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.
Triple Plays: 2 (Jun 5, Sep 11)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	42	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
2	2	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
3	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	16	1	0	17	1
4	4	Apr 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
5	5	Apr 19	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
6	6	Apr 20	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
7	7	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
8	8	Apr 23	CLE		DET	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
9	9	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	14	0	0	14	3
10	10	Apr 25	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
11	11	Apr 26	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
12	12	Apr 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	15	0	0	15	1
13	13	Apr 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
14	14	Apr 29	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
15	15	Apr 30	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	13	1	1	15	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	CLE		CHW	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
17	17	May 2	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
18	18	May 3	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
19	19	May 4	CLE		SLB	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	10	3	1	14	1
20	20	May 5	CLE		SLB	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	10	2	1	13	1
21	21	May 6	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
22	22	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
23	23	May 8	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
24	24	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
25	25	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	47	9.2	11	1	0	12	2
26	26	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,9-13	CG	42	8.0	10	1	1	12	1
27	27	May 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	14	0	0	14	1
28	28	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
29	29	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-5	GS	27	5.0	6	0	2	8	0
30	30	May 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
31	31	May 19	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
32	32	May 20	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-10	GS	30	5.0	5	0	0	5	1
33	33	May 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	57	13.0	17	1	0	18	0
34	34	May 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
35	35	May 23	CLE		CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
36	36	May 24	CLE		SLB	L,5-8	GS	33	7.0	4	0	1	5	0
37	37	May 25	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	GS	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
38	38	May 26	CLE		DET	L,6-7	CG	47	9.0	11	0	1	12	2
39	39	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
40	40	May 28	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	11	0	0	11	0
41	41	May 29	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	11	3	0	14	0
42	42	May 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
43	43	May 31 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
44	44	May 31 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	16	0	0	16	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	45	Jun 2 (1)	CLE		DET	W,13-1	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
46	46	Jun 2 (2)	CLE		DET	L,0-7	CG	47	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
47	47	Jun 3	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
48	48	Jun 4	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
49	49	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	W,15-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	50	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	7.0	8	1	0	9	1
51	51	Jun 7	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	13	0	1	14	0
52	52	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
53	53	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,11-5	CG	44	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
54	54	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
55	55	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	38	11.0	5	0	0	5	1
56	56	Jun 13	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
57	57	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
58	58	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
59	59	Jun 17	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
60	60	Jun 18	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
61	61	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
62	62	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
63	63	Jun 21	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
64	64	Jun 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	11	1	0	12	2
65	65	Jun 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
66	66	Jun 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
67	67	Jun 26 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
68	68	Jun 26 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
69	69	Jun 27	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	3
70	70	Jun 28	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
71	71	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	13	1	1	15	0
72	72	Jun 30	CLE		CHW	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	73	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
74	74	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
75	75	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
76	76	Jul 4	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
77	77	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
78	78	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-8	GS	21	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	82 (3)	Jul 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	49	11.1	11	0	0	11	1
80	83	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-3	GS	26	7.0	7	1	0	8	1
81	84	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
82	85	Jul 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	10	3	0	13	2
83	86	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
84	87	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
85	88	Jul 16	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
86	89	Jul 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	9	0	1	10	0
87	90	Jul 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
88	91	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
89	92	Jul 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-2	GS	26	7.0	10	0	0	10	1
90	93	Jul 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
91	94	Jul 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
92	95	Jul 23	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
93	96	Jul 24	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
94	97	Jul 25	CLE		SLB	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
95	98	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
96	99	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
97	100	Jul 29	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
98	101	Jul 30	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	1	11	2
99	102	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	103	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
101	104	Aug 3 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,7-8	CG	47	10.0	12	0	0	12	0
102	105	Aug 3 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
103	106	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
104	107	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
105	108	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
106	109	Aug 7 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
107	110	Aug 7 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-9	GS	24	4.0	4	2	0	6	0
108	111	Aug 8	CLE		WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
109	112	Aug 9	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
110	113	Aug 10	CLE		WSH	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	10	3	0	13	1
111	114	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	CG	50	13.0	19	0	0	19	0
112	115	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
113	116	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
114	117	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	31	7.0	11	0	0	11	1
115	118	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	14	2	0	16	2
116	119	Aug 17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
117	120	Aug 22 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
118	121	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
119	122	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
120	123	Aug 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
121	124	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	3
122	125	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	11	1	0	12	2
123	126	Aug 28 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	3
124	127	Aug 28 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
125	128	Aug 29	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
126	129	Aug 31	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	49	12.0	18	0	0	18	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	130	Sep 3	CLE		DET	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	2
128	131	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	56	12.0	16	1	0	17	2
129	132	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	22	5.0	7	0	0	7	1
130	133	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	16	1	0	17	2
131	134	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	13	4	0	17	1
132	135	Sep 7	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	8	3	0	11	0
133	136	Sep 8	CLE	@	DET	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
134	137	Sep 9	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
135	138	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	6	2	1	9	0
136	139	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
137	140	Sep 12	CLE		WSH	W,14-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
138	141	Sep 13	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
139	142	Sep 15	CLE		NYY	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
140	143	Sep 16 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
141	144	Sep 16 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
142	145	Sep 17	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
143	146	Sep 18	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
144	147	Sep 19	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
145	148	Sep 20	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	14	0	0	14	0
146	149	Sep 21	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
147	150	Sep 22	CLE		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
148	151	Sep 24	CLE		PHA	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
149	152	Sep 26 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
150	153	Sep 26 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
151	154	Sep 27	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
							151gm		1332.0	1499	99	19	1617	122