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George Joseph Burns

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Full Name: George Joseph Burns Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 7"/160 First Game: October 3, 1911
Birthdate: November 24, 1889 Final Game: September 4, 1925
Birthplace: Utica, New York MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: August 15, 1966
Deathplace: Gloversville, New York
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

George Burns (George Joseph Burns) was born on November 24, 1889 in Utica, New York. He made his Major League debut on October 3, 1911 for the New York Giants. In 1913, his rookie year, he hit .286 with 2 home runs and 54 RBI. Burns played for the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 15 year career.

Most people believe that George Burns's best season was 1914, when he stole 62 bases, hit for a .303 average and knocked in 60 runs.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1911 NY N 6 17 2 1 0 0 .059 .111 .059 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1912 NY N 29 51 11 15 0 3 .294 .400 .373 4 0 8 8 1 0 7 0 0
1913 NY N 150 605 81 173 2 54 .286 .352 .370 37 4 58 74 4 9 40 0 0
1914 NY N 154 561 100 170 3 60 .303 .403 .417 35 10 89 53 5 14 62 0 0
1915 NY N 155 622 83 169 3 51 .272 .333 .375 27 14 56 57 1 9 27 0 0
1916 NY N 155 623 105 174 5 41 .279 .346 .368 24 8 63 47 1 9 37 0 0
1917 NY N 152 597 103 180 5 45 .302 .380 .412 25 13 75 55 1 5 40 0 0
1918 NY N 119 465 80 135 4 51 .290 .354 .389 22 6 43 37 3 11 40 0 0
1919 NY N 139 534 86 162 2 46 .303 .396 .404 30 9 82 37 0 8 40 0 0
1920 NY N 154 631 115 181 6 46 .287 .365 .399 35 9 76 48 2 5 22 0 0
1921 NY N 149 605 111 181 4 61 .299 .386 .395 28 9 80 24 6 7 19 0 0
1922 CIN N 156 631 104 180 1 53 .285 .366 .353 20 10 78 38 2 12 30 0 2
1923 CIN N 154 614 99 168 3 45 .274 .376 .375 27 13 101 46 0 9 12 0 0
1924 CIN N 93 336 43 86 2 33 .256 .315 .342 19 2 29 21 0 6 3 0 0
1925 PHI N 88 349 65 102 1 22 .292 .353 .390 29 1 33 20 0 7 4 0 0
Total 1853 7241 1188 2077 41 611 .287 .366 .384 362 108 872 565 26 112 383 0 2

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1911 NY N CF 4 3 29 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1911 NY N LF 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1911 NY N OF 6 4 42 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1911 NY N RF 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1912 NY N OF 23 0 0 24 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1913 NY N OF 150 0 0 321 22 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1914 NY N OF 154 0 0 326 19 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1915 NY N OF 155 0 0 278 13 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1916 NY N OF 155 0 0 289 19 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1917 NY N OF 152 0 0 325 16 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1918 NY N OF 119 0 0 292 10 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1919 NY N OF 139 0 0 290 15 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1920 NY N OF 154 0 0 336 11 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1921 NY N OF 149 0 0 360 16 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1921 NY N 3B 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1921 NY N LF 90 90 0 210 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1921 NY N CF 59 59 0 150 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1922 CIN N RF 47 47 198.2 106 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1922 CIN N OF 156 156 786.1 386 20 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1922 CIN N CF 109 109 587.2 280 12 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1923 CIN N OF 154 0 0 327 11 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1924 CIN N OF 90 0 0 168 13 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1925 PHI N OF 88 0 0 189 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .990
Total LF 91 91 9 210 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .973
Total 3B 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 1844 309 828.1 3918 197 128 42 0 0 0 0 0 .970
Total CF 172 171 616.2 436 21 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 .974
Total RF 48 47 202.2 107 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .975

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by New York Giants with Mike Gonzalez and $150000 to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Heinie Groh (December 6, 1921).
  • Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from Cincinnati Reds (April 2, 1925).

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