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Tom Burns

Thomas Everett Burns

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 152 lb.

Born: March 30, 1857 in Honesdale, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1880 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): WhiteStockings/Colts/Pirates 1880-1892

Final Game: July 22, 1892 (Age 35)
Died: March 19, 1902 in Jersey City, NJ
Buried: St. Michael Cemetery, Springfield, MA
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 7:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #935. Joe Start… #936. Jim Delahanty… #937. Duke Farrell… #938. TOM BURNS… #939. Harold Reynolds… #940. Kelly Johnson… #941. Dave Magadan… 

Standard Batting

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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
1880 23 CHC NL 85 345 333 47 103 17 3 0 43 12 23 .309 .333 .378 .712 135 126 0 *6/521
1881 24 CHC NL 84 356 342 41 95 20 3 4 42 14 22 .278 .306 .389 .695 112 133 0 *6/45
1882 25 CHC NL 84 370 355 55 88 23 6 0 48 15 28 .248 .278 .346 .625 95 123 0 46
1883 26 CHC NL 97 418 405 69 119 37 7 2 67 13 31 .294 .316 .435 .750 117 176 0 *64/O
1884 27 CHC NL 83 356 343 54 84 14 2 7 44 13 50 .245 .272 .359 .631 92 123 0 *6/5
1885 28 CHC NL 111 461 445 82 121 23 9 7 71 16 48 .272 .297 .411 .708 115 183 0 *6/4
1886 29 CHC NL 112 459 445 64 123 18 10 3 65 15 14 40 .276 .298 .382 .680 95 170 0 *5
1887 30 CHC NL 115 459 424 57 112 20 10 3 60 32 34 32 .264 .320 .380 .700 84 161 1 *5/O
1888 31 CHC NL 134 512 483 60 115 12 6 3 70 34 26 49 .238 .281 .306 .588 82 148 3 *5
1889 32 CHC NL 136 559 525 64 135 27 6 4 66 18 32 57 .257 .302 .354 .657 80 186 2 *5
1890 33 CHC NL 139 597 538 86 149 17 6 5 86 44 57 45 .277 .348 .359 .707 102 193 2 *5
1891 34 CHC NL 59 264 243 36 55 8 1 1 17 18 21 21 .226 .288 .280 .568 63 68 0 5/6O
1892 35 PIT NL 12 42 39 7 8 0 0 0 4 1 3 8 .205 .262 .205 .467 41 8 0 /5O
13 Yrs 1251 5198 4920 722 1307 236 69 39 683 162 270 454 .266 .305 .365 .670 97 1798 8
162 Game Avg. 162 673 637 93 169 31 9 5 88 35 59 .266 .305 .365 .670 97 233 1
CHC (12 yrs) 1239 5156 4881 715 1299 236 69 39 679 161 267 446 .266 .305 .367 .672 97 1790 8
PIT (1 yr) 12 42 39 7 8 0 0 0 4 1 3 8 .205 .262 .205 .467 41 8 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
1880 23 CHC NL 85 345 12 0 0 -4 6 14 1.3 10 24 2.4 .516 .508 2.9 0.1 28 *6/521
1881 24 CHC NL 84 356 5 0 0 2 6 12 1.1 11 23 2.2 .514 .507 2.1 0.7 21 *6/45
1882 25 CHC NL 84 370 -2 0 0 2 4 3 0.2 11 14 1.3 .503 .502 1.2 0.4 12 46
1883 26 CHC NL 97 418 8 0 0 4 6 18 1.4 13 30 2.7 .516 .510 2.5 0.8 26 *64/O
1884 27 CHC NL 83 356 -5 0 0 -1 5 -1 -0.3 11 10 0.9 .499 .500 1.1 0.3 11 *6/5
1885 28 CHC NL 111 461 4 0 0 2 7 14 1.2 14 28 2.6 .512 .508 2.6 0.8 26 *6/4
1886 29 CHC NL 112 459 -4 -1 0 11 4 10 0.7 14 24 2.2 .508 .506 1.4 1.3 13 *5
1887 30 CHC NL 115 459 -12 1 0 9 3 1 -0.2 14 15 1.3 .501 .500 0.7 0.8 6 *5/O
1888 31 CHC NL 134 512 -11 1 0 5 4 -0 -0.2 16 15 1.4 .500 .500 1.1 0.9 10 *5
1889 32 CHC NL 136 559 -19 -1 0 2 4 -14 -1.4 16 3 0.3 .491 .493 0.3 0.5 1 *5
1890 33 CHC NL 139 597 1 1 0 12 5 19 1.3 18 37 3.2 .512 .510 2.4 1.3 25 *5
1891 34 CHC NL 59 264 -12 1 0 -1 2 -10 -1.0 8 -2 -0.2 .485 .494 0.0 0.0 -1 5/6O
1892 35 PIT NL 12 42 -3 -0 0 -3 0 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.4 .452 .496 -0.2 -0.3 -2 /5O
13 Seasons 1251 5198 -39 2 0 40 55 59 3.5 157 216 19.9 .504 .503 18.1 7.7 176
CHC (12 yrs) 1239 5156 -36 2 0 43 55 65 4.0 156 221 20.3 .505 .503 18.3 8.0 178
PIT (1 yr) 12 42 -3 -0 0 -3 0 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.4 .452 .496 -0.2 -0.3 -2

