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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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1963 Minors 20 56.00 3 / 4 9 / 9 8 / 8 13 / 13 1 / 4 7 / 7 11 / 11 52 / 56
1964 Minors 21 66.00 9 / 12 8 / 9 6 / 9 5 / 6 4 / 8 16 / 16 6 / 6 54 / 66
1965 Minors 22 17.00 0 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 5 4 / 5 1 / 1 8 / 17
1965 Majors 22 9.81 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 5 / 9
1966 Minors 23 6.00 0 / 0 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 5 / 6
1966 Majors 23 17.26 2 / 2 2 / 2 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 4 3 / 3 2 / 2 13 / 17
1967 Majors 24 51.28 4 / 9 1 / 6 6 / 9 3 / 3 1 / 5 7 / 10 7 / 9 29 / 51
1968 Majors 25 17.73 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 5 / 17
1969 Majors 26 18.74 2 / 4 3 / 8 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 6 / 18
1970 Majors 27 21.03 0 / 1 2 / 7 1 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 2 4 / 21
1971 Majors 28 51.80 162 80 0 0 / 4 2 / 9 3 / 9 0 / 6 1 / 8 1 / 6 3 / 9 10 / 51
1972 Majors 29 72.28 162 150 0 0 / 7 2 / 15 1 / 10 1 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 7 4 / 14 8 / 72
1973 Majors 30 50.86 162 91 0 0 / 9 1 / 10 0 / 3 1 / 7 0 / 7 1 / 11 0 / 3 3 / 50
1974 Majors 31 46.81 162 70 0 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 5 1 / 5 1 / 7 1 / 10 0 / 6 3 / 46
1975 Majors 32 72.17 162 132 0 0 / 11 1 / 11 0 / 7 1 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 15 0 / 14 2 / 72
1976 Majors 33 69.18 162 115 0 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 16 0 / 16 0 / 69
1977 Majors 34 41.28 162 46 0 -4 / 3 -3 / 5 -4 / 9 -7 / 7 -1 / 4 -3 / 7 -3 / 6 -25 / 41
1978 Majors 35 9.34 34 13 0 -6 / 1 -5 / 1 -3 / 0 -3 / 0 -6 / 3 -3 / 3 -2 / 1 -28 / 9
Total 1168 697 0 10 / 86 27 / 114 24 / 92 19 / 82 3 / 87 38 / 123 33 / 104 154 / 688
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.