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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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-41 / in Starts: 11-10
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	44 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 132 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	92 (41-36-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 132 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	84 (40-27-16)

Most Driven In
T Speaker	4
A Strunk	1
T Walker	1
I Griffin	1
B Wambsganss	1
J Dykes	1
F Welch	1
D Johnston	1

Most Driven In By
L Gardner	2
S Wood	2
J Evans	1
B Wambsganss	1
Self	1
J Sewell	1
F Welch	0
C Perkins	0

1920 Batting Game Log

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1920 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	756	4 (3)	Apr 20	PHA		WSH	L,5-8	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	7	.17	0.012	.34	0.01%	1.00	PH
2	757	5	Apr 22	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-8	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	4	2.10	-0.052	3.74	-0.06%	-0.34	PH
3	758	8 (2)	Apr 26	PHA		BOS	L,0-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
4	759	10 (1)	Apr 29	PHA		BOS	L,1-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	9	.10	-0.003	.16	0.00%	-0.25	PH
5	760	11	Apr 30	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-6	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	4	3.69	0.231	4.75	0.18%	1.49	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	761	13 (1)	May 2	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.500	.600	1.100	8	2.35	0.082	3.78	0.08%	1.00	PH
7	762	14	May 3	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-11	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		1	0	.333	.455	.444	.899	4	1.09	0.037	1.44	0.03%	0.15	RF
8	763	15	May 4	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.333	.308	.641	4	.51	-0.039	.61	-0.03%	-0.91	RF
9	764	16	May 5	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG(13)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0				0	1	.158	.238	.211	.449	4						RF
10	765	17	May 6	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.240	.217	.457	4	.98	-0.076	1.35	-0.06%	-0.72	RF
11	766	18	May 7	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.231	.286	.269	.555	4	.86	0.052	1.10	0.04%	0.43	RF
12	767	19	May 10	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.281	.267	.548	4	.42	-0.048	.61	-0.04%	-0.66	RF
13	768	20	May 11	PHA		SLB	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		2	0	.242	.306	.303	.609	4	.75	-0.014	.80	-0.01%	0.11	RF
14	769	21	May 12	PHA		SLB	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.317	.297	.614	4	1.35	-0.034	1.60	-0.02%	-0.68	RF
15	770	22	May 15	PHA		DET	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.250	.333	.300	.633	4	.41	0.002	.38	0.00%	0.53	RF
16	771	23	May 17	PHA		DET	L,7-9	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.250	.340	.364	.704	4	.59	-0.027	.62	-0.02%	0.98	RF
17	772	24	May 18	PHA		DET	L,2-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.309	.327	.636	4	1.13	-0.167	1.08	-0.10%	-1.58	RF
18	773	25	May 19	PHA		DET	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.305	.321	.626	4	1.27	-0.061	1.03	-0.03%	-0.24	RF
19	774	28 (2)	May 22	PHA		CLE	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.315	.615	7	.54	-0.014	.36	-0.01%	-0.17	PH
20	775	30 (1)	May 24	PHA		CHW	L,2-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.295	.309	.604	9	.02	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.37	PH
21	776	32 (1)	May 26	PHA		CHW	W,10-2	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.237	.318	.339	.657	6	.40	0.080	.22	0.03%	2.07	RF
22	777	34 (1)	May 28	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.313	.333	.647	8	1.12	-0.029	.59	-0.01%	-0.25	PH
				Player went from Philadelphia Athletics to Cleveland Indians
23	778	37	May 31 (2)	CLE		DET	W,7-3	7-8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		1	0	.230	.309	.328	.637	4	.02	0.001	.09	0.00%	0.24	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	779	38	Jun 1	CLE		DET	L,10-11	6-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.314	.333	.648	9	1.62	-0.083	7.75	-0.24%	-0.26	PH
25	780	40 (1)	Jun 3	CLE		DET	L,3-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.310	.328	.638	9	.99	-0.028	4.79	-0.08%	-0.38	PH
26	781	42 (1)	Jun 5	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.306	.323	.629	9	.11	-0.003	.53	-0.01%	-0.18	PH
27	782	43	Jun 6 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-6	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.231	.315	.323	.638	9	.60	0.018	2.86	0.05%	0.24	PH
28	783	50 (6)	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	L,0-14	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.311	.318	.629	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.47	PH 1B
29	784	54 (3)	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	L,1-5	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.320	.318	.638	9	.13	0.004	.66	0.01%	0.13	PH
30	785	55	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	L,9-10	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.329	.328	.657	9	.68	0.031	3.76	0.10%	0.40	PH
31	786	56	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	12-GF(12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.239	.329	.328	.657	9	2.50	0.015	13.33	0.05%	-0.20	PH
