Oyster Burns
Thomas P. Burns
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 183 lb.

Born: September 6, 1864 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1884
Final Game: September 16, 1895
Died: November 11, 1928 in Brooklyn, NY
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1884 19 BAL AA 0 0 3.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 9.0 12 5 3 0 2 6 0 0 0 37 116 1.556 12.0 0.0 2.0 6.0 3.00
1885 20 BAL AA 7 4 .636 3.58 15 11 4 10 1 3 105.2 112 76 42 2 21 30 13 0 23 455 91 1.259 9.5 0.2 1.8 2.6 1.43
1887 22 BAL AA 1 0 1.000 9.53 3 0 2 0 0 0 11.1 16 16 12 0 4 2 3 0 0 62 43 1.765 12.7 0.0 3.2 1.6 0.50
1888 23 BAL AA 0 1 .000 4.26 5 0 4 0 0 0 12.2 12 8 6 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 70 1.184 8.5 0.0 2.1 1.4 0.67
4 Seasons 8 5 .615 4.09 25 11 12 10 1 4 138.2 152 105 63 2 30 40 16 0 23 554 81 1.313 9.9 0.1 1.9 2.6 1.33
162 Game Avg. 15 9 .615 4.09 47 21 23 19 2 8 262 287 198 119 4 57 76 30 0 43 1046 81 1.313 9.9 0.1 1.9 2.6 1.33

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1884 19 0 0 3.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 9.0 12 5 3 0 2 6 0 0 0 37 116 1.556 12.0 0.0 2.0 6.0 3.00 116
1885 20 7 4 .636 3.53 17 11 6 10 1 4 114.2 124 81 45 2 23 36 13 0 23 492 92 1.282 9.7 0.2 1.8 2.8 1.57 92
1886 21 7 4 .636 3.53 17 11 6 10 1 4 114.2 124 81 45 2 23 36 13 0 23 492 92 1.282 9.7 0.2 1.8 2.8 1.57 92
1887 22 8 4 .667 4.07 20 11 8 10 1 4 126.0 140 97 57 2 27 38 16 0 23 554 82 1.325 10.0 0.1 1.9 2.7 1.41 82
1888 23 8 5 .615 4.09 25 11 12 10 1 4 138.2 152 105 63 2 30 40 16 0 23 554 81 1.313 9.9 0.1 1.9 2.6 1.33 81

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1884 19 1 0 1.000 2.77 13.0 17 4 4 0 3 9 0 1.538 11.8 2.1 6.2 3.00 0.0 2
1885 20 11 6 .647 2.79 158.0 145 54 49 3 27 45 17 1.089 8.3 1.5 2.6 1.67 0.2 15
1887 22 0 1 .000 5.29 17.0 16 11 10 0 4 3 3 1.176 8.5 2.1 1.6 0.75 0.0 3
1888 23 0.00 0.0 0 7 6 0 0 0 0 5
4 Seasons 12 7 .632 3.30 188.0 178 76 69 3 34 57 20 1.128 8.5 2.7 1.68 0.1 25

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1884 AA--1--1st
1885 AA--3--1st

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1885 AA--23--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1885 AA--13--9th

Games Finished s c a p y
1884 AA--2--5th
1885 AA--4--2nd
1887 AA--2--5th
1888 AA--4--2nd

Youngest s c a p y
1884 AA--born 1864-09-06--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 6 (368), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 6 (1720), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  5. Tom Carroll (987)
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  7. Billy Gumbert (986)
  8. Roscoe Coughlin (984)
  9. John McCarty (983)
  10. Bob Gilks (982)
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  2. Tom Carroll (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Doug Drabek (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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