| Gary Burnham who is 5-11 and weights 200lbs is the Reading Phillies 1st basemen. Burnham has been with the R-Phillies for three years. His first year he batted .249, and last year .268. This year Burnham has reached .308 with 61 RBI's, and 14 Home Runs. This year Burnham hopes to reach .300. He said " I want to have a good season and set up over .300 and try to give the Phillies a reason to move me out of here". Gary Burnham was born on october 13, 1974 in Hartford, Conn. He graduated in 1993 at South Windsor HS and attended Clemson University. Gary played little league, Babe Ruth American Legion Ball and played amateur ball with Ricky Bottalico. Some of Garys hobbies included dating, drawing, reciting movie quotes,and weights. He was the phillies 22-nd round pick in June. In 1998 he played in Clearwater coming in 3rd in Triples, 4th in extra base- hits(51) and 5th in runs. Gary Burnham is 1of 8 R-Phillies to hit a double digit home runs (13). To find out more about Gary visit the Reading Phillies Official Site. |
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