Little League® Worldwide mourns the passing of Sean Burroughs, a two-time Little League Baseball® World Sequence Champion and son of former Main Leaguer Jeff Burroughs, who handed away immediately on the age of 43 whereas teaching his son’s Little League recreation.
As a baby, Sean grew to become the primary American-born participant to throw back-to-back no-hitters within the Little League Baseball World Sequence and went on to guide his Lengthy Seaside (Calif.) Little League workforce to back-to-back championships in 1992 and 1993, setting historical past as the primary U.S. league to take action. Throughout each of these historic runs, Sean had the chance to expertise these reminiscences together with his father, Jeff, as his coach. Throughout his 1993 run, Sean recorded a then-record 16 strikeouts as a part of his back-to-back no-hitters and went on to hit .600 via the World Sequence efficiency.
“I believe an important factor to recollect about Little League is to not take every part too critically,” he stated in a 2013 interview. “Generally the children can get too flashy after they see themselves on TV. That’s a part of the enjoyable, I assume, however on the identical time, you may’t get away from probably the most integral a part of the sport – profitable as a workforce. If you happen to go 0-for-4 and your workforce wins, that’s what issues.”
Following his spectacular Little League efficiency, Sean went on to be drafted by the San Diego Padres because the ninth general choice within the 1998 MLB Draft and was named MVP within the 2000 All-Stars Futures Recreation. Making his debut with the Padres in 2002, he hit a game-winning single in his first dwelling recreation and went on to play 4 seasons with the membership.
Along with three extra seasons performed between the Tampa Bay Rays, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Minnesota Twins, he additionally helped lead Workforce U.S.A. to a gold medal within the 2000 Olympic Video games in Sydney, Australia.