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Oyster Burns

Thomas P. Burns

Positions: Rightfielder, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 183 lb.

Born: September 6, 1864 in Philadelphia, PA(All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1884
Teams (by GP): Grooms/Orioles/Bridegrooms/Giants/Quicksteps 1884-1895

Final Game: September 16, 1895
Died: November 11, 1928 in Brooklyn, NY
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ
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Standard Batting

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
1884 19 TOT MLB 37 149 138 34 40 2 7 6 23 8 .290 .342 .536 .879 178 74 3 O4/165
1884 19 WIL UA 2 8 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 .143 .250 .429 .679 121 3 0 /6
1884 19 BAL AA 35 141 131 34 39 2 6 6 23 7 .298 .348 .542 .890 181 71 3 O4/15
1885 20 BAL AA 78 343 321 47 74 11 6 5 37 16 .231 .280 .349 .629 99 112 6 O16/453
1887 22 BAL AA 140 619 551 122 188 33 19 9 99 58 63 .341 .414 .519 .933 164 286 5 *65/14
1888 23 TOT AA 131 571 529 94 155 27 15 6 67 44 38 .293 .345 .435 .780 152 230 4 O6/145
1888 23 BAL AA 79 350 325 54 97 18 9 4 42 23 24 .298 .349 .446 .795 158 145 1 O6/154
1888 23 BRO AA 52 221 204 40 58 9 6 2 25 21 14 .284 .339 .417 .756 142 85 3 6O/4
1889 24 BRO AA 131 576 504 105 153 19 13 5 100 32 68 26 .304 .391 .423 .813 137 213 4 *O6
1890 25 BRO NL 119 527 472 102 134 22 12 13 128 21 51 42 .284 .359 .464 .823 138 219 4 *O/5
1891 26 BRO NL 123 523 470 75 134 24 13 4 83 21 53 30 .285 .358 .417 .775 128 196 0 *O/65
1892 27 BRO NL 141 613 542 88 171 27 18 4 96 33 65 42 .315 .395 .454 .849 159 246 6 *O/56
1893 28 BRO NL 109 455 415 68 112 22 8 7 60 14 36 16 .270 .334 .412 .746 102 171 4 *O/6
1894 29 BRO NL 126 569 513 107 182 32 14 5 109 30 44 18 .355 .409 .501 .910 126 257 3 9 *O
1895 30 TOT NL 53 215 190 28 49 5 4 1 32 10 22 8 .258 .341 .342 .683 80 65 2 1 O/3
1895 30 BRO NL 20 85 76 7 14 0 1 0 7 0 8 2 .184 .271 .211 .481 29 16 1 0 O
1895 30 NYG NL 33 130 114 21 35 5 3 1 25 10 14 6 .307 .388 .430 .817 112 49 1 1 O/3
11 Yrs 1188 5160 4645 870 1392 224 129 65 834 263 464 182 .300 .368 .445 .814 135 2069 41 10
162 Game Avg. 162 704 633 119 190 31 18 9 114 63 .300 .368 .445 .814 135 282 6
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
BRO (8 yrs) 821 3569 3196 592 958 155 85 40 608 172 339 176 .300 .371 .439 .810 130 1403 25 9
BAL (4 yrs) 332 1453 1328 257 398 64 40 24 201 81 110 .300 .360 .462 .822 149 614 15
NYG (1 yr) 33 130 114 21 35 5 3 1 25 10 14 6 .307 .388 .430 .817 112 49 1 1
WIL (1 yr) 2 8 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 .143 .250 .429 .679 121 3 0
NL (6 yrs) 671 2902 2602 468 782 132 69 34 508 129 271 156 .301 .371 .444 .814 127 1154 19 10
AA (5 yrs) 515 2250 2036 402 609 92 59 31 326 134 192 26 .299 .366 .448 .814 146 912 22
UA (1 yr) 2 8 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 .143 .250 .429 .679 121 3 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1884 19 WIL UA 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .509 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /6
1884 19 BAL AA 35 141 11 0 0 -4 -1 6 0.5 2 9 0.8 .517 .504 1.2 -0.5 13 $ O4/15
1885 20 BAL AA 78 343 -0 0 0 -3 1 -2 -0.2 5 3 0.4 .497 .499 0.6 -0.4 6 $ O16/453
1887 22 BAL AA 140 619 54 2 0 -16 9 48 3.7 10 58 4.7 .526 .522 5.9 -0.5 74 $ *65/14
1888 23 BAL AA 79 350 20 -0 0 -4 -1 16 1.4 6 21 2.0 .518 .509 2.3 -0.5 25 $ O6/154
1888 23 BRO AA 52 221 10 1 0 -2 2 10 0.9 4 14 1.3 .518 .506 1.4 -0.0 16 $ 6O/4
1889 24 BRO AA 131 576 33 -2 0 0 -6 25 2.0 9 34 2.9 .515 .512 2.9 -0.4 34 $ *O6
1890 25 BRO NL 119 527 21 -2 0 -2 -7 10 0.6 16 26 2.2 .508 .506 2.6 -1.0 28 $ *O/5
1891 26 BRO NL 123 523 18 -1 0 0 -6 10 0.7 16 26 2.3 .507 .506 2.5 -0.7 26 $ *O/65
