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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 B    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 B  Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR C+
Speed A  Bunt D+ Control D+   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 1
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm C  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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1965 LHP 10 23 3 0 0 0 2 1 5 .297 .167 .130 .000 .130
1965 RHP 26 70 11 0 1 0 5 7 17 .419 .234 .186 .029 .157
1966 LHP 20 30 9 0 2 1 3 3 8 .897 .364 .533 .233 .300
1966 RHP 57 147 51 6 4 9 25 14 33 1.027 .401 .626 .279 .347
1967 LHP 59 124 34 4 0 3 10 12 28 .717 .338 .379 .105 .274
1967 RHP 124 352 77 13 7 8 43 31 57 .644 .281 .364 .145 .219
1968 LHP 36 61 11 1 0 0 2 6 14 .472 .275 .197 .016 .180
1968 RHP 51 102 28 4 0 1 13 9 24 .668 .325 .343 .069 .275
1969 LHP 21 26 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 .567 .259 .308 .077 .231
1969 RHP 59 154 37 3 2 3 14 9 38 .629 .285 .344 .104 .240
1970 LHP 28 75 30 6 1 2 10 1 10 1.002 .416 .587 .187 .400
1970 RHP 47 131 31 2 3 1 8 10 21 .611 .291 .321 .084 .237
1971 LHP 47 69 17 2 1 2 13 6 8 .698 .307 .391 .145 .246
1971 RHP 82 262 71 12 2 8 27 25 45 .757 .333 .424 .153 .271
1972 LHP 65 113 27 6 2 1 16 15 24 .685 .331 .354 .115 .239
1972 RHP 152 412 106 13 9 12 55 50 62 .760 .340 .420 .163 .257
1973 LHP 38 73 16 2 1 3 6 9 13 .702 .305 .397 .178 .219
1973 RHP 110 288 78 13 3 3 38 30 52 .707 .339 .368 .097 .271
1974 LHP 22 42 8 1 1 1 4 5 10 .610 .277 .333 .143 .190
1974 RHP 73 227 62 12 0 3 30 19 36 .703 .337 .366 .093 .273
1975 LHP 46 84 28 3 3 0 10 12 12 .860 .420 .440 .107 .333
1975 RHP 134 441 126 16 6 11 51 35 79 .760 .336 .424 .138 .286
1976 LHP 51 54 11 1 0 1 3 13 10 .636 .358 .278 .074 .204
1976 RHP 135 399 107 17 2 10 62 32 69 .718 .322 .396 .128 .268
1977 LHP 30 68 18 4 3 1 9 8 10 .798 .342 .456 .191 .265
1977 RHP 92 150 44 5 2 1 10 15 24 .729 .355 .373 .080 .293
1978 LHP 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .667 .667 .000 .000 .000
1978 RHP 19 49 9 1 0 1 4 5 7 .520 .255 .265 .082 .184
Total LHP 476 843 218 32 14 15 90 94 156 .719 .336 .383 .125 .259
Total RHP 1161 3184 838 117 41 71 385 291 564 .717 .325 .393 .129 .263
Total 1290 4027 1056 149 55 86 475 385 720 .718 .327 .391 .128 .262
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.