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.

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	DET		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	13.0	18	0	0	18	0
2	2	Apr 16	DET		SLB	L,5-8	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
3	3	Apr 17	DET		SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	12	1	1	14	1
4	4	Apr 18	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
5	5	Apr 19	DET		CLE	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
6	6	Apr 21	DET		CLE	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
7	7	Apr 22	DET	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
8	8	Apr 23	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	16	0	0	16	2
9	9	Apr 24	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	11.2	19	1	0	20	1
10	10	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
11	11	Apr 26	DET	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
12	12	Apr 28	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
13	13	Apr 29	DET		CHW	W,1-0	CG	43	11.0	17	1	1	19	2
14	14	Apr 30	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
16	16	May 2	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
17	17	May 3	DET	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	10	3	0	13	0
18	18	May 4	DET	@	CLE	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
19	19	May 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
20	20	May 6	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
21	21	May 8	DET	@	CHW	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	3
22	22	May 9	DET	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
23	23	May 10	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	16	0	0	16	1
24	24	May 12	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
25	25	May 14	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	12	0	0	12	0
26	26	May 15	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	1	13	0
27	27	May 16	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
28	28	May 18	DET	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
29	29	May 19	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	10	2	0	12	0
30	30	May 20	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
31	31	May 21	DET	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
32	32	May 22	DET	@	PHA	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	10	2	1	13	1
33	33	May 23	DET	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	11	1	1	13	0
34	34	May 25	DET	@	WSH	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
35	35	May 26	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
36	36	May 27	DET	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	12	0	1	13	0
37	37	May 28	DET	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
38	38	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
39	39	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	13	1	0	14	0
40	40	May 31	DET	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	12	0	2	14	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	41	Jun 1	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	13.0	25	0	0	25	3
42	42	Jun 2	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
43	43	Jun 3	DET		SLB	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
44	44	Jun 5 (1)	DET		SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	10.0	20	2	0	22	0
45	45	Jun 5 (2)	DET		SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 6	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	17	1	2	20	1
47	47	Jun 7	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
48	48	Jun 8	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
49	49	Jun 9	DET		PHA	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	11	2	1	14	0
50	50	Jun 10	DET		BOS	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
51	51	Jun 11	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	17	0	0	17	0
52	52	Jun 12	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
53	53	Jun 13	DET		BOS	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	14	1	1	16	1
54	54	Jun 14	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	17	1	0	18	0
55	55	Jun 15	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
56	56	Jun 16	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
57	57	Jun 17	DET		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
58	58	Jun 18	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
59	59	Jun 19	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	12	2	0	14	0
60	60	Jun 20	DET		WSH	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
61	61	Jun 21	DET		WSH	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
62	62	Jun 22	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
63	63	Jun 23	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
64	64	Jun 24	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	10	1	1	12	0
65	65	Jun 25	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	12	0	0	12	0
66	66	Jun 26	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
67	67	Jun 27	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
68	68	Jun 28	DET		CLE	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	8	2	1	11	1
69	69	Jun 29	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	3
70	70	Jun 30	DET		CHW	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	71	Jul 2	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
72	72	Jul 3	DET		CLE	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
73	73	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,8-10	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
74	74	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	12.0	16	3	0	19	0
75	75	Jul 5 (1)	DET		SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	14.0	22	1	0	23	1
76	76	Jul 5 (2)	DET		SLB	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	12	1	1	14	1
77	77	Jul 8	DET	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
78	78	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	19	0	0	19	0
79	79	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
80	80	Jul 10	DET	@	PHA	T,8-8	CG	53	11.0	13	1	0	14	0
81	81	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	11	2	2	15	1
82	82	Jul 13	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
83	83	Jul 14	DET	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	10	5	0	15	2
84	84	Jul 15	DET	@	WSH	T,3-3	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
85	85	Jul 16	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
86	86	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	11	0	1	12	0
87	88 (1)	Jul 20	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	0		8	0	0	8	0
88	89	Jul 21	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
89	90	Jul 22 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	11	2	0	13	0
90	91	Jul 22 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
91	92	Jul 23	DET	@	NYY	T,1-1	CG	32	8.1	11	0	0	11	1
92	93	Jul 25	DET		PHA	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	15	0	2	17	0
93	94	Jul 26	DET		PHA	L,6-8	CG	0	10.0	15	0	1	16	0
94	95	Jul 27	DET		PHA	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	12	1	1	14	1
95	96	Jul 28	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
96	97	Jul 29	DET		WSH	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
97	98	Jul 30	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
98	99	Jul 31	DET		WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	100	Aug 1	DET		WSH	L,0-3	GS	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
100	101	Aug 2	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
101	102	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
102	103	Aug 4	DET		NYY	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
103	104	Aug 5	DET		NYY	L,4-14	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
104	105	Aug 7	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
105	106	Aug 8	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
106	107	Aug 9	DET		BOS	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
107	108	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
108	109	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
109	110	Aug 15	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
110	111	Aug 16	DET	@	CLE	W,13-6	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
111	112	Aug 18 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	16	1	0	17	1
112	113	Aug 18 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
113	114	Aug 19	DET	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	16	0	0	16	1
114	115	Aug 20	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
115	116	Aug 22	DET	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	9	1	2	12	1
116	117	Aug 24 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
117	118	Aug 24 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,11-0	GS	0		2	0	0	2	1
118	124 (5)	Aug 31 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	63	13.0	16	0	0	16	0
119	125	Aug 31 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	6.2	13	0	0	13	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	126	Sep 1	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
121	127	Sep 2	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
122	129 (1)	Sep 5	DET		SLB	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	8	3	0	11	0
123	130	Sep 6	DET		SLB	W,13-4	CG	0	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
124	131	Sep 7 (1)	DET		CHW	L,7-8	CG	55	12.0	17	0	0	17	0
125	132	Sep 7 (2)	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	5.0	5	1	0	6	1
126	133	Sep 8	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
127	135 (1)	Sep 12	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	43	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
128	136	Sep 13	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
129	137	Sep 14	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	1	12	3
130	138	Sep 15	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
131	139	Sep 16	DET	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
132	140	Sep 17	DET		PHA	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
133	141	Sep 18	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
134	142	Sep 19	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	17	0	0	17	0
135	143	Sep 20 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
136	144	Sep 20 (2)	DET		BOS	L,2-7	CG	0	7.0	7	2	0	9	0
137	145	Sep 21	DET		BOS	T,8-8	CG	0	11.0	14	0	0	14	0
							137gm		1215.0	1579	79	30	1688	72