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

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 72 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 24 go ahead, 7 lacking some details

4 Tms
CLE	22
BOS	19
PHA	16
DET	15

Platoon
vs RHP	49
vs LHP	23

Home/Road
Away	41
Home	31

Outs
1	24
2	24
0	17
Unk	7

8 Opps
PHA	18
DET	17
SLB	10
NYY	8
CHW	8
BOS	7
WSH	2
CLE	2

52 Pitchers
Red Faber	3
Lil Stoner	3
Eddie Rommel	3
Fred Heimach	3
Hooks Dauss	3
Babe Ruth	2
Syl Johnson	2
Dave Danforth	2
Waite Hoyt	2
Elmer Myers	2
Bob Shawkey	2
Dutch Leonard	2
Dixie Davis	2
Eddie Plank	2
Ted Blankenship	2
Joe Boehling	1
Ownie Carroll	1
Urban Shocker	1
Ray Caldwell	1
Rip Collins	1
Bert Cole	1
Tom Sheehan	1
Rube Bressler	1
Jim Sullivan	1
Ernie Koob	1
Eddie Cicotte	1
Mike Cvengros	1
Grady Adkins	1
Sad Sam Jones	1
Rube Foster	1
Slim Harriss	1
Herman Pillette	1
Walter Johnson	1
Hub Pruett	1
Weldon Wyckoff	1
Oscar Fuhr	1
George Smith	1
Jack Nabors	1
Herb Pennock	1
Curly Ogden	1
Red Ruffing	1
Slim Love	1
Jack Quinn	1
Fritz Coumbe	1
Ernie Wingard	1
Ken Holloway	1
Bert Gallia	1
Joseph Finneran	1
General Crowder	1
Tom Knowlson	1
Bullet Joe Bush	1
George Mogridge	1

9 Parks
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	27
Tiger Stad (DET)	17
League Pk II (CLE)	8
Fenway Pk (BOS)	6
Polo Grounds (NYC)	5
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	4
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
GriffithStad (WAS)	1

Where Hit
7	51
9	4
8	3
78	3

4 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	62
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	34
1--	14
-2-	7
12-	4
--3	2
123	1
-23	1
1-3	1

114 RBI
RISP	16
0 on	34
1 on	23
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	30

Inning
1	7
2	6
3	8
4	11
5	10
6	8
7	10
8	9
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	21
4-6	29
7-end	22

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	2
+2	7
+1	9
Tied	18
-1	7
-2	6
-3	2
-4..	10
Unk	7

Ahead	22
Tied	18
Behind	25
Unk	7

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	66
RF	5
PH	1

OrderPos
4th	23
6th	18
3rd	10
5th	9
Unk	7
7th	3
1st	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	21
Low Lev	27

