George Burns

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: January 31, 1893 in Niles, OH us

Died: January 7, 1978 in Kirkland, WA

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Seattle, WA

High School: Central HS (Philadelphia, PA)

Debut: April 14, 1914 (Age 21-073d, 4,052nd in major league history)
vs. SLB 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1929 (Age 36-241d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1914 season

Full Name: George Henry Burns

Nicknames: Tioga George

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.0

6573

2018

.307

901

RBI

954

154

OBP

.354

SLG

.429

OPS

.783

OPS+

113

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	36 (35)	May 26	DET		WSH	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
2	37	May 27	DET		WSH	L,2-8	GS	0		8	0	0	8	0
3	38	May 29 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
4	39	May 29 (2)	DET	@	SLB	T,3-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	57 (17)	Jun 17	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
6	58	Jun 18	DET	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
7	59	Jun 19	DET	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	15	0	0	15	0
8	60	Jun 20	DET		SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
9	61	Jun 22	DET		SLB	L,9-13	CG	0	15.0	14	0	0	14	0
10	62	Jun 23	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	9	3	0	12	0
11	63	Jun 24	DET		SLB	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
12	64	Jun 26	DET		SLB	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
13	65	Jun 27	DET		CLE	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
14	66	Jun 28	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
15	67	Jun 30	DET		CLE	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	68	Jul 1	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	15	0	1	16	0
17	69	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
18	70	Jul 3	DET		CHW	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
19	71	Jul 4	DET		CHW	W,8-7	CG	0	10.0	15	0	0	15	1
20	72	Jul 5 (1)	DET		CLE	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
21	73	Jul 5 (2)	DET		CLE	L,3-5	GS	0		8	1	0	9	0
22	74	Jul 6	DET	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
23	75	Jul 9	DET		BOS	W,15-4	CG	0	9.0	9	3	0	12	0
24	76	Jul 10	DET		BOS	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
25	77	Jul 11	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	14	0	1	15	0
26	78	Jul 12	DET		BOS	L,12-15	CG	0	10.0	16	1	0	17	0
27	79	Jul 13 (1)	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	14	1	1	16	0
28	80	Jul 13 (2)	DET		NYY	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	9	4	0	13	2
29	81	Jul 14	DET		NYY	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
30	82	Jul 17	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	13	2	0	15	0
31	83	Jul 18	DET		PHA	W,11-7	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
32	84	Jul 19	DET		PHA	W,12-6	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
33	85	Jul 20	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
34	86	Jul 21	DET		PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
35	87	Jul 23	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
36	88	Jul 24 (1)	DET		WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
37	89	Jul 24 (2)	DET		WSH	L,5-8	CG	0	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
38	90	Jul 25	DET		WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
39	91	Jul 27	DET	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
40	92	Jul 28	DET	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
41	93	Jul 29	DET	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
42	94	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
43	95	Jul 31	DET	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	96	Aug 2	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	7.0	12	0	0	12	0
45	97	Aug 3	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
46	98	Aug 4	DET	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
47	99	Aug 5 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	43	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
48	100	Aug 5 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
49	101	Aug 7 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
50	102	Aug 7 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	14	1	0	15	0
51	103	Aug 9	DET	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	54	13.0	19	2	0	21	2
52	104	Aug 10	DET	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
53	105	Aug 11	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
54	106	Aug 14	DET	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
55	107	Aug 15	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	3
56	108	Aug 16 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
57	109	Aug 16 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
58	110	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
59	111	Aug 17 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
60	112	Aug 18	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	1	14	1
61	113	Aug 19	DET		PHA	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
62	114	Aug 20	DET		PHA	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	16	0	1	17	0
63	115	Aug 22 (1)	DET		WSH	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	8	3	0	11	0
64	116	Aug 22 (2)	DET		WSH	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
65	117	Aug 24	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
66	118	Aug 25	DET		BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	13.0	12	0	0	12	1
67	119	Aug 26	DET		BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	12.0	25	0	1	26	1
68	120	Aug 27 (1)	DET		NYY	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
69	121	Aug 27 (2)	DET		NYY	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	2	13	1
70	122	Aug 28 (1)	DET		NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	3
71	123	Aug 28 (2)	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	11	1	1	13	1
72	124	Aug 29	DET		NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	12	1	1	14	0
73	125	Aug 31	DET		CHW	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	126	Sep 1	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	1	12	2
75	127	Sep 2	DET		CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
76	128	Sep 3	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
77	129	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	14	0	1	15	0
78	130	Sep 4 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	16	0	0	16	2
79	131	Sep 5 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	6	1	1	8	1
80	132	Sep 5 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	10.0	14	1	0	15	0
81	133	Sep 7	DET	@	CHW	L,8-10	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
82	134	Sep 8	DET	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	44	8.1	6	0	0	6	1
83	135	Sep 9	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
84	136	Sep 10	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
85	137	Sep 11	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
86	138	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
87	139	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
88	140	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
89	141	Sep 16	DET	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	13	2	0	15	1
90	142	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	2
91	143	Sep 18	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	GS	40	11.0	17	2	1	20	1
92	144	Sep 20	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	15	0	0	15	1
93	145	Sep 21	DET	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
94	146	Sep 22	DET	@	PHA	W,13-9	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
95	147	Sep 23	DET	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
96	148	Sep 24	DET	@	WSH	L,4-11	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
97	149	Sep 25 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
98	150	Sep 25 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
99	151	Sep 27	DET	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
100	152	Sep 28	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
101	153	Sep 29	DET		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
102	154	Sep 30	DET		SLB	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
103	155	Oct 2	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	0	11.0	12	0	0	12	0
104	156	Oct 3	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
							104gm		941.0	1155	57	17	1229	65