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George Burns

George Joseph Burns

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: November 24, 1889 in Utica, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1911
Final Game: September 4, 1925
Died: August 15, 1966 in Gloversville, NY
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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
1911 21 NYG NL 6 19 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .059 .111 .059 .170 -53 1 0 1 /O
1912 22 NYG NL 29 60 51 11 15 4 0 0 3 7 8 8 .294 .400 .373 .773 109 19 1 0 O
1913 23 NYG NL 150 676 605 81 173 37 4 2 54 40 58 74 .286 .352 .370 .723 105 224 4 9 *O MVP-24
1914 24 NYG NL 154 669 561 100 170 35 10 3 60 62 89 53 .303 .403 .417 .820 147 234 5 14 *O MVP-4
1915 25 NYG NL 155 688 622 83 169 27 14 3 51 27 20 56 57 .272 .333 .375 .707 120 233 1 9 *O
1916 26 NYG NL 155 696 623 105 174 24 8 5 41 37 26 63 47 .279 .346 .368 .714 124 229 1 9 *O
1917 27 NYG NL 152 678 597 103 180 25 13 5 45 40 75 55 .302 .380 .412 .792 146 246 1 5 *O
1918 28 NYG NL 119 522 465 80 135 22 6 4 51 40 43 37 .290 .354 .389 .743 128 181 3 11 *O
1919 29 NYG NL 139 624 534 86 162 30 9 2 46 40 82 37 .303 .396 .404 .801 142 216 0 8 *O
1920 30 NYG NL 154 714 631 115 181 35 9 6 46 22 22 76 48 .287 .365 .399 .765 120 252 2 5 *
1921 31 NYG NL 149 698 605 111 181 28 9 4 61 19 20 80 24 .299 .386 .395 .781 106 239 6 7 */5
1922 32 CIN NL 156 723 631 104 180 20 10 1 53 30 23 78 38 .285 .366 .353 .719 88 223 2 12 *
1923 33 CIN NL 154 724 614 99 168 27 13 3 45 12 14 101 46 .274 .376 .375 .751 100 230 0 9 *
1924 34 CIN NL 93 371 336 43 86 19 2 2 33 3 6 29 21 .256 .315 .342 .657 77 115 0 6
1925 35 PHI NL 88 389 349 65 102 29 1 1 22 4 8 33 20 .292 .353 .390 .743 84 136 0 7
15 Seasons 1853 8251 7241 1188 2077 362 108 41 611 383 139 872 565 .287 .366 .384 .749 114 2778 26 112
162 Game Avg. 162 721 633 104 182 32 9 4 53 33 76 49 .287 .366 .384 .749 114 243 2 10
NYG (11 yrs) 1362 6044 5311 877 1541 267 82 34 458 334 88 631 440 .290 .368 .391 .759 125 2074 24 78
CIN (3 yrs) 403 1818 1581 246 434 66 25 6 131 45 43 208 105 .275 .360 .359 .719 90 568 2 27
PHI (1 yr) 88 389 349 65 102 29 1 1 22 4 8 33 20 .292 .353 .390 .743 84 136 0 7

