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Lou Whitaker League
4-1-2080
Matt Burchard Left Field
Retired (1976, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .271 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .771 Status Deceased (1999) Option Years 0  
H 1500 Age at Death 60 Date of Birth 06-05-1939
HR 194 Drafted Round 1, Pick 15
(1957)		 Majors Svc Time 13 years
(81 games)
RBI 840
SB 144
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B  Bunt C+ Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 2
1B B- (57.7%) LF A+ (100%) Arm A- WS Appearances 6
2B --- CF A+ (97.2%)   Health F  LCS Appearances 11
3B D- (11.5%) RF A+ (98.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1962 WAS
93
414
75
106
24
2
16
56
30
 81 4 2
3
 1 6
.751
.311
.440
.184
.256
1963 WAS
19
78
14
18
2
0
2
9
9
 15 0 0
0
 0 2
.644
.310
.333
.103
.231
1964 WAS
130
483
69
120
16
5
13
63
45
 88 2 2
2
 0 7
.697
.314
.383
.135
.248
1965 WAS
130
527
81
131
24
5
17
79
39
 92 1 7
3
 1 14
.708
.298
.410
.161
.249
1966 DET
69
206
23
53
10
0
6
30
12
 38 0 0
4
 1 7
.691
.298
.393
.136
.257
1967 DET
92
310
59
93
8
5
18
64
30
 54 0 3
10
 2 5
.891
.359
.532
.232
.300
1968 DET
129
493
65
149
25
5
14
78
50
 90 2 6
22
 7 5
.823
.365
.458
.156
.302
1969 DET
121
402
53
104
13
7
14
47
37
 81 1 0
11
 2 3
.753
.323
.430
.172
.259
1970 DET
130
480
77
135
26
5
23
102
47
 96 2 1
25
 6 5
.847
.347
.500
.219
.281
1971 DET
129
458
59
131
18
8
11
79
46
 83 2 3
14
 10 3
.784
.352
.432
.146
.286
1972 DET
105
349
49
94
17
3
11
47
25
 61 0 2
10
 3 4
.746
.316
.430
.160
.269
1973 DET-COL
131
519
83
148
19
3
20
66
49
 88 1 2
21
 7 2
.796
.347
.449
.164
.285
1974 COL
121
291
45
80
9
7
13
45
20
 64 0 2
10
 1 3
.807
.319
.488
.213
.275
1975 COL
83
245
40
65
7
3
8
40
23
 36 1 6
3
 1 4
.740
.324
.416
.151
.265
1976 COL
83
280
36
73
9
8
8
35
28
 47 4 1
6
 0 2
.771
.335
.436
.175
.261
Total
1565
5535
828
1500
227
66
194
840
490
 1014 20 37
144
 42 72
.771
.330
.441
.170
.271
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1976-11-01Matt Burchard has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1976-10-23The Colorado Colossus have designated Matt Burchard for assignment.
1975-08-10Matt Burchard of the Colorado Colossus is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1974-08-19Matt Burchard of the Colorado Colossus is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1973-06-28A trade has been completed between the Colorado Colossus and the Detroit Sharks . The Detroit Sharks receive Bob Ketchum, Draft Pick - 1974 Round 1 (COL) from the Colorado Colossus in exchange for Matt Burchard.
1969-10-17Matt Burchard of the Detroit Sharks is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1967-06-27Matt Burchard of the Detroit Sharks is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1967-04-22Matt Burchard of the Detroit Sharks is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1966-05-26Matt Burchard of the Detroit Sharks is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1966-04-04Matt Burchard of the Detroit Sharks is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1963-08-14Matt Burchard of the Washington Whizzinators is injured and is expected to be out 37 days.
1963-07-31The Washington Whizzinators have promoted Matt Burchard to the major league team.
1962-10-23The Washington Whizzinators have sent Matt Burchard to the minors. The Washington Whizzinators have sent Swat Nordyke to the minors.
1962-06-19The Washington Whizzinators have promoted Matt Burchard to the major league team. The Washington Whizzinators have designated Carl Abreu for assignment.
1962-05-03The Washington Whizzinators have promoted Dave Walling to the major league team. The Washington Whizzinators have sent Matt Burchard to the minors.
1962-04-08The Washington Whizzinators have promoted Matt Burchard to the major league team. The Washington Whizzinators have sent Danny Esquivel to the minors.
1962-04-01The Washington Whizzinators have promoted Marty Burk to the major league team. The Washington Whizzinators have sent Matt Burchard to the minors.
1962-04-01The Washington Whizzinators have promoted Danny Esquivel to the major league team. The Washington Whizzinators have promoted Matt Burchard to the major league team.
1962-04-01The Washington Whizzinators have renamed Matt Burchard - WASH to Matt Burchard.
1961-10-11A trade has been completed between the Washington Whizzinators and the Cleveland Kangaroos. The Cleveland Kangaroos receive from the Washington Whizzinators in exchange for Matt Burchard - WASH.
1959-04-01A trade has been completed between the Washington Whizzinators and the Cleveland Kangaroos. The Cleveland Kangaroos receive Matt Burchard - WASH from the Washington Whizzinators in exchange for Woody Raich.
1959-03-25The Washington Whizzinators have renamed Lafayette Mitchell - WASH to Matt Burchard - WASH.
1959-03-25The Washington Whizzinators have renamed Lafayette Mitchell to Lafayette Mitchell - WASH.