Former MLB Player Tragically Dies at Just 43 While Watching Son Play

Former Major League Baseball Player and Olympic Champion Sean Burroughs Dies

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Stearns Champions Park, located in Long Beach, California, saw the growth and professional development of former professional baseball player Sean Burroughs, who grew up, played and played a major role there.
But it was tragic to see his death, which occurred shortly after 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.

Burroughs was fatally shot in the parking lot of the park where he worked as an assistant coach for the high school basketball team with his 6-year-old son, Knox. The Long Beach Fire Department responded to the park to respond to a man’s emergency call


   Obituary: The Long Beach baseball community is in shock and mourning over the sudden death of Sean Burroughs.
The MLB champion and Little League World Series player died suddenly at Stearns Champions Park, where he was coaching his son.
“We did everything we could to save his life, but we were unsuccessful,” said Public Information Officer Brian Fisk.
Burroughs was pronounced dead at the scene, but his cause of death was not determined until after an autopsy was performed.
“It is with great sadness that I write this message to inform you that one of our coaches, Sean Burroughs, passed away yesterday,” Long Beach Little League President Doug Wittman wrote in a statement.

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We mourn the loss of former Padres third baseman Sean Burroughs.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this very difficult time.

   Burroughs, 43, a two-time Little League World Series winner, won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics with Team USA coached by Tom Lasorda, and has a shortcareer in the Major Leagues since 1998. Until 2005, when it was suspended due to chemical contamination.
The San Diego Padres selected Burroughs with the ninth pick in the first round of the 1998 MLB Draft to begin his major league career. He hit .278 with 12 at-bats and 143 RBIs for the Padres in Tampa. Bay Rays, Arizona Diamondbacks, Minnesota Twins..