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Harold Baines League
4-1-2053
Ron Burch Shortstop
Retired (1968, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .213 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .532 Status Deceased (1995) Option Years 0  
H 214 Age at Death 61 Date of Birth 10-07-1934
HR 9 Drafted Round 1, Pick 13
(1952)
Majors Svc Time 4 years
(47 games)
RBI 81
SB 13
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B- Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed A- Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B B- (52.4%) CF ---   Health D- LCS Appearances 1
3B A- (80.6%) RF ---   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
1954 SS COL 131 131 1147.1 635 226 390 19 90 -17 4.83 .970
1955 SS COL 44 38 337.0 187 49 131 7 24 -7 4.81 .963
3B COL 16 16 137.0 44 6 35 3 0 -1 2.69 .932
2B COL 11 11 97.0 57 18 37 2 10 -3 5.10 .965
1956 SS COL 2 2 18.0 10 2 7 1 1 0 4.50 .900
2B COL 2 2 17.0 10 2 7 1 3 -1 4.76 .900
3B COL 2 2 17.0 5 1 3 1 0 0 2.12 .800
1965 SS COL 26 26 234.1 130 41 83 6 21 -2 4.76 .954
3B COL 4 4 35.0 11 4 6 1 0 0 2.57 .909
RF COL 2 2 20.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.44 1.000
CF COL 1 1 11.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2.45 1.000
1966 SS COL 2 2 19.0 5 1 4 0 0 0 2.37 1.000
1967 SS COL 33 27 251.0 143 47 94 2 18 -6 5.06 .986
Pos Total SS 238 226 2006.2 1110 366 709 35 154 -32 4.82 .968
3B 22 22 189.0 60 11 44 5 0 -1 2.62 .917
2B 13 13 114.0 67 20 44 3 13 -4 5.05 .955
RF 2 2 20.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.44 1.000
CF 1 1 11.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2.45 1.000
Total 276 264 2341.0 1241 401 797 43 167 -37 4.61 .965
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1968-11-01Ron Burch has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1968-04-04The Colorado Crush have waived Ron Burch.
1968-03-25The Colorado Crush have promoted Harry Campbell to the major league team. The Colorado Crush have designated Ron Burch for assignment.
1967-03-25The Colorado Crush have promoted Ron Burch to the major league team. The Colorado Crush have promoted Joe Greason to the major league team. The Colorado Crush have promoted Eric Phillips to the major league team. The Colorado Crush have promoted Ruben Sparks to the major league team.
1966-04-14The Colorado Crush have designated Ron Burch for assignment.
1965-03-25The Colorado Crush have promoted Ron Burch to the major league team.
1963-04-04The Colorado Crush have promoted Jim Cuccinello to the major league team. The Colorado Crush have designated Ron Burch for assignment.
1963-04-01The Colorado Crush have promoted Ron Burch to the major league team.
1959-05-05The Colorado Crush have removed Ron Burch from the trade block.
1956-04-30The Colorado Crush have promoted Van Boyer to the major league team. The Colorado Crush have sent Ron Burch to the minors.
1954-04-01The Colorado Crush have promoted Dick Schmulbach to the major league team. The Colorado Crush have promoted Ron Burch to the major league team. The Colorado Crush have sent Roy Murcer to the minors. The Colorado Crush have designated Herb Verble for assignment.
1950-04-01A trade has been completed between the Minnesota Creme and the Colorado Crush. The Colorado Crush receive Pat Wilson, Draft Pick 1953 Round 2 MIN (Jeff Goldman), Draft Pick 1953 Round 1 MIN (Joey Squire), Draft Pick 1952 Round 2 MIN (Grant Flair), Draft Pick 1952 Round 1 MIN (Ron Burch), Draft Pick 1951 Round 2 MIN (Bruce Adams), Draft Pick 1951 Round 1 MIN (Floyd Delaney) from the Minnesota Creme in exchange for Lew Orth, Ben Orr, Tim Jaeckel, Dave Whitfield, Chris Blateric.