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.

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,21-14	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	1
2	4 (2)	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	17	1	0	18	0
3	5	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
4	6	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
5	7	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	8	Apr 23	CLE		SLB	W,14-9	GF	15	4.0	5	1	0	6	0
7	10 (1)	Apr 25	CLE		SLB	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
8	13 (2)	Apr 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	14	May 1	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	49	10.0	9	0	1	10	1
10	15	May 2	CLE		DET	W,8-7	GF	13	3.0	5	1	0	6	0
11	16	May 3	CLE		DET	T,6-6	CG	35	7.0	8	1	0	9	1
12	20 (3)	May 9	CLE		PHA	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
13	21	May 11	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
14	22	May 12	CLE		BOS	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	3
15	23	May 13	CLE		BOS	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
16	24	May 14	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
17	25	May 15	CLE		BOS	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	8	4	0	12	1
18	26	May 16	CLE		WSH	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
19	27	May 17	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
20	28	May 18	CLE		WSH	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
21	29	May 19	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
22	30	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
23	31	May 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	GS	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
24	32	May 23	CLE		NYY	L,6-7	GS	23	4.0	3	1	1	5	0
25	33	May 26 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	12	2	0	14	1
26	34	May 26 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	9	1	0	10	0
27	35	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	12	0	0	12	0
28	36	May 28	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
29	37	May 29	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
30	38	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,7-12	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
31	39	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	11	2	0	13	2
32	40	May 31	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	41	Jun 1	CLE		SLB	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
34	42	Jun 2	CLE		SLB	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	10	4	0	14	0
35	43	Jun 3	CLE		SLB	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
36	44	Jun 4	CLE		SLB	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	11	3	0	14	1
37	45	Jun 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	57 (11)	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
39	58	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	L,5-7	CG	51	12.0	15	1	0	16	1
40	59	Jun 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	12	2	0	14	1
41	60	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	1	11	2
42	61	Jun 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	10	0	2	12	3
43	62	Jun 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	8	2	0	10	1
44	63	Jun 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
45	64	Jun 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	14	0	0	14	0
46	65	Jun 27 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
47	66	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
48	67	Jun 29 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
49	68	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		DET	L,4-7	CG	47	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
50	69	Jun 30	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	70	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		DET	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
52	71	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
53	72	Jul 2	CLE		DET	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
54	76 (3)	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
55	77	Jul 6 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
56	78	Jul 6 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
57	79	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,14-3	GS	24	5.0	6	1	0	7	2
58	80	Jul 8 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,5-7	GS	39	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
59	81	Jul 9	CLE		PHA	W,13-11	CG	38	7.0	7	0	0	7	2
60	82	Jul 10	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
61	83	Jul 11	CLE		BOS	L,7-14	GS	34	6.0	7	0	0	7	1
62	84	Jul 12	CLE		BOS	W,13-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
63	85	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,11-12	CG	49	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
64	86	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
65	87	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	51	12.0	10	1	0	11	0
66	88	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	CG	48	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
67	89	Jul 16	CLE		NYY	W,17-9	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
68	90	Jul 17	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	14	0	1	15	0
69	91	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	L,6-19	CG	52	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
70	92	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
71	93	Jul 20	CLE		WSH	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
72	94	Jul 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
73	95	Jul 25	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
74	96	Jul 26	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
75	97	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,16-7	CG	38	9.0	13	0	1	14	2
76	98	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	13	2	1	16	0
77	99	Jul 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
78	100	Jul 31	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	101	Aug 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
80	102	Aug 2	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
81	103	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
82	104	Aug 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
83	105	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
84	106	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
85	107	Aug 7 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
86	108	Aug 7 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
87	109	Aug 8	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	10	2	1	13	0
88	110	Aug 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	55	12.0	12	2	0	14	0
89	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
90	112	Aug 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	12	1	0	13	1
91	113	Aug 13 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
92	114	Aug 13 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	14	1	0	15	2
93	115	Aug 14	CLE		SLB	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
94	116	Aug 15	CLE		SLB	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
95	117	Aug 16	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
96	118	Aug 18	CLE		WSH	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
97	119	Aug 19	CLE		WSH	L,8-12	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
98	120	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	L,0-1	CG	50	12.0	18	2	0	20	3
99	121	Aug 21	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
100	122	Aug 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
101	123	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
102	124	Aug 24	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	3
103	125	Aug 25	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
104	126	Aug 26	CLE		PHA	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
105	127	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	15	2	0	17	1
106	128	Aug 29	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
107	129	Aug 30	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	130	Sep 3	CLE		DET	L,9-11	CG	49	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
109	131	Sep 5	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
110	132	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
111	133	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
112	134	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
113	135	Sep 10 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	2
114	136	Sep 10 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
115	137	Sep 11	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
116	138	Sep 12 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	49	13.0	14	1	0	15	1
117	139	Sep 12 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	20	5.0	6	0	0	6	0
118	140	Sep 13	CLE	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	50	10.0	9	1	0	10	0
119	141	Sep 16 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-8	GS	26	5.0	7	0	0	7	1
120	142	Sep 16 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	15	0	0	15	0
121	143	Sep 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	14	0	0	14	0
122	144	Sep 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
123	145	Sep 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	44	9.1	10	2	0	12	2
124	146	Sep 19 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
125	148 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	10	0	0	10	0
126	150 (1)	Sep 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-5	GS	21	5.0	7	0	0	7	0
							126gm		1066.0	1195	82	14	1291	94