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1913 23 NYG NL WS PHA L 5 20 19 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 .158 .200 .263 .463 5 1 0 0 0 0
1917 27 NYG NL WS CHW L 6 25 22 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 6 .227 .320 .227 .547 5 2 0 0 0 0
1921 31 NYG NL WS NYY W 8 37 33 2 11 4 1 0 2 1 1 3 5 .333 .389 .515 .904 17 0 0 1 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 19 82 74 7 19 6 1 0 6 3 1 7 16 .257 .321 .365 .686 27 3 0 1 0 0
3 WS 19 82 74 7 19 6 1 0 6 3 1 7 16 .257 .321 .365 .686 27 3 0 1 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1911 NYG NL 21 OF 6 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 .957 2.07 1-4-1
1912 NYG NL 22 OF 23 27 24 3 0 1 1.000 1.17 .956 2.16 13-5-5
1913 NYG NL 23 OF 150 356 321 22 13 1 .963 2.29 .960 2.08 119-0-32 MVP-24
1914 NYG NL 24 OF 154 363 326 19 18 5 .950 2.24 .957 1.97 102-0-54 MVP-4
1915 NYG NL 25 OF 155 303 278 13 12 4 .960 1.88 .959 2.01 140-0-15
1916 NYG NL 26 OF 155 320 289 19 12 3 .963 1.99 .967 2.00 155-0-0
1917 NYG NL 27 OF 152 350 325 16 9 4 .974 2.24 .963 2.08 152-0-0
1918 NYG NL 28 OF 119 313 292 10 11 1 .965 2.54 .962 2.13 119-0-0
1919 NYG NL 29 OF 139 308 290 15 3 4 .990 2.19 .963 2.18 139-0-0
1920 NYG NL 30 OF 154 353 336 11 6 5 .983 2.25 .963 2.21 154-1-0
1921 NYG NL 31 OF 149 387 360 16 11 2 .972 2.52 .965 2.24 90-59-0
1921 NYG NL 31 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 3.00
1922 CIN NL 32 OF 156 416 386 20 10 3 .976 2.60 .962 2.26 0-109-47
1923 CIN NL 33 OF 154 352 327 11 14 3 .960 2.19 .964 2.28 0-3-151
1924 CIN NL 34 OF 90 188 168 13 7 4 .963 2.01 .965 2.24 12-1-79
1925 PHI NL 35 OF 88 200 189 9 2 2 .990 2.25 .966 2.33 66-4-22
15 Seasons OF 1844 4243 3918 197 128 42 .970 2.23 .962 2.15 1262-186-406
1 Season 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 3.00
15 Seasons TOT 1845 4244 3918 198 128 42 .970 2.23 .932 2.15 1262-186-406

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 1.5%)
1938 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1939 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1949 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1950 BBWAA ( 1.2%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1913 NL (24, 3%)
1914 NL (4, 48%)
0.51 Career Shares (423rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1914 NL  .303 (8th)
1917 NL  .302 (6th)
1918 NL  .290 (10th)
1919 NL  .303 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1914 NL  .403 (2nd)
1917 NL  .380 (3rd)
1919 NL  .396 (1st)
1920 NL  .365 (10th)
1921 NL  .386 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1914 NL  .417 (9th)
1917 NL  .412 (5th)
1918 NL  .389 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1914 NL  .820 (6th)
1917 NL  .792 (5th)
1919 NL  .801 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1913 NL  150 (8th)
1914 NL  154 (4th)
1915 NL  155 (7th)
1916 NL  155 (3rd)
1917 NL  152 (7th)
1919 NL  139 (4th)
1920 NL  154 (4th)
1922 NL  156 (1st)
1923 NL  154 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1913 NL  605 (2nd)
1914 NL  561 (10th)
1915 NL  622 (1st)
1916 NL  623 (1st)
1917 NL  597 (3rd)
1919 NL  534 (5th)
1920 NL  631 (4th)
1921 NL  605 (9th)
1922 NL  631 (3rd)
1923 NL  614 (5th)
Career  7241 (218th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1913 NL  676 (2nd)
1914 NL  669 (2nd)
1915 NL  688 (1st)
1916 NL  696 (1st)
1917 NL  678 (2nd)
1919 NL  624 (2nd)
1920 NL  714 (1st)
1921 NL  698 (2nd)
1922 NL  723 (4th)
1923 NL  724 (1st)
Career  8251 (209th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1913 NL  81 (10th)
1914 NL  100 (1st)
1915 NL  83 (4th)
1916 NL  105 (1st)
1917 NL  103 (1st)
1918 NL  80 (2nd)
1919 NL  86 (1st)
1920 NL  115 (1st)
1921 NL  111 (5th)
1922 NL  104 (10th)
1923 NL  99 (8th)
Career  1188 (172nd)

