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In a 16-season career, Jeff Burroughs posted a .261 batting average with 240 home runs and 882 RBIs. Burroughs was selected by the Washington Senators in the 1st round (1st pick) of the June 1969 draft. On 7/20/1970, he joined the Senators at age of 19. He provided offensive punch for the "Beltway Boys," and into the teams' move to Texas in 1972. In four full seasons with the Texas Rangers, Burroughs averaged 25.5 home runs a year with a high of 30 homers in 1973. His most productive season came in 1974, when he batted .301 with 25 home runs and 118 RBIs, and was selected as the American League MVP. In 1977 following a trade to Atlanta, Burroughs pounded 41 home runs with 114 RBIs' He later played with Seattle, Oakland, and Toronto before retiring. In retirement he coached youth baseball, and won consecutive Little League World Series in 1992 and 1993 with teams from Long Beach, CA. In 1998, his son, Sean, followed in his father's footsteps and was the 1st round draft pick of the San Diego Padres.
This bat was manufactured by the Hillerich & Bradsby Company. It is a signature model with Jeff Burroughs' name stamped in script on the barrel as he had an endorsement contract with the company at the time of manufacture. This bat has what is commonly referred to as 1969-72 era labeling. The Model Number B285 is stamped into the knob of this bat. The bat has a natural, or regular, finish. It measures 35 inches in length and currently weighs approximately 32 ounces. This bat has a very small non-displaced crack in the handle that begins 8 inches from the knob and extends briefly toward the barrel. The crack is virtually invisible and does not affect the display of this bat at all. The number 38 is evident on the knob of this bat, written in vintage green marker. Burroughs wore uniform number 38 during 1970 spring training, before being sent to Denver prior to his July, 1970 call-up. This bat exhibits a significant number of game characteristics, including a cracked handle, pine tar residue, hit marks, ball marks, and rack marks. The crack appears approximately 8 inches from the handle and is completely non-displaced to the point of being virtually invisible, and does not affect the display of this bat to any degree.
Here is an opportunity to obtain one of the earliest professional bats from the career of the 1974 American League MVP, Jeff Burroughs.View Lot Detail page
This bat was manufactured by the Hillerich & Bradsby Company. It is a signature model with Jeff Burroughs' name stamped in script on the barrel as he had an endorsement contract with the company at the time of manufacture. This bat has what is commonly referred to as 1969-72 era labeling. The Model Number B285 is stamped into the knob of this bat. The bat has a natural, or regular, finish. It measures 35 inches in length and currently weighs approximately 32 ounces. This bat has a very small non-displaced crack in the handle that begins 8 inches from the knob and extends briefly toward the barrel. The crack is virtually invisible and does not affect the display of this bat at all. The number 38 is evident on the knob of this bat, written in vintage green marker. Burroughs wore uniform number 38 during 1970 spring training, before being sent to Denver prior to his July, 1970 call-up. This bat exhibits a significant number of game characteristics, including a cracked handle, pine tar residue, hit marks, ball marks, and rack marks. The crack appears approximately 8 inches from the handle and is completely non-displaced to the point of being virtually invisible, and does not affect the display of this bat to any degree.
Here is an opportunity to obtain one of the earliest professional bats from the career of the 1974 American League MVP, Jeff Burroughs.View Lot Detail page