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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 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1966 PHI 16 39 2 7 2 0 0 3 4 12 2 0 0 .487 .256 .231 .179
1967 PHI 106 201 19 40 5 1 6 23 17 41 6 4 1 .582 .259 .323 .199
1968 PHI 145 500 68 136 13 3 27 69 28 122 11 7 6 .783 .311 .472 .272
1969 PHI 128 433 64 123 14 6 28 79 21 99 11 3 4 .853 .315 .538 .284
1970 PHI 154 459 67 109 19 8 23 73 26 94 19 4 4 .745 .281 .464 .237
1971 PHI 149 522 92 136 23 5 24 63 36 110 23 3 11 .772 .311 .462 .261
1972 PHI 136 491 69 132 20 9 18 72 41 111 17 9 6 .785 .328 .456 .269
1973 PHI 114 380 60 102 19 3 15 55 33 99 8 3 3 .780 .328 .453 .268
1974 PHI 148 485 76 125 19 5 25 75 46 108 5 3 9 .794 .321 .472 .258
1975 PHI 149 542 77 155 34 7 20 63 26 113 16 7 1 .806 .321 .485 .286
1976 PHI 144 539 85 150 16 6 34 98 34 106 17 7 8 .845 .326 .519 .278
1977 PHI 135 525 83 145 22 8 23 61 40 125 11 5 4 .809 .329 .480 .276
1978 PHI 126 470 65 139 22 6 23 72 37 104 12 6 3 .864 .349 .515 .296
1979 PHI 105 355 39 81 11 7 11 42 21 87 5 2 2 .663 .272 .392 .228
Total 1755 5941 866 1580 239 74 277 848 410 1331 163 63 62 .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.