Dick Burrus
1919–1928 · bats L / throws L · Boston Braves, Philadelphia Athletics
562G
.291AVG
.347OBP
.373SLG
More career statistics
513H
11HR
211RBI
18SB
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 12 | 37 |
| Batting · Doubles | 87 | 88 |
| Batting · Hits | 513 | 512 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 95 | 94 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,948 | 1,949 |
| Batting · RBI | 211 | 210 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 18 | 20 |
| Batting · Walks | 138 | 139 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 562 | 1,948 | 1,760 | 206 | 513 | 87 | 12 | 11 | 211 | 138 | 95 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 657 | .291 | .347 | .373 | .720 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1925-05-09 to 1925-05-27
35longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1926-06-21 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1925-05-20 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1919-08-27 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 266 | 893 | 240 | 2 | 101 | 63 | 40 | .297 | .339 | .372 |
| Away | 296 | 1056 | 272 | 9 | 109 | 76 | 54 | .285 | .330 | .375 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 59 | 217 | 45 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 6 | .237 | .286 | .279 |
| May | 103 | 388 | 102 | 4 | 44 | 36 | 19 | .298 | .356 | .409 |
| June | 105 | 356 | 95 | 2 | 43 | 26 | 10 | .295 | .340 | .391 |
| July | 143 | 460 | 129 | 4 | 55 | 26 | 21 | .309 | .337 | .395 |
| August | 79 | 296 | 74 | 0 | 27 | 19 | 21 | .270 | .314 | .339 |
| September | 72 | 228 | 66 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 15 | .314 | .355 | .376 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 70 | 283 | 77 | 1 | 34 | 25 | 6 | .304 | .360 | .372 |
| chicago-cubs | 61 | 232 | 67 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 15 | .321 | .362 | .411 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 60 | 223 | 54 | 1 | 21 | 25 | 14 | .280 | .354 | .352 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 60 | 220 | 60 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 7 | .293 | .300 | .400 |
| cincinnati-reds | 60 | 228 | 54 | 1 | 27 | 22 | 11 | .273 | .333 | .354 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 56 | 206 | 56 | 1 | 28 | 19 | 7 | .308 | .364 | .385 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 53 | 210 | 70 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 3 | .363 | .386 | .482 |
| boston-red-sox | 27 | 93 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | .211 | .226 | .289 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 70 | 190 | 50 | – | 9 | 3 | .263 | – | – |
| 1920 | Philadelphia Athletics | 72 | 137 | 24 | – | 10 | – | .175 | – | – |
| 1925 |  Boston Braves | 152 | 588 | 200 | 5 | 86 | 8 | .340 | – | – |
| 1926 | Boston Braves | 131 | 487 | 131 | 3 | 59 | 5 | .269 | – | – |
| 1927 | Boston Braves | 72 | 220 | 70 | – | 33 | 3 | .318 | – | – |
| 1928 | Boston Braves | 65 | 138 | 37 | 3 | 13 | 1 | .268 | – | – |