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Name Team Age
Rich "Big Beef" Burger Retired (1973, Age 37) Died (2004, Age 68)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 36
(1954)		 1B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Thurman Munson League 0 16 years (66 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B- B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- B- B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ A- C 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A  A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D- 0 4/28/1936
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 3 10
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (---)
D  (12.4 %) F  (0.9 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1957 NYA 52 205 34 56 10 1 10 31 19 46 4 1 2 .813 .335 .478 .273
1958 NYA 111 448 68 118 22 6 19 59 41 85 6 1 3 .796 .329 .467 .263
1959 NYA 130 515 71 142 15 5 12 57 47 111 9 2 1 .729 .335 .394 .276
1960 NYA 120 486 81 151 30 2 24 98 34 87 11 2 3 .883 .354 .529 .311
1961 NYA 130 488 65 145 18 9 21 100 56 84 8 2 1 .867 .367 .500 .297
1962 NYA 120 452 63 121 31 5 19 88 55 100 12 4 1 .829 .345 .485 .268
1963 NYA 129 508 85 165 30 9 20 103 45 86 7 2 3 .918 .380 .537 .325
1964 NYA 130 539 78 157 22 7 19 92 49 104 14 0 4 .811 .347 .464 .291
1965 NYA 131 526 99 163 26 6 26 115 49 97 15 4 2 .899 .368 .530 .310
1966 NYA 124 463 75 136 17 5 22 85 46 86 16 2 2 .854 .359 .495 .294
1967 NYA 89 241 47 74 11 2 14 51 19 49 9 2 0 .906 .363 .544 .307
1968 NYA 117 406 68 117 23 7 15 54 43 69 10 2 3 .846 .355 .490 .288
1969 NYA 107 315 59 90 12 4 12 43 41 50 9 1 2 .838 .375 .463 .286
1970 NYA-PHI 132 227 37 81 19 1 13 33 24 38 7 1 1 1.041 .420 .621 .357
1971 PHI 131 509 70 130 19 5 29 80 40 99 18 7 0 .795 .312 .483 .255
1972 PHI 80 252 33 64 7 1 9 38 21 45 4 5 4 .710 .313 .397 .254
1973 PHI 22 60 15 17 2 1 2 4 12 11 0 2 1 .853 .403 .450 .283
Total 1855 6640 1048 1927 314 76 286 1131 641 1247 159 40 33 .843 .353 .490 .290
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1973-11-01Rich "Big Beef" Burger has retired from the Philadelphia Diamond Devils
1972-06-08Rich Big Beef Burger of the Philadelphia Diamond Devils is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1970-07-02A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Diamond Devils and the New York Cannibals. The New York Cannibals receive Draft Pick - 1971 Round 2 (PHI), Draft Pick - 1971 Round 1 (PHI) from the Philadelphia Diamond Devils in exchange for Orlando Parks, Rich "Big Beef" Burger.
1969-08-02Rich Big Beef Burger of the New York Cannibals is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1968-04-26Rich "Big Beef" Burger of the New York Cannibals is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1967-06-17Rich "Big Beef" Burger of the New York Cannibals is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1963-08-16Rich "Big Beef" Burger of the New York Cannibals is injured and is expected to be out 2 days.
1962-09-05Rich "Big Beef" Burger of the New York Cannibals is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1957-06-04The New York Cannibals have promoted Rich "Big Beef" Burger to the major league team. The New York Cannibals have designated Shawn Fairlawn for assignment.
1955-03-25The New York Cannibals have renamed Dick "Big Beef" Burger to Rich "Big Beef" Burger.
1955-03-25The New York Cannibals have renamed Dick Nolte to Dick "Big Beef" Burger.
1955-03-25A trade has been completed between the Chicago Meat Packers and the New York Cannibals. The New York Cannibals receive Dick Nolte from the Chicago Meat Packers in exchange for Jim Songer.
1954-07-10A trade has been completed between the Chicago Meat Packers and the Milwaukee Braves. The Milwaukee Braves receive Herman Fox, Mickey Spalding from the Chicago Meat Packers in exchange for Rick Hermoso, Dick Nolte, Draft Pick - 1955 Round 1 (NYA), Draft Pick - 1956 Round 1 (NYN).