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American baseball player (1923-1999)
For the football player born Paul Burris, see
Buddy Burris
.
Baseball player
Paul Burris
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Catcher
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Born:
(
1923-07-21
)
July 21, 1923
Hickory, North Carolina
, U.S.
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Died:
October 3, 1999
(1999-10-03)
(aged 76)
Charlotte, North Carolina
, U.S.
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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October 2, 1948, for the
Boston Braves
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June 4, 1953, for the
Milwaukee Braves
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Batting average
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Home runs
| 2
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Runs batted in
| 24
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Paul Robert Burris
(July 21, 1923 ? October 3, 1999) was an American
professional baseball
player, a
catcher
who appeared in 69
games
in the
Major Leagues
for the
Boston / Milwaukee Braves
(1948; 1950; 1952?53). Born in
Hickory, North Carolina
, he threw and batted right-handed and was listed as 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 190 pounds (86 kg).
Burris broke into pro baseball in 1942 in the
Brooklyn Dodgers
' organization.
[1]
He served in the
United States Army
during World War II
[2]
and missed the 1943?45 seasons before returning to baseball. He was selected by the Braves in the December 1947 minor league draft and spent most of the remainder of his 12-year active career in the Brave organization, including two full campaigns (1952?53) on the MLB roster.
In
1952
, Burris backed up regular catcher
Walker Cooper
and appeared in 55 games for the Braves during their final season in
Boston
. Burris
batted
.220 with 37
hits
in 168
at bats
. On May 30, he went two-for-two against the Dodgers'
Carl Erskine
, the only two safeties allowed by Erskine in a game Brooklyn won, 11?2. One of Burris's hits was his first big-league
home run
, a two-
run
shot that accounted for Boston's scoring.
[3]
On June 12 against the
Pittsburgh Pirates
at
Forbes Field
, he shook off the rust by going four for five, with a double and his second big-league home run (hit off
Paul LaPalme
), and notched six
runs batted in
in a game the Braves won by an 11?2 score.
[4]
Burris accompanied the Braves to
Milwaukee
when the franchise moved in March 1953, but he played in only two games before he sustained a season-ending broken elbow in an exhibition game in June.
[5]
He then played three more minor league seasons before leaving the game at age 33.
Burris's 43 big-league hits included five
doubles
as well as his two home runs.
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