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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 Pitching

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 37 120 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 1 19 455 92 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 3 62 44 1.765 12.7 0.0 3.2 1.6 0.50
1888 23 BAL AA 0 1 .000 4.26 5 0 3 0 0 0 12.2 12 8 6 0 3 2 0 0 3 53 71 1.184 8.5 0.0 2.1 1.4 0.67
4 Yrs 8 5 .615 4.09 25 11 11 10 1 4 138.2 152 105 63 2 30 40 16 1 25 607 82 1.313 9.9 0.1 1.9 2.6 1.33
162 Game Avg. 15 9 .615 4.09 47 21 21 19 2 8 262 287 198 119 4 57 76 30 2 47 1147 82 1.313 9.9 0.1 1.9 2.6 1.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1884 19 BAL AA 9.0 2 0 5 5.00 5.17 0.09 0.00 106.0 5.38 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .534 .500 $
1885 20 BAL AA 105.2 15 11 76 6.47 5.57 -0.41 0.00 101.0 6.04 -5 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.1 0 .472 .497 $
1887 22 BAL AA 11.1 3 0 16 12.71 6.53 -0.19 0.00 95.0 6.38 -8 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -7 .329 .497 $
1888 23 BAL AA 12.2 5 0 8 5.68 5.25 0.00 0.00 95.0 4.99 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.0 -0 .484 .500 $
4 Seasons 138.2 25 11 105 6.81 5.59 -0.32 0.00 100.3 5.93 -13 -0.9 1.0 -0.2 -0.5 -7 .462 .499 $

Cumulative Pitching

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 37 120 1.556 12.0 0.0 2.0 6.0 3.00 120
1885 20 7 4 .636 3.53 17 11 6 10 1 4 114.2 124 81 45 2 23 36 13 1 19 492 94 1.282 9.7 0.2 1.8 2.8 1.57 94
1886 21 7 4 .636 3.53 17 11 6 10 1 4 114.2 124 81 45 2 23 36 13 1 19 492 94 1.282 9.7 0.2 1.8 2.8 1.57 94
1887 22 8 4 .667 4.07 20 11 8 10 1 4 126.0 140 97 57 2 27 38 16 1 22 554 83 1.325 10.0 0.1 1.9 2.7 1.41 83
1888 23 8 5 .615 4.09 25 11 11 10 1 4 138.2 152 105 63 2 30 40 16 1 25 607 82 1.313 9.9 0.1 1.9 2.6 1.33 82

Neutralized Pitching

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 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 18 4 4 0 3 8 0 1.615 12.5 2.1 5.5 2.67 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 4.76 17.0 15 10 9 0 4 3 3 1.118 7.9 2.1 1.6 0.75 0.0 3
1888 23 0 1 .000 4.20 15.0 14 8 7 0 4 2 0 1.200 8.4 2.4 1.2 0.50 0.0 5
4 Yrs 12 8 .600 3.06 203.0 192 76 69 3 38 58 20 1.133 8.5 2.6 1.53 0.1 25

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1885 AA  .636 (4th)

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

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  3 (3rd)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (380), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 9 (1547), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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