32	787	58 (1)	Jun 23	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.338	.338	.676	9	2.56	0.203	14.48	0.69%	0.91	PH
33	788	59	Jun 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.346	.348	.694	9	.62	0.028	3.83	0.10%	0.27	PH
34	789	60	Jun 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-12	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.342	.343	.685	9	.01	0.000	.06	0.00%	-0.37	PH
35	790	65 (4)	Jun 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,8-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.338	.338	.676	9	2.90	-0.076	15.10	-0.24%	-0.46	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	791	66	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	W,10-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.338	.338	.676	7						1B
37	792	69 (2)	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.333	.333	.667	9	.92	-0.024	5.51	-0.09%	-0.25	PH
38	793	89 (19)	Jul 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.329	.329	.658	9	1.60	-0.038	15.85	-0.23%	-0.38	PH
39	794	90	Jul 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	11-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.325	.324	.650	1	2.38	-0.063	24.53	-0.39%	-0.26	PH
40	795	91	Jul 25	CLE		CHW	W,7-2	7-8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.240	.321	.320	.641	1	1.05	0.073	8.63	0.36%	0.89	PH
41	796	92	Jul 27 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.240	.321	.320	.641	9	3.14	-0.015	19.34	-0.06%	-0.23	PH
42	797	93	Jul 27 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,6-19	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.329	.329	.658	9	.01	0.001	.06	0.00%	0.27	PH
43	798	95 (1)	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,9-3	6-7	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.337	.364	.701	6	2.04	0.184	12.59	0.68%	1.04	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	799	98 (2)	Aug 1	CLE		WSH	L,5-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.333	.359	.692	9	1.98	-0.047	11.54	-0.17%	-0.38	PH
45	800	99	Aug 2	CLE		WSH	W,2-0	8-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.341	.380	.721	4	3.53	0.248	21.79	0.92%	1.15	PH
46	801	101 (1)	Aug 4	CLE		WSH	L,3-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.337	.375	.712	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.12	PH
47	802	107 (5)	Aug 12	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.333	.370	.704	6	.24	-0.006	2.48	-0.04%	-0.18	PH
48	803	114 (6)	Aug 21 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-12	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.330	.366	.696	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
49	804	115	Aug 21 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.326	.361	.688	9	.50	-0.013	3.65	-0.06%	-0.24	PH
50	805	118 (2)	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.333	.369	.702	9	.19	0.008	1.27	0.03%	0.39	PH
51	806	119	Aug 25	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.323	.356	.679	7	1.31	-0.105	8.79	-0.42%	-0.80	1B
52	807	120	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.253	.320	.352	.672	6	2.62	-0.059	16.41	-0.22%	0.39	1B
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
53	808	125 (4)	Sep 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-5	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.317	.348	.665	4	.38	-0.010	3.17	-0.05%	-0.17	PH
54	809	126	Sep 3	CLE		DET	L,0-1	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.250	.324	.348	.671	8	4.95	0.055	44.74	0.30%	0.24	PH
55	810	131 (4)	Sep 9	CLE		NYY	W,10-4	8-9	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.330	.366	.696	1	.37	0.032	5.55	0.29%	1.00	PH
56	811	133 (1)	Sep 11	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.327	.362	.689	9	.21	-0.005	3.08	-0.05%	-0.26	PH
57	812	135 (1)	Sep 13	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.318	.351	.668	6	1.71	0.008	19.06	0.06%	-0.19	1B
58	813	137 (1)	Sep 15	CLE		PHA	W,14-0	7-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.324	.367	.691	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.63	1B
59	814	143 (5)	Sep 21	CLE		BOS	W,12-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.321	.364	.685	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.18	1B
60	815	144	Sep 23	CLE		CHW	L,3-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.318	.360	.678	7	.77	-0.020	17.75	-0.28%	-0.26	PH
61	816	146 (1)	Sep 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.315	.356	.672	6	.49	-0.013	13.80	-0.21%	-0.18	PH 1B
62	817	147	Sep 26	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS-3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.313	.353	.665	4	2.00	-0.063	36.29	-0.69%	-0.77	1B
63	818	149 (1)	Sep 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.313	.352	.665	4	1.08	0.011	22.75	0.13%	0.09	1B
64	819	150	Sep 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-2	GS-8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.319	.346	.665	4	.67	0.018	12.49	0.20%	0.37	1B
65	820	153 (2)	Oct 2	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	6	6	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.248	.320	.354	.674	4	.79	0.226	3.79	0.66%	2.35	1B
66	821	154	Oct 3	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0				0	0	.250	.326	.353	.679	6						1B
							25-41		132	116	8	29	7	1	1	18	10	0	10	3	3		6		5	1	.250	.326	.353	.679		1.01	0.424	5.44	1.13%	4.99

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