Sean Burroughs

[William Malone]

Sean Patrick Burroughs was born on September 12, 1980 in Atlanta, Georgia.

He won the Little League World Series for Long Beach, California in 1992 and 1993. They were initially runner-ups in the 1992 tournament, but were later crowded champions after it was uncovered that the Filipino team had used over-aged players. Long Beach won again in 1993, with Burroughs throwing back-to-back no-hitters in Williamsport.

The San Diego Padres selected him ninth overall in the 1998 MLB Draft. Burroughs won MVP of the 2000 Futures Game, and later won gold with Team USA at the Sydney Olympics later that summer. He made his Major League debut for the Padres in 2002, but was never able to live up to his top prospect billing at the big league level. He eventually walked away from baseball in 2006 to treat a growing drug addiction, returning on a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2011. Burroughs played 78 games for the Diamondbacks that summer, batting .273 and helping them reach the postseason.

Minnesota Twins minor league coach Gene Glynn worked with Burroughs in the Venezuelan Winter League that off-season, and recommended that the Twins sign him to a minor league deal. He made the team's Opening Day roster, but was designated for assignment after appearing in just ten games. Burroughs was 2-for-17 (.118) with a walk and an RBI. He finished out the year in Triple-A Rochester, batting .272 with 18 RBI across 67 games.

Burroughs spent the 2013 season in the Los Angeles Dodgers minor league system, and played for the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League from 2014 through 2017. His lowest batting average during those four seasons in Bridgeport was a .321 mark in 2015. He retired after the 2017 season when the Mayor of Bridgeport decided to convert the city's ballpark into an amphitheater, forcing the Bluefish to find a new home.

He passed away from a fentanyl overdose in 2024 at the age of 43.

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