Emmanuel Burriss
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Burriss with the Washington Nationals
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| Washington Nationals | |||
| Utility player | |||
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Born: January 17, 1985 Washington, D.C. |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 20, 2008, for the San Francisco Giants | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Batting average | .237 | ||
| Home runs | 1 | ||
| Runs batted in | 42 | ||
| Stolen bases | 41 | ||
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Emmanuel "Manny" Allen Burriss (born January 17, 1985) is an American professional baseball utility player in the Washington Nationals organization. He previously played for the San Francisco Giants, Washington Nationals, and Philadelphia Phillies. He is a switch-hitter who throws right-handed. While primarily a second baseman, Burriss has played a variety of positions during his career.
Burriss attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, D.C., and St. Ann's Academy in middle school. 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. Burriss also played in the Cape Cod Baseball League, a summer league for college players, with the Orleans Firebirds, winning the 2005 championship. 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.
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