers have promoted D. Setimika to the major league team. The Detroit Panthers have sent Eric Grand to the minors.
1965-04-15The Detroit Panthers have promoted Eric Grand to the major league team.
1965-03-01The Detroit Tigers have renamed Eric Ethier to Eric Grand.
1964-03-01The Detroit Tigers have renamed Jeff Kennedy to Eric Ethier.