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
1885 28 CHC NL WS STL T 0 25 25 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .080 .080 .160 .240 4 0
1886 29 CHC NL WS STL L 0 21 21 2 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 .286 .286 .476 .762 10 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 46 46 5 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 .174 .174 .304 .478 14 0
2 WS 0 46 46 5 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 .174 .174 .304 .478 14 0

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
1880 23 CHC NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 4 0 0 2 1 0 10 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50
1 Yr 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 4 0 0 2 1 0 10 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 0 0 0 0 88 136 272 0 0 136 68 0 680 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50

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
1880 23 CHC NL 1.1 1 0 4 27.00 4.47 0.76 0.00 101.0 3.74 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .243 .498
1 Season 1.1 1 0 4 27.00 4.47 0.76 0.00 101.0 3.74 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .243 .498

Standard Fielding

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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 G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1880 CHC NL 23 SS 79 287 62 186 39 9 .864 3.14 .882 4.38
1880 CHC NL 23 3B 9 27 8 14 5 0 .815 2.44 .856 3.47
1880 CHC NL 23 C 2 7 3 2 2 0 .714 2.50 .894 6.90 2
1880 CHC NL 23 P 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.20
1881 CHC NL 24 SS 80 401 100 249 52 20 .870 4.36 .873 4.63
1881 CHC NL 24 2B 3 24 10 13 1 1 .958 7.67 .903 6.23
1881 CHC NL 24 3B 3 10 6 1 3 1 .700 2.33 .860 3.53
1882 CHC NL 25 2B 43 281 129 127 25 21 .911 5.95 .896 6.11
1882 CHC NL 25 SS 41 231 60 131 40 9 .827 4.66 .852 4.48
1883 CHC NL 26 SS 79 437 121 260 56 25 .872 4.82 .853 4.58
1883 CHC NL 26 2B 19 144 59 57 28 5 .806 6.11 .890 6.15
1883 CHC NL 26 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1-0-0
1884 CHC NL 27 SS 80 421 99 254 68 21 .838 4.41 .864 4.30
1884 CHC NL 27 3B 3 9 3 5 1 0 .889 2.67 .848 3.13
1885 CHC NL 28 SS 111 617 151 370 96 35 .844 4.69 .872 4.59
1885 CHC NL 28 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.80
1886 CHC NL 29 3B 112 445 149 247 49 12 .890 3.54 .865 3.27
1887 CHC NL 30 3B 107 475 168 246 61 23 .872 3.87 .870 3.43
1887 CHC NL 30 OF 8 18 16 2 0 2 1.000 2.25 .883 1.98 6-2-0
1888 CHC NL 31 3B 134 516 194 273 49 16 .905 3.49 .877 3.13
1889 CHC NL 32 3B 136 598 225 301 72 30 .880 3.87 .885 3.55
1890 CHC NL 33 3B 139 532 188 290 54 25 .898 3.44 .884 3.51
1891 CHC NL 34 3B 53 223 92 107 24 11 .892 3.75 .881 3.67
1891 CHC NL 34 SS 4 22 7 11 4 1 .818 4.50 .889 5.25
1891 CHC NL 34 OF 2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 .911 1.90 2-0-0
1892 PIT NL 35 3B 8 29 10 10 9 0 .690 2.50 .879 3.58
1892 PIT NL 35 OF 3 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.67 .913 1.90 1-0-2
10 Seasons 3B 704 2864 1043 1494 327 118 .886 3.60 .877 3.41
7 Seasons SS 474 2416 600 1461 355 120 .853 4.35 .867 4.51
4 Seasons 2B 66 449 198 197 54 27 .880 5.98 .894 6.12
4 Seasons OF 14 28 24 3 1 2 .964 1.93 .893 1.95 10-2-2
1 Season C 2 7 3 2 2 0 .714 2.50 .894 6.90 2
1 Season P 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.20
13 Seasons TOT 1261 1.1 5764 1868 3157 739 267 .872 0.00 3.98 .874 2.02 3.95 10-2-2 2
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1880 NL  2.9 (7th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1886 NL  1.3 (6th)
1890 NL  1.3 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1880 NL  .309 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1880 NL  .333 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1880 NL  85 (9th)
1882 NL  84 (4th)
1885 NL  111 (8th)
1888 NL  134 (8th)
1889 NL  136 (1st)
1890 NL  139 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1885 NL  445 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1880 NL  103 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1885 NL  183 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1881 NL  20 (10th)
1882 NL  23 (7th)
1883 NL  37 (3rd)
1885 NL  23 (9th)
1889 NL  27 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1885 NL  9 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1881 NL  4 (4th)
1884 NL  7 (9th)
1885 NL  7 (3rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1880 NL  43 (7th)
1883 NL  67 (6th)
1885 NL  71 (4th)
1888 NL  70 (8th)
1890 NL  86 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1885 NL  48 (8th)
1889 NL  57 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1880 NL  83 (6th)
1890 NL  121 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1880 NL  42 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1883 NL  46 (4th)
1885 NL  39 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1880 NL  115 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1880 NL  .687 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1881 NL  85.5 (4th)
1884 NL  49.0 (8th)
1885 NL  63.6 (5th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1882 NL  267 (9th)
1885 NL  324 (9th)
1889 NL  390 (7th)
1890 NL  389 (10th)

