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.

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
2	2	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	12	1	1	14	0
3	3	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
4	4	Apr 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	10	2	0	12	2
5	5	Apr 22	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	10	3	0	13	1
6	6	Apr 23	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	9	1	0	10	0
7	7	Apr 24	CLE		DET	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
8	8	Apr 25	CLE		DET	W,10-2	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
9	9	Apr 26	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
10	10	Apr 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	7	4	1	12	0
11	11	Apr 28	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	42	8.1	6	0	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CLE		CHW	L,7-13	CG	49	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
13	13	May 2	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
14	14	May 4	CLE		CHW	W,13-7	CG	45	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
15	15	May 5	CLE		SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
16	16	May 6	CLE		SLB	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
17	17	May 7	CLE		SLB	L,8-10	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
18	18	May 8	CLE		SLB	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	12	4	0	16	2
19	19	May 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
20	20	May 11	CLE		PHA	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
21	21	May 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	11	3	0	14	2
22	22	May 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	33	7.0	8	0	0	8	1
23	23	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
24	24	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
25	25	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
26	26	May 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
27	27	May 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	1	10	0
28	28	May 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
29	29	May 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG	42	8.0	6	3	0	9	0
30	30	May 27	CLE		CHW	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
31	31	May 28 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
32	32	May 28 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,6-13	GS	39	7.0	6	2	0	8	1
33	33	May 30 (1)	CLE		DET	L,7-11	CG	48	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
34	34	May 30 (2)	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
35	35	May 31	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	CLE		DET	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
37	37	Jun 4	CLE		PHA	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
38	38	Jun 5	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
39	39	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	L,7-11	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
40	40	Jun 7	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
41	41	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
42	42	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
43	43	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
44	44	Jun 11	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
45	45	Jun 12	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	8	4	0	12	0
46	46	Jun 13	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
47	47	Jun 14	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	12	0	0	12	0
48	48	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
49	49	Jun 16	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
50	50	Jun 17	CLE		NYY	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
51	51	Jun 18	CLE		NYY	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	11	3	0	14	1
52	52	Jun 19 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,16-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	1	8	1
53	53	Jun 19 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	41	8.2	12	0	0	12	0
54	54	Jun 20	CLE	@	DET	W,11-9	CG	49	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
55	55	Jun 21	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	9	2	0	11	0
56	56	Jun 22	CLE	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
57	57	Jun 23 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
58	58	Jun 23 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
59	59	Jun 25 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	14	2	1	17	0
60	60	Jun 25 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	44	8.0	10	2	1	13	0
61	61	Jun 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	43	10.0	9	3	0	12	1
62	62	Jun 27	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
63	63	Jun 28	CLE		DET	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	6	4	0	10	1
64	64	Jun 29	CLE		DET	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	65	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
66	66	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	6	3	2	11	1
67	67	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
68	68	Jul 3	CLE		SLB	L,10-16	CG	52	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
69	69	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
70	70	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	43	9.1	8	1	0	9	0
71	71	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	44	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
72	72	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
73	73	Jul 8	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	30	7.0	11	0	0	11	1
74	74	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
75	76 (1)	Jul 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
76	77	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-10	CG	45	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
77	78	Jul 12 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
78	79	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
79	80	Jul 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,11-15	GF	10	2.1	3	1	0	4	0
80	85 (4)	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
81	88 (2)	Jul 20 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
82	89	Jul 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
83	90	Jul 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	47	10.2	10	1	1	12	1
84	91	Jul 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,12-16	CG	47	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
85	92	Jul 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG	46	9.1	9	0	0	9	0
86	93	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	11	3	0	14	0
87	94	Jul 27	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
88	95	Jul 28	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
89	96	Jul 29	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
90	97	Jul 30	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
91	98	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	17	0	0	17	1
92	99	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	11	1	0	12	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	100	Aug 1	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
94	101	Aug 2	CLE		PHA	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
95	102	Aug 3	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
96	103	Aug 4	CLE		BOS	W,14-5	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
97	104	Aug 5	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
98	105	Aug 6	CLE		BOS	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
99	106	Aug 7	CLE		NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
100	107	Aug 8	CLE		NYY	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
101	108	Aug 9	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
102	109	Aug 10	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
103	110	Aug 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
104	111	Aug 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
105	112	Aug 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
106	113	Aug 16 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
107	114	Aug 16 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
108	115	Aug 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,13-3	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
109	116	Aug 19	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	15	0	0	15	0
110	117	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
111	118	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	9.2	8	1	0	9	1
112	119	Aug 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
113	120	Aug 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
114	121	Aug 24	CLE		SLB	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
115	122	Aug 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	11	2	0	13	0
116	123	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	9	1	1	11	2
117	124	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	135 (10)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	9	0	1	10	0
119	136	Sep 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-20	CG	51	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
120	137	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	15	1	1	17	1
121	138	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
122	144 (5)	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	11	3	0	14	2
123	145	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	9	2	1	12	2
124	146	Sep 18	CLE		WSH	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	3	0	1	4	1
125	147	Sep 19	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	GF	0	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	150 (2)	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	L,4-10	GS	35	8.0	11	0	1	12	1
127	151	Sep 23	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	GS	39	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
							127gm		1092.0	1227	110	18	1355	85