Peyton Burdick
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| Peyton Burdick | |
|---|---|
 Burdick at bat for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in 2022 | |
| Free agent | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: February 26, 1997 Batavia, Ohio, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 2, 2022, for the Miami Marlins | |
| MLB statistics (through 2025 season) | |
| Batting average | .200 |
| Home runs | 5 |
| Runs batted in | 13 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Edmund Peyton Burdick (born February 26, 1997) is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Miami Marlins. He played college baseball at Wright State University. Burdick was selected by the Marlins in the third round of the 2019 MLB draft and made his MLB debut for them in 2022.
Burdick attended Glen Este High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he played baseball, basketball, and football. In 2014, as a junior, he batted .368 alongside pitching to a 2.13 ERA.[1]
He was undrafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, and enrolled at Wright State University where he played college baseball. In 2016, his freshman season at Wright State, he batted .289 with four home runs and 31 RBIs over 63 games.[2] In the summer of 2016, he stayed home and played in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League with the Cincinnati Steam, hitting .316 in 19 at-bats before an injury sidelined him for the rest of the summer. He missed the 2017 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.[3] He returned to play in 2018, hitting .347 with nine home runs and 65 RBIs over 56 starts.[4] That summer, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Cotuit Kettleers.[5][6] In 2019, his redshirt junior season, he slashed .407/.538/.729 with 15 home runs and 72 RBIs over 59 games.[7]