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.

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 13	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
3	3	Apr 14	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
4	4	Apr 15	CLE		CHW	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
5	5	Apr 17	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
6	6	Apr 18	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
7	7	Apr 19	CLE		DET	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
8	8	Apr 20	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
9	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 24	CLE		SLB	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
11	11	Apr 25	CLE		SLB	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
12	12	Apr 26	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
13	13	Apr 27	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	46	10.0	12	1	0	13	2
14	14	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
15	15	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
16	16	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	16	1	0	17	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	44	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
18	18	May 2	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	45	8.1	8	2	0	10	1
19	19	May 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
20	20	May 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	2
21	21	May 7	CLE		PHA	W,11-10	CG	50	11.0	10	2	0	12	0
22	22	May 8	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
23	23	May 9	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
24	24	May 10	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	13	3	1	17	1
25	25	May 13	CLE		BOS	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
26	26	May 14	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
27	27	May 17	CLE		WSH	L,0-12	CG	46	9.0	11	2	1	14	0
28	28	May 19	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
29	29	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
30	30	May 21	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	12	1	0	13	1
31	31	May 22	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
32	32	May 23 (1)	CLE		DET	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
33	33	May 23 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
34	34	May 24	CLE		DET	L,3-6	GS	32	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
35	35	May 25	CLE		DET	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
36	36	May 26 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	37	9.2	11	2	0	13	1
37	37	May 26 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	8	1	2	11	1
38	38	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
39	39	May 29 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
40	40	May 29 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	1	11	4
41	41	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
42	42	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	4
43	43	May 31	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	10	0	0	10	3
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	W,14-1	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
45	45	Jun 2	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
46	46	Jun 3	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
47	47	Jun 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
48	48	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-10	CG	36	8.0	10	2	0	12	0
49	49	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	37	8.1	7	3	0	10	1
50	50	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
51	51	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	52	12.1	16	2	0	18	1
52	52	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
53	53	Jun 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
54	54	Jun 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-14	CG	45	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
55	55	Jun 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	45	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
56	56	Jun 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
57	57	Jun 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
58	58	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
59	59	Jun 19	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
60	60	Jun 23	CLE		SLB	W,7-2	CG	25	6.0	10	1	0	11	2
61	61	Jun 24	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	37	10.0	15	0	0	15	0
62	62	Jun 26 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
63	63	Jun 26 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
64	64	Jun 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	14	0	0	14	0
65	65	Jun 27 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	12	0	2	14	1
66	66	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	42	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
67	67	Jun 29 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
68	68	Jun 29 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
69	69	Jun 30	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	70	Jul 1	CLE		DET	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
71	71	Jul 2	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
72	72	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	73	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
74	74	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
75	75	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
76	76	Jul 8 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
77	77	Jul 9 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	CG	61	13.0	19	1	0	20	2
78	78	Jul 9 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	1	13	0
79	79	Jul 10	CLE		WSH	L,9-10	CG	41	7.0	8	0	0	8	0
80	80	Jul 11	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	12	2	0	14	3
81	81	Jul 12	CLE		NYY	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	9	3	0	12	1
82	82	Jul 13	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
83	83	Jul 14	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
84	84	Jul 15	CLE		NYY	L,9-10	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
85	85	Jul 16 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-6	CG	52	12.0	15	2	0	17	3
86	86	Jul 16 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
87	87	Jul 18 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,5-14	CG	52	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
88	88	Jul 18 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
89	89	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
90	90	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
91	91	Jul 21	CLE		PHA	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
92	92	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
93	93	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
94	94	Jul 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	10	1	0	11	2
95	95	Jul 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
96	96	Jul 28 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
97	97	Jul 28 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	5	0.2	2	0	0	2	0
98	98	Jul 29	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	3
99	99	Jul 30 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	102 (2)	Aug 3 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	9	3	0	12	3
101	103	Aug 3 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
102	104	Aug 4	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
103	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
104	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
105	107	Aug 8	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
106	108	Aug 9	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
107	109	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	8	3	0	11	1
108	110	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
109	111	Aug 14	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	11	1	1	13	1
110	112	Aug 16 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
111	113	Aug 16 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	13	1	2	16	0
112	114	Aug 17	CLE		PHA	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
113	115	Aug 18	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
114	116	Aug 19	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
115	117	Aug 20	CLE		NYY	W,14-8	CG	45	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
116	118	Aug 21	CLE		NYY	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
117	119	Aug 22	CLE		NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
118	120	Aug 24	CLE		WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
119	121	Aug 25	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
120	122	Aug 26	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
121	123	Aug 27	CLE		BOS	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	8	3	0	11	0
122	124	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	46	11.0	10	1	0	11	2
123	125	Aug 29	CLE		BOS	L,2-10	CG	50	9.0	8	0	1	9	3
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	126	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
125	127	Sep 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
126	128	Sep 3	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
127	129	Sep 4	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
128	130	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
129	131	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
130	132	Sep 6	CLE		SLB	L,4-7	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
131	133	Sep 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	14	0	0	14	1
132	134	Sep 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
133	135	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
134	136	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
135	137	Sep 13 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
136	138	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
137	139	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	3	0	11	1
138	140	Sep 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
139	141	Sep 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
							139gm		1225.0	1362	102	15	1479	111