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 (Sep 14)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	9	2	1	12	0
2	2	Apr 19	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	10	1	1	12	0
3	3	Apr 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	9	1	0	10	0
4	4	Apr 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	15	1	0	16	0
5	5	Apr 23	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
6	6	Apr 24	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
7	7	Apr 25	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
8	8	Apr 26	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
9	9	Apr 27	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
10	10	Apr 28	BOS		NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
11	11	Apr 30	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	GS	37	10.0	12	1	0	13	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
13	13	May 2	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	13	0	1	14	0
14	14	May 3	BOS		PHA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
15	15	May 4	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
16	16	May 5	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	43	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	17	May 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	42	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
19	19	May 12	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	2
20	20	May 13	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	21	May 17	BOS	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
22	22	May 18	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	GS	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
23	23	May 19	BOS	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
24	24	May 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	29	7.2	9	0	0	9	0
25	25	May 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	2
26	26	May 23	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
27	27	May 24	BOS		WSH	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
28	28	May 25	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
29	29	May 26	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
30	30	May 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
31	31	May 29	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	9	1	1	11	1
32	32	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
33	33	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	4
34	34	May 31	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	46	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	35	Jun 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
36	36	Jun 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
37	37	Jun 4	BOS		CLE	L,5-6	CG	46	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
38	38	Jun 5	BOS		CLE	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
39	39	Jun 6	BOS		CLE	L,4-17	CG	53	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
40	40	Jun 7	BOS		CLE	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
41	41	Jun 11	BOS		CHW	L,4-5	GS	30	6.0	6	1	0	7	2
42	42	Jun 12	BOS		CHW	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
43	43	Jun 13	BOS		CHW	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
44	47 (3)	Jun 18 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
45	48	Jun 18 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,0-9	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
46	49	Jun 19	BOS		SLB	L,6-12	CG	53	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
47	50	Jun 20	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
48	51	Jun 21	BOS		SLB	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
49	52	Jun 22	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
50	53	Jun 23	BOS		NYY	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
51	54	Jun 25	BOS		NYY	L,6-14	CG	50	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
52	55	Jun 26	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
53	56	Jun 28	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
54	57	Jun 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	58	Jun 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	39	9.1	2	2	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	59	Jul 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
57	60	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
58	61	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
59	62	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
60	63	Jul 5	BOS		PHA	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	6	3	0	9	2
61	64	Jul 6	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	9	2	0	11	1
62	65	Jul 7 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-27	CG	61	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
63	66	Jul 7 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
64	67	Jul 8	BOS	@	CLE	L,10-15	CG	49	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
65	68	Jul 9	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
66	69	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	70	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
68	71	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
69	72	Jul 13	BOS	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	49	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	73	Jul 14 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
71	74	Jul 14 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	2
72	75	Jul 15 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-11	GS	35	6.0	2	0	0	2	1
73	76	Jul 15 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	T,6-6	CG	50	11.0	5	0	0	5	1
74	77	Jul 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
75	78	Jul 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
76	79	Jul 18 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
77	80	Jul 18 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	6	3	0	9	0
78	81	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
79	82	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
80	83	Jul 21 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
81	84	Jul 21 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	9.1	11	0	0	11	0
82	85	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	46	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	86	Jul 24	BOS		WSH	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
84	87	Jul 26 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
85	88	Jul 26 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,3-15	GS	30	5.0	4	0	0	4	1
86	89	Jul 27	BOS		WSH	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
87	90	Jul 28	BOS		CLE	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
88	91	Jul 30 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
89	92	Jul 30 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
90	93	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	13	0	0	13	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	94	Aug 1 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	45	11.0	11	0	1	12	1
92	95	Aug 1 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
93	96	Aug 2	BOS		CHW	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
94	97	Aug 4	BOS		CHW	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
95	98	Aug 5	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	99	Aug 6	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
97	100	Aug 8 (1)	BOS		DET	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
98	101	Aug 8 (2)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
99	102	Aug 9	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
100	103	Aug 11	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
101	104	Aug 12	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	15	1	0	16	2
102	105	Aug 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
103	106	Aug 16	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-12	CG	46	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
104	107	Aug 18	BOS	@	DET	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	108	Aug 19	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
106	109	Aug 20	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
107	110	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	54	11.1	12	2	0	14	1
108	111	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
109	112	Aug 23	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
110	113	Aug 24	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	7	2	0	9	1
111	114	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	1	6	1
112	115	Aug 26	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
113	116	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
114	117	Aug 30	BOS		PHA	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	118	Aug 31	BOS		PHA	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	119	Sep 1	BOS		PHA	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
117	120	Sep 3 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
118	121	Sep 3 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
119	122	Sep 4	BOS		WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
120	123	Sep 5	BOS		WSH	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	12	1	1	14	0
121	124	Sep 6	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
122	128 (3)	Sep 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
123	130 (1)	Sep 13	BOS		CLE	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
124	131	Sep 14	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	GS	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
125	132	Sep 15	BOS		CLE	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
126	133	Sep 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	11	1	1	13	1
127	134	Sep 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
128	135	Sep 18	BOS		CHW	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	12	0	1	13	1
129	136	Sep 19	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	14	2	0	16	2
130	137	Sep 20 (1)	BOS		DET	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	138	Sep 20 (2)	BOS		DET	T,2-2	CG	35	10.0	2	0	0	2	2
132	139	Sep 21 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	1	13	1
133	140	Sep 21 (2)	BOS		DET	L,6-15	GS	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
134	141	Sep 22 (1)	BOS		DET	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	15	1	1	17	0
135	142	Sep 22 (2)	BOS		DET	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
136	143	Sep 24 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
137	144	Sep 24 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,2-4	CG	45	10.0	8	2	0	10	0
138	145	Sep 25	BOS		SLB	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
139	146	Sep 26	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
140	147	Sep 27	BOS		NYY	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
141	148	Sep 28	BOS		NYY	L,4-24	GS	0	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
142	149	Sep 29 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
143	150	Sep 29 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	61	16.0	15	0	0	15	2
144	151	Oct 4	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
145	152	Oct 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
146	153	Oct 5 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
							146gm		1273.0	1485	92	16	1593	103