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b. March 7, 1951 · Washington Senators 1970–1971, Texas Rangers 1972–1976, Atlanta Braves 1977–1980, Seattle Mariners 1981, Oakland Athletics 1982–1984, Toronto Blue Jays 1985

In 1974 he hit .301 with 25 home runs and a league-leading 118 runs batted in for Texas and won the Most Valuable Player award with 10 first-place votes. He was twenty-three, and the Rangers had improved by 27 games. He hit 41 home runs for Atlanta in 1977 and led the National League with 117 walks the following year.

Sixteen seasons gave him 1,443 hits, 240 home runs, 882 runs batted in, 831 walks and a .261 average, with two All-Star selections. He was the first player taken in the 1969 draft, out of a California high school.

He managed his son Sean's Long Beach team to consecutive Little League World Series titles in 1992 and 1993, and Sean then played seven seasons in the major leagues. The 1991 ballot gave him one vote of 443.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	2	1974, 1978
Player of the Week	3	1974, 1976, 1978
Most Valuable Player	1	1974
The Sporting News All-Star	1	1974
The Sporting News Player of the Year	1	1974

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1970	WSA	6	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	.167
1971	WSA	59	181	20	42	9	0	5	25	22	55	1	.232
1972	TEX	22	65	4	12	1	0	1	3	5	22	0	.185
1973	TEX	151	526	71	147	17	1	30	85	67	88	0	.279
1974	TEX	152	554	84	167	33	2	25	118	91	104	2	.301
1975	TEX	152	585	81	132	20	0	29	94	79	155	4	.226
1976	TEX	158	604	71	143	22	2	18	86	69	93	0	.237
1977	ATL	154	579	91	157	19	1	41	114	86	126	4	.271
1978	ATL	153	488	72	147	30	6	23	77	117	92	1	.301
1979	ATL	116	397	49	89	14	1	11	47	73	75	2	.224
1980	ATL	99	278	35	73	14	0	13	51	35	57	1	.263
1981	SEA	89	319	32	81	13	1	10	41	41	64	0	.254
1982	OAK	113	285	42	79	13	2	16	48	45	61	1	.277
1983	OAK	121	401	43	108	15	1	10	56	47	79	0	.269
1984	OAK	58	71	5	15	1	0	2	8	18	23	0	.211
1985	TOR	86	191	19	49	9	3	6	28	34	36	0	.257
Career	—	1689	5536	720	1443	230	20	240	882	831	1135	16	.261

On this day & linked events

1951

Born March 7, 1951

Long Beach, CA, USA

1970

Major-league debut: Jeff Burroughs

Jeff Burroughs made a major-league debut on July 20, 1970.

1981

Jeff Burroughs's Three-Home-Run Game, 1981

Jeff Burroughs hit three home runs for the Seattle Mariners against the Minnesota Twins on August 14, 1981.

1985

Final major-league game: Jeff Burroughs

Jeff Burroughs played a final major-league game on October 6, 1985.

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