• Card series: Beginnings: 1880's
• City: Boston
• Team: Beaneaters
• League: National League

John J. “Black Jack” Burdock (1852-1931) began and ended his 18 year career in Brooklyn, first for the Atlantics and retiring from the Bridegrooms (Grooms). Played for the Hartford Dark Blues during their 1st year in the new National League, ‘76, and the next when Hartford became the Brooklyn Hartfords for a year.

• Sandwiched in between his stints in Brooklyn were 10 years with the Boston Beaneaters
• Was player/mgr for the Boston Beaneaters’ 1883 pennant winner, leading the club in average at .330
• One of the best infield defenders of his era, Burdock led the NL in putouts by a 2nd baseman five straight years, 1876-1880
• Led his league in fielding percentage by a 2nd baseman 6 times
• Achieved a career .250 batting average with 1,231 hits, 778 runs and 501 RBI