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.

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 18	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	0		3	0	0	3	0
2	9 (1)	Apr 21	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
3	12 (2)	Apr 27	DET	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
4	13	Apr 28	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
5	14	Apr 29	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	17	1	0	18	1
6	15	Apr 30	DET		CLE	L,6-12	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	16	May 1	DET		CLE	L,0-2	CG	0	5.0	10	0	0	10	0
8	17	May 2	DET		CLE	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
9	18	May 4	DET		SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	13.0	19	0	0	19	0
10	19	May 5	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
11	20	May 7	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
12	22 (1)	May 9	DET	@	PHA	W,16-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
13	23	May 10	DET	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
14	24	May 11	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	12	1	0	13	2
15	25	May 12	DET	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	59	11.0	9	3	0	12	0
16	26	May 13	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
17	27	May 15	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	0	10.2	16	0	0	16	1
18	28	May 16	DET	@	WSH	L,3-15	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
19	29	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
20	30	May 19	DET	@	NYY	T,2-2	GS	0	11.0	8	0	0	8	2
21	31	May 20	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
22	32	May 22	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	43	8.2	7	2	0	9	1
23	33	May 24	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	10	0	1	11	0
24	34	May 25	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
25	35	May 27	DET		SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	18	0	0	18	0
26	36	May 28	DET		SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
27	37	May 29 (1)	DET		SLB	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	16	0	1	17	0
28	38	May 29 (2)	DET		SLB	W,17-6	CG	0	8.0	10	1	1	12	1
29	39	May 30 (1)	DET		CHW	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
30	40	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	W,9-8	CG	47	10.0	13	0	0	13	2
31	41	May 31	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	42	Jun 1	DET		CHW	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
33	43	Jun 3	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	17	1	0	18	0
34	44	Jun 4	DET		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
35	45	Jun 5	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	16	1	0	17	0
36	46	Jun 6	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
37	47	Jun 9	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	13	1	1	15	0
38	48	Jun 11	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
39	49	Jun 12	DET		NYY	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
40	50	Jun 13	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
41	51	Jun 14	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
42	52	Jun 15	DET		PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	15	0	1	16	0
43	53	Jun 16	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
44	54	Jun 17	DET		PHA	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
45	55	Jun 18	DET		PHA	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
46	56	Jun 20	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
47	57	Jun 21	DET		CLE	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
48	58	Jun 22	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
49	59	Jun 24	DET		CLE	L,8-10	CG	0	11.0	14	0	0	14	1
50	60	Jun 25 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	13	0	1	14	0
51	61	Jun 25 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
52	62	Jun 26	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
53	63	Jun 27 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
54	64	Jun 27 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
55	65	Jun 28	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	68 (2)	Jul 1	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	10	1	1	12	1
57	69	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	11.2	14	4	1	19	0
58	70	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
59	71	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
60	72	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
61	73	Jul 6	DET	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
62	74	Jul 7	DET	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	1	12	2
63	75	Jul 8	DET	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
64	76	Jul 11 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
65	77	Jul 11 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
66	78	Jul 12	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
67	79	Jul 13	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
68	80	Jul 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	48	12.0	7	0	0	7	1
69	81	Jul 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	11.1	8	0	0	8	1
70	82	Jul 15	DET	@	NYY	W,9-7	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
71	83	Jul 17 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	14	1	0	15	2
72	84	Jul 17 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
73	85	Jul 18	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
74	86	Jul 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	1	10	0
75	87	Jul 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
76	88	Jul 20	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	13.0	16	2	1	19	2
77	89	Jul 22 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
78	90	Jul 22 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
79	91	Jul 23	DET		CHW	L,9-12	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
80	92	Jul 24	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	56	13.0	21	0	0	21	0
81	93	Jul 25	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	3
82	94	Jul 26	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
83	95	Jul 27	DET		WSH	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
84	96	Jul 28	DET		WSH	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	16	1	0	17	0
85	97	Jul 29 (1)	DET		BOS	W,10-8	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
86	98	Jul 29 (2)	DET		BOS	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
87	99	Jul 30	DET		BOS	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
88	100	Jul 31	DET		BOS	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	101	Aug 1	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	13	1	3	17	0
90	102	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
91	103	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
92	104	Aug 4	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
93	105	Aug 5	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	59	14.0	9	1	1	11	2
94	106	Aug 6	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
95	107	Aug 7	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
96	108	Aug 8	DET		PHA	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
97	109	Aug 9	DET		PHA	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
98	113 (3)	Aug 13	DET	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	14	0	1	15	3
99	114	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	16	0	0	16	0
100	115	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,11-6	CG	0	10.0	13	1	0	14	1
101	116	Aug 17 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
102	117	Aug 18	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
103	118	Aug 19	DET	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	39	10.0	16	0	0	16	0
104	119	Aug 21	DET	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
105	120	Aug 22	DET	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
106	121	Aug 23	DET	@	PHA	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
107	122	Aug 24	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
108	123	Aug 25	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
109	124	Aug 26	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
110	125	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
111	126	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
112	127	Aug 30	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
113	128	Aug 31	DET	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	129	Sep 2	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	16	0	0	16	0
115	130	Sep 3	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
116	131	Sep 4 (1)	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
117	132	Sep 4 (2)	DET		CLE	W,11-8	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
118	133	Sep 6	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	11	0	1	12	2
119	134	Sep 7	DET		SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
120	135	Sep 8	DET		SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
121	136	Sep 9	DET		SLB	W,12-8	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
122	137	Sep 10	DET	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
123	145 (7)	Sep 18	DET		PHA	L,0-2	GF	0		4	0	0	4	0
124	146	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	43	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
							124gm		1115.0	1355	54	22	1431	71