Former Padre, 7-year MLB vet Sean Burroughs dies
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The Padres announced the passing of former third baseman Sean Burroughs, 43, on Friday.
Burroughs played seven years in the Majors from 2002-06 and '11-12, mostly playing with the Padres ('02-05) before finishing his career with the Rays, D-backs and Twins. Burroughs posted a career .278 average, with 463 hits and 12 home runs.
“Condolences to the Burroughs family on Sean's tragic passing,” said Padres manager Mike Shildt. “A former Padre, and just a really sad thing. Our hearts, for the entire organization, are with the family.”
The son of former big-leaguer Jeff Burroughs (240 career home runs from 1970-85 and AL MVP with the Rangers in 1974), Burroughs was born around the game and was on a path to the Majors from the start. Burroughs was a two-time Little League Baseball World Series champion for Long Beach, Calif., and became the first American-born player to throw back-to-back no-hitters in the LLWS.
Burroughs was selected ninth overall by the Padres in the 1998 Draft and debuted four years later. He was part of a new wave of Padres baseball in San Diego, as he played in the final two years at Qualcomm Stadium (2002-03) and then in the first two years at Petco Park ('04-05) -- with his final year in a Padres uniform coinciding with the team’s first division title at the new stadium.