278, scored 90 runs and earned the AL's Gold Glove Award at short to earn his first of two consecutive Thomas A. 293 with three home runs, 52 RBIs and 80 runs scored, and was second to Jim Rice among team hit leaders with 194 base hits.īurleson received All-Star nods in 19 as well. 298 with one home run, 28 runs batted in and 45 runs scored to be elected the starting American League shortstop at the 1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Despite the inauspicious start to his career, he would eventually end up being considered among the best defensive shortstops of his generation, earning a Gold Glove Award in 1979.īurleson was batting. On May 4, Burleson tied a major league record by committing three errors in his major league debut, and was replaced by Guerrero at short by the end of the game. Though Guerrero won the job, Burleson still managed to earn a call to the major leagues by May. Following Luis Aparicio's retirement, he battled Mario Guerrero for the starting shortstop job in spring training 1974. In 1972, Burleson was named an Eastern League All-Star while assigned to the Pawtucket Red Sox.
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After a year at Cerritos Junior College, the Boston Red Sox selected Burleson #5 overall during the January secondary phase of the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft.īurleson spent his first professional season with the Winter Haven Red Sox of the Florida State League. Burleson was originally drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft upon graduation from Warren High School, but did not sign.
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