Hits s c a p y
1913 NL  173 (3rd)
1914 NL  170 (2nd)
1915 NL  169 (5th)
1916 NL  174 (5th)
1917 NL  180 (2nd)
1918 NL  135 (9th)
1919 NL  162 (3rd)
1920 NL  181 (9th)
Career  2077 (224th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1914 NL  234 (5th)
1915 NL  233 (6th)
1916 NL  229 (5th)
1917 NL  246 (2nd)
1918 NL  181 (7th)
1919 NL  216 (5th)
1920 NL  252 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1913 NL  37 (2nd)
1914 NL  35 (3rd)
1917 NL  25 (8th)
1918 NL  22 (9th)
1919 NL  30 (2nd)
1920 NL  35 (5th)
Career  362 (226th)

Triples s c a p y
1914 NL  10 (8th)
1915 NL  14 (4th)
1917 NL  13 (6th)
1923 NL  13 (7th)
Career  108 (129th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1917 NL  5 (7th)
1918 NL  4 (8th)
1920 NL  6 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1914 NL  89 (3rd)
1915 NL  56 (10th)
1916 NL  63 (6th)
1917 NL  75 (1st)
1919 NL  82 (1st)
1920 NL  76 (1st)
1921 NL  80 (1st)
1922 NL  78 (4th)
1923 NL  101 (1st)
Career  872 (174th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1913 NL  74 (1st)
1920 NL  48 (9th)
1923 NL  46 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1913 NL  40 (4th)
1914 NL  62 (1st)
1915 NL  27 (6th)
1916 NL  37 (4th)
1917 NL  40 (2nd)
1918 NL  40 (2nd)
1919 NL  40 (1st)
1920 NL  22 (8th)
1922 NL  30 (3rd)
Career  383 (78th)

Singles s c a p y
1913 NL  130 (4th)
1914 NL  122 (7th)
1915 NL  125 (8th)
1916 NL  137 (3rd)
1917 NL  137 (5th)
1919 NL  121 (8th)
1922 NL  149 (9th)
Career  1566 (162nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1914 NL  147 (4th)
1917 NL  146 (5th)
1919 NL  142 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1913 NL  78 (9th)
1914 NL  93 (3rd)
1915 NL  75 (7th)
1916 NL  77 (6th)
1917 NL  93 (2nd)
1918 NL  63 (7th)
1919 NL  86 (1st)
1920 NL  88 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1914 NL  38 (3rd)
1917 NL  35 (3rd)
1918 NL  17 (10th)
1919 NL  32 (2nd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1914 NL  4.2 (3rd)
1917 NL  4.0 (3rd)
1918 NL  1.9 (10th)
1919 NL  3.6 (1st)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1914 NL  48 (5th)
1915 NL  44 (10th)
1917 NL  43 (5th)
1918 NL  32 (8th)
1919 NL  41 (3rd)
1920 NL  50 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1913 NL  235 (2nd)
1914 NL  264 (1st)
1915 NL  226 (4th)
1916 NL  238 (1st)
1917 NL  256 (2nd)
1918 NL  181 (9th)
1919 NL  244 (1st)
1920 NL  259 (3rd)
1921 NL  267 (2nd)
1922 NL  260 (9th)
1923 NL  269 (3rd)
Career  2975 (194th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1914 NL  .736 (7th)
1917 NL  .742 (4th)
1918 NL  .665 (10th)
1919 NL  .729 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1921 NL  6 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1915 NL  20 (5th)
1916 NL  26 (2nd)
1920 NL  22 (4th)
1921 NL  20 (3rd)
1922 NL  23 (3rd)
1923 NL  14 (10th)
Career  139 (31st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1917 NL  8.9 (4th)
1918 NL  7.3 (5th)
1920 NL  9.4 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1918 NL  116.3 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1913 NL  441 (7th)
1915 NL  482 (2nd)
1916 NL  484 (2nd)
1919 NL  380 (9th)
1920 NL  477 (5th)
1921 NL  451 (8th)
1922 NL  486 (2nd)
1923 NL  469 (2nd)
Career  5415 (239th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 33 (51), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 165 (66), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 54 (351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (391), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  9. Max Carey (941) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

September, 1911: Purchased by the New York Giants from Utica (New York State).

December 6, 1921: Traded by the New York Giants with Mike Gonzalez and $150,000 to the Cincinnati Reds for Heinie Groh.

April 2, 1925: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Cincinnati Reds.

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