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George Burns
George Henry Burns (Tioga George)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 14, 1914
Final Game September 26, 1929
Born January 31, 1893 in Niles, OH
Died January 7, 1978 in Kirkland, WA

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1914 21 DET AL 137  478   55  139  22  5   5   57  23 13  32  56  .291  .351  .389  119  186  22          12    
 1915 22 DET AL 105  392   49   99  18  3   5   50   9  3  22  51  .253  .301  .352   91  138  17           5    
 1916 23 DET AL 135  479   60  137  22  6   4   73  12     22  30  .286  .327  .382  109  183  19           7    
 1917 24 DET AL 119  407   42   92  14 10   1   40   3     15  33  .226  .264  .317   77  129  14           6    
 1918 25 PHA AL 130  505   61  178  22  9   6   70   8     23  25  .352  .390  .467  157  236   8           8    
 1919 26 PHA AL 126  470   63  139  29  9   8   57  15     19  18  .296  .339  .447  119  210   6          12    
 1920 27 TOT AL  66  116    8   29   7  1   1   20   5  0  10  10  .250  .326  .353   78   41   3           3    
         PHA AL  22   60    1   14   3  0   1    7   4  0   6   7  .233  .313  .333   71   20   1           1    
         CLE AL  44   56    7   15   4  1   0   13   1  0   4   3  .268  .339  .375   87   21   2           2    
 1921 28 CLE AL  84  244   52   88  21  4   0   49   3  1  13  19  .361  .398  .480  121  117   6           2    
 1922 29 BOS AL 147  558   71  171  32  5  12   73   8  2  20  28  .306  .341  .446  104  249  15           9     MVP-21
 1923 30 BOS AL 146  551   91  181  47  5   7   82   9  7  45  33  .328  .386  .470  125  259  12           7     MVP-10
 1924 31 CLE AL 129  462   64  143  37  5   4   68  14  5  29  27  .310  .370  .437  107  202  23          15    
 1925 32 CLE AL 127  488   69  164  41  4   6   79  16 11  24  24  .336  .371  .473  112  231   8           3     MVP-21
 1926 33 CLE AL 151  603   97  216  64  3   4  114  13  7  28  33  .358  .394  .494  130  298  18           8     MVP-1
 1927 34 CLE AL 140  549   84  175  51  2   3   78  13 11  42  27  .319  .375  .435  109  239   9           7    
 1928 35 TOT AL  86  213   30   54  12  1   5   30   2  3  17  12  .254  .326  .390   87   83   6           6    
         CLE AL  82  209   29   52  12  1   5   30   2  3  17  11  .249  .323  .388   85   81   6           6    
         NYY AL   4    4    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .500  167    2   0           0    
 1929 36 TOT AL  38   58    5   13   5  0   1   11   1  0   2   7  .224  .250  .362   54   21   1           0    
         NYY AL   9    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         PHA AL  29   49    5   13   5  0   1   11   1  0   2   3  .265  .294  .429   81   21   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons    1866 6573  901 2018 444 72  72  951 154 63 363 433  .307  .354  .429  113 2822 187   0   0 110   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        571   78  175  39  6   6   83  13  5  32  38  .307  .354  .429  113  245  16   0   0  10   0
 Career High    151  603   97  216  64 10  12  114  23 13  45  56  .361  .398  .494  157  298  23   0   0  15   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1914 21 DET AL  544  374   62   4.4    85| .291  .260| .351  .334| .389  .340| .740  .674| 119  .636  10.9   1.3  63%
 1915 22 DET AL  436  313   41   3.5    87| .253  .261| .301  .340| .352  .342| .653  .682|  91  .511  -6.1  -0.7  75%
 1916 23 DET AL  527  361   58   4.4    86| .286  .261| .327  .336| .382  .341| .709  .677| 109  .604   3.0   0.3     
 1917 24 DET AL  442  329   33   2.7    80| .226  .255| .264  .326| .317  .330| .581  .656|  77  .401 -13.9  -1.6     
 1918 25 PHA AL  544  335   90   7.3    83| .352  .262| .390  .333| .467  .334| .857  .666| 157  .794  32.0   3.6     
 1919 26 PHA AL  507  337   68   5.4    96| .296  .277| .339  .344| .447  .373| .786  .716| 119  .629   9.5   1.0     
 1920 27 TOT AL  132   90   14   4.2   108| .250  .294| .326  .359| .353  .403| .679  .762|  78  .456  -3.6  -0.3 100%
         PHA AL   68   47    7   4.0   107| .233  .293| .313  .357| .333  .402| .646  .759|  71  .437  -2.5  -0.2 100%
         CLE AL   64   43    7   4.4   109| .268  .295| .339  .360| .375  .405| .714  .765|  87  .478  -1.1  -0.1 100%
 1921 28 CLE AL  265  163   46   7.6   116| .361  .302| .398  .368| .480  .424| .878  .792| 121  .674   7.9   0.7  75%
 1922 29 BOS AL  602  404   83   5.5   109| .306  .292| .341  .357| .446  .410| .787  .766| 104  .567   1.7   0.2  80%
 1923 30 BOS AL  615  389   97   6.7   108| .328  .290| .386  .360| .470  .401| .856  .761| 125  .656  20.2   2.0  56%
 1924 31 CLE AL  529  347   71   5.4   113| .310  .299| .370  .369| .437  .411| .807  .780| 107  .550   4.5   0.4  73%
