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George Burns
George Joseph Burns

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 160 lb.

Debut October 3, 1911
Final Game September 4, 1925
Born November 24, 1889 in Utica, NY
Died August 15, 1966 in Gloversville, NY

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1911 21 NYG NL   6   17    2    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   0  .059  .111  .059  -53    1   1           0    
 1912 22 NYG NL  29   51   11   15   4  0   0    3   7      8   8  .294  .400  .373  109   19   0           1    
 1913 23 NYG NL 150  605   81  173  37  4   2   54  40     58  74  .286  .352  .370  105  224   9           4     MVP-24
 1914 24 NYG NL 154  561  100  170  35 10   3   60  62     89  53  .303  .403  .417  147  234  14           5     MVP-4
 1915 25 NYG NL 155  622   83  169  27 14   3   51  27 20  56  57  .272  .333  .375  120  233   9           1    
 1916 26 NYG NL 155  623  105  174  24  8   5   41  37 26  63  47  .279  .346  .368  124  229   9           1    
 1917 27 NYG NL 152  597  103  180  25 13   5   45  40     75  55  .302  .380  .412  146  246   5           1    
 1918 28 NYG NL 119  465   80  135  22  6   4   51  40     43  37  .290  .354  .389  128  181  11           3    
 1919 29 NYG NL 139  534   86  162  30  9   2   46  40     82  37  .303  .396  .404  142  216   8           0    
 1920 30 NYG NL 154  631  115  181  35  9   6   46  22 22  76  48  .287  .365  .399  119  252   5           2    
 1921 31 NYG NL 149  605  111  181  28  9   4   61  19 20  80  24  .299  .386  .395  106  239   7           6    
 1922 32 CIN NL 156  631  104  180  20 10   1   53  30 23  78  38  .285  .366  .353   88  223  12           2    
 1923 33 CIN NL 154  614   99  168  27 13   3   45  12 14 101  46  .274  .376  .375  100  230   9           0    
 1924 34 CIN NL  93  336   43   86  19  2   2   33   3  6  29  21  .256  .315  .342   77  115   6           0    
 1925 35 PHI NL  88  349   65  102  29  1   1   22   4  8  33  20  .292  .353  .390   84  136   7           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons         7241      2077    108      611    139     565  .287  .366  .384  114      112   0   0  26   0
               1853      1188      362     41      383    872                            2778
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        633  104  182  32  9   4   53  33 12  76  49  .287  .366  .384  114  243  10   0   0   2   0
 Career High    156  631  115  181  37 14   6   61  62 26 101  74  .303  .403  .417  147  252  14   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1911 21 NYG NL   19   17    0   0.0    98| .059  .272| .111  .350| .059  .374| .170  .724| -53  .000  -3.6  -0.4     
 1912 22 NYG NL   60   36    7   5.2   103| .294  .285| .400  .356| .373  .388| .773  .744| 109  .590   1.2   0.1     
 1913 23 NYG NL  676  441   78   4.8    92| .286  .271| .352  .335| .370  .368| .722  .704| 105  .592   6.5   0.7     
 1914 24 NYG NL  669  405   93   6.2    82| .303  .255| .403  .323| .417  .342| .820  .664| 147  .736  37.6   4.2     
 1915 25 NYG NL  688  482   75   4.2    76| .272  .249| .333  .311| .375  .333| .708  .644| 120  .609  13.9   1.6  57%
 1916 26 NYG NL  696  484   77   4.3    74| .279  .249| .346  .306| .368  .332| .714  .638| 124  .617  18.9   2.2  58%
 1917 27 NYG NL  678  422   93   6.0    76| .302  .253| .380  .310| .412  .334| .792  .644| 146  .742  34.8   4.0     
 1918 28 NYG NL  522  341   63   5.0    78| .290  .259| .354  .316| .389  .334| .743  .651| 128  .665  16.6   1.9     
 1919 29 NYG NL  624  380   86   6.1    81| .303  .263| .396  .317| .404  .346| .800  .663| 142  .729  32.2   3.6     
