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Jack Burns
John Irving Burns (Slug)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 17, 1930
Final Game September 27, 1936
Born August 31, 1907 in Cambridge, MA
Died April 18, 1975 in Brighton, MA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1930 22 SLB AL   8   30    5    9   3  0   0    2   0  0   5   5  .300  .400  .400  101   12   1           0    
 1931 23 SLB AL 144  580   75  148  27  7   4   70  19 12  42  58  .255  .307  .347   69  201   8           1    
 1932 24 SLB AL 150  617  111  188  33  8  11   70  17 11  61  43  .305  .368  .438  103  270  21           1    
 1933 25 SLB AL 144  556   89  160  43  4   7   71  11 11  56  51  .288  .353  .417   99  232   6           0    
 1934 26 SLB AL 154  612   86  157  28  8  13   73   9  3  62  47  .257  .327  .392   79  240  12           2    
 1935 27 SLB AL 143  549   77  157  28  1   5   67   3  2  68  49  .286  .366  .368   87  202  20           1    
 1936 28 TOT AL 147  572   98  161  37  3   4   64   4  8  82  46  .281  .374  .378   86  216   8           3    
         SLB AL   9   14    2    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   3   1  .214  .353  .286   58    4   0           0    
         DET AL 138  558   96  158  36  3   4   63   4  8  79  45  .283  .375  .380   87  212   8           3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      890 3516  541  980 199 31  44  417  63 47 376 299  .279  .350  .391   87 1373  76   0   0   8   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        640   98  178  36  6   8   76  11  9  68  54  .279  .350  .391   87  250  14   0   0   1   0
 Career High    154  617  111  188  43  8  13   73  19 12  82  58  .305  .374  .438  103  270  21   0   0   3   0

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1930 22 SLB AL   36   22    5   6.0   118| .300  .299| .400  .363| .400  .439| .800  .803| 101  .564   0.4   0.0   0%
 1931 23 SLB AL  631  452   61   3.6   110| .255  .290| .307  .358| .347  .415| .654  .772|  69  .362 -27.9  -2.7  61%
 1932 24 SLB AL  700  461   98   5.7   116| .305  .292| .368  .364| .438  .430| .806  .794| 103  .558   2.0   0.2  60%
 1933 25 SLB AL  618  413   80   5.2   111| .288  .288| .353  .360| .417  .415| .770  .775|  99  .541  -0.8  -0.1  50%
 1934 26 SLB AL  688  470   79   4.5   119| .257  .298| .327  .373| .392  .429| .719  .802|  79  .448 -22.6  -2.1  75%
 1935 27 SLB AL  638  414   74   4.8   115| .286  .292| .366  .366| .368  .422| .734  .788|  87  .478  -9.1  -0.9  60%
 1936 28 TOT AL  665  427   78   4.8   121| .281  .299| .374  .374| .378  .439| .752  .813|  86  .440  -9.8  -0.9  33%
         SLB AL   17   11    1   2.4   124| .214  .302| .353  .379| .286  .444| .639  .823|  58  .179  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         DET AL  648  416   77   4.9   121| .283  .299| .375  .374| .380  .439| .755  .813|  87  .446  -9.0  -0.8  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      3976 2659  475   4.8   116| .279  .293| .350  .366| .391  .425| .741  .791|  87  .474 -67.8  -6.5  57%

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

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1930 22 SLB AL  1B    8     70    6    0   10 1.000  .990  9.50  9.53            
 1931 23 SLB AL  1B  143   1346  125   11  131  .993  .991 10.29  6.99            
 1932 24 SLB AL  1B  150   1399  101   12  130  .992  .989 10.00  6.67            
 1933 25 SLB AL  1B  143   1336   81   12  129  .992  .989  9.91  6.99            
 1934 26 SLB AL  1B  154   1365   81   12  132  .992  .991  9.39  6.49            
 1935 27 SLB AL  1B  141   1239   57   11  115  .992  .992  9.19  7.09            
 1936 28 TOT AL  1B  140   1308   74    8  129  .994  .991  9.87  7.28            
         SLB AL  1B    2     28    1    0    3 1.000  .990 14.50  9.75            
         DET AL  1B  138   1280   73    8  126  .994  .991  9.80  7.25            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1930 22 SLB AL  1B    8     70    6    0   10 1.000  .990  9.50  9.53            
 1931 23 SLB AL  1B  143   1346  125   11  131  .993  .991 10.29  6.99            
 1932 24 SLB AL  1B  150   1399  101   12  130  .992  .989 10.00  6.67            
 1933 25 SLB AL  1B  143   1336   81   12  129  .992  .989  9.91  6.99            
 1934 26 SLB AL  1B  154   1365   81   12  132  .992  .991  9.39  6.49            
 1935 27 SLB AL  1B  141   1239   57   11  115  .992  .992  9.19  7.09            
 1936 28 TOT AL  1B  140   1308   74    8  129  .994  .991  9.87  7.28            
         SLB AL  1B    2     28    1    0    3 1.000  .990 14.50  9.75            
         DET AL  1B  138   1280   73    8  126  .994  .991  9.80  7.25            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  1B  879   8063  525   66  776  .992  .990  9.77  6.93            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total       879   8063  525   66  776  .992  .990  9.77  6.93

An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Games
1934 AL-154-1

At Bats
1932 AL-617-7
1934 AL-612-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1932 AL-700-5
1934 AL-688-6

Hits
1932 AL-188-9

Doubles
1933 AL-43-3

Strikeouts
1931 AL-58-6

Stolen Bases
1931 AL-19-3
1932 AL-17-5
1933 AL-11-9

Singles
1932 AL-136-5

Sac. Hits
1932 AL-21-2
1934 AL-12-8
1935 AL-20-1

Caught Stealing
1931 AL-12-6
1932 AL-11-4
1933 AL-11-4
1936 AL-8-9

Power/Speed Number
1932 AL-13.4-4
1934 AL-10.6-9

Outs
1931 AL-452-3
1932 AL-461-2
1934 AL-470-1

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 14 (1187) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1907) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 7.5 (1253) (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
April 30, 1936: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Detroit Tigers for Chief Hogsett.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Jack Burns's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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Games 1934 AL-154-1	At Bats 1932 AL-617-7 1934 AL-612-5	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1932 AL-700-5 1934 AL-688-6	Hits 1932 AL-188-9	Doubles 1933 AL-43-3	Strikeouts 1931 AL-58-6
Stolen Bases 1931 AL-19-3 1932 AL-17-5 1933 AL-11-9	Singles 1932 AL-136-5	Sac. Hits 1932 AL-21-2 1934 AL-12-8 1935 AL-20-1	Caught Stealing 1931 AL-12-6 1932 AL-11-4 1933 AL-11-4 1936 AL-8-9	Power/Speed Number 1932 AL-13.4-4 1934 AL-10.6-9	Outs 1931 AL-452-3 1932 AL-461-2 1934 AL-470-1