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.

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 23	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	47	12.1	18	2	0	20	0
2	2	Apr 24	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	55	13.0	14	1	0	15	0
3	3	Apr 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	47	11.1	9	1	1	11	1
4	4	Apr 29	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
5	5	Apr 30	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	6	May 2	PHA		WSH	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
7	7	May 3	PHA		WSH	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
8	8	May 4	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
9	9	May 5	PHA		WSH	L,6-10	CG	41	8.2	10	0	0	10	0
10	10	May 6	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	45	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
11	11	May 8	PHA		NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
12	12	May 14	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-11	CG	41	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
13	13	May 15	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
14	14	May 17	PHA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
15	15	May 18	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 20	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
17	17	May 21	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
18	18	May 22	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
19	19	May 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
20	20	May 25	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
21	21	May 26	PHA	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
22	22	May 27	PHA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	14	2	0	16	2
23	23	May 29	PHA		BOS	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	12	1	1	14	2
24	24	May 30 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,6-10	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
25	25	May 30 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	18	1	0	19	0
26	26	May 31	PHA		BOS	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	10	0	3	13	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	27	Jun 2 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
28	28	Jun 2 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,5-10	CG	40	9.0	9	1	1	11	1
29	29	Jun 3	PHA		NYY	L,9-10	CG	48	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
30	30	Jun 4	PHA		NYY	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
31	31	Jun 5	PHA		CLE	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
32	32	Jun 7	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
33	33	Jun 8	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	9	1	0	10	0
34	34	Jun 9	PHA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
35	35	Jun 10	PHA		SLB	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	13	1	1	15	1
36	36	Jun 11	PHA		SLB	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
37	37	Jun 12	PHA		SLB	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	9	1	1	11	1
38	38	Jun 13	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
39	39	Jun 14	PHA		CHW	L,3-6	CG	57	14.0	12	2	0	14	0
40	40	Jun 16	PHA		CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
41	41	Jun 17	PHA		CHW	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
42	42	Jun 18	PHA		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
43	43	Jun 19	PHA		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
44	44	Jun 20	PHA		DET	L,9-11	CG	47	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
45	45	Jun 21	PHA		DET	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
46	46	Jun 22	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	47	Jun 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-11	CG	39	8.0	11	0	1	12	0
48	48	Jun 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
49	49	Jun 25	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	13	1	0	14	0
50	50	Jun 28 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	57 (6)	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-9	GF	42	7.2	2	0	0	2	0
52	58	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	59	Jul 5 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
54	60	Jul 5 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	41	10.0	8	1	0	9	2
55	61	Jul 7 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
56	62	Jul 7 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	1	6	1
57	63	Jul 9 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	8	2	0	10	1
58	64	Jul 9 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
59	65	Jul 10	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	13	1	0	14	0
60	66	Jul 11	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
61	67	Jul 12	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
62	68	Jul 13 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
63	69	Jul 13 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	46	10.2	1	1	0	2	0
64	70	Jul 14	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	2
65	71	Jul 15	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	2
66	72	Jul 16	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	56	13.2	9	2	0	11	3
67	73	Jul 17	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	6	1	1	8	2
68	74	Jul 18	PHA	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	28	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
69	75	Jul 19	PHA	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	1	9	0
70	76	Jul 20	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
71	77	Jul 21	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
72	78	Jul 22	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	8	2	0	10	1
73	79	Jul 24	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
74	80	Jul 25	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	46	11.0	19	1	0	20	0
75	81	Jul 26 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
76	82	Jul 26 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-14	CG	48	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
77	83	Jul 27	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
78	84	Jul 29 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	10	1	1	12	3
79	85	Jul 29 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	89 (3)	Aug 4	PHA		SLB	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
81	90	Aug 7 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
82	91	Aug 7 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
83	92	Aug 8 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	48	13.0	15	0	0	15	0
84	93	Aug 8 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
85	94	Aug 9	PHA		DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	11	2	1	14	1
86	95	Aug 11	PHA		DET	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
87	96	Aug 12	PHA		DET	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
88	97	Aug 14	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	98	Aug 15	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	99	Aug 16	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	100	Aug 17	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	21	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
92	101	Aug 18	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
93	102	Aug 19	PHA	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	103	Aug 20	PHA	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	104	Aug 21	PHA	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	105	Aug 22	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	45	10.1	1	0	0	1	0
97	106	Aug 23	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	107	Aug 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
99	108	Aug 25	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-12	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
100	109	Aug 27	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	110	Aug 28 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	111	Aug 28 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	112	Aug 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
104	113	Aug 30	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	114	Aug 31	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	115	Sep 1	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
107	116	Sep 2	PHA		WSH	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
108	117	Sep 3	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	118	Sep 4 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
110	119	Sep 4 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
111	120	Sep 5	PHA		BOS	L,7-15	CG	53	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	121	Sep 6 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,3-11	CG	52	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	122	Sep 6 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,3-5	CG	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	130 (7)	Sep 16 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,8-12	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	133 (2)	Sep 19	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	134	Sep 20 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
117	135	Sep 20 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	136	Sep 25	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	137	Sep 26	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	138	Sep 27 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	140 (1)	Sep 29	PHA		NYY	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							120gm		780.0	971	74	24	1069	50