1892 27 BRO NL 141 613 40 -1 0 -4 -7 28 2.5 19 47 4.4 .518 .516 4.8 -1.1 51 $ *O/56
1893 28 BRO NL 109 455 -0 -1 0 0 -6 -8 -0.7 13 5 0.7 .495 .496 0.7 -0.5 5 $ *O/6
1894 29 BRO NL 126 569 27 -1 0 -1 -8 17 1.1 17 34 2.9 .510 .507 3.0 -0.6 35 $ *O
1895 30 BRO NL 20 85 -8 0 0 0 -1 -9 -0.7 2 -6 -0.4 .466 .496 -0.4 -0.1 -6 $ O
1895 30 NYG NL 33 130 3 0 0 -4 -2 -3 -0.2 4 1 0.2 .493 .499 0.5 -0.5 5 $ O/3
11 Seasons 1188 5160 228 -5 0 -40 -33 150 11.5 123 273 24.4 .511 .506 28.0 -6.9 313 $
BRO (8 yrs) 821 3569 140 -7 0 -9 -39 84 6.4 96 180 16.3 .509 .506 17.5 -4.5 189 $
BAL (4 yrs) 332 1453 85 1 0 -27 9 68 5.3 24 92 7.9 .516 .508 10.0 -2.0 119 $
NYG (1 yr) 33 130 3 0 0 -4 -2 -3 -0.2 4 1 0.2 .493 .499 0.5 -0.5 5 $
WIL (1 yr) 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .509 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1884 19 TOT MLB 149 98 25 6.7 70 .258 .290 .249 .342 .287 .536 .338 .879 .625 178 .791 11.4 1.3 .246
1884 19 WIL UA 8 6 1 4.3 65 .143 .143 .252 .250 .280 .429 .327 .679 .606 121 .625 0.2 0.0 .286
1884 19 BAL AA 141 92 24 6.8 71 .264 .298 .249 .348 .288 .542 .339 .890 .626 181 .797 11.2 1.3 .244
1885 20 BAL AA 343 247 30 3.2 72 .218 .231 .250 .280 .296 .349 .336 .629 .632 99 .474 -0.7 -0.1 .118
1887 22 BAL AA 619 363 117 8.4 92 .330 .341 .272 .414 .336 .519 .367 .933 .703 164 .763 47.9 4.7 1.135 .397 .178 15.6
1888 23 TOT AA 571 374 78 5.5 69 .285 .293 .241 .345 .299 .435 .319 .780 .617 152 .727 29.2 3.4 .845 .297 .142 10.6
1888 23 BAL AA 350 228 50 5.8 68 .290 .298 .240 .349 .297 .446 .317 .795 .614 158 .746 20.0 2.3 .846 .292 .148 6.8
1888 23 BRO AA 221 146 28 5.1 70 .277 .284 .243 .339 .301 .417 .321 .756 .622 142 .696 9.2 1.1 .842 .304 .132 3.7
1889 24 BRO AA 576 351 82 6.1 87 .313 .304 .261 .391 .332 .423 .354 .813 .685 137 .671 26.0 2.6 .903 .317 .119 8.6
1890 25 BRO NL 527 338 77 6.0 89 .290 .284 .260 .359 .337 .464 .352 .823 .690 138 .684 21.0 2.2 .873 .333 .180 16.1
1891 26 BRO NL 523 336 70 5.5 86 .298 .285 .256 .358 .330 .417 .349 .775 .679 128 .649 16.2 1.7 .804 .289 .132 6.7
1892 27 BRO NL 613 371 96 6.8 79 .337 .315 .248 .395 .321 .454 .332 .849 .654 159 .757 39.4 4.2 .943 .319 .138 7.1
1893 28 BRO NL 455 303 56 4.9 102 .268 .270 .280 .334 .357 .412 .381 .746 .738 102 .499 -0.4 -0.0 .743 .263 .142 9.3
1894 29 BRO NL 569 340 104 7.9 119 .361 .355 .305 .409 .375 .501 .430 .910 .805 126 .627 22.3 1.9 1.009 .290 .146 8.6
1895 30 TOT NL 215 142 23 4.2 108 .265 .258 .296 .341 .362 .342 .401 .683 .763 80 .407 -5.4 -0.5 .702 .253 .084 1.8
1895 30 BRO NL 85 62 4 1.7 105 .189 .184 .292 .271 .357 .211 .394 .481 .751 29 .113 -7.7 -0.7 .403 .132 .026
1895 30 NYG NL 130 80 19 6.2 110 .318 .307 .300 .388 .366 .430 .405 .817 .771 112 .580 2.3 0.2 .937 .333 .123 1.8
11 Yrs 5160 3263 758 6.1 89 .302 .300 .265 .368 .332 .445 .359 .814 .691 135 .663 206.7 21.3 .872 .302 .146 104.2
162 Game Avg. 704 445 103 6.1 89 .302 .300 .265 .368 .332 .445 .359 .814 .691 135 .663 28 3 .872 .302 .146 14
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BRO (8 yrs) 3569 2247 517 6.0 92 .308 .300 .267 .371 .339 .439 .364 .810 .703 130 .645 125.9 12.9 .866 .299 .139 64.9
BAL (4 yrs) 1453 930 221 6.2 79 .287 .300 .257 .360 .312 .462 .345 .822 .657 149 .714 78.4 8.1 .651 .236 .163 41.4
NYG (1 yr) 130 80 19 6.2 110 .318 .307 .300 .388 .366 .430 .405 .817 .771 112 .580 2.3 0.2 .937 .333 .123 1.8
WIL (1 yr) 8 6 1 4.3 65 .143 .143 .252 .250 .280 .429 .327 .679 .606 121 .625 0.2 0.0 .286
NL (6 yrs) 2902 1830 426 6.1 96 .310 .301 .272 .371 .345 .444 .371 .814 .716 127 .635 93.0 9.5 .864 .297 .143 53.8
AA (5 yrs) 2250 1427 331 6.1 81 .292 .299 .256 .366 .316 .448 .345 .814 .661 146 .701 113.6 11.8 .732 .263 .149 53.9
UA (1 yr) 8 6 1 4.3 65 .143 .143 .252 .250 .280 .429 .327 .679 .606 121 .625 0.2 0.0 .286

