Dick Burns

Richard Simon Burns

Positions: Outfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 140 lb.

Born: December 26, 1863 in Holyoke, MA(All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1883
Teams (by GP): Reds/Wolverines/Maroons 1883-1885

Final Game: July 23, 1885
Died: November 16, 1937 in Holyoke, MA
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Holyoke, MA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1883	19	DTN	NL	37	142	140	11	26	7	1	0	5		2	22	.186	.197	.250	.447	37	35	0		O1
1884	20	NWK	N/A	6	24	24	1	4	0	0	0					.167	.167	.167	.333		4				NWK · EL
1884	20	COR	UA	79	355	350	84	107	17	12	4	0		5		.306	.315	.457	.773	145	160	0		O1/6
1885	21	MLW,WBY,WBY,WBY	N/A	57	228	228	32	50	8	4	1					.219	.219	.303	.522		69				MLW,WBY,WBY,WBY · WL,EL,SNEL,CTST
1885	21	SLM	NL	14	57	54	2	12	2	1	0	4		3	8	.222	.263	.296	.559	83	16	0		O/1
1886	22	BKT,BST	N/A																						BKT,BST · NENL
1887	23	NHV,LOW	N/A	95	483	462	125	160	16	9	7		52	21		.346	.375	.465	.840		215				NHV,LOW · EL,NENL
1888	24	SCR	N/A																						SCR · CENL
1889	25	AUB,LOW	N/A	29	115	111	30	22	3	1	0		7			.198	.198	.243	.441		27		4		AUB,LOW · NYSL,ATLA
1890	26	HFD	N/A	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0		3			.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0		HFD · ATLA
3 Yrs				130	554	544	97	145	26	14	4	9		10	30	.267	.280	.388	.668	110	211	0
162 Game Avg.				162	690	678	121	181	32	17	5	11		12		.267	.280	.388	.668	110	263	0

SLM (1 yr)				14	57	54	2	12	2	1	0	4		3	8	.222	.263	.296	.559	83	16	0
COR (1 yr)				79	355	350	84	107	17	12	4	0		5		.306	.315	.457	.773	145	160	0
DTN (1 yr)				37	142	140	11	26	7	1	0	5		2	22	.186	.197	.250	.447	37	35	0

NL (2 yrs)				51	199	194	13	38	9	2	0	9		5	30	.196	.216	.263	.479	49	51	0
UA (1 yr)				79	355	350	84	107	17	12	4	0		5		.306	.315	.457	.773	145	160	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1883	19	DTN	NL	37	142	-11	0	0	-4	2	-13	-1.2	4	-9	-0.8	.468	.493	-0.4	-0.5	-5	$	O1
1884	20	COR	UA	79	355	14	0	0	0	4	18	1.7	-1	16	1.7	.520	.510	1.5	-0.0	16	$	O1/6
1885	21	SLM	NL	14	57	-1	0	0	-4	-0	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.462	.497	0.0	-0.4	0	$	O/1
3 Seasons				130	554	2	0	0	-8	5	-1	-0.1	5	3	0.5	.499	.500	1.1	-1.0	11	$

SLM (1 yr)				14	57	-1	0	0	-4	-0	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.462	.497	0.0	-0.4	0	$
COR (1 yr)				79	355	14	0	0	0	4	18	1.7	-1	16	1.7	.520	.510	1.5	-0.0	16	$
DTN (1 yr)				37	142	-11	0	0	-4	2	-13	-1.2	4	-9	-0.8	.468	.493	-0.4	-0.5	-5	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO
1883	19	DTN	NL	142	114	7	1.6	77	.220	.186	.263	.197	.291	.250	.363	.447	.653	37	.162	-10.2	-1.1	.064
1884	20	COR	UA	355	243	50	5.3	70	.298	.306	.260	.315	.288	.457	.337	.773	.626	145	.710	18.7	2.1	.151
1885	21	SLM	NL	57	42	4	2.5	67	.261	.222	.244	.263	.286	.296	.326	.559	.612	83	.368	-1.0	-0.1	.074
3 Yrs				554	399	61	4.0	72	.276	.267	.259	.280	.289	.388	.343	.668	.632	110	.565	7.5	0.9	.121
162 Game Avg.				690	497	76	4.0	72	.276	.267	.259	.280	.289	.388	.343	.668	.632	110	.565	9	1	.121

SLM (1 yr)				57	42	4	2.5	67	.261	.222	.244	.263	.286	.296	.326	.559	.612	83	.369	-1.0	-0.1	.074
COR (1 yr)				355	243	50	5.3	70	.298	.306	.260	.315	.288	.457	.337	.773	.626	145	.710	18.7	2.1	.151
DTN (1 yr)				142	114	7	1.6	77	.220	.186	.263	.197	.291	.250	.363	.447	.653	37	.163	-10.2	-1.1	.064

NL (2 yrs)				199	156	11	1.9	75	.232	.196	.258	.216	.289	.263	.353	.479	.642	49	.213	-11.3	-1.2	.067
UA (1 yr)				355	243	50	5.3	70	.298	.306	.260	.315	.288	.457	.337	.773	.626	145	.710	18.7	2.1	.151

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1883	19	37	142	140	11	26	7	1	0	5	2	22	.186	.197	.250	.447	37	35
1884	20	116	497	490	95	133	24	13	4	5	7	22	.271	.282	.398	.680	113	195
1885	21	130	554	544	97	145	26	14	4	9	10	30	.267	.280	.388	.668	110	211

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1883	19	61	226	223	13	36	10	1	0	6	0	3	36	.161	.173	.215	.388	8	37
1884	20	180	760	751	133	197	31	22	7	0	0	9	0	.262	.271	.390	.661	80	79
1885	21	20	82	78	3	17	3	1	0	6	0	4	12	.218	.256	.282	.538	6	14
3 Yrs		261	1068	1052	149	250	44	24	7	12	0	16	48	.238	.249	.345	.594	94	130
162 Game Avg.		162	663	653	92	155	27	15	4	7		10		.238	.249	.345	.594	58	130

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1884 UA 4.4 (8th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1884 UA 1.5 (9th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1884 UA .306 (7th)	On-Base% s c a p y 1884 UA .315 (9th)
Slugging % s c a p y 1884 UA .457 (3rd)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1884 UA .773 (5th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1884 UA 84 (7th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1884 UA 160 (10th)
Triples s c a p y 1884 UA 12 (1st)	Home Runs s c a p y 1884 UA 4 (4th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1884 UA 146 (7th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1884 UA 50 (10th)
Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1884 UA 33 (8th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1884 UA .710 (5th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1884 UA 87.5 (6th)	Youngest s c a p y 1883 NL born 1863-12-26 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 15 (1187), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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