Pat Bourque
| Pat Bourque | |
|---|---|
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| First baseman | |
| Born: March 23, 1947 Worcester, Massachusetts | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 6, 1971, for the Chicago Cubs | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 28, 1974, for the Minnesota Twins | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .215 |
| Home runs | 12 |
| Runs batted in | 61 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Patrick Daniel Bourque (born March 23, 1947 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is a retired American professional baseball player, a first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for three teams in a four-year MLB career. A left-handed batter and thrower, he stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 210 pounds (95 kg). Bourque hit a home run in his first at-bat against the Expos in Montreal while playing for the Cubs.
Career[]
Bourque graduated from St. John's High School of Shrewsbury in 1965. He attended Holy Cross, and in 1968 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[1] He was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 33rd round of the 1969 MLB Draft.
Bourque made his professional debut in 1971 with the Cubs, and went on to play parts of three and a half seasons with the franchise. He had a successful minor league tenure, winning the American Association MVP in 1972 while playing with the Evansville Triplets. Midway through the 1973 season, Chicago traded Bourque to the Oakland Athletics for fellow first baseman Gonzalo Marquez. He spent a season with Oakland before being traded to the Minnesota Twins in another summer deal. Oakland received Jim Holt in return. Oakland reacquired Bourque following the 1974 season, trading Dan Ford and a minor leaguer to the Twins. Ford went on to play for eleven seasons in the majors, while Bourque didn't play another major league game.
Known to his teammates as being a "foodie," he was most famous for his quip "I like eggs."
References[]
- ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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