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Sam Crawford League 4-1-2004 |
| Gator Burton |  Left FieldRetired (1978, Age 34) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
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| AVG | .262 | Total Rating |
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Bats/Throws | L/L | |
| OPS | .718 | Status | Retired (1978) | Option Years | 0
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| 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) |
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| RBI | 475 | |||||
| SB | 115 | |||||
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
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| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
Mentor vR |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control |
Mentor vL |
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| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | --- | SS | --- | Range | WS Rings | 1 | |||
| 1B | --- | LF | (100%) | Arm | WS Appearances | 1 | |||
| 2B | --- | CF | --- |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 2 | |||
| 3B | --- | RF | (76.2%) |
Injured Days |
0 | All Star Teams | 0 | ||
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.
| Year | Team | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | PH |
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| 1965 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 1966 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| 1967 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 0 | 23 | 12 |
| 1968 | DET | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 13 | 20 |
| 1969 | DET | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 1970 | DET | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 21 | 3 |
| 1971 | DET | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 32 | 11 |
| 1972 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 112 | 6 |
| 1973 | DET | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 76 | 25 |
| 1974 | DET | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 11 | 2 |
| 1975 | DET | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 132 | 2 | 4 |
| 1976 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 119 | 0 | 16 |
| 1977 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 49 |
| 1978 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1978-11-01 | Gator Burton has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1978-05-17 | The Minnesota LG Twins have waived Gator Burton. |
| 1978-05-09 | The Minnesota LG Twins have promoted Guillermo Wheelock to the major league team. The Minnesota LG Twins have designated Gator Burton for assignment. |
| 1976-04-19 | The Detroit Devil Dawgs have renamed Gator Bruton to Gator Burton. |
| 1976-03-13 | The Detroit BOHEMIANS have renamed Gator Brown to Gator Bruton. |
| 1976-03-03 | The Detroit BOHEMIANS have renamed Gator Morris to Gator Brown. |
| 1975-04-01 | The Detroit BOHEMIANS have renamed Gator Horton to Gator Morris. |
| 1975-04-01 | The Detroit BOHEMIANS have renamed Rusty Staub to Gator Horton. |
| 1975-03-07 | The Detroit BOHEMIANS have renamed Jim Northrup to Rusty Staub. |
| 1967-04-01 | The Detroit Hurricanes have renamed Eric Grand to Jim Northrup. |
| 1966-05-12 | The Detroit Panthers have promoted Eric Grand to the major league team. The Detroit Panthers have designated Tom Quinn for assignment. |
| 1965-05-28 | The Detroit Panthers have promoted D. Setimika to the major league team. The Detroit Panthers have sent Eric Grand to the minors. |
| 1965-04-15 | The Detroit Panthers have promoted Eric Grand to the major league team. |
| 1965-03-01 | The Detroit Tigers have renamed Eric Ethier to Eric Grand. |
| 1964-03-01 | The Detroit Tigers have renamed Jeff Kennedy to Eric Ethier. |