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1914	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1914-05-15	DET	@	NYY	Ray Caldwell	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	3	0.126	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1914-05-21	DET	@	PHA	Eddie Plank	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	3	0.107	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1914-05-22	DET	@	PHA	Weldon Wyckoff	behind 3-9	t 8	0	---	1	6	3	0.006	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1914-08-09	DET		BOS	Rube Foster		b 6			1		3
5	5	5	1	1914-09-19	DET		PHA	Eddie Plank	ahead 3-1	b 7	0	---	1	6	3	0.050	95%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
1915	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1915-07-17	DET		PHA	Bullet Joe Bush		b 5			1		3
7	7	2	1	1915-07-20	DET		PHA	Tom Knowlson		b 2			2		3
8	8	3	1	1915-07-24 (2)	DET		WSH	Joe Boehling		b 9			2		3
9	9	4	1	1915-08-05 (1)	DET	@	PHA	Rube Bressler	behind 2-3	t 3	2	12-	3	6	3	0.341	71%		Home Run (LF-CF); S. Crawford Scores; B. Veach Scores
10	10	5	1	1915-08-10	DET	@	WSH	Walter Johnson	ahead 2-0	t 1	2		2	6	3			IPHR
1916	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1916-07-07	DET	@	PHA	Elmer Myers	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	---	1	6	3	0.066	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	2	1	1916-07-08	DET	@	PHA	Jack Nabors	tied 1-1	t 5	0	---	1	6	3	0.169	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	3	1	1916-07-15	DET	@	NYY	George Mogridge	tied 3-3	t 3	2	123	4	6	3	0.343	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Heilmann Scores; T. Cobb Scores; B. Veach Scores
14	14	4	1	1916-08-23	DET	@	PHA	Tom Sheehan		t 8			1		3
1917	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1917-08-27	DET		BOS	Babe Ruth	ahead 3-1	b 8	2	1--	2	6	3	0.044	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Heilmann Scores
1918	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1918-04-24	PHA		BOS	Babe Ruth	tied 0-0	b 8	1	12-	3	4	3	0.316	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Kopp Scores; L. Gardner Scores/unER
17	17	2	1	1918-05-10	PHA		CHW	Red Faber	tied 1-1	b 1	2	---	1	4	3	0.120	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	3	2	1918-05-10	PHA		CHW	Red Faber	behind 2-3	b 9	0	---	1	4	3	0.451	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	4	1	1918-05-17	PHA		CLE	Fritz Coumbe	behind 0-5	b 4	0	1--	2	4	3	0.088	17%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Walker Scores/unER
20	20	5	1	1918-05-29 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	Joseph Finneran	behind 1-6	t 4	0	---	1	4	3	0.038	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	6	1	1918-08-21	PHA		CHW	Eddie Cicotte	ahead 2-1	b 7	1	-2-	2	4	3	0.123	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Walker Scores
1919	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1919-06-17	PHA		CHW	Red Faber	tied 4-4	b 6	0	---	1	6	3	0.178	75%		Home Run (Deep CF)
23	23	2	1	1919-06-21	PHA		DET	Slim Love	ahead 7-2	b 7	1	12-	3	5	3	0.009	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); F. Thomas Scores; B. Roth Scores
24	24	3	1	1919-07-13 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	Ernie Koob	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	3	0.111	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
25	25	4	1	1919-08-12	PHA		DET	Dutch Leonard	behind 1-7	b 5	1	---	1	4	3	0.022	5%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	5	1	1919-08-30	PHA	@	NYY	Bob Shawkey	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	1	4	9	0.101	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	6	1	1919-09-06 (1)	PHA		BOS	Herb Pennock	behind 1-10	b 7	0	---	1	4	9	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	7	1	1919-09-16 (2)	PHA		CLE	Elmer Myers	behind 5-8	b 4	2	---	1	1	9	0.088	24%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	8	1	1919-09-20 (2)	PHA		SLB	Bert Gallia	ahead 4-2	b 6	0	---	1	4	9	0.064	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1920	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1920-05-17	PHA		DET	Hooks Dauss	behind 2-9	b 8	1	---	1	4	9	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1922	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1922-04-20	BOS	@	PHA	Eddie Rommel	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	3	0.095	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	2	2	1922-04-20	BOS	@	PHA	Jim Sullivan	ahead 9-2	t 7	1	---	1	6	3	0.005	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	3	1	1922-06-03	BOS	@	NYY	Sad Sam Jones	ahead 3-2	t 6	2	1--	2	6	3	0.212	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Dugan Scores
34	34	4	1	1922-06-20	BOS	@	DET	Hooks Dauss	behind 2-6	t 5	1	---	1	3	3	0.054	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	5	2	1922-06-20	BOS	@	DET	Hooks Dauss	behind 4-6	t 7	2	---	1	3	3	0.105	23%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	6	1	1922-06-27 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	Fred Heimach	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	0.097	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	7	1	1922-07-07 (2)	BOS		SLB	Hub Pruett	tied 4-4	b 13	1	---	1	3	3	0.417	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	8	1	1922-07-10 (1)	BOS		SLB	Dixie Davis	behind 0-1	b 3	2	-23	3	3	3	0.285	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Pittenger Scores; N. Leibold Scores
