Jack Irving Burns

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Full Name: John Irving Burns	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 5' 10.5"/175	First Game: September 17, 1930
Birthdate: August 31, 1907	Final Game: September 27, 1936
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: April 18, 1975
Deathplace: Brighton, Massachusetts
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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Jack Burns (John Irving Burns) was born on August 31, 1907 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He made his Major League debut on September 17, 1930 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1931, his rookie year, he hit .260 with 4 home runs and 70 RBI. Burns played for the St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Jack Burns's best season was 1932, when he hit for a .305 average and knocked in 70 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
1930	STL	A	8	30	5	9	0	2	.300	.400	.400	3	0	5	5	0	1	0	0	0
1931	STL	A	144	570	75	148	4	70	.260	.312	.353	27	7	42	58	1	8	19	0	0
1932	STL	A	150	617	111	188	11	70	.305	.368	.438	33	8	61	43	1	21	17	0	0
1933	STL	A	144	556	89	160	7	71	.288	.353	.417	43	4	56	51	0	6	11	0	0
1934	STL	A	154	612	86	157	13	73	.257	.327	.392	28	8	62	47	2	12	9	0	0
1935	STL	A	143	549	77	157	5	67	.286	.366	.368	28	1	68	49	1	20	3	0	0
1936	STL	A	9	14	2	3	0	1	.214	.353	.286	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
1936	DET	A	138	558	96	158	4	63	.283	.375	.380	36	3	79	45	3	8	4	0	0
1936	TOT	A	147	572	98	161	4	64	.281	.374	.378	37	3	82	46	3	8	4	0	0
Total			890	3506	541	980	44	417	.280	.351	.392	199	31	376	299	8	76	63	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1930	STL	A	1B	8	0	0	70	6	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1931	STL	A	1B	143	0	0	1346	125	11	131	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1932	STL	A	1B	150	0	0	1399	101	12	130	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1933	STL	A	1B	143	0	0	1336	81	12	129	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1934	STL	A	1B	154	0	0	1365	81	12	132	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1935	STL	A	1B	141	0	0	1239	57	11	115	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1936	STL	A	1B	2	0	0	28	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1936	DET	A	1B	138	0	0	1280	73	8	126	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1936	TOT	A	1B	140	0	0	1308	74	8	129	0	0	0	0	0	.994
Total			1B	879	0	0	8063	525	66	776	0	0	0	0	0	.992

[edit] Transactions

Traded by St. Louis Browns to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Chief Hogsett (April 30, 1936).

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