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Rick Burleson played 13 major-league seasons (1974-1987) as a SS (1,192), 2B (92), 3B (6). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 13 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 23 | BOS | 114 | 384 | 36 | 109 | 4 | 44 | 3 | 21 | 34 | .284 | .693 | 100 |
| 1975 | 24 | BOS | 158 | 580 | 66 | 146 | 6 | 62 | 8 | 45 | 44 | .252 | .634 | 80 |
| 1976 | 25 | BOS | 152 | 540 | 75 | 157 | 7 | 42 | 14 | 60 | 37 | .291 | .748 | 120 |
| 1977 | 26 | BOS | 154 | 663 | 80 | 194 | 3 | 52 | 13 | 47 | 69 | .293 | .720 | 97 |
| 1978 | 27 | BOS | 145 | 626 | 75 | 155 | 5 | 49 | 8 | 40 | 71 | .248 | .633 | 78 |
| 1979 | 28 | BOS | 153 | 627 | 93 | 174 | 5 | 60 | 9 | 35 | 54 | .278 | .683 | 84 |
| 1980 | 29 | BOS | 155 | 644 | 89 | 179 | 8 | 51 | 12 | 62 | 51 | .278 | .708 | 95 |
| 1981 | 30 | CAL | 109 | 430 | 53 | 126 | 5 | 33 | 4 | 42 | 38 | .293 | .729 | 111 |
| 1982 | 31 | CAL | 11 | 45 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .156 | .433 | 22 |
| 1983 | 32 | CAL | 33 | 119 | 22 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 12 | .286 | .693 | 92 |
| 1984 | 33 | CAL | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1986 | 35 | CAL | 93 | 271 | 35 | 77 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 33 | 32 | .284 | .754 | 106 |
| 1987 | 36 | BAL | 62 | 206 | 26 | 43 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 30 | .209 | .594 | 58 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | SS | 88 | 81 | 143 | 256 | 18 | 42 |
| 1974 | 2B | 31 | 27 | 65 | 79 | 3 | 24 |
| 1974 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | SS | 158 | 157 | 267 | 498 | 29 | 102 |
| 1976 | SS | 152 | 145 | 274 | 478 | 34 | 88 |
| 1977 | SS | 154 | 154 | 285 | 482 | 24 | 111 |
| 1978 | SS | 144 | 144 | 285 | 482 | 15 | 100 |
| 1979 | SS | 153 | 151 | 272 | 523 | 16 | 109 |
| 1980 | SS | 155 | 155 | 301 | 528 | 22 | 147 |
| 1981 | SS | 109 | 108 | 208 | 394 | 13 | 88 |
| 1982 | SS | 11 | 11 | 19 | 51 | 1 | 12 |
| 1983 | SS | 31 | 29 | 54 | 102 | 5 | 16 |
| 1986 | SS | 37 | 29 | 43 | 77 | 2 | 12 |
| 1986 | 2B | 6 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| 1986 | 3B | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2B | 55 | 53 | 112 | 145 | 6 | 39 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Rick Burleson won: TSN All-Star 1977 (AL), Gold Glove 1979 (AL), Silver Slugger 1981 (AL), TSN All-Star 1981 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1979, 1978, 1977, 1975, 1974.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 4 | 1 / 24 | 1 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 13 | 28 / 336 | 0 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 22 | 5 / 392 | 0 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 36 | 1 / 392 | 0 |
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 21 | 7 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.