Postseason Batting

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
1889 24 BRO AA WS NYG L 0 40 35 8 8 3 0 2 11 0 5 6 .229 .325 .486 .811 17 0
1890 25 BRO NL WS LOU T 0 30 27 6 6 2 0 1 5 0 3 4 .222 .300 .407 .707 11 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 70 62 14 14 5 0 3 16 0 8 10 .226 .314 .452 .766 28 0
2 WS 0 70 62 14 14 5 0 3 16 0 8 10 .226 .314 .452 .766 28 0

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1884 19 37 149 138 34 40 2 7 6 23 8 .290 .342 .536 .879 178 74 3
1885 20 115 492 459 81 114 13 13 11 60 24 .248 .299 .405 .704 122 186 9
1886 21 115 492 459 81 114 13 13 11 60 24 .248 .299 .405 .704 122 186 9
1887 22 255 1111 1010 203 302 46 32 20 159 58 87 .299 .363 .467 .830 147 472 14
1888 23 386 1682 1539 297 457 73 47 26 226 102 125 .297 .357 .456 .813 148 702 18
1889 24 517 2258 2043 402 610 92 60 31 326 134 193 26 .299 .365 .448 .813 146 915 22
1890 25 636 2785 2515 504 744 114 72 44 454 155 244 68 .296 .364 .451 .815 144 1134 26
1891 26 759 3308 2985 579 878 138 85 48 537 176 297 98 .294 .363 .446 .809 142 1330 26
1892 27 900 3921 3527 667 1049 165 103 52 633 209 362 140 .297 .368 .447 .815 144 1576 32
1893 28 1009 4376 3942 735 1161 187 111 59 693 223 398 156 .295 .364 .443 .808 139 1747 36
1894 29 1135 4945 4455 842 1343 219 125 64 802 253 442 174 .301 .370 .450 .819 138 2004 39 9
1895 30 1188 5160 4645 870 1392 224 129 65 834 263 464 182 .300 .368 .445 .814 135 2069 41 10

