Emmanuel Burriss

Emmanuel “Manny” Burriss
Burriss in June 2009
San Francisco Giants — No. 2
Second Baseman/Third Baseman/Shortstop
Born: January 17, 1985 (1985-01-17) (age 26) 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.

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

1. ^ ^{a b} http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=2B&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=502034
2. ^ http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-top-10-prospects/2008/265340.html
3. ^ Burris to Start at Second Base SI.com, April 1, 2009
4. ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090604&content_id=5147372&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
5. ^ [1] MLB.com, March 6, 2010
6. ^ 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)

Persondata
Name	Burriss, Emmanuel
Alternative names	Burriss, Emmanuel Allen
Short description	American baseball infielder
Date of birth	1985-1-17
Place of birth	Washington, D.C., United States
Date of death
Place of death