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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 C  Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B- Velocity D    Mentor vR A+
Speed A- Bunt C  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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1952 Minors 18 31.00 4 / 4 5 / 5 4 / 4 3 / 3 3 / 9 1 / 1 5 / 5 25 / 31
1953 Minors 19 20.00 3 / 3 4 / 4 2 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 1 2 / 3 5 / 5 18 / 20
1953 Pos (C) 19 51.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 51
1954 Majors 20 69.90 163 131 0 3 / 11 7 / 15 5 / 7 3 / 11 1 / 9 0 / 10 2 / 6 21 / 69
1955 Majors 21 43.63 162 65 0 2 / 7 3 / 3 1 / 7 6 / 10 0 / 5 3 / 6 0 / 5 15 / 43
1956 Minors 22 25.00 1 / 2 2 / 3 3 / 3 3 / 6 0 / 2 3 / 4 3 / 5 15 / 25
1956 Majors 22 4.76 26 6 0 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 4
1956 Pos (C) 22 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1957 Minors 23 29.00 3 / 3 5 / 6 2 / 3 3 / 6 0 / 4 3 / 3 3 / 4 19 / 29
1958 Minors 24 33.00 3 / 4 6 / 6 2 / 4 2 / 6 1 / 5 4 / 5 1 / 3 19 / 33
1959 Minors 25 26.00 0 / 2 4 / 5 4 / 5 2 / 3 1 / 3 2 / 3 4 / 5 17 / 26
1960 Minors 26 21.00 0 / 1 1 / 3 3 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 2 2 / 5 1 / 3 8 / 21
1961 Minors 27 25.00 1 / 2 1 / 6 2 / 6 1 / 4 0 / 0 1 / 2 2 / 5 8 / 25
1962 Minors 28 25.00 2 / 6 1 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 5 1 / 4 5 / 25
1963 Minors 29 23.00 0 / 2 2 / 7 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 1 0 / 4 2 / 23
1963 Majors 29 0.27 3 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1964 Minors 30 32.00 1 / 7 2 / 4 0 / 1 1 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 7 4 / 32
1965 Majors 31 28.76 162 33 0 1 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 3 1 / 28
1966 Minors 32 24.00 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 3 2 / 7 0 / 0 1 / 3 0 / 3 3 / 24
1966 Majors 32 1.96 12 2 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1967 Majors 33 29.44 162 27 0 0 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 29
1968 Majors 34 8.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 8
Total 690 264 0 25 / 71 43 / 87 28 / 62 28 / 77 8 / 67 23 / 60 27 / 72 182 / 548
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.