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George Burns
George Henry Burns (Tioga George)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 31, 1893 in Niles, OH
High School: Central (Philadelphia, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1914
Final Game: September 26, 1929
Died: January 7, 1978 in Kirkland, WA
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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
1914 21 DET AL 137 544 478 55 139 22 5 5 57 23 13 32 56 .291 .351 .389 .740 119 186 12 22 *3
1915 22 DET AL 105 436 392 49 99 18 3 5 50 9 3 22 51 .253 .301 .352 .653 91 138 5 17 *3
1916 23 DET AL 135 527 479 60 137 22 6 4 73 12 22 30 .286 .327 .382 .709 109 183 7 19 *3
1917 24 DET AL 119 442 407 42 92 14 10 1 40 3 15 33 .226 .264 .317 .581 77 129 6 14 *3
1918 25 PHA AL 130 544 505 61 178 22 9 6 70 8 23 25 .352 .390 .467 .857 157 236 8 8 *3/O
1919 26 PHA AL 126 507 470 63 139 29 9 8 57 15 19 18 .296 .339 .447 .786 119 210 12 6 3O
1920 27 TOT AL 66 132 116 8 29 7 1 1 20 5 0 10 10 .250 .326 .353 .679 78 41 3 3 O3
1920 27 PHA AL 22 68 60 1 14 3 0 1 7 4 0 6 7 .233 .313 .333 .647 71 20 1 1 O
1920 27 CLE AL 44 64 56 7 15 4 1 0 13 1 0 4 3 .268 .339 .375 .714 86 21 2 2 3/O
1921 28 CLE AL 84 265 244 52 88 21 4 0 49 3 1 13 19 .361 .398 .480 .877 121 117 2 6 3
1922 29 BOS AL 147 602 558 71 171 32 5 12 73 8 2 20 28 .306 .341 .446 .787 104 249 9 15 *3 MVP-21
1923 30 BOS AL 146 615 551 91 181 47 5 7 82 9 7 45 33 .328 .386 .470 .856 125 259 7 12 *3 MVP-10
1924 31 CLE AL 129 529 462 64 143 37 5 4 68 14 5 29 27 .310 .370 .437 .807 106 202 15 23 *3
1925 32 CLE AL 127 523 488 69 164 41 4 6 79 16 11 24 24 .336 .371 .473 .844 112 231 3 8 *3 MVP-21
1926 33 CLE AL 151 657 603 97 216 64 3 4 114 13 7 28 33 .358 .394 .494 .889 130 298 8 18 *3 MVP-1
1927 34 CLE AL 140 607 549 84 175 51 2 3 78 13 11 42 27 .319 .375 .435 .810 109 239 7 9 *3
1928 35 TOT AL 86 242 213 30 54 12 1 5 30 2 3 17 12 .254 .326 .390 .716 87 83 6 6 3
1928 35 CLE AL 82 238 209 29 52 12 1 5 30 2 3 17 11 .249 .323 .388 .711 85 81 6 6 3
1928 35 NYY AL 4 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 167 2 0 0 /3
1929 36 TOT AL 38 61 58 5 13 5 0 1 11 1 0 2 7 .224 .250 .362 .612 54 21 0 1 3
1929 36 NYY AL 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1929 36 PHA AL 29 52 49 5 13 5 0 1 11 1 0 2 3 .265 .294 .429 .723 81 21 0 1 3
16 Seasons 1866 7233 6573 901 2018 444 72 72 951 154 63 363 433 .307 .354 .429 .783 113 2822 110 187
162 Game Avg. 162 628 571 78 175 39 6 6 83 13 32 38 .307 .354 .429 .783 113 245 10 16
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
CLE (7 yrs) 757 2883 2611 402 853 230 20 22 431 62 38 157 144 .327 .375 .455 .830 112 1189 43 72
PHA (4 yrs) 307 1171 1084 130 344 59 18 16 145 28 0 50 53 .317 .359 .449 .809 131 487 21 16
DET (4 yrs) 496 1949 1756 206 467 76 24 15 220 47 16 91 170 .266 .313 .362 .675 101 636 30 72
BOS (2 yrs) 293 1217 1109 162 352 79 10 19 155 17 9 65 61 .317 .364 .458 .822 115 508 16 27
NYY (2 yrs) 13 13 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .154 .308 -18 2 0 0

