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Ellis Burks

American baseball player
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Ellis Burks
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Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
September 11, 1964
Place of birth
Vicksburg
Country of citizenship
United States[4]
Occupation
baseball player
Educated at
Everman Joe C. Bean High School[5]
Award received
Rawlings Gold Glove Award, Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame[6][7]
Country for sport
United States[19]
Family name
Burks[17]
Given name
Ellis[18]
League or competition
Major League Baseball[14]
Member of sports team
Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Colorado Rockies[9][10][11][12][13]
Position played on team / speciality
center fielder[15]
Sport
baseball[16]
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🔖 Identifiers · 13
Baseball Almanac ID
burksel01
Baseball Reference major league player ID
b/burksel01
Baseball Reference minor & foreign league player ID
burks-001ell
ESPN.com MLB player ID
1906
FanGraphs player ID
372
Freebase ID
/m/03r5t_
HAND ID
5D3E-EE2A-FCFB-7DDC-804D
MLB.com player ID
111736
Retrosheet person ID
burke001
The Baseball Cube player ID
801
Trading Card Database name ID
813
WikiBaseball ID
Ellis_Burks
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WikiTree person ID
Burks-1095

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🔗 Connections
Member of sports team 5
Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Guardians, Colorado Rockies
Award received 2
Rawlings Gold Glove Award, Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
Country for sport 1
United States
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Instance of 1
human
League or competition 1
Major League Baseball
Occupation 1
baseball player
Place of birth 1
Vicksburg
Position played on team / speciality 1
center fielder
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
baseball
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Summary

Ellis Burks was born on September 11, 1964[1], in Vicksburg[2]. He has worked as a baseball player[3].

FAQs

Where was Ellis Burks born?

Ellis Burks's place of birth was Vicksburg[2].

What did Ellis Burks do for work?

Ellis Burks worked as a baseball player[3].

Where did Ellis Burks go to school?

Ellis Burks was educated at Everman Joe C. Bean High School[5].

What awards did Ellis Burks receive?

Honors received include Rawlings Gold Glove Award[6] and Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame[7].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . ESPN Major League Baseball. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . MLB.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → baseball
    Place of birth → Vicksburg
    Educated at → Everman Joe C. Bean High School
    Country of citizenship → United States
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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