Patrick Daniel Bourque was a first baseman

First baseman

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 in Major League Baseball

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. He played for several teams in a three year career.

Patrick graduated from St. John's

St. John's High School (Massachusetts)

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 in 1965. Bourque was drafted by the Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

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 in 1969 out of Holy Cross

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. He made his professional debut in 1971 with the Cubs, and went on to play parts of three and a half seasons with the franchise. He had a successful minor league tenure, winning the American Association

American Association (20th century)

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 MVP in 1972 while playing with the Evansville Triplets

Evansville Triplets

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. Midway through the 1973 season, Chicago traded Bourque to the Oakland Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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 for fellow first baseman Gonzalo Marquez

Gonzalo Márquez

Gonzalo Enrique Márquez Moya was a professional baseball first baseman. A left-handed batter, he played parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics and Chicago Cubs...

. He spent a season with Oakland before being traded to the Minnesota Twins

Minnesota Twins

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 in another summer deal. Oakland received Jim Holt

Jim Holt (baseball)

James William Holt is a former professional baseball player. He was an outfielder and first baseman over parts of 9 seasons with the Minnesota Twins and Oakland Athletics. Holt was a member of the 1974 World Series champion Athletics...

 in return. Oakland reacquired Bourque following the 1974 season, trading Dan Ford

Dan Ford

Darnell "Disco Dan" Glenn Ford , is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as an outfielder from 1975-1985...

and a minor leaguer to the Twins. Ford went on to play for eleven seasons in the majors, while Bourque didn't play another major league game.

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