Bill Burbach
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William David Burbach was a professional baseball player for the New York Yankees
from 1969 through 1971.
Burbach was the 19th overall selection of the first round of the 1965 draft
. He was traded to the Baltimore Orioles
for pitcher Jim Hardin
in May 1971 but did not play for the Orioles.
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
from 1969 through 1971.
Burbach was the 19th overall selection of the first round of the 1965 draft
1965 Major League Baseball Draft
The 1965 Major League Baseball Draft is the first year in which a draft took place for Major League Baseball.In Major League Baseball's first Free Agent Amateur Draft, the Kansas City Athletics selected Arizona State sophomore Rick Monday as the number one pick...
. He was traded to the Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
for pitcher Jim Hardin
Jim Hardin
James Warren Hardin was a professional baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and Atlanta Braves from 1967 through 1973 and was a member of one of the best pitching staffs of the 1960s and 1970s that included Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, Tom Phoebus, and Mike Cuellar...
in May 1971 but did not play for the Orioles.