39	39	9	1	1922-08-30	BOS	@	PHA	Curly Ogden	ahead 4-0	t 5	1	---	1	3	3	0.045	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	10	1	1922-08-31	BOS	@	PHA	Slim Harriss	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1-3	3	3	3	0.264	76%		Home Run; M. Ruel Scores; E. Miller Scores
41	41	11	1	1922-09-13	BOS	@	SLB	Urban Shocker	ahead 1-0	t 6	0	1--	2	3	3	0.163	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Mitchell Scores
42	42	12	1	1922-09-14	BOS	@	SLB	Dixie Davis	tied 1-1	t 3	1	1--	2	3	3	0.183	68%		Home Run (LF-CF); M. Menosky Scores
1923	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1923-05-30 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	Fred Heimach		t 8			2		3
44	44	2	1	1923-07-02	BOS		PHA	Fred Heimach	ahead 5-3	b 7	1	-2-	2	4	3	0.072	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Collins Scores
45	45	3	1	1923-07-12	BOS	@	DET	Ken Holloway	tied 1-1	t 4	1	1--	2	4	3	0.207	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); I. Flagstead Scores
46	46	4	1	1923-08-05	BOS	@	DET	Syl Johnson	behind 0-2	t 4	1	---	1	4	3	0.103	35%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	5	1	1923-08-08 (2)	BOS		DET	Herman Pillette		b 7			1		3
48	48	6	1	1923-08-18	BOS	@	DET	Syl Johnson	behind 0-6	t 5	0	---	1	4	3	0.026	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	7	1	1923-08-20	BOS	@	DET	Bert Cole	ahead 3-2	t 8	2	1--	2	4	3	0.201	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); I. Flagstead Scores
1924	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1924-05-10	CLE	@	PHA	Eddie Rommel	ahead 1-0	t 8	1	1--	2	3	3	0.180	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Summa Scores
51	51	2	1	1924-05-22	CLE	@	NYY	Waite Hoyt	behind 1-6	t 6	0	1--	2	4	3	0.074	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Speaker Scores
52	52	3	1	1924-07-23	CLE	@	BOS	Oscar Fuhr	ahead 3-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	6	3	0.094	86%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep LF-CF); L. Sewell Scores
53	53	4	2	1924-07-23	CLE	@	BOS	Jack Quinn	behind 6-7	t 4	0	1--	2	6	3	0.188	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Myatt Scores
1925	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1925-04-20	CLE	@	DET	Dutch Leonard	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--	2	7	3	0.148	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Stephenson Scores
55	55	2	1	1925-05-30 (1)	CLE	@	DET	Rip Collins	behind 3-5	t 4	1	---	1	7	3	0.100	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
56	56	3	1	1925-06-03	CLE		SLB	Dave Danforth	ahead 4-2	b 5	2	---	1	4	3	0.082	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
57	57	4	1	1925-06-25	CLE	@	CHW	Mike Cvengros	behind 0-5	t 4	1	---	1	5	3	0.041	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
58	58	5	1	1925-08-14	CLE		SLB	Dave Danforth	behind 2-3	b 3	1	---	1	5	3	0.111	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
59	59	6	1	1925-09-07 (1)	CLE		CHW	Ted Blankenship	tied 3-3	b 5	2	1--	2	5	3	0.237	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Sewell Scores
1926	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	1926-05-21	CLE	@	PHA	Eddie Rommel	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	3	0.100	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	2	1	1926-05-27	CLE	@	SLB	Ernie Wingard	behind 2-4	t 6	1	1--	2	5	3	0.230	46%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Sewell Scores
62	62	3	1	1926-06-02 (1)	CLE		DET	George Smith	ahead 5-1	b 5	2	-2-	2	4	3	0.049	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Sewell Scores
63	63	4	1	1926-07-12	CLE	@	NYY	Bob Shawkey	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	3	0.170	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Speaker Scores
1927	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	1927-04-13	CLE		CHW	Ted Blankenship	tied 1-1	b 8	0	---	1	4	3	0.247	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
65	65	2	1	1927-05-23 (2)	CLE		DET	Ownie Carroll	tied 1-1	b 4	0	---	1	4	3	0.118	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
66	66	3	1	1927-07-15	CLE		NYY	Waite Hoyt	behind 1-2	b 4	1	-2-	2	4	3	0.199	66%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Line Drive); H. Summa Scores
1928	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	1928-04-14	CLE	@	DET	Lil Stoner	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	5	3	0.153	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Sewell Scores
68	68	2	1	1928-05-25	CLE		SLB	General Crowder	behind 2-4	b 7	1	--3	2	8	PH	0.263	55%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hodapp Scores
69	69	3	1	1928-07-01	CLE	@	CHW	Grady Adkins	behind 0-2	t 6	2	12-	3	5	3	0.398	61%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Lind Scores; E. Morgan Scores
70	70	4	1	1928-08-29	CLE	@	DET	Lil Stoner	behind 2-3	t 5	1	--3	2	6	3
71	71	5	2	1928-08-29	CLE	@	DET	Lil Stoner	tied 4-4	t 7	2	---	1	6	3
1929	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	1929-08-31	PHA		BOS	Red Ruffing	behind 1-4	b 4	2	1--	2	7	3	0.182	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores

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