 1925 32 CLE AL  523  343   83   6.5   116| .336  .301| .371  .371| .473  .422| .844  .793| 112  .606   7.9   0.7  59%
 1926 33 CLE AL  657  412  115   7.4   110| .358  .291| .394  .363| .494  .408| .888  .771| 130  .699  26.6   2.6  65%
 1927 34 CLE AL  607  394   86   5.8   111| .319  .294| .375  .362| .435  .413| .810  .776| 109  .583   8.6   0.8  54%
 1928 35 TOT AL  242  168   25   4.0   109| .254  .290| .326  .355| .390  .412| .716  .767|  87  .420  -4.3  -0.5  40%
         CLE AL  238  166   24   3.9   109| .249  .290| .323  .355| .388  .412| .711  .767|  85  .407  -4.7  -0.5  40%
         NYY AL    4    2    1  13.4   106| .500  .285| .500  .350| .500  .405|1.000  .754| 167  .869   0.4   0.0   0%
 1929 36 TOT AL   61   46    6   3.5   114| .224  .295| .250  .362| .362  .426| .612  .788|  54  .343  -4.2  -0.4 100%
         NYY AL    9    9    0   0.0   107| .000  .284| .000  .350| .000  .410| .000  .760|-100  .000  -2.6  -0.3   0%
         PHA AL   52   37    6   4.3   116| .265  .297| .294  .364| .429  .429| .723  .793|  81  .438  -1.6  -0.1 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     7233 4805  978   5.5   101| .307  .281| .354  .352| .429  .383| .783  .735| 113  .610 100.8  10.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1914 21 DET AL  1B  137   1579   79   30   72  .982  .985 12.10  7.30            
 1915 22 DET AL  1B  104   1155   57   17   65  .986  .987 11.65  9.61            
 1916 23 DET AL  1B  124   1355   54   22   71  .985  .988 11.36  8.06            
 1917 24 DET AL  1B  104   1127   57   12   44  .990  .989 11.38  9.61            
 1918 25 PHA AL  1B  128   1384  104   26  109  .983  .986 11.62  7.81            
                 OF    2      5    0    1    0  .833  .962  2.50  2.15                1    0    1
 1919 26 PHA AL  1B   86    918   71   20   44  .980  .988 11.50 10.44            
                 OF   34     53    4    4    2  .934  .958  1.68  2.16                0    0   34
 1920 27 TOT AL  OF   14     20    3    1    0  .958  .962  1.64  2.16                0    0   14
         PHA AL  OF   13     20    3    1    0  .958  .962  1.77  2.16                0    0   13
         CLE AL  1B   12     84    9    2    1  .979  .990  7.75 10.40            
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                0    0    1
 1921 28 CLE AL  1B   73    534   41    6   40  .990  .991  7.88 10.16            
 1922 29 BOS AL  1B  140   1412   94   20  103  .987  .991 10.76  7.14            
 1923 30 BOS AL  1B  146   1485   92   16  103  .990  .990 10.80  6.85            
 1924 31 CLE AL  1B  127   1227  110   18   85  .987  .989 10.53  7.87            
 1925 32 CLE AL  1B  126   1195   82   14   94  .989  .988 10.13  7.94            
 1926 33 CLE AL  1B  151   1499   99   19  122  .988  .990 10.58  6.62            
 1927 34 CLE AL  1B  139   1362  102   15  111  .990  .988 10.53  7.19            
 1928 35 TOT AL  1B   55    477   38    8   44  .985  .990  9.36  9.90            
         CLE AL  1B   53    470   38    8   44  .984  .990  9.58  9.90            
         NYY AL  1B    2      7    0    0    0 1.000  .986  3.50  9.90            
 1929 36 PHA AL  1B   19     99    5    0    9 1.000  .993  5.47  9.74            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1914 21 DET AL  1B  137   1579   79   30   72  .982  .985 12.10  7.30            
 1915 22 DET AL  1B  104   1155   57   17   65  .986  .987 11.65  9.61            
 1916 23 DET AL  1B  124   1355   54   22   71  .985  .988 11.36  8.06            
 1917 24 DET AL  1B  104   1127   57   12   44  .990  .989 11.38  9.61            
 1918 25 PHA AL  1B  128   1384  104   26  109  .983  .986 11.62  7.81            
 1919 26 PHA AL  1B   86    918   71   20   44  .980  .988 11.50 10.44            
 1920 27 CLE AL  1B   12     84    9    2    1  .979  .990  7.75 10.40            
 1921 28 CLE AL  1B   73    534   41    6   40  .990  .991  7.88 10.16            
 1922 29 BOS AL  1B  140   1412   94   20  103  .987  .991 10.76  7.14            
 1923 30 BOS AL  1B  146   1485   92   16  103  .990  .990 10.80  6.85            
 1924 31 CLE AL  1B  127   1227  110   18   85  .987  .989 10.53  7.87            
 1925 32 CLE AL  1B  126   1195   82   14   94  .989  .988 10.13  7.94            
 1926 33 CLE AL  1B  151   1499   99   19  122  .988  .990 10.58  6.62            
 1927 34 CLE AL  1B  139   1362  102   15  111  .990  .988 10.53  7.19            
 1928 35 TOT AL  1B   55    477   38    8   44  .985  .990  9.36  9.90            
         CLE AL  1B   53    470   38    8   44  .984  .990  9.58  9.90            
         NYY AL  1B    2      7    0    0    0 1.000  .986  3.50  9.90            
 1929 36 PHA AL  1B   19     99    5    0    9 1.000  .993  5.47  9.74            