 1920 30 NYG NL  714  477   88   5.0    90| .287  .277| .365  .330| .399  .367| .764  .698| 119  .618  18.8   2.0  50%
 1921 31 NYG NL  698  451   88   5.2   107| .299  .299| .386  .350| .395  .412| .781  .762| 106  .557   9.7   0.9  48%
 1922 32 CIN NL  723  486   79   4.3   110| .285  .299| .366  .356| .353  .415| .719  .772|  88  .443  -8.6  -0.8  56%
 1923 33 CIN NL  724  469   84   4.8   105| .274  .291| .376  .349| .375  .405| .751  .754| 100  .507   4.6   0.4  46%
 1924 34 CIN NL  371  262   35   3.6   103| .256  .289| .315  .344| .342  .402| .657  .746|  77  .392 -10.4  -1.0  33%
 1925 35 PHI NL  389  262   46   4.7   121| .292  .310| .353  .369| .390  .443| .743  .812|  84  .461  -7.8  -0.7  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     8251 5415  992   4.9    91| .287  .273| .366  .331| .384  .370| .750  .701| 114  .597 164.4  18.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1911 21 NYG NL OF 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 .959 1.17 2.07 1 4 1 1912 22 NYG NL OF 23 24 3 0 1 1.000 .957 1.17 2.16 13 5 5 1913 23 NYG NL OF 150 321 22 13 1 .963 .960 2.29 2.08 119 0 32 1914 24 NYG NL OF 154 326 19 18 5 .950 .957 2.24 1.97 102 0 54 1915 25 NYG NL OF 155 278 13 12 4 .960 .959 1.88 2.01 140 0 15 1916 26 NYG NL OF 155 289 19 12 3 .963 .967 1.99 2.00 155 0 0 1917 27 NYG NL OF 152 325 16 9 4 .974 .963 2.24 2.08 152 0 0 1918 28 NYG NL OF 119 292 10 11 1 .965 .962 2.54 2.13 119 0 0 1919 29 NYG NL OF 139 290 15 3 4 .990 .964 2.19 2.18 139 0 0 1920 30 NYG NL OF 154 336 11 6 5 .983 .964 2.25 2.21 154 1 0 1921 31 NYG NL OF 149 360 16 11 2 .972 .965 2.52 2.24 90 59 0 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.00 1922 32 CIN NL OF 156 386 20 10 3 .976 .962 2.60 2.26 0 109 47 1923 33 CIN NL OF 154 327 11 14 3 .960 .964 2.19 2.28 0 3 151 1924 34 CIN NL OF 90 168 13 7 4 .963 .965 2.01 2.24 12 1 79 1925 35 PHI NL OF 88 189 9 2 2 .990 .967 2.25 2.33 66 4 22
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1921 31 NYG NL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.00 1911 21 NYG NL OF 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 .959 1.17 2.07 1 4 1 1912 22 NYG NL OF 23 24 3 0 1 1.000 .957 1.17 2.16 13 5 5 1913 23 NYG NL OF 150 321 22 13 1 .963 .960 2.29 2.08 119 0 32 1914 24 NYG NL OF 154 326 19 18 5 .950 .957 2.24 1.97 102 0 54 1915 25 NYG NL OF 155 278 13 12 4 .960 .959 1.88 2.01 140 0 15 1916 26 NYG NL OF 155 289 19 12 3 .963 .967 1.99 2.00 155 0 0 1917 27 NYG NL OF 152 325 16 9 4 .974 .963 2.24 2.08 152 0 0 1918 28 NYG NL OF 119 292 10 11 1 .965 .962 2.54 2.13 119 0 0 1919 29 NYG NL OF 139 290 15 3 4 .990 .964 2.19 2.18 139 0 0 1920 30 NYG NL OF 154 336 11 6 5 .983 .964 2.25 2.21 154 1 0 1921 31 NYG NL OF 149 360 16 11 2 .972 .965 2.52 2.24 90 59 0 1922 32 CIN NL OF 156 386 20 10 3 .976 .962 2.60 2.26 0 109 47 1923 33 CIN NL OF 154 327 11 14 3 .960 .964 2.19 2.28 0 3 151 1924 34 CIN NL OF 90 168 13 7 4 .963 .965 2.01 2.24 12 1 79 1925 35 PHI NL OF 88 189 9 2 2 .990 .967 2.25 2.33 66 4 22
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1844 3918 197 128 42 .970 .963 2.23 2.15 1262 186 406 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1845 3918 198 128 42 .970 .963 2.23 2.15
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1913   WS    NYG PHA     L   5  19   2   3  2  0  0   2   1   5  .158  .200  .263   1  0   0   0   0 
 1917   WS    NYG CHW     L   6  22   3   5  0  0  0   2   3   6  .227  .320  .227   1  0   0   0   0 
 1921   WS    NYG NYY     W   8  33   2  11  4  1  0   2   3   5  .333  .389  .515   1  1   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2  19  74   7  19  6  1  0   6   7  16  .257  .321  .365   3  1   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1913-NL-24-0.03
1914-NL-4-0.48
Car-419-0.51 shares

