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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:42AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg 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 Awards
1883 19 DTN NL 2 12 .143 4.51 17 13 4 13 0 0 127.2 172 122 64 8 33 30 0 6 604 69 1.606 12.1 0.6 2.3 2.1 0.91
1884 20 COR UA 23 15 .605 2.46 40 40 0 34 1 0 329.2 298 179 90 7 47 167 17 1371 133 1.047 8.1 0.2 1.3 4.6 3.55
1885 21 SLM NL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 1 12 36 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
3 Seasons 25 27 .481 3.07 58 53 5 47 1 0 460.1 473 304 157 15 80 199 0 24 1987 105 1.201 9.2 0.3 1.6 3.9 2.49
162 Game Avg. 15 17 .481 3.07 36 32 3 29 1 0 282 290 186 96 9 49 122 0 15 1217 105 1.201 9.2 0.3 1.6 3.9 2.49
SLM (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 1 12 36 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
COR (1 yr) 23 15 .605 2.46 40 40 0 34 1 0 329.2 298 179 90 7 47 167 17 1371 133 1.047 8.1 0.2 1.3 4.6 3.55
DTN (1 yr) 2 12 .143 4.51 17 13 4 13 0 0 127.2 172 122 64 8 33 30 0 6 604 69 1.606 12.1 0.6 2.3 2.1 0.91
NL (2 yrs) NL 2 12 .143 4.61 18 13 5 13 0 0 130.2 175 125 67 8 33 32 0 7 616 68 1.592 12.1 0.6 2.3 2.2 0.97
UA (1 yr) UA 23 15 .605 2.46 40 40 0 34 1 0 329.2 298 179 90 7 47 167 17 1371 133 1.047 8.1 0.2 1.3 4.6 3.55

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1883 19 DTN NL 127.2 13 122 93 0 1.0 -29 -2.6 $
1884 20 COR UA 329.2 40 179 244 1 1.0 65 6.4 $
1885 21 SLM NL 3.0 0 3 2 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $
3 Seasons 460.1 53 304 339 1 1.0 35 3.7 $
SLM (1 yr) 3.0 0 3 2 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $
COR (1 yr) 329.2 40 179 244 1 1.0 65 6.4 $
DTN (1 yr) 127.2 13 122 93 0 1.0 -29 -2.6 $

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB 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 COR UA 79 355 350 84 107 17 12 4 0 5 .306 .315 .457 .773 146 160 0 O1/6
1885 21 SLM NL 14 57 54 2 12 2 1 0 4 3 8 .222 .263 .296 .559 83 16 0 O/1
3 Seasons 130 554 544 97 145 26 14 4 9 10 30 .267 .280 .388 .668 111 211 0
162 Game Avg. 162 690 678 121 181 32 17 5 11 12 .267 .280 .388 .668 111 263 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 .773 146 160 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 50 51 0
UA (1 yr) 79 355 350 84 107 17 12 4 0 5 .306 .315 .457 .773 146 160 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1883 19 DTN NL 142 -13 0 0 0 -4 -2 5 -14 -1.3 -10 -0.9 -0.4 $ O1
1884 20 COR UA 355 17 3 0 0 0 -2 0 18 1.6 18 1.6 0.0 $ O1/6
1885 21 SLM NL 57 -2 -1 0 0 -4 -1 2 -6 -0.6 -2 -0.2 -0.4 $ O/1
3 Seasons 554 2 2 0 0 -8 -5 7 -2 -0.3 6 0.5 -0.8 $
SLM (1 yr) 57 -2 -1 0 0 -4 -1 2 -6 -0.6 -2 -0.2 -0.4 $
COR (1 yr) 355 17 3 0 0 0 -2 0 18 1.6 18 1.6 0.0 $
DTN (1 yr) 142 -13 0 0 0 -4 -2 5 -14 -1.3 -10 -0.9 -0.4 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1883 DTN NL 19 OF 24 33 21 4 8 1 .758 1.04 .849 1.96 1-1-23
1883 DTN NL 19 P 17 127.2 35 1 28 6 1 .829 2.04 1.71 .892 2.20 2.15
1884 COR UA 20 OF 44 75 53 9 13 1 .827 1.41 .816 1.53 6-33-7
1884 COR UA 20 P 40 329.2 119 34 72 13 0 .891 2.89 2.65 .844 2.57 2.47
1884 COR UA 20 SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.95
1885 SLM NL 21 OF 14 22 13 2 7 1 .682 1.07 .881 1.85 0-14-0
1885 SLM NL 21 P 1 3.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00 3.00 .900 2.40 2.40
3 Seasons OF 82 130 87 15 28 3 .785 1.24 .835 1.71 7-48-30
3 Seasons P 58 460.1 157 35 103 19 1 .879 2.70 2.38 .856 2.47 2.38
1 Season SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.95
3 Seasons TOT 142 460.1 287 122 118 47 4 .836 2.70 1.69 .847 2.47 2.01 7-48-30
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1884 UA  8.0 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1884 UA  6.4 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1884 UA  2.46 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1884 UA  23 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1884 UA  .605 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1884 UA  1.047 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1884 UA  8.136 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1884 UA  40 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1884 UA  329.7 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1884 UA  167 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1884 UA  40 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1884 UA  34 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1883 NL  8 (5th)
1884 UA  7 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1884 UA  47 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1884 UA  298 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1884 UA  15 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1884 UA  90 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1884 UA  1,371 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1883 NL  4 (5th)
1885 NL  1 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1884 UA  133 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1884 UA  26 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1884 UA  2.4 (7th)

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)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1884 UA  34 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1884 UA  2.65 (4th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1884 UA  .891 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1883 NL  born 1863-12-26 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 15 (1179), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 24 (950), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Pitching - 9 (1013), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Bobby Mitchell (973)
  2. Bill Wise (973)
  3. Billy Campbell (972)
  4. Earl Yingling (968)
  5. Bob Spade (966)
  6. Madison Bumgarner (966)
  7. Jake Thielman (966)
  8. Curry Foley (964)
  9. Rube Vickers (963)
  10. Ernie Koob (963)
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  1. Doc Amole (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Chief Bender (970) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Willie Mitchell (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Barbaro Garbey (965)
  2. Hank Simon (963)
  3. Rufino Linares (961)
  4. Paul Smith (960)
  5. Count Campau (959)
  6. Glenn McQuillen (959)
  7. Mel Mazzera (958)
  8. Chris Dickerson (957)
  9. Dave Pope (956)
  10. Dan Lally (955)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Carl Yastrzemski (962) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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