 1918 25 PHA AL  OF    2      5    0    1    0  .833  .962  2.50  2.15                1    0    1
 1919 26 PHA AL  OF   34     53    4    4    2  .934  .958  1.68  2.16                0    0   34
 1920 27 TOT AL  OF   14     20    3    1    0  .958  .962  1.64  2.16                0    0   14
         PHA AL  OF   13     20    3    1    0  .958  .962  1.77  2.16                0    0   13
         CLE AL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                0    0    1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  1B 1671  16892 1094  245 1117  .987  .988 10.76  8.07            
                 OF   50     78    7    6    2  .934  .959  1.70  2.16                1    0   49
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1721  16970 1101  251 1119  .986  .988 10.50  7.90

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1920   WS    CLE BRO     W   5  10   1   3  1  0  0   3   3   3  .300  .462  .400   0  0   0   0   0 
 1929   WS    PHA CHC     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0   6  12   1   3  1  0  0   3   3   4  .250  .400  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
1926-AL-MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1922-AL-21-0.03
1923-AL-10-0.12
1925-AL-21-0.06
1926-AL-1-0.98
Car-195-1.19 shares

Batting Average
1918 AL-.352-2
1926 AL-.358-5

On-base %
1918 AL-.390-8

Slugging %
1918 AL-.467-3
1919 AL-.447-10
1926 AL-.494-10

OPS
1918 AL-.857-3

Games
1918 AL-130-1
1926 AL-151-10

At Bats
1918 AL-505-2
1926 AL-603-6

Runs
1926 AL-97-9

Hits
1918 AL-178-1
1926 AL-216-1

Total Bases
1918 AL-236-1
1926 AL-298-5

Doubles
1918 AL-22-7
1923 AL-47-2
1924 AL-37-10
1925 AL-41-4
1926 AL-64-1
1927 AL-51-2
Car-444-88

Triples
1918 AL-9-8

Home Runs
1914 AL-5-5
1915 AL-5-3
1916 AL-4-9
1918 AL-6-3
1919 AL-8-6
1922 AL-12-8

RBI
1916 AL-73-7
1918 AL-70-2
1926 AL-114-2

Stolen Bases
1925 AL-16-7
1926 AL-13-10

Singles
1918 AL-141-1
1926 AL-145-3

Adjusted OPS+
1918 AL-157-3

Runs Created
1918 AL-90-2
1926 AL-115-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1918 AL-32-3
1926 AL-27-9

