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Name Team Age
John Burleson Retired (1979, Age 36) Died (2021, Age 78)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 21
(1961)		 1B L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Cool Papa Bell League 0 12 years (138 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B- B 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C+ C- B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A+ A+ C 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D  F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D+ 0 4/29/1943
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (LF)
A+ (99.0 %) D- (8.2 %) D- (5.4 %)

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Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG AVG
1966 LHP 11 26 5 1 0 0 1 3 9 .507 .276 .231 .192
1966 RHP 9 13 2 1 0 0 2 1 3 .445 .214 .231 .154
1967 LHP 39 103 24 1 1 3 11 7 23 .629 .279 .350 .233
1967 RHP 86 98 16 4 0 3 12 10 18 .534 .239 .296 .163
1968 LHP 54 124 30 5 2 6 17 5 35 .731 .271 .460 .242
1968 RHP 129 376 106 8 1 21 52 23 87 .799 .323 .476 .282
1969 AHP 60 221 57 8 2 17 48 8 49 .821 .278 .543 .258
1969 HHP 68 212 66 6 4 11 31 13 50 .885 .352 .533 .311
1969 LHP 63 151 47 8 2 9 34 6 31 .901 .331 .570 .311
1969 RHP 109 282 76 6 4 19 45 15 68 .827 .306 .521 .270
1970 AHP 76 240 60 10 5 13 37 13 54 .785 .289 .496 .250
1970 HHP 78 219 49 9 3 10 36 13 40 .702 .272 .429 .224
1970 LHP 65 89 16 2 1 4 14 5 22 .583 .223 .360 .180
1970 RHP 124 370 93 17 7 19 59 21 72 .784 .295 .489 .251
1971 AHP 42 273 69 16 1 13 36 24 53 .779 .318 .462 .253
1971 HHP 43 249 67 7 4 11 27 12 57 .765 .303 .462 .269
1971 LHP 79 154 37 5 2 7 15 10 36 .726 .291 .435 .240
1971 RHP 125 368 99 18 3 17 48 26 74 .792 .319 .473 .269
1972 AHP 68 257 66 7 4 10 39 16 56 .734 .302 .432 .257
1972 HHP 68 234 66 13 5 8 33 25 55 .839 .356 .483 .282
1972 LHP 62 108 23 4 1 2 18 11 24 .622 .298 .324 .213
1972 RHP 123 383 109 16 8 16 54 30 87 .831 .337 .493 .285
1973 AHP 56 180 46 10 2 7 25 17 50 .768 .318 .450 .256
1973 HHP 58 200 56 9 1 8 30 16 49 .791 .336 .455 .280
1973 LHP 37 68 20 6 0 2 5 4 18 .804 .333 .471 .294
1973 RHP 106 312 82 13 3 13 50 29 81 .775 .327 .449 .263
1974 AHP 78 265 69 12 4 12 48 27 57 .802 .330 .472 .260
1974 HHP 70 220 56 7 1 13 27 19 51 .784 .311 .473 .255
1974 LHP 60 133 33 5 1 7 20 11 37 .760 .301 .459 .248
1974 RHP 128 352 92 14 4 18 55 35 71 .806 .329 .477 .261
1975 AHP 75 275 68 12 4 10 29 12 57 .710 .281 .429 .247
1975 HHP 74 267 87 22 3 10 34 14 56 .905 .362 .543 .326
1975 LHP 60 126 32 10 1 4 14 7 33 .738 .293 .444 .254
1975 RHP 134 416 123 24 6 16 49 19 80 .827 .330 .498 .296
1976 AHP 71 267 69 8 3 18 50 15 57 .812 .299 .513 .258
1976 HHP 73 272 81 8 3 16 48 19 49 .877 .351 .526 .298
1976 LHP 63 148 43 4 1 14 38 6 27 .937 .323 .615 .291
1976 RHP 125 391 107 12 5 20 60 28 79 .810 .327 .483 .274
1977 AHP 58 235 64 5 4 10 22 18 67 .782 .327 .455 .272
1977 HHP 77 290 81 17 4 13 39 22 58 .830 .330 .500 .279
1977 LHP 56 132 38 2 3 9 19 7 32 .877 .324 .553 .288
1977 RHP 125 393 107 20 5 14 42 33 93 .786 .330 .455 .272
1978 AHP 65 253 82 12 2 15 43 18 62 .937 .371 .565 .324
1978 HHP 61 217 57 10 4 8 29 19 42 .780 .324 .456 .263
1978 LHP 34 49 9 0 0 0 1 4 11 .429 .245 .184 .184
1978 RHP 123 421 130 22 6 23 71 33 93 .914 .361 .553 .309
1979 AHP 54 188 38 6 3 2 12 12 49 .550 .252 .298 .202
1979 HHP 51 167 43 5 4 9 30 9 38 .791 .294 .497 .257
1979 LHP 25 33 6 0 1 1 3 1 9 .533 .200 .333 .182
1979 RHP 99 322 75 11 6 10 39 20 78 .677 .279 .398 .233
Total AHP 703 2654 688 106 34 127 389 180 611 .776 .307 .468 .259
Total HHP 721 2547 709 113 36 117 364 181 545 .817 .328 .489 .278
Total LHP 708 1444 363 53 16 68 210 87 347 .746 .294 .452 .251
Total RHP 1545 4497 1217 186 58 209 638 323 984 .798 .321 .477 .271
Total 1755 5941 1580 239 74 277 848 410 1331 .786 .315 .471 .266
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1979-11-01John Burleson has retired from the Philadelphia Wannabes
1979-07-07John Burleson of the Philadelphia Wannabes is injured and is expected to be out 2 days.
1979-04-06John Burleson of the Philadelphia Wannabes is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1973-09-12John Burleson of the Philadelphia Wannabes is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1969-04-02John Burleson of the Philadelphia Wannabes is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1967-04-01The Philadelphia Wannabes have promoted John Burleson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Wannabes have sent Pat Hennessey to the minors.
1966-05-14The Philadelphia Wannabes have sent John Burleson to the minors.
1966-04-01The Philadelphia Wannabes have promoted John Burleson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Wannabes have sent Uggie Howard to the minors.
1963-04-01The Philadelphia Philly Fastballs have renamed Johnny Burleson to John Burleson.
1961-04-02The Philadelphia Hawgs have promoted Art Hecker to the major league team. The Philadelphia Hawgs have promoted Billy Spencer to the major league team. The Philadelphia Hawgs have sent Johnny Burleson to the minors.
1961-04-01The Philadelphia Hawgs have promoted Johnny Burleson to the major leagues.