Jack Burns

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: August 31, 1907 in Cambridge, MA us

Died: April 18, 1975 in Brighton, MA

Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Brighton, MA

Debut: September 17, 1930 (Age 23-017d, 7,132nd in major league history)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1936 (Age 29-027d)
vs. CLE 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: John Irving Burns

Nicknames: Slug

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.8

3506

980

.280

541

RBI

417

OBP

.351

SLG

.392

OPS

.742

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 19)

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
2	2	Apr 13	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
3	3	Apr 14	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
4	4	Apr 15	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	51	12.1	16	1	0	17	1
5	5	Apr 16	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	47	11.1	14	0	0	14	0
6	6	Apr 17	SLB	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
7	7	Apr 18	SLB	@	DET	L,7-14	CG	46	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
8	8	Apr 19	SLB	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
9	9	Apr 20	SLB		CHW	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
10	10	Apr 22	SLB		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
11	11	Apr 23	SLB		CHW	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
12	12	Apr 24	SLB		CLE	L,3-14	CG	49	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
13	13	Apr 25	SLB		CLE	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
14	14	Apr 27	SLB		CLE	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	13	2	0	15	2
15	15	Apr 28	SLB		DET	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
16	16	Apr 30	SLB		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	SLB		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	7	2	1	10	1
18	18	May 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
19	19	May 3	SLB	@	CLE	W,11-8	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
20	20	May 4	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
21	21	May 5	SLB	@	BOS	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	11	3	0	14	3
22	22	May 6	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	11	3	0	14	1
23	23	May 7	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	2
24	24	May 8	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 10	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
26	26	May 11	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
27	27	May 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
28	28	May 14	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	2
29	29	May 15	SLB	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
30	30	May 16	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
31	31	May 17	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
32	32	May 18	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-7	CG	48	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
33	33	May 20	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-11	CG	41	8.0	7	3	0	10	1
34	34	May 21	SLB	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
35	35	May 22	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
36	36	May 23	SLB	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
37	37	May 24	SLB	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
38	38	May 27	SLB		CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
39	39	May 28	SLB		CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
40	40	May 29 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
41	41	May 29 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
42	42	May 30 (1)	SLB		DET	L,9-17	CG	51	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
43	43	May 30 (2)	SLB		DET	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 2	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
45	45	Jun 3	SLB	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	42	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
46	46	Jun 4	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	45	9.2	10	1	0	11	0
47	47	Jun 7	SLB		BOS	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
48	48	Jun 8	SLB		BOS	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
49	49	Jun 9	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
50	50	Jun 10	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	9	3	0	12	0
51	51	Jun 11	SLB		WSH	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	11	1	1	13	3
52	52	Jun 12 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 12 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	54	Jun 14	SLB		WSH	W,17-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
55	55	Jun 15	SLB		PHA	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
56	56	Jun 16	SLB		PHA	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	8	3	0	11	1
57	57	Jun 18	SLB		PHA	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
58	58	Jun 19 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	6	1	0	7	1
59	59	Jun 19 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
60	60	Jun 20	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
61	61	Jun 21	SLB		NYY	L,8-11	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
62	62	Jun 22	SLB		NYY	W,17-10	CG	46	9.0	8	0	1	9	3
63	63	Jun 23	SLB		NYY	W,14-10	CG	51	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
64	64	Jun 26 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	2
65	65	Jun 26 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
66	66	Jun 29	SLB		CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
67	67	Jun 30	SLB		CHW	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 2	SLB		CHW	L,5-15	CG	48	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
69	69	Jul 3	SLB		CHW	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	70	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	7	3	0	10	0
71	71	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	72	Jul 6	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	14	0	0	14	1
73	73	Jul 7	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
74	74	Jul 8	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
75	75	Jul 9	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	6	3	0	9	1
76	76	Jul 10 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	3
77	77	Jul 10 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	0	10.0	17	0	0	17	1
78	78	Jul 11	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-15	CG	48	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
79	79	Jul 12	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
80	80	Jul 13	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
81	81	Jul 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	52	11.1	7	0	0	7	0
82	82	Jul 15	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
83	83	Jul 16	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-11	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
84	84	Jul 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
85	85	Jul 18	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	14	0	0	14	0
86	86	Jul 19 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,8-9	CG	42	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
87	87	Jul 19 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-16	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	2
88	88	Jul 20	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
89	89	Jul 21	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	1	9	2
90	90	Jul 23 (1)	SLB		DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
91	91	Jul 23 (2)	SLB		DET	L,4-9	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
92	92	Jul 24 (1)	SLB		DET	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
93	93	Jul 24 (2)	SLB		DET	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	10	2	1	13	1
94	94	Jul 26	SLB		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
95	95	Jul 27	SLB		WSH	L,3-9	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
96	96	Jul 28	SLB		WSH	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
97	97	Jul 29	SLB		WSH	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
98	98	Jul 30	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	CG	44	12.0	14	0	0	14	1
99	99	Jul 31 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
100	100	Jul 31 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	101	Aug 2	SLB		BOS	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
102	102	Aug 4	SLB		PHA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	1	12	3
103	103	Aug 5	SLB		PHA	W,9-8	CG	48	10.0	9	1	0	10	1
104	104	Aug 6	SLB		PHA	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
105	105	Aug 7 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,5-11	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
106	106	Aug 7 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
107	107	Aug 9	SLB		NYY	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
108	108	Aug 10	SLB		NYY	L,6-7	CG	50	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
109	109	Aug 11	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
110	110	Aug 13	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	8	2	1	11	1
111	111	Aug 14 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	112	Aug 14 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
113	113	Aug 16	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
114	114	Aug 17	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
115	115	Aug 18	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	61	14.2	17	3	0	20	1
116	116	Aug 20	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
117	117	Aug 21	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	12	1	0	13	2
118	118	Aug 22	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	5	1	1	7	1
119	119	Aug 23	SLB	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	41	8.1	10	3	0	13	1
120	120	Aug 24	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	45	11.0	11	0	0	11	1
121	121	Aug 25	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-15	CG	49	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
122	122	Aug 26	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	12	0	0	12	0
123	123	Aug 27	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-9	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	128 (4)	Sep 3	SLB		CHW	L,8-13	CG	49	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
125	129	Sep 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
126	130	Sep 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
127	131	Sep 5 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,9-12	CG	48	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
128	132	Sep 5 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
129	133	Sep 6 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
130	134	Sep 6 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
131	135	Sep 8	SLB		WSH	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
132	136	Sep 9	SLB		WSH	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
133	137	Sep 10	SLB		WSH	L,4-10	CG	50	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
134	138	Sep 11 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
135	139	Sep 11 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
136	140	Sep 13	SLB		BOS	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
137	141	Sep 14	SLB		PHA	L,6-13	CG	51	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
138	142	Sep 15	SLB		PHA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
139	143	Sep 16	SLB		PHA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
140	144	Sep 17	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
141	145	Sep 18 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
142	146	Sep 18 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	11	0	0	11	2
143	147	Sep 20 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
144	148	Sep 20 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-11	CG	48	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
145	149	Sep 21	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
146	150	Sep 23 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
147	151	Sep 23 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-12	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	3
148	152	Sep 24 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	0	9.1	7	2	0	9	0
149	153	Sep 24 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	11	0	0	11	0
150	154	Sep 25	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
							150gm		1332.0	1399	101	12	1512	130