George Burns

George Henry Burns (Tioga George)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 31, 1893 in Niles, OH
High School: Central HS (Philadelphia, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1914
Teams (by GP): Indians/Tigers/Athletics/RedSox/Yankees 1914-1929

Final Game: September 29, 1929
Died: January 7, 1978 in Kirkland, WA
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Seattle, WA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards
1914	DET	AL	21	1B	137				1688	1579	79	30	72	.982		12.10	.985		10.57
1915	DET	AL	22	1B	104				1229	1155	57	17	65	.986		11.65	.987		10.78
1916	DET	AL	23	1B	124				1431	1355	54	22	71	.985		11.36	.988		10.99
1917	DET	AL	24	1B	104				1196	1127	57	12	44	.990		11.38	.989		11.07
1918	PHA	AL	25	1B	128	129	127		1514	1384	104	26	112	.983		11.63	.986		11.14
1918	PHA	AL	25	OF	2	1	1		6	5	0	1	0	.833		2.50	.962		2.25	1-0-1
1918	PHA	AL	25	LF	1	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.960		2.20
1918	PHA	AL	25	RF	1	0	0		4	3	0	1	0	.750		3.00	.955		2.00
1919	PHA	AL	26	1B	86	86	86		1009	918	71	20	49	.980		11.50	.988		10.68
1919	PHA	AL	26	OF	34	33	33		61	53	4	4	0	.934		1.68	.958		2.26
1919	PHA	AL	26	RF	34	33	33		61	53	4	4	0	.934		1.68	.951		1.94
1920	TOT	AL	27	OF	14	13	13		24	20	3	1	0	.958		1.64	.962		2.24
1920	PHA	AL	27	OF	13	13	13		24	20	3	1	0	.958		1.77	.962		2.25
1920	PHA	AL	27	RF	13	13	13		24	20	3	1	0	.958		1.77	.958		1.91
1920	CLE	AL	27	1B	12	8	5		95	84	9	2	9	.979		7.75	.990		10.82
1920	CLE	AL	27	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.20
1921	CLE	AL	28	1B	73	52	38		581	534	41	6	43	.990		7.88	.991		10.63
1922	BOS	AL	29	1B	140	137	132		1526	1412	94	20	112	.987		10.76	.991		10.80		MVP-21
1923	BOS	AL	30	1B	146	146	136		1593	1485	92	16	103	.990		10.80	.990		10.59		MVP-10
1924	CLE	AL	31	1B	127	125	119		1355	1227	110	18	85	.987		10.53	.989		10.49
1925	CLE	AL	32	1B	126	121	111		1291	1195	82	14	94	.989		10.13	.988		10.46		MVP-21
1926	CLE	AL	33	1B	151	151	143		1617	1499	99	19	122	.988		10.58	.990		10.77		MVP-1
1927	CLE	AL	34	1B	139	138	136		1479	1362	102	15	111	.990		10.53	.988		10.71
1928	TOT	AL	35	1B	55	46	42		523	477	38	8	44	.985		9.36	.990		10.42
1928	CLE	AL	35	1B	53	46	42		516	470	38	8	44	.984		9.58	.990		10.42
1928	NYY	AL	35	1B	2	0	0		7	7	0	0	0	1.000		3.50	.990		10.40
1929	PHA	AL	36	1B	19	9	9		104	99	5	0	9	1.000		5.47	.993		10.22
	16 Seasons			1B	1671	1148	1084		18231	16892	1094	245	1145	.987		10.76	.988		10.73
	3 Seasons			OF	50	47	47		91	78	7	6	0	.934		1.70	.959		2.25	2-0-49
	3 Seasons (incomplete)			RF	48	46	46		89	76	7	6	0	.933		1.73	.953		1.93
	1 Season (incomplete)			LF	1	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.960		2.20
	16 Seasons			TOT	1721	1195	1131		18322	16970	1101	251	1145	.986		10.50	.988		10.48	2-0-49
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1914	DET	AL	21	137		137		0	0	137	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1915	DET	AL	22	105		105		0	0	104	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1916	DET	AL	23	135		135		0	0	124	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1917	DET	AL	24	119		119		0	0	104	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1918	PHA	AL	25	130		130		0	0	128	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0