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
1920 27 CLE AL WS BRO W 5 13 10 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 .300 .462 .400 .862 4 0 0 0 0 0
1929 36 PHA AL WS CHC W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 15 12 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .250 .400 .333 .733 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 6 15 12 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .250 .400 .333 .733 4 0 0 0 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
1914 DET AL 21 1B 137 1688 1579 79 30 72 .982 12.10 .985 7.30
1915 DET AL 22 1B 104 1229 1155 57 17 65 .986 11.65 .987 9.61
1916 DET AL 23 1B 124 1431 1355 54 22 71 .985 11.36 .988 8.06
1917 DET AL 24 1B 104 1196 1127 57 12 44 .990 11.38 .989 9.61
1918 PHA AL 25 1B 128 1514 1384 104 26 109 .983 11.63 .986 7.81
1918 PHA AL 25 OF 2 6 5 0 1 0 .833 2.50 .967 2.15 1-0-1
1919 PHA AL 26 1B 86 1009 918 71 20 44 .980 11.50 .988 10.44
1919 PHA AL 26 OF 34 61 53 4 4 2 .934 1.68 .959 2.16 0-0-34
1920 TOT AL 27 OF 14 24 20 3 1 0 .958 1.64 .962 2.16 0-0-14
1920 PHA AL 27 OF 13 24 20 3 1 0 .958 1.77 .962 2.16 0-0-13
1920 CLE AL 27 1B 12 95 84 9 2 1 .979 7.75 .991 10.40
1920 CLE AL 27 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-0-1
1921 CLE AL 28 1B 73 581 534 41 6 40 .990 7.88 .991 10.16
1922 BOS AL 29 1B 140 1526 1412 94 20 103 .987 10.76 .991 7.14 MVP-21
1923 BOS AL 30 1B 146 1593 1485 92 16 103 .990 10.80 .990 6.85 MVP-10
1924 CLE AL 31 1B 127 1355 1227 110 18 85 .987 10.53 .989 7.87
1925 CLE AL 32 1B 126 1291 1195 82 14 94 .989 10.13 .988 7.94 MVP-21
1926 CLE AL 33 1B 151 1617 1499 99 19 122 .988 10.58 .990 6.62 MVP-1
1927 CLE AL 34 1B 139 1479 1362 102 15 111 .990 10.53 .988 7.19
1928 TOT AL 35 1B 55 523 477 38 8 44 .985 9.36 .990 9.90
1928 CLE AL 35 1B 53 516 470 38 8 44 .984 9.58 .990 9.90
1928 NYY AL 35 1B 2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 .986 9.90
1929 PHA AL 36 1B 19 104 99 5 0 9 1.000 5.47 .993 9.74
16 Seasons 1B 1671 18231 16892 1094 245 1117 .987 10.76 .988 8.07
3 Seasons OF 50 91 78 7 6 2 .934 1.70 .960 2.16 1-0-49
16 Seasons TOT 1721 18322 16970 1101 251 1119 .986 10.50 .975 7.90 1-0-49
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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 (199th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1918 AL  .352 (2nd)
1926 AL  .358 (5th)
Career  .307 (131st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1918 AL  .390 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1918 AL  .467 (3rd)
1919 AL  .447 (10th)
1926 AL  .494 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1918 AL  .857 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1918 AL  130 (1st)
1926 AL  151 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1918 AL  505 (2nd)
1926 AL  603 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1926 AL  97 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1918 AL  178 (1st)
1926 AL  216 (1st)
Career  2018 (248th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1918 AL  236 (1st)
1926 AL  298 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
1918 AL  22 (7th)
1923 AL  47 (2nd)
1924 AL  37 (10th)
1925 AL  41 (4th)
1926 AL  64 (1st)
1927 AL  51 (2nd)
Career  444 (94th)

Triples s c a p y
1918 AL  9 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1914 AL  5 (5th)
1915 AL  5 (3rd)
1916 AL  4 (9th)
1918 AL  6 (3rd)
1919 AL  8 (6th)
1922 AL  12 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1916 AL  73 (7th)
1918 AL  70 (2nd)
1926 AL  114 (2nd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1925 AL  16 (7th)
1926 AL  13 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1918 AL  141 (1st)
1926 AL  145 (3rd)
Career  1430 (234th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1918 AL  157 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1918 AL  90 (2nd)
1926 AL  115 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1918 AL  32 (3rd)
1926 AL  27 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1918 AL  3.6 (3rd)
1926 AL  2.6 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1918 AL  37 (4th)
1919 AL  46 (10th)
1923 AL  59 (7th)
1926 AL  71 (4th)
1927 AL  56 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1918 AL  209 (3rd)
1926 AL  252 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1918 AL  .794 (3rd)
1926 AL  .699 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1914 AL  12 (1st)
1916 AL  7 (7th)
1917 AL  6 (10th)
1918 AL  8 (1st)
1919 AL  12 (1st)
1922 AL  9 (5th)
1923 AL  7 (10th)
1924 AL  15 (2nd)
1926 AL  8 (3rd)
1927 AL  7 (6th)
1928 AL  6 (5th)
Career  110 (51st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
Career  187 (95th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1927 AL  11 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1914 AL  8.2 (5th)
1918 AL  6.9 (4th)
1919 AL  10.4 (5th)
1922 AL  9.6 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1919 AL  26.1 (8th)
Career  15.2 (242nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1914 AL  95.6 (6th)
1915 AL  78.4 (3rd)
1918 AL  84.2 (5th)
1919 AL  58.8 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (246), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 83 (281), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 64 (296), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (533), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Gee Walker (891)
  2. Phil Cavarretta (882)
  3. Bing Miller (882)
  4. Bobby Veach (879)
  5. Harry Davis (876)
  6. Wally Pipp (873)
  7. Dixie Walker (872)
  8. Sam West (871)
  9. Hal Chase (870)
  10. George Kell (870) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Jim Spencer (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ed Konetchy (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ed Konetchy (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mickey Vernon (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Chris Chambliss (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Burns (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mickey Vernon (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mickey Vernon (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Judge (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Joe Judge (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Joe Judge (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mark Grace (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Mark Grace (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Joe Judge (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Mickey Vernon (890)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

March 8, 1918: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Detroit Tigers.

March 8, 1918: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Philadelphia Athletics for Ping Bodie.

May 29, 1920: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Philadelphia Athletics.

December 24, 1921: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Joe Harris and Elmer Smith to the Boston Red Sox for Stuffy McInnis.

January 7, 1924: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Chick Fewster and Roxy Walters to the Cleveland Indians for Dan Boone, Joe Connolly, Steve O'Neill and Bill Wambsganss.

September 17, 1928: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Cleveland Indians.

June 19, 1929: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the New York Yankees.

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