Dennis Burns

Dennis Burns

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 24, 1898 in Tiff City, MO
School: University of Missouri Columbia (Columbia, MO) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1923
Team: Athletics 1923-1924

Final Game: September 26, 1924
Died: May 21, 1969 in Tulsa, OK
Buried: Rest Haven Cemetery, Sperry, OK
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1921	23	SUF	B	17	17	.500		39						300.0	314			6	94							1.360	9.4	0.2	2.8			SUF · VIRL
1922	24	SHV	A	6	22	.214	4.96	44						227.0	297	174	125		81							1.665	11.8		3.2			SHV · TL
1923	25	OAK-min	A	12	12	.500	3.11	40						237.0	144	111	82		70							0.903	5.5		2.7			SHV · TL
1923	25	PHA	AL	2	1	.667	2.00	4	3	1	2	0	0	27.0	21	9	6	1	7	8	0	0	0	111	208	1.037	7.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	1.14
1924	26	PHA	AL	6	8	.429	5.08	37	17	9	7	0	1	154.0	191	101	87	3	68	26	1	1	0	703	84	1.682	11.2	0.2	4.0	1.5	0.38
1925	27	POR	AA	13	18	.419	4.89	54						256.0	336	173	139		112							1.750	11.8		3.9			POR · PCL
1926	28	DET-min	A,AA	11	11	.500	4.41	45						204.0	246	133	100		61							1.505	10.9		2.7			FTW,POR · TL,PCL
1927	29	DET-min	A	11	11	.500	3.99	40						219.0	268	124	97		73							1.557	11.0		3.0			FTW · TL
1928	30	DET-min	A	15	16	.484	3.24	49						236.0	225	124	85		34							1.097	8.6		1.3			FTW · TL
1929	31	BMT,KCY	A,AA	17	14	.548	3.24	47						283.0	285	116	102		62							1.226	9.1		2.0			BMT,KCY · TL,AA
1930	32	DET-min	A	11	10	.524	4.78	35						209.0	271	134	111		53							1.550	11.7		2.3			BMT · TL
1931	33	MOB	A	10	16	.385	4.63	42	26					204.0	259	129	105		40							1.466	11.4		1.8			MOB · SOUA
1932	34	KNX,BIR	A	4	6	.400	7.07	33						84.0	126	75	66		41							1.988	13.5		4.4			KNX,BIR · SOUA
1933	35	PIT-min	A	3	6	.333	4.70	11						44.0	43	24	23		21							1.455	8.8		4.3			TUL,FTW · TL
1937	39	NEO	D	11	11	.500		30						184.0	190	108			38							1.239	9.3		1.9			NEO · ARMO
1938	40	NYY-min	D	11	3	.786	3.05	17						124.0	143	55	42		12							1.250	10.4		0.9			NEO · ARMO
1939	41	NYY-min	D	3	8	.273	4.66	16	14					110.0	170	80	57		8							1.618	13.9		0.7			NEO · ARMO
1941	43	BAL-min	C	1	2	.333	9.41	7						22.0	40	31	23		9							2.227	16.4		3.7			STJ · WA
2 Yrs				8	9	.471	4.62	41	20	10	9	0	1	181.0	212	110	93	4	75	34	1	1	0	814	92	1.586	10.5	0.2	3.7	1.7	0.45
162 Game Avg.				9	10	.471	4.62	46	22	11	10	0	1	202	236	123	104	4	84	38	1	1	0	907	92	1.586	10.5	0.2	3.7	1.7	0.45

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1923	25	PHA	AL	27.0	4	3	9	3.00	5.40	-0.05	106.0	5.78	8	0.9	1.0	-0.0	1.2	11	.734	.506	$
1924	26	PHA	AL	154.0	37	17	101	5.90	5.18	-0.11	101.7	5.38	-10	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.3	9	.474	.494	$
2 Seasons				181.0	41	20	110	5.47	5.22	-0.10	102.3	5.44	-2	-0.0	1.0	-0.1	1.5	21	.499	.500	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1923	25	PHA	AL	111	0.9%	7.2%	6.3%	3.6%	19%	82%
1924	26	PHA	AL	704	0.4%	3.7%	9.7%	2.0%	7%	82%
2 Yrs				815	0.5%	4.2%	9.2%	2.2%	9%	82%
MLB Averages					1.0%	7.1%	7.8%	3.0%	12%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1923	25	2	1	.667	2.00	4	3	1	2	0	0	27.0	21	9	6	1	7		8	0	0	0	111	208	1.037	7.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	1.14	208
1924	26	8	9	.471	4.62	41	20	10	9	0	1	181.0	212	110	93	4	75		34	1	1	0	814	92	1.586	10.5	0.2	3.7	1.7	0.45	92

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1923	25	2	1	.667	1.86	29.0	22	7	6	1	7	9	0	1.000	6.8	2.2	2.8	1.29	0.3	4
1924	26	8	9	.471	4.47	161.0	188	89	80	3	67	27	1	1.584	10.5	3.7	1.5	0.40	0.2	37
2 Yrs		10	10	.500	4.07	190.0	210	96	86	4	74	36	1	1.495	9.9		1.7	0.49	0.2	41

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1924 AL 0.175 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1924 AL 0.175 (4th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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