Sean Burroughs - Definition

Sean Patrick Burroughs (born September 12, 1980, in Atlanta, Georgia) is the starting third baseman for the San Diego Padres in Major League Baseball.

Burroughs, who stands 6'2" tall and weighs 200 pounds, 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 .289 career batting average as of the end of the 2004 season. Sean Burroughs also starred in the Little League World Series as a pitcher when he was growing up in Long Beach, California.