Jack Burns Stats

Jack Burns was born on Saturday, August 31, 1907, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Burns was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 17, 1930, with the St. Louis Browns. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jack Burns baseball stats page.

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Jack Burns
 
 
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Birth Name:   John Irving Burns
Nickname:   Slug
Born On:   08-31-1907  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Cambridge, Massachusetts
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-18-1975 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Brighton, Massachusetts
Cemetery:   Evergreen Cemetery, Brighton, Massachusetts
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   09-17-1930 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-27-1936
Draft:   Not Applicable
Jack Burns

Jack Burns Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Jack Burns

Jack Burns Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1930 23 Browns 8 30 5 9 3 0 0 0 2 5 - 5 1 - 0 - .300 .400 .400
1931 24 Browns 144 570 75 148 27 7 4 0 70 42 - 58 8 - 1 - .260 .312 .353
1932 25 Browns 150 617 111 188 33 8 11 1 70 61 - 43 21 - 1 - .305 .368 .438
1933 26 Browns 144 556 89 160 43 4 7 0 71 56 - 51 6 - 0 - .288 .353 .417
1934 27 Browns 154 612 86 157 28 8 13 0 73 62 - 47 12 - 2 - .257 .327 .392
1935 28 Browns 143 549 77 157 28 1 5 0 67 68 - 49 20 - 1 - .286 .366 .368
1936 29 Browns 9 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 - 1 0 - 0 - .214 .353 .286
1936 29 Tigers 138 558 96 158 36 3 4 0 63 79 - 45 8 - 3 - .283 .375 .380
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
7 Years 890 3,506 541 980 199 31 44 1 417 376 - 299 76 - 8 - .280 .351 .392
Jack Burns

Jack Burns Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1930 Browns 1B 8 8 213 76 9.5 76 70 6 0 10 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.63
1931 Browns 1B 143 143 3,769 1,482 10.4 1,471 1,346 125 11 131 n/a n/a n/a .993 10.54
1932 Browns 1B 150 150 3,993 1,512 10.1 1,500 1,399 101 12 130 n/a n/a n/a .992 10.14
1933 Browns 1B 143 143 3,731 1,429 10.0 1,417 1,336 81 12 129 n/a n/a n/a .992 10.25
1934 Browns 1B 154 154 4,050 1,458 9.5 1,446 1,365 81 12 132 n/a n/a n/a .992 9.64
1935 Browns 1B 141 137 3,574 1,307 9.3 1,296 1,239 57 11 115 n/a n/a n/a .992 9.79
1936 Browns 1B 2 1 24 29 14.5 29 28 1 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 32.63
1936 Tigers 1B 138 138 3,663 1,361 9.9 1,353 1,280 73 8 126 n/a n/a n/a .994 9.97
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1B Totals 879 874 23,017 8,654 9.8 8,588 8,063 525 66 776 n/a n/a n/a .992 10.07
7 Years 879 874 23,017 8,654 9.8 8,588 8,063 525 66 776 n/a n/a n/a .992 10.07
Jack Burns

Jack Burns Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1930 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.0 15.0 - - -
1931 Browns 19 12 .613 1 0 n/a 142.5 9.8 8.1 - - -
1932 Browns 17 11 .607 0 0 n/a 56.1 14.3 8.8 - - -
1933 Browns 11 11 .500 1 0 n/a 79.4 10.9 7.8 - - -
1934 Browns 9 3 .750 0 0 n/a 47.1 13.0 8.4 - - -
1935 Browns 3 2 .600 2 0 n/a 109.8 11.2 8.2 - - -
1936 Browns 0 0 .000 7 0 n/a 0.0 14.0 14.0 - - -
1936 Tigers 4 8 .333 0 0 n/a 139.5 12.4 8.9 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
7 Years 63 47 .573 11 0 n/a 79.7 11.7 8.4 - - -
Jack Burns

Jack Burns Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1930 St. Louis Browns n/a $1,500.00 n/a -
1931 St. Louis Browns 2 $3,430.00 n/a -
1932 St. Louis Browns 2 $4,000.00 n/a -
1933 St. Louis Browns 2 $4,500.00 - -
1934 St. Louis Browns 2 $5,500.00 - -
1935 St. Louis Browns 2 $5,500.00 - -
1936 St. Louis Browns 2 $6,000.00 - -
1936 Detroit Tigers 22, 29 "     "     - -


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