Assists† s c a p y
1881 NL  263 (4th)
1885 NL  370 (4th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1881 NL  56 (5th)
1882 NL  65 (4th)
1885 NL  96 (1st)
1889 NL  72 (5th)
Career  739 (23rd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1886 NL  112 (5th)
1888 NL  134 (1st)
1889 NL  136 (1st)
1890 NL  139 (1st)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1886 NL  149 (3rd)
1887 NL  168 (3rd)
1888 NL  194 (1st)
1889 NL  225 (1st)
1890 NL  188 (2nd)
Career  1,043 (80th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1886 NL  247 (2nd)
1887 NL  246 (3rd)
1888 NL  273 (1st)
1889 NL  301 (1st)
1890 NL  290 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1886 NL  49 (5th)
1887 NL  61 (3rd)
1888 NL  49 (3rd)
1889 NL  72 (1st)
1890 NL  54 (4th)
Career  327 (25th)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1886 NL  12 (4th)
1887 NL  23 (1st)
1888 NL  16 (3rd)
1889 NL  30 (1st)
1890 NL  25 (2nd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1880 NL  79 (4th)
1881 NL  80 (1st)
1885 NL  111 (1st)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1880 NL  62 (5th)
1881 NL  100 (3rd)
1885 NL  151 (4th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1880 NL  186 (5th)
1881 NL  249 (2nd)
1883 NL  260 (5th)
1885 NL  370 (2nd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1881 NL  52 (1st)
1882 NL  40 (5th)
1884 NL  68 (2nd)
1885 NL  96 (1st)
Career  355 (52nd)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
1881 NL  20 (3rd)
1883 NL  25 (4th)
1884 NL  21 (3rd)
1885 NL  35 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1882 NL  5.95 (4th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1882 NL  .911 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1886 NL  3.54 (2nd)
1887 NL  3.87 (2nd)
1888 NL  3.49 (4th)
1889 NL  3.87 (1st)
1890 NL  3.44 (4th)
Career  3.60 (8th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1886 NL  .890 (3rd)
1887 NL  .872 (4th)
1888 NL  .905 (3rd)
1890 NL  .898 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1883 NL  4.82 (4th)
1884 NL  4.41 (2nd)
1885 NL  4.69 (5th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1880 NL  .864 (5th)
1881 NL  .870 (3rd)
1883 NL  .872 (3rd)
1885 NL  .844 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1890 NL  born 1857-03-30 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (604), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 57 (443), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1366), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1136), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (101st), 19.9 career WAR/16.7 7yr-peak WAR/18.3 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 63.1 career WAR/41.0 7yr-peak WAR/52.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  6. Jerry Priddy (913)
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  6. Billy Rogell (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Danny Murphy (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Danny Murphy (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jack O'Connor (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jack O'Connor (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bucky Harris (923) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jerry Denny (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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