Pat Bourque

Pat Bourque
Pat Bourque
	First baseman
	Born: March 23, 1947 (age 77); Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
	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
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Chicago Cubs (1971–1973); Oakland Athletics (1973–1974); Minnesota Twins (1974);
Career highlights and awards
	World Series champion (1973);

Patrick Daniel Bourque (born March 23, 1947) is an American former 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 and attended Holy Cross. In 1968 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star.^[1]^[2]^[3] 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 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.

References

^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
^ "Orleans Cardinals Place Six Players on All-Star Squad". The Cape Codder. Orleans, MA. July 18, 1968. p. 23.
^ Sherman, Joe (July 21, 1968). "Upper Division All-Stars Favored Today". Cape Cod Standard-Times. Hyannis, MA. p. 10.

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Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

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[1] "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.

[2] "Orleans Cardinals Place Six Players on All-Star Squad". The Cape Codder. Orleans, MA. July 18, 1968. p. 23.

[3] Sherman, Joe (July 21, 1968). "Upper Division All-Stars Favored Today". Cape Cod Standard-Times. Hyannis, MA. p. 10.

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v t Oakland Athletics 1973 World Series champions
1 Dick Green 2 Ángel Mangual 4 Bill North 6 Sal Bando 7 Deron Johnson 9 Reggie Jackson (AL and World Series MVP) 10 Ray Fosse 11 Ted Kubiak 13 Blue Moon Odom 14 Vida Blue 16 Billy Conigliaro 17 Mike Andrews 18 Gene Tenace 19 Bert Campaneris 22 Jesús Alou 24 Allan Lewis 25 Paul Lindblad 26 Joe Rudi 27 Catfish Hunter 28 Horacio Piña 30 Ken Holtzman 32 Darold Knowles 34 Rollie Fingers 37 Vic Davalillo 38 Pat Bourque
Manager 23 Dick Williams Coaches 40 Wes Stock 41 Jerry Adair 43 Irv Noren 44 Vern Hoscheit
Regular season American League Championship Series

Pat Bourque

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