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My Take
Jeff Burroughs is the kind of ballplayer I find easy to respect. His 1974 American League MVP award is the headline, but the deeper story is durability: an outfielder out of Long Beach who carved out a major league career from 1970 to 1985, passing through the Senators-turned-Rangers, the Braves, the Athletics and more. An MVP season is brutally hard to win even once, and sustaining big-league work for over fifteen years is its own grind. He may not have the flashiest record, but I am partial to hard-nosed hitters like him. There is a quiet, unglamorous toughness in his game that I genuinely admire.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jeff Burroughs
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェフ・バロウズ
- Reading
- じぇふ・ばろうず
- Born
- March 7, 1951 (age 75)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rabbit
- Origin
- Long Beach, California, United States
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- High school
- Woodrow Wilson Classical High School
Awards & achievements
- 1974 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Jeff Burroughs born?
Born March 7, 1951 (age 75).
Where is Jeff Burroughs from?
Jeff Burroughs is from Long Beach, California, United States.
What does Jeff Burroughs do?
Jeff Burroughs works as baseball player.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.