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.

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 16	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	8.1	9	2	0	11	1
3	3	Apr 17	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	1	10	0
4	4	Apr 19	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	31	8.2	7	1	2	10	1
5	5	Apr 22	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
6	6	Apr 23	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
7	7	Apr 24	PHA		BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	8	3	0	11	2
8	8	Apr 25	PHA		BOS	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	9	0	1	10	2
9	9	Apr 26	PHA		BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
10	10	Apr 27	PHA		BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
11	11	Apr 30	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	10	1	1	12	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 2	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	3
13	13	May 3	PHA		WSH	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
14	14	May 4	PHA		WSH	W,1-0	CG	37	11.0	17	1	0	18	0
15	15	May 6	PHA		WSH	L,7-11	CG	49	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
16	16	May 7	PHA		NYY	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	14	1	1	16	1
17	17	May 8	PHA		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
18	18	May 9	PHA		NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
19	19	May 10	PHA		CHW	L,3-5	CG	47	11.0	7	1	0	8	0
20	20	May 11	PHA		CHW	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
21	21	May 13	PHA		CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
22	22	May 14	PHA		CHW	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
23	23	May 15	PHA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	21	1	1	23	1
24	24	May 16	PHA		CLE	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
25	25	May 17	PHA		CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
26	26	May 18	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	8	3	0	11	0
27	27	May 20	PHA		DET	W,5-4	CG	58	14.0	14	0	0	14	1
28	28	May 22	PHA		DET	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	19	0	0	19	0
29	29	May 24	PHA		SLB	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
30	30	May 25	PHA		SLB	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
31	31	May 27	PHA		SLB	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
32	32	May 28	PHA		SLB	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	16	3	0	19	0
33	33	May 29 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	12	0	1	13	1
34	34	May 29 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	41	8.0	9	3	0	12	1
35	35	May 30	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	1	5	1
37	37	Jun 2	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	2
38	38	Jun 3	PHA	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
39	39	Jun 4	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	36	10.0	7	0	0	7	1
40	40	Jun 5	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	11	1	0	12	1
41	41	Jun 7	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
42	42	Jun 8	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	9	1	0	10	0
43	43	Jun 9	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
44	44	Jun 10	PHA	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
45	45	Jun 11	PHA	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
46	46	Jun 12	PHA	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
47	47	Jun 13	PHA	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	8	1	1	10	0
48	48	Jun 14	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	13	1	0	14	1
49	49	Jun 15	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
50	50	Jun 16	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	11	0	0	11	4
51	51	Jun 17	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	2
52	52	Jun 19	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
53	53	Jun 20 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
54	54	Jun 20 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	14	1	0	15	1
55	55	Jun 21	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-13	GS	43	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
56	56	Jun 23	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
57	57	Jun 24	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
58	58	Jun 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	59	Jun 27 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
60	60	Jun 27 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	43	9.2	4	1	0	5	1
61	61	Jun 28	PHA		NYY	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	13	2	1	16	0
62	62	Jun 29	PHA		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	16	1	0	17	3
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	63	Jul 1	PHA		NYY	L,2-9	CG	47	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
64	64	Jul 2	PHA		NYY	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
65	65	Jul 3	PHA		BOS	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
66	66	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,9-11	CG	43	9.0	16	1	0	17	1
67	67	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	11	1	0	12	0
68	68	Jul 5	PHA		BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	14	0	1	15	2
69	69	Jul 6 (1)	PHA		DET	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
70	70	Jul 6 (2)	PHA		DET	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	17	2	0	19	2
71	71	Jul 8	PHA		DET	W,16-9	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
72	72	Jul 9 (1)	PHA		DET	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
73	73	Jul 9 (2)	PHA		DET	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
74	74	Jul 10	PHA		DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
75	75	Jul 11	PHA		SLB	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
76	76	Jul 12	PHA		SLB	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
77	77	Jul 15 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	3	0	10	1
78	78	Jul 15 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	13	2	0	15	1
79	79	Jul 16	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
80	80	Jul 18 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	9	1	1	11	1
81	81	Jul 18 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
82	82	Jul 19	PHA		CLE	W,2-0	CG	19	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
83	83	Jul 20 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	3
84	84	Jul 20 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
85	85	Jul 21 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	44	10.2	12	0	0	12	2
86	86	Jul 21 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	T,5-5	CG	31	8.0	6	0	1	7	1
87	87	Jul 25	PHA	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
88	88	Jul 26	PHA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	42	10.1	4	1	0	5	1
89	89	Jul 27	PHA	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
90	90	Jul 28 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	2
91	91	Jul 28 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
92	92	Jul 30 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	8	2	0	10	2
93	93	Jul 30 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	1	8	1
94	94	Jul 31	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	95	Aug 1	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
96	96	Aug 3 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
97	97	Aug 3 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
98	98	Aug 4 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
99	99	Aug 4 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	3	0	0	3	2
100	100	Aug 5	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
101	101	Aug 6	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
102	102	Aug 7 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
103	103	Aug 7 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	12	1	0	13	1
104	104	Aug 10 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
105	105	Aug 10 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	1	13	1
106	106	Aug 11	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
107	107	Aug 12	PHA		WSH	T,1-1	CG	31	8.0	8	0	1	9	1
108	108	Aug 13 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
109	109	Aug 13 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,1-6	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
110	110	Aug 14	PHA		SLB	L,1-4	CG	45	11.0	12	2	0	14	0
111	111	Aug 15	PHA		SLB	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
112	112	Aug 16	PHA		SLB	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
113	113	Aug 17 (1)	PHA		DET	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
114	114	Aug 17 (2)	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	51	11.0	9	1	1	11	0
115	115	Aug 19	PHA		DET	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
116	116	Aug 21	PHA		CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
117	117	Aug 22	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
118	118	Aug 23	PHA		CHW	L,5-6	CG	50	11.0	9	0	0	9	0
119	119	Aug 24 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	15	3	0	18	2
120	120	Aug 24 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
121	121	Aug 26 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
122	122	Aug 26 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	11	2	1	14	1
123	123	Aug 27	PHA		CLE	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
124	124	Aug 28	PHA		CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	3
125	125	Aug 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-12	CG	43	8.0	14	1	1	16	1
126	126	Aug 30 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
127	127	Aug 31 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	2
128	128	Aug 31 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	129	Sep 2 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
130	130	Sep 2 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-8	GS	12	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
							130gm		1138.0	1389	104	27	1520	112