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Emmanuel “Manny” Burriss
Burriss in June 2009San Francisco Giants — No. 2 Second Baseman/Third Baseman/Shortstop Born: January 17, 1985
Washington, D.C.Bats: Switch Throws: Right MLB debut April 20, 2008 for the San Francisco Giants Career statistics
(through 2011)Batting average .250 Home runs 1 Runs batted in 35 Stolen bases 35 Teams - San Francisco Giants (2008–present)
Emmanuel "Manny" Allen Burriss (born January 17, 1985 in Washington, D.C.) is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the San Francisco Giants. He is a switch-hitter who throws right-handed and has played second base, shortstop, and third base.
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Early life
Burriss attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, D.C., and St. Ann's Academy in middle school. His best friend, Deloran Young, was also a teammate with Burriss in high school. Young was killed in a shooting and Burriss dedicates his successes in the majors to Young. Saying that sometimes it feels like Deloran is there with him. At Wilson, he played basketball as well as baseball. He was the first Major League Baseball player to graduate from the Washington, D.C. public school system since 1981, when catcher Willie Royster played in four games for the Baltimore Orioles.[1] Burriss also played in the Cape Cod Baseball League, a summer league for college players, with the Orleans Cardinals, and he played collegiately at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. After his college career the San Francisco Giants drafted him in the first round of the 2006 MLB Draft.
San Francisco Giants (2008-present)
After two strong years in the minor leagues, Burriss was rated the Giants' tenth best prospect in the Baseball America Prospect Handbook 2008.[2] He did not make the Giants out of spring training that year, but the Giants purchased his contract from the AAA Fresno Grizzlies on April 20.[1] He finished his rookie season with a stellar .283 batting average in 95 games. Afterwards, Burriss participated in the 2008 Arizona Fall League as a member of the Scottsdale Scorpions. During the Giants' 2009 spring training camp Burriss competed with Kevin Frandsen for the starting second baseman position; Burriss was named the starter on April 1, 2009.[3] On June 4, Burriss was playing second base as Randy Johnson won his 300th game against the Washington Nationals. Burriss' RBI single in the second inning proved to be the game-winning RBI.[4] Despite that, on Tuesday, June 16, he was sent down to AAA Fresno Grizzlies for Matt Downs due to his lack of offensive production. On July 5, 2009 Burriss fractured the fifth metatarsal in his left foot rounding second base at Fresno, ending his season. He refractured the foot in Spring training 2010.[5] Burriss returned (in Fresno) late in the 2010 season, and he was called up once the season ended.[6]
References
- ^ a b http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=2B&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=502034
- ^ http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-top-10-prospects/2008/265340.html
- ^ Burris to Start at Second Base SI.com, April 1, 2009
- ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090604&content_id=5147372&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
- ^ [1] MLB.com, March 6, 2010
- ^ http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/timmy_back_on_track_velez_burriss_called_up/3228718
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
San Francisco Giants current roster Active roster 2 Emmanuel Burriss | 6 Brett Pill | 8 Jeff Keppinger | 9 Brandon Belt | 12 Nate Schierholtz | 14 Mike Fontenot | 17 Aubrey Huff | 18 Matt Cain | 21 Freddy Sanchez | 22 Eli Whiteside | 28 Buster Posey | 29 Héctor Sánchez | 32 Ryan Vogelsong | 34 Darren Ford | 35 Brandon Crawford | 37 Chris Stewart | 38 Brian Wilson | 40 Madison Bumgarner | 41 Jeremy Affeldt | 45 Dan Runzler | 46 Santiago Casilla | 47 Eric Surkamp | 48 Pablo Sandoval | 49 Javier López | 50 Conor Gillaspie | 52 Ramón Ramírez | 54 Sergio Romo | 55 Tim Lincecum | 56 Andrés Torres | 60 Waldis Joaquín | 62 Francisco Peguero | 65 Steve Edlefsen | 70 Justin Christian | 75 Barry Zito | 78 Ehire Adrianza | -- Melky Cabrera
Coaching Staff Manager 16 Bruce Bochy | Bench Coach 23 Ron Wotus | 1st Base Coach 39 Roberto Kelly | 3rd Base Coach 1 Tim Flannery | Hitting Coach 31 Hensley Meulens | Pitching Coach 19 Dave Righetti | Bullpen Coach 26 Mark Gardner | Bullpen Catcher 58 Bill Hayes
Categories:- 1985 births
- Kent State University alumni
- Living people
- San Francisco Giants players
- Major League Baseball shortstops
- Baseball players from Washington, D.C.
- Salem-Keizer Volcanoes players
- Augusta GreenJackets players
- Fresno Grizzlies players
- People from Washington, D.C.
- African American baseball players
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