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Jack Burns
John Irving Burns (Slug)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 31, 1907 in Cambridge, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1930
Final Game: September 27, 1936
Died: April 18, 1975 in Brighton, MA
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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 144 631 580 75 148 27 7 4 70 19 12 42 58 .255 .307 .347 .653 69 201 1 8 *3
1932 24 SLB AL 150 700 617 111 188 33 8 11 70 17 11 61 43 .305 .368 .438 .806 103 270 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 79 240 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 3976 3516 541 980 199 31 44 417 63 47 376 299 .279 .350 .391 .740 87 1373 8 76
162 Game Avg. 162 724 640 98 178 36 6 8 76 11 9 68 54 .279 .350 .391 .740 87 250 1 14
SLB (7 yrs) 752 3328 2958 445 822 163 28 40 354 59 39 297 254 .278 .345 .392 .737 87 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

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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 Awards
1930 SLB AL 22 1B 8 76 70 6 0 10 1.000 9.50 .989 9.52
1931 SLB AL 23 1B 143 1482 1346 125 11 131 .993 10.29 .991 6.99
1932 SLB AL 24 1B 150 1512 1399 101 12 130 .992 10.00 .989 6.67
1933 SLB AL 25 1B 143 1429 1336 81 12 129 .992 9.91 .989 6.99
1934 SLB AL 26 1B 154 1458 1365 81 12 132 .992 9.39 .991 6.49
1935 SLB AL 27 1B 141 1307 1239 57 11 115 .992 9.19 .992 7.09
1936 TOT AL 28 1B 140 1390 1308 74 8 129 .994 9.87 .991 7.28
1936 SLB AL 28 1B 2 29 28 1 0 3 1.000 14.50 .990 9.75
1936 DET AL 28 1B 138 1361 1280 73 8 126 .994 9.80 .991 7.25
7 Seasons 1B 879 8654 8063 525 66 776 .992 9.77 .990 6.93
7 Seasons TOT 879 8654 8063 525 66 776 .992 9.77 .983 6.93

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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--452--3rd
1932 AL--461--2nd
1934 AL--470--1st

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (984), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 14 (1201), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1284), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1930), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Dick Siebert (935)
  2. Doug Mientkiewicz (924)
  3. Dee Fondy (923)
  4. Eddie Waitkus (921)
  5. Phil Todt (919)
  6. Pat Tabler (917)
  7. Al Zarilla (917)
  8. Vic Saier (914)
  9. Gene Moore (914)
  10. Nick Etten (913)
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  1. Jack Taylor (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Tommy Tucker (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mickey Vernon (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Chris Chambliss (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. George Burns (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Wally Pipp (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

April 30, 1936: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Detroit Tigers for Chief Hogsett.

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