1919	PHA	AL	26	127	119	127	121	0	0	87	0	0	0	0	0	34	34	0	6	0
1920	CLE	AL	27	44	8	44	13	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0
1920	PHA	AL	27	22	13	22	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	13	0	9	0
1921	CLE	AL	28	85	52	85	73	0	0	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1922	BOS	AL	29	147	137	147	140	0	0	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1923	BOS	AL	30	146	146	146	146	0	0	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1924	CLE	AL	31	129	125	129	127	0	0	127	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1925	CLE	AL	32	127	121	127	126	0	0	126	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1926	CLE	AL	33	151	151	151	151	0	0	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1927	CLE	AL	34	140	138	140	139	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1928	CLE	AL	35	82	46	82	52	0	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0
1928	NYY	AL	35	4	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1929	PHA	AL	36	28	9	28	19	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1929	NYY	AL	36	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	16 Seasons			1867	1065	1867	1122	0	0	1672	0	0	0	1	0	48	49	0	120	0
Lg				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award) 1926 AL MVP	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1922 AL (21, 3%) 1923 AL (10, 12%) 1925 AL (21, 6%) 1926 AL (1, 98%) 1 MVP 1.19 Career Shares (203rd)	Putouts† s c a p y 1914 AL 1,579 (1st) 1915 AL 1,155 (3rd) 1916 AL 1,355 (5th) 1918 AL 1,389 (1st) 1922 AL 1,412 (4th) 1923 AL 1,485 (2nd) 1925 AL 1,195 (5th) 1926 AL 1,499 (3rd) 1927 AL 1,362 (4th) Career 16,970 (29th)	Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1914 AL 137 (3rd) 1915 AL 104 (5th) 1918 AL 128 (2nd) 1923 AL 146 (2nd) 1925 AL 126 (5th) 1926 AL 151 (3rd) 1927 AL 139 (3rd) Career 1,671 (43rd)
Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1914 AL 1,579 (1st) 1915 AL 1,155 (3rd) 1916 AL 1,355 (5th) 1918 AL 1,384 (1st) 1922 AL 1,412 (4th) 1923 AL 1,485 (2nd) 1925 AL 1,195 (5th) 1926 AL 1,499 (3rd) 1927 AL 1,362 (4th) Career 16,892 (29th)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 1914 AL 79 (3rd) 1915 AL 57 (5th) 1918 AL 104 (1st) 1922 AL 94 (5th) 1923 AL 92 (3rd) 1924 AL 110 (2nd) 1925 AL 82 (5th) 1926 AL 99 (2nd) 1927 AL 102 (3rd) Career 1,094 (36th)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1914 AL 30 (1st) 1915 AL 17 (2nd) 1916 AL 22 (2nd) 1917 AL 12 (5th) 1918 AL 26 (1st) 1919 AL 20 (2nd) 1922 AL 20 (1st) 1923 AL 16 (1st) 1924 AL 18 (2nd) 1925 AL 14 (5th) 1926 AL 19 (3rd) 1927 AL 15 (3rd) Career 245 (18th)	Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1914 AL 12.10 (1st) 1915 AL 11.65 (1st) 1916 AL 11.36 (2nd) 1917 AL 11.38 (3rd) 1918 AL 11.63 (3rd) 1919 AL 11.50 (1st) 1922 AL 10.76 (4th) 1923 AL 10.80 (2nd) 1924 AL 10.53 (4th) 1925 AL 10.13 (5th) 1926 AL 10.58 (3rd) 1927 AL 10.53 (4th) Career 10.76 (12th)
Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1915 AL .986 (5th) 1917 AL .990 (4th) 1925 AL .989 (3rd) 1927 AL .990 (5th)

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