Sean Burroughs

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Olympic medal record
Men’s Baseball
Gold	2000 Sydney	Team competition

**Sean Burroughs**
Major League Baseball debut
Tampa Bay Devil Rays — No. 24
Third base
Bats: Left	Throws: Right
April 2, 2002 for the San Diego Padres
Selected MLB statistics (through 2005)
Batting average	.282
Home runs	11
RBI	133
Teams
San Diego Padres (2002–2005)

Sean Patrick Burroughs (born September 12, 1980, in Atlanta, Georgia) was a third baseman for the San Diego Padres in Major League Baseball prior to being traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2005 offseason.

Burroughs, who stands 6'2" tall and weighs 200 pounds (91 kg), bats left-handed but throws right-handed. He first joined the Padres major league team in 2002, after being drafted out of high school; Burroughs declined a scholarship offer to the University of Southern California to accept the Padres' contract offer.

Burroughs, the son of 1974's American League MVP Jeff Burroughs, owns a .282 career batting average as of the end of the 2005 season. Sean Burroughs also starred in the Little League World Series as a pitcher when he was growing up in Long Beach, California, winning the championship in 1992 and 1993, on a team his father coached. Issac Iorg, son of Garth Iorg (who was a teammate of Burroughs Sr. on the Toronto Blue Jays) was also on the team. Sean made waves in the media for his precociousness following the titles, telling David Letterman on his show that he wanted to be a gynecologist when he grew up.

Sean's greatest moments as a Padre includes his game winning single in the first game played at San Diego's PETCO Park and a near-division clinching double off San Francisco's Armando Benitez in 2005. Besides those two moments, Sean has been a disappointment to most Padres fans, whose expectations were high, especially following Bruce Bochy's decision to move Phil Nevin to first base (from third) and Ryan Klesko to the outfield (from first) to make room for Sean.

Burroughs did not fare much better in the 2006 season, after being traded to the Devil Rays in exchange for Dewon Brazelton. Burroughs would bat just .190 in limited playing time before being optioned to the Durham Bulls, Tampa Bay's Triple-A affiliate. Burroughs was designated for assignment on June 22, ending his tenure with the Devil Rays franchise.