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Jack Burns

John Irving Burns (Slug)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 31, 1907 in Cambridge, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1930
Teams (by GP): Browns/Tigers 1930-1936

Final Game: September 27, 1936
Died: April 18, 1975 in Brighton, MA
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Brighton, MA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 5:00PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1675. Mike Hershberger… #1676. Rebel Oakes… #1677. Jack Boyle… #1678. JACK BURNS… #1679. Brendan Ryan… #1680. Bob Aspromonte… #1681. John Mabry… 

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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
1930 22 SLB AL 8 36 30 5 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 5 .300 .400 .400 .800 101 12 0 1 /3
1931 23 SLB AL 144 621 570 75 148 27 7 4 70 19 12 42 58 .260 .312 .353 .664 72 201 1 8 *3
1932 24 SLB AL 150 700 617 111 188 33 8 11 70 17 11 61 43 .305 .368 .438 .806 104 270 1 21 *3
1933 25 SLB AL 144 618 556 89 160 43 4 7 71 11 11 56 51 .288 .353 .417 .770 99 232 0 6 *3
1934 26 SLB AL 154 688 612 86 157 28 8 13 73 9 3 62 47 .257 .327 .392 .719 80 240 2 12 *3
1935 27 SLB AL 143 638 549 77 157 28 1 5 67 3 2 68 49 .286 .366 .368 .734 87 202 1 20 *3
1936 28 TOT AL 147 665 572 98 161 37 3 4 64 4 8 82 46 .281 .374 .378 .752 86 216 3 8 *3
1936 28 SLB AL 9 17 14 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .214 .353 .286 .639 58 4 0 0 /3
1936 28 DET AL 138 648 558 96 158 36 3 4 63 4 8 79 45 .283 .375 .380 .755 87 212 3 8 *3
7 Seasons 890 3966 3506 541 980 199 31 44 417 63 47 376 299 .280 .351 .392 .742 88 1373 8 76
162 Game Avg. 162 722 638 98 178 36 6 8 76 11 9 68 54 .280 .351 .392 .742 88 250 1 14
SLB (7 yrs) 752 3318 2948 445 822 163 28 40 354 59 39 297 254 .279 .346 .394 .740 88 1161 5 68
DET (1 yr) 138 648 558 96 158 36 3 4 63 4 8 79 45 .283 .375 .380 .755 87 212 3 8

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
1930 22 SLB AL 36 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ /3
1931 23 SLB AL 621 -27 0 0 0 9 -6 19 -5 -0.3 -14 -1.4 1.1 $ *3
1932 24 SLB AL 700 3 1 0 0 2 -7 20 19 1.9 17 1.6 0.3 $ *3
1933 25 SLB AL 618 0 -1 0 0 -5 -6 19 7 0.7 12 1.2 -0.5 $ *3
1934 26 SLB AL 688 -23 1 0 0 -3 -7 21 -11 -1.0 -8 -0.8 -0.2 $ *3
1935 27 SLB AL 638 -11 -1 0 0 -13 -6 19 -12 -1.1 1 0.1 -1.2 $ *3
1936 28 SLB AL 17 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /3
1936 28 DET AL 648 -9 -2 0 0 -4 -6 19 -2 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $ *3
7 Seasons 3966 -68 -2 0 0 -13 -38 119 -2 0.3 11 1.0 -0.7 $
SLB (7 yrs) 3318 -59 0 0 0 -9 -32 100 0 0.4 9 0.8 -0.4 $
DET (1 yr) 648 -9 -2 0 0 -4 -6 19 -2 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $

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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 Awards
1930 SLB AL 22 1B 8 76 70 6 0 10 1.000 9.50 .989 10.00
1931 SLB AL 23 1B 143 1482 1346 125 11 131 .993 10.29 .991 10.03
1932 SLB AL 24 1B 150 1512 1399 101 12 130 .992 10.00 .989 10.12
1933 SLB AL 25 1B 143 1429 1336 81 12 129 .992 9.91 .989 10.27
1934 SLB AL 26 1B 154 1458 1365 81 12 132 .992 9.39 .991 10.00
1935 SLB AL 27 1B 141 1307 1239 57 11 115 .992 9.19 .992 10.16
1936 TOT AL 28 1B 140 139 139 1390 1308 74 8 129 .994 9.87 .991 9.93
1936 SLB AL 28 1B 2 1 1 29 28 1 0 3 1.000 14.50 .991 9.95
1936 DET AL 28 1B 138 138 138 1361 1280 73 8 126 .994 9.80 .991 9.93
7 Seasons 1B 879 139 139 8654 8063 525 66 776 .992 9.77 .990 10.08
7 Seasons TOT 879 139 139 8654 8063 525 66 776 .992 9.77 .990 10.08
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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1931 AL  1.1 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1934 AL  154 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1932 AL  617 (7th)
1934 AL  612 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1932 AL  700 (5th)
1934 AL  688 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1932 AL  188 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1933 AL  43 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1931 AL  58 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1931 AL  19 (3rd)
1932 AL  17 (5th)
1933 AL  11 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1932 AL  136 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1932 AL  21 (2nd)
1934 AL  12 (8th)
1935 AL  20 (1st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1931 AL  12 (6th)
1932 AL  11 (4th)
1933 AL  11 (4th)
1936 AL  8 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1932 AL  13.4 (4th)
1934 AL  10.6 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1931 AL  442 (4th)
1932 AL  461 (2nd)
1934 AL  470 (1st)

Putouts† s c a p y
1931 AL  1,346 (3rd)
1932 AL  1,399 (2nd)
1933 AL  1,336 (3rd)
1934 AL  1,365 (4th)
1936 AL  1,308 (5th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1931 AL  143 (3rd)
1932 AL  150 (2nd)
1933 AL  143 (4th)
1934 AL  154 (1st)
1936 AL  140 (5th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1931 AL  1,346 (3rd)
1932 AL  1,399 (2nd)
1933 AL  1,336 (3rd)
1934 AL  1,365 (4th)
1936 AL  1,308 (5th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1931 AL  125 (1st)
1932 AL  101 (1st)
1933 AL  81 (2nd)
1934 AL  81 (4th)
1936 AL  74 (5th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1932 AL  12 (5th)
1933 AL  12 (4th)
1934 AL  12 (4th)
1935 AL  11 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1931 AL  10.29 (2nd)
1932 AL  10.00 (4th)
1936 AL  9.87 (4th)
Career  9.77 (80th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1931 AL  .993 (3rd)
1932 AL  .992 (4th)
1933 AL  .992 (5th)
1934 AL  .992 (4th)
1935 AL  .992 (4th)
1936 AL  .994 (2nd)
Career  .992 (98th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 14 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1323), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Al Zarilla (916)
  7. Pat Tabler (916)
  8. Vic Saier (914)
  9. Gene Moore (913)
  10. Nick Etten (913)
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  1. Jack Taylor (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Chris Chambliss (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mickey Vernon (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Chris Chambliss (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Chris Chambliss (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Wally Pipp (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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