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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Aug 23)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	DET		CLE	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 12	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
3	3	Apr 14	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
4	4	Apr 15	DET		CHW	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 16	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	13	0	1	14	1
6	6	Apr 17	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
7	11 (4)	Apr 24	DET		SLB	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
8	12	Apr 27	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	15 (2)	May 2	DET	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	20 (4)	May 10	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
11	21	May 11	DET		BOS	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
12	23 (1)	May 13	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	2	0	1	3	0
13	24	May 14	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	52	14.0	9	0	0	9	1
14	25	May 15	DET		WSH	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
15	26	May 16	DET		WSH	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
16	27	May 17	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
17	28	May 18	DET		NYY	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
18	29	May 19	DET		NYY	T,9-9	CG	54	11.0	5	0	0	5	1
19	30	May 20	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
20	31	May 24	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
21	32	May 25	DET		PHA	L,6-10	CG	55	11.0	9	0	0	9	1
22	33	May 26	DET		PHA	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
23	34	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	42	9.2	13	1	0	14	0
24	35	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
25	36	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
26	37	May 31	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	38	Jun 2	DET	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
28	39	Jun 3	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
29	40	Jun 4	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	8	1	0	9	1
30	41	Jun 5 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
31	43 (1)	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
32	44	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
33	45	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
34	46	Jun 12	DET	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
35	47	Jun 13	DET	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	10	1	1	12	0
36	48	Jun 15	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
37	53 (4)	Jun 21	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
38	54	Jun 22 (1)	DET		SLB	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
39	55	Jun 22 (2)	DET		SLB	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
40	56	Jun 24	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
41	57	Jun 26 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	58	Jun 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	59	Jun 27 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
44	60	Jun 27 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
45	61	Jun 28	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	11	0	0	11	1
46	62	Jun 29	DET	@	SLB	W,19-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	1	3	1
47	63	Jun 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
48	64	Jun 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	65	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	66	Jul 1 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,9-15	CG	45	8.0	4	1	2	7	0
51	67	Jul 2	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	9	1	0	10	1
52	68	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
53	69	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
54	70	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	71	Jul 5	DET		CHW	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
56	72	Jul 6	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
57	73	Jul 8	DET		WSH	L,5-10	CG	48	9.0	8	4	0	12	1
58	74	Jul 9 (1)	DET		WSH	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
59	90 (15)	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,5-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	101 (10)	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
61	102	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
62	103	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
63	104	Aug 7	DET	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
64	105	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	17	0	0	17	0
65	106	Aug 10 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	11	0	0	11	3
66	107	Aug 10 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
67	108	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
68	109	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
69	110	Aug 12	DET		SLB	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
70	111	Aug 13 (1)	DET		SLB	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	18	0	0	18	0
71	112	Aug 13 (2)	DET		SLB	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
72	113	Aug 14	DET		SLB	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	114	Aug 17	DET		WSH	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
74	115	Aug 18	DET		WSH	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
75	116	Aug 20	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
76	117	Aug 21	DET		NYY	L,1-3	CG	43	10.0	15	0	0	15	1
77	118	Aug 22	DET		NYY	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
78	119	Aug 23	DET		PHA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
79	120	Aug 24	DET		PHA	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	17	0	0	17	0
80	121	Aug 25	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
81	122	Aug 26	DET		BOS	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
82	123	Aug 27	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
83	124	Aug 29	DET	@	CLE	W,15-1	CG	34	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
84	125	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	50	11.0	14	1	0	15	0
85	126	Aug 31	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	127	Sep 1	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	12	1	0	13	1
87	128	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
88	129	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	9.2	3	1	0	4	1
89	130	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
90	131	Sep 3 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,8-14	CG	46	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
91	132	Sep 6	DET	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
92	133	Sep 8	DET	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	41	12.0	5	0	0	5	2
93	134	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	135	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
95	136	Sep 11	DET		CLE	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
96	137	Sep 12 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
97	138	Sep 12 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	18	0	0	18	1
98	139	Sep 14	DET		CHW	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
99	140	Sep 15 (1)	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
100	141	Sep 15 (2)	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
101	142	Sep 16	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
102	143	Sep 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
103	144	Sep 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
104	145	Sep 20	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
							104gm		932.0	1127	57	12	1196	44