Batting Average
1914 NL-.303-8
1917 NL-.302-6
1918 NL-.290-10
1919 NL-.303-8

On-base %
1914 NL-.403-2
1917 NL-.380-3
1919 NL-.396-1
1920 NL-.365-10
1921 NL-.386-10

Slugging %
1914 NL-.417-9
1917 NL-.412-5
1918 NL-.389-10

OPS
1914 NL-.820-6
1917 NL-.792-5
1919 NL-.801-4

Games
1913 NL-150-8
1914 NL-154-4
1915 NL-155-7
1916 NL-155-3
1917 NL-152-7
1919 NL-139-4
1920 NL-154-4
1922 NL-156-1
1923 NL-154-1

At Bats
1913 NL-605-2
1914 NL-561-10
1915 NL-622-1
1916 NL-623-1
1917 NL-597-3
1919 NL-534-5
1920 NL-631-4
1921 NL-605-9
1922 NL-631-3
1923 NL-614-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1913 NL-676-2
1914 NL-669-2
1915 NL-688-1
1916 NL-696-1
1917 NL-678-2
1919 NL-624-2
1920 NL-714-1
1921 NL-698-2
1922 NL-723-4
1923 NL-724-1

Runs
1913 NL-81-10
1914 NL-100-1
1915 NL-83-4
1916 NL-105-1
1917 NL-103-1
1918 NL-80-2
1919 NL-86-1
1920 NL-115-1
1921 NL-111-5
1922 NL-104-10
1923 NL-99-8

Hits
1913 NL-173-3
1914 NL-170-2
1915 NL-169-5
1916 NL-174-5
1917 NL-180-2
1918 NL-135-9
1919 NL-162-3
1920 NL-181-9

Total Bases
1914 NL-234-5
1915 NL-233-6
1916 NL-229-5
1917 NL-246-2
1918 NL-181-7
1919 NL-216-5
1920 NL-252-7

Doubles
1913 NL-37-2
1914 NL-35-3
1917 NL-25-8
1918 NL-22-9
1919 NL-30-2
1920 NL-35-5

Triples
1914 NL-10-8
1915 NL-14-4
1917 NL-13-6
1923 NL-13-7

Home Runs
1917 NL-5-7
1918 NL-4-8
1920 NL-6-10

Bases on Balls
1914 NL-89-3
1915 NL-56-10
1916 NL-63-6
1917 NL-75-1
1919 NL-82-1
1920 NL-76-1
1921 NL-80-1
1922 NL-78-4
1923 NL-101-1

Strikeouts
1913 NL-74-1
1920 NL-48-9
1923 NL-46-8

Stolen Bases
1913 NL-40-4
1914 NL-62-1
1915 NL-27-6
1916 NL-37-4
1917 NL-40-2
1918 NL-40-2
1919 NL-40-1
1920 NL-22-8
1922 NL-30-3
Car-383-78

Singles
1913 NL-130-4
1914 NL-122-7
1915 NL-125-8
1916 NL-137-3
1917 NL-137-5
1919 NL-121-8
1922 NL-149-9

Adjusted OPS+
1914 NL-147-4
1917 NL-146-5
1919 NL-142-4

Runs Created
1913 NL-78-9
1914 NL-93-3
1915 NL-75-7
1916 NL-77-6
1917 NL-93-2
1918 NL-63-7
1919 NL-86-1
1920 NL-88-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1914 NL-38-3
1917 NL-35-3
1918 NL-17-10
1919 NL-32-2

Batting Wins
1914 NL-4.2-3
1916 NL-2.2-10
1917 NL-4.0-3
1918 NL-1.9-9
1919 NL-3.6-1
1920 NL-2.0-10

Extra-Base Hits
1914 NL-48-5
1915 NL-44-10
1917 NL-43-5
1918 NL-32-8
1919 NL-41-3
1920 NL-50-4

Times on Base
1913 NL-235-2
1914 NL-264-1
1915 NL-226-4
1916 NL-238-1
1917 NL-256-2
1918 NL-181-9
1919 NL-244-1
1920 NL-259-3
1921 NL-267-2
1922 NL-260-9
1923 NL-269-3

Offensive Win%
1914 NL-.736-7
1917 NL-.742-4
1918 NL-.665-10
1919 NL-.729-3

Hit By Pitch
1921 NL-6-3

Caught Stealing
1915 NL-20-5
1916 NL-26-2
1920 NL-22-4
1921 NL-20-3
1922 NL-23-3
1923 NL-14-10
Car-139-31

Power/Speed Number
1917 NL-8.9-4
1918 NL-7.3-5
1920 NL-9.4-5

At Bats per Home Run
1918 NL-116.3-10

Outs
1913 NL-441-7
1915 NL-482-2
1916 NL-484-2
1919 NL-380-9
1920 NL-477-5
1921 NL-451-8
1922 NL-486-2
1923 NL-469-2

Black Ink: Batting - 33 (49) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 165 (65) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 27.0 (337) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 56.5 (329) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 6, 1921: Traded by the New York Giants with Mike Gonzalez and $150,000 to the Cincinnati Reds for Heinie Groh.

April 2, 1925: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Cincinnati Reds.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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