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1884 19 60 234 218 45 58 3 10 9 31 0 12 0 .266 .316 .495 .812 33 37
1885 20 114 484 455 55 95 14 8 6 43 0 21 0 .209 .256 .314 .570 35 78
1887 22 164 671 606 103 180 32 18 9 83 56 60 0 .297 .365 .454 .819 99 140
1888 23 155 658 612 98 170 30 16 7 70 48 42 0 .278 .328 .413 .742 82 131
1889 24 152 630 558 94 152 19 13 5 90 32 68 30 .272 .356 .380 .735 74 131
1890 25 143 602 545 96 139 23 12 13 121 22 53 50 .255 .326 .413 .738 73 119
1891 26 144 589 534 73 140 25 14 4 81 22 55 35 .262 .331 .384 .715 68 123
1892 27 148 628 558 83 168 27 18 4 91 32 64 44 .301 .379 .435 .814 90 141
1893 28 135 528 488 60 113 22 8 7 53 14 36 20 .232 .290 .352 .642 49 109
1894 29 153 628 573 85 170 30 13 5 87 28 41 22 .297 .347 .421 .767 83 126
1895 30 65 247 222 24 50 5 4 1 27 10 22 10 .225 .301 .297 .598 19 53
11 Yrs 1433 5899 5369 816 1435 230 134 70 777 264 474 211 .267 .332 .399 .731 705 1188
162 Game Avg. 162 667 607 92 162 26 15 8 88 54 .267 .332 .399 .731 80 1188

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1887 AA  4.7 (4th)
1888 AA  3.3 (9th)
1889 AA  2.9 (9th)
1892 NL  4.4 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1887 AA  5.9 (2nd)
1888 AA  3.7 (5th)
1889 AA  2.9 (9th)
1892 NL  4.8 (6th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1887 AA  .341 (7th)
1888 AA  .293 (8th)
1892 NL  .315 (4th)
Career  .300 (210th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1887 AA  .414 (7th)
1889 AA  .391 (10th)
1892 NL  .395 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1887 AA  .519 (5th)
1888 AA  .435 (5th)
1889 AA  .423 (9th)
1890 NL  .464 (4th)
1891 NL  .417 (10th)
1892 NL  .454 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1887 AA  .933 (5th)
1888 AA  .780 (6th)
1889 AA  .813 (9th)
1890 NL  .823 (9th)
1892 NL  .849 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1887 AA  140 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1887 AA  551 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1887 AA  619 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1887 AA  188 (5th)
1888 AA  155 (9th)
1892 NL  171 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1887 AA  286 (4th)
1888 AA  230 (5th)
1890 NL  219 (8th)
1892 NL  246 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1887 AA  33 (7th)
1888 AA  27 (5th)
1891 NL  24 (10th)
1892 NL  27 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1887 AA  19 (1st)
1888 AA  15 (2nd)
1889 AA  13 (4th)
1891 NL  13 (6th)
1892 NL  18 (6th)
Career  129 (82nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1884 AA  6 (6th)
1885 AA  5 (6th)
1887 AA  9 (3rd)
1888 AA  6 (4th)
1890 NL  13 (1st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1887 AA  99 (10th)
1889 AA  100 (7th)
1890 NL  128 (1st)
1891 NL  83 (10th)
1892 NL  96 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1887 AA  63 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
Career  263 (203rd)

Singles s c a p y
1887 AA  127 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1887 AA  164 (4th)
1888 AA  150 (6th)
1889 AA  136 (8th)
1890 NL  138 (10th)
1891 NL  126 (9th)
1892 NL  161 (3rd)
Career  135 (117th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1887 AA  117 (4th)
1888 AA  78 (5th)
1892 NL  96 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1887 AA  48 (3rd)
1888 AA  28 (5th)
1890 NL  21 (10th)
1892 NL  40 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1887 AA  4.7 (3rd)
1888 AA  3.2 (5th)
1889 AA  2.6 (10th)
1890 NL  2.2 (10th)
1892 NL  4.3 (4th)
Career  21.3 (243rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1887 AA  61 (3rd)
1888 AA  48 (3rd)
1890 NL  47 (4th)
1891 NL  41 (9th)
1892 NL  49 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1887 AA  256 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1887 AA  .763 (6th)
1888 AA  .727 (6th)
1889 AA  .671 (9th)
1891 NL  .649 (10th)
1892 NL  .757 (3rd)
Career  .663 (159th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1887 AA  15.6 (3rd)
1888 AA  10.6 (5th)
1890 NL  16.1 (3rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1889 AA  19.4 (7th)
Career  17.1 (198th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1885 AA  64.2 (5th)
1887 AA  61.2 (5th)
1888 AA  88.2 (7th)
1890 NL  36.3 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1884 AA  born 1864-09-06 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 10 (238), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 96 (235), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 44 (431), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (406), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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