Batting Wins
1918 AL-3.6-3
1926 AL-2.6-9

Extra-Base Hits
1918 AL-37-4
1919 AL-46-10
1923 AL-59-7
1926 AL-71-4
1927 AL-56-8

Times on Base
1918 AL-209-3
1926 AL-252-10

Offensive Win%
1918 AL-.794-3
1926 AL-.699-8

Hit By Pitch
1914 AL-12-1
1916 AL-7-7
1917 AL-6-10
1918 AL-8-1
1919 AL-12-1
1922 AL-9-5
1923 AL-7-10
1924 AL-15-2
1926 AL-8-3
1927 AL-7-6
1928 AL-6-5
Car-110-50

Sac. Hits
Car-187-95

Caught Stealing
1927 AL-11-7

Power/Speed Number
1914 AL-8.2-5
1918 AL-6.9-4
1919 AL-10.4-5
1922 AL-9.6-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1919 AL-26.1-8

At Bats per Home Run
1914 AL-95.6-6
1915 AL-78.4-3
1918 AL-84.2-5
1919 AL-58.8-8

Black Ink: Batting - 9 (243) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 83 (281) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 24.1 (454) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 63.5 (286) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
March 8, 1918: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Detroit Tigers.
March 8, 1918: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Philadelphia Athletics for Ping Bodie.
May 29, 1920: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Philadelphia Athletics.
December 24, 1921: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Joe Harris and Elmer Smith to the Boston Red Sox for Stuffy McInnis.
January 7, 1924: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Chick Fewster and Roxy Walters to the Cleveland Indians for Dan Boone, Steve O'Neill, Joe Connolly, and Bill Wambsganss.
September 17, 1928: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Cleveland Indians.
June 19, 1929: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the New York Yankees.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View George Burns's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Awards 1926-AL-MVP	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1922-AL-21-0.03 1923-AL-10-0.12 1925-AL-21-0.06 1926-AL-1-0.98 Car-195-1.19 shares	Batting Average 1918 AL-.352-2 1926 AL-.358-5	On-base % 1918 AL-.390-8	Slugging % 1918 AL-.467-3 1919 AL-.447-10 1926 AL-.494-10	OPS 1918 AL-.857-3
Games 1918 AL-130-1 1926 AL-151-10	At Bats 1918 AL-505-2 1926 AL-603-6	Runs 1926 AL-97-9	Hits 1918 AL-178-1 1926 AL-216-1	Total Bases 1918 AL-236-1 1926 AL-298-5	Doubles 1918 AL-22-7 1923 AL-47-2 1924 AL-37-10 1925 AL-41-4 1926 AL-64-1 1927 AL-51-2 Car-444-88
Triples 1918 AL-9-8	Home Runs 1914 AL-5-5 1915 AL-5-3 1916 AL-4-9 1918 AL-6-3 1919 AL-8-6 1922 AL-12-8	RBI 1916 AL-73-7 1918 AL-70-2 1926 AL-114-2	Stolen Bases 1925 AL-16-7 1926 AL-13-10	Singles 1918 AL-141-1 1926 AL-145-3	Adjusted OPS+ 1918 AL-157-3
Runs Created 1918 AL-90-2 1926 AL-115-7	Adjusted Batting Runs 1918 AL-32-3 1926 AL-27-9	Batting Wins 1918 AL-3.6-3 1926 AL-2.6-9	Extra-Base Hits 1918 AL-37-4 1919 AL-46-10 1923 AL-59-7 1926 AL-71-4 1927 AL-56-8	Times on Base 1918 AL-209-3 1926 AL-252-10	Offensive Win% 1918 AL-.794-3 1926 AL-.699-8
Hit By Pitch 1914 AL-12-1 1916 AL-7-7 1917 AL-6-10 1918 AL-8-1 1919 AL-12-1 1922 AL-9-5 1923 AL-7-10 1924 AL-15-2 1926 AL-8-3 1927 AL-7-6 1928 AL-6-5 Car-110-50	Sac. Hits Car-187-95	Caught Stealing 1927 AL-11-7	Power/Speed Number 1914 AL-8.2-5 1918 AL-6.9-4 1919 AL-10.4-5 1922 AL-9.6-9	At Bats per Strikeout 1919 AL-26.1-8	At Bats per Home Run 1914 AL-95.6-6 1915 AL-78.4-3 1918 AL-84.2-5 1919 AL-58.8-8