George Burns
George Henry Burns
Born: January 31, 1893
Niles, OH USA
Deceased: 1978
Kirkland, WA USA
Primary Position: 1B
All Position(s) Played: 1B, RF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 180
Career: 1914-1929
Minor League Statistics
George Burns compiled a career batting average of .307 with 72 home runs and 951 RBI in his 1869-game career with the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1914 season and last took the field during the 1929 campaign.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 137 | 544 | 478 | 55 | 139 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 23 | 13 | 32 | 56 | .291 | .351 | .389 | .740 | 186 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 105 | 436 | 392 | 49 | 99 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 51 | .253 | .301 | .352 | .653 | 138 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 135 | 527 | 479 | 60 | 137 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 73 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 30 | .286 | .327 | .382 | .709 | 183 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 119 | 442 | 407 | 42 | 92 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 33 | .226 | .264 | .317 | .581 | 129 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 130 | 544 | 505 | 61 | 178 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 70 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 25 | .352 | .390 | .467 | .857 | 236 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 126 | 507 | 470 | 63 | 139 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 18 | .296 | .339 | .447 | .786 | 210 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 22 | 68 | 60 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .233 | .313 | .333 | .647 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 44 | 64 | 56 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .268 | .339 | .375 | .714 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 84 | 265 | 244 | 52 | 88 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 19 | .361 | .398 | .480 | .877 | 117 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 147 | 602 | 558 | 71 | 171 | 32 | 5 | 12 | 73 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 28 | .306 | .341 | .446 | .787 | 249 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 146 | 615 | 551 | 91 | 181 | 47 | 5 | 7 | 82 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 33 | .328 | .386 | .470 | .856 | 259 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 129 | 529 | 462 | 64 | 143 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 68 | 14 | 5 | 29 | 27 | .310 | .370 | .437 | .807 | 202 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 127 | 523 | 488 | 69 | 164 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 79 | 16 | 11 | 24 | 24 | .336 | .371 | .473 | .844 | 231 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 151 | 657 | 603 | 97 | 216 | 64 | 3 | 4 | 114 | 13 | 7 | 28 | 33 | .358 | .394 | .494 | .889 | 298 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 140 | 607 | 549 | 84 | 175 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 78 | 13 | 11 | 42 | 27 | .319 | .375 | .435 | .810 | 239 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 82 | 238 | 209 | 29 | 52 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | .249 | .323 | .388 | .711 | 81 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | AL | New York Yankees | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | AL | New York Yankees | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 29 | 52 | 49 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .265 | .294 | .429 | .723 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1866 | 7233 | 6573 | 901 | 2018 | 444 | 72 | 72 | 951 | 154 | 63 | 363 | 433 | .307 | .354 | .429 | .783 | 2822 | 0 | 110 | 187 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1B | 137 | 0 | 0.0 | 1579 | 79 | 30 | 72 | .982 | 12.102 | |
| 1915 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1B | 104 | 0 | 0.0 | 1155 | 57 | 17 | 65 | .986 | 11.654 | |
| 1916 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1B | 124 | 0 | 0.0 | 1355 | 54 | 22 | 71 | .985 | 11.363 | |
| 1917 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1B | 104 | 0 | 0.0 | 1127 | 57 | 12 | 44 | .990 | 11.385 | |
| 1918 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 1B | 128 | 0 | 0.0 | 1384 | 104 | 26 | 109 | .983 | 11.625 | |
| 1918 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | |
| 1919 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 1B | 86 | 0 | 0.0 | 918 | 71 | 20 | 44 | .980 | 11.500 | |
| 1919 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | OF | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 53 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .934 | 1.676 | |
| 1920 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1B | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 84 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .979 | 7.750 | |
| 1920 | AL | Cleveland Indians | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| 1920 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | OF | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.769 | |
| 1921 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1B | 73 | 0 | 0.0 | 534 | 41 | 6 | 40 | .990 | 7.877 | |
| 1922 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 1B | 140 | 0 | 0.0 | 1412 | 94 | 20 | 103 | .987 | 1.757 | |
| 1923 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 1B | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 1485 | 92 | 16 | 103 | .990 | 1.801 | |
| 1924 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1B | 127 | 0 | 0.0 | 1227 | 110 | 18 | 85 | .987 | 1.528 | |
| 1925 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1B | 126 | 0 | 0.0 | 1195 | 82 | 14 | 94 | .989 | 1.135 | |
| 1926 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1B | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 1499 | 99 | 19 | 122 | .988 | 1.583 | |
| 1927 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1B | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | 1362 | 102 | 15 | 111 | .990 | 1.532 | |
| 1928 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1B | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 470 | 38 | 8 | 44 | .984 | 9.585 | |
| 1928 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | |
| 1929 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 1B | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 99 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 5.474 | |
| Totals | 1721 | 0 | 0.0 | 16970 | 1101 | 251 | 1119 | .986 | 1.500 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | AL | Cleveland Indians | WS | 5 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .300 | .462 | .400 | .862 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 6 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .250 | .400 | .333 | .733 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | AL | Cleveland Indians | WS | 1B | 4 | 3 | 31.0 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .975 | 11.323 | 9.750 |
| Totals | 4 | 3 | 31.0 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .975 | 11.323 | 9.750 |
Awards
1926 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1926 - AL Most Valuable Player
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