Oyster Burns Stats

Oyster Burns was born on Tuesday, September 6, 1864, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Burns was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 18, 1884, with the Wilmington Quicksteps. 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 Oyster Burns baseball stats page.
"A natural leader, he (Oyster Burns) was named captain of Orioles and soon had a reputation as one of the noisiest coaches in baseball." - Historian Ralph Horton in Nineteenth Century Stars (1989)

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Oyster Burns
 
 
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Birth Name:   Thomas P. Burns
Nickname:   Oyster
Born On:   09-06-1864  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-11-1928 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Brooklyn, New York
Cemetery:   Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, New Jersey
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-08   Player Weight Chart Weight:   183
First Game:   08-18-1884 (Age 19)
Last Game:   09-16-1895
Draft:   Not Applicable
Oyster Burns

Oyster 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
1884 20 Orioles 2 0 2 0 0 .000 3.00 0 0 1 9.0 37 12 3 5 0 2 - 6 0 0 0 -
1885 21 Orioles 15 11 4 7 4 .636 3.58 10 1 3 105.2 455 112 42 76 2 21 - 30 23 13 0 -
1887 23 Orioles 3 0 2 1 0 1.000 9.53 0 0 0 11.1 62 16 12 16 0 4 - 2 0 3 0 -
1888 24 Orioles 5 0 4 0 1 .000 4.26 0 0 0 12.2 0 12 6 8 0 3 - 2 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
4 Years 25 11 12 8 5 .615 4.09 10 1 4 138.2 554 152 63 105 2 30 - 40 23 16 0 -
Oyster Burns

Oyster Burns Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1884 20 Quicksteps 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 - - - - 0 - .143 .250 .429
1884 20 Orioles 35 131 34 39 2 6 6 0 23 7 - - - - 3 - .298 .348 .542
1885 21 Orioles 78 321 47 74 11 6 5 0 37 16 - - - - 6 - .231 .280 .349
1887 23 Orioles 140 614 122 251 33 19 9 0 99 63 - - - - 5 - .409 .468 .466
1888 24 Orioles 79 325 54 97 18 9 4 0 42 24 - - - - 1 - .298 .349 .446
1888 24 Trolley Dodgers 52 204 40 58 9 6 2 0 25 14 - - - - 3 - .284 .339 .417
1889 25 Bridegrooms 131 504 105 153 19 13 5 0 100 68 - 26 - - 4 - .304 .391 .423
1890 26 Bridegrooms 119 472 102 134 22 12 13 1 128 51 - 42 - - 4 - .284 .359 .464
1891 27 Bridegrooms 123 470 75 134 24 13 4 1 83 53 - 30 - - 0 - .285 .358 .417
1892 28 Bridegrooms 141 542 88 171 27 18 4 0 96 65 - 42 - - 6 - .315 .395 .454
1893 29 Bridegrooms 109 415 68 112 22 8 7 0 60 36 - 16 - - 4 - .270 .334 .412
1894 30 Bridegrooms 125 505 106 179 32 14 5 0 107 44 - 18 9 - 3 - .354 .409 .503
1895 31 Bridegrooms 20 76 7 14 0 1 0 0 7 8 - 2 0 - 1 - .184 .271 .211
1895 31 Giants 33 114 21 35 5 3 1 0 25 14 - 6 1 - 1 - .307 .388 .430
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
11 Years 1,187 4,700 869 1,452 224 129 65 2 832 464 - 182 10 - 41 - .309 .376 .453
Oyster Burns

Oyster Burns Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1884 Quicksteps SS 2 1 6 9 4.5 7 1 6 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .778 31.50
1884 Orioles 2B 10 - 27 73 7.3 64 32 32 9 1 n/a n/a n/a .877 64.00
1884 Orioles 3B 1 1 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1884 Orioles P 2 0 27 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.00
1884 Orioles RF 24 - - 23 1.0 19 17 2 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .826 0.00
1885 Orioles 1B 1 - 3 9 9.0 8 8 0 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .889 72.00
1885 Orioles 2B 6 - 15 34 5.7 29 10 19 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .853 52.20
1885 Orioles 3B 6 - 9 23 3.8 20 9 11 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .870 60.00
1885 Orioles OF 45 - - 98 2.2 89 74 15 9 4 n/a n/a n/a .908 0.00
1885 Orioles P 15 11 317 20 1.3 19 6 13 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .950 1.62
1885 Orioles SS 10 - 24 47 4.7 39 14 25 8 4 n/a n/a n/a .830 43.88
1887 Orioles 2B 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1887 Orioles 3B 42 - 87 179 4.3 150 69 81 29 3 n/a n/a n/a .838 46.55
1887 Orioles P 3 0 34 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1887 Orioles SS 98 - 216 453 4.6 381 136 245 72 20 n/a n/a n/a .841 47.63
1888 Orioles 2B 1 - 0 6 6.0 6 2 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1888 Orioles 3B 2 - 3 11 5.5 10 3 7 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 90.00
1888 Orioles OF 56 - - 117 2.1 100 97 3 17 1 n/a n/a n/a .855 0.00
1888 Orioles P 5 0 38 3 0.6 3 0 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.13
1888 Orioles SS 23 - 60 124 5.4 104 43 61 20 8 n/a n/a n/a .839 46.80
1888 Trolley Dodgers 2B 3 - 0 15 5.0 15 9 6 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1888 Trolley Dodgers CF 14 - - 27 1.9 22 22 0 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .815 0.00
1888 Trolley Dodgers SS 36 - 78 174 4.8 148 50 98 26 5 n/a n/a n/a .851 51.23
1889 Bridegrooms RF 113 - - 174 1.5 160 139 21 14 5 n/a n/a n/a .920 0.00
1889 Bridegrooms SS 19 - 30 93 4.9 83 21 62 10 4 n/a n/a n/a .892 74.70
1890 Bridegrooms 3B 3 - 0 10 3.3 10 5 5 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1890 Bridegrooms RF 116 - - 170 1.5 160 137 23 10 4 n/a n/a n/a .941 0.00
1891 Bridegrooms 3B 5 3 15 20 4.0 15 3 12 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 27.00
1891 Bridegrooms RF 113 - - 205 1.8 189 173 16 16 5 n/a n/a n/a .922 0.00
1891 Bridegrooms SS 6 - 27 41 6.8 32 11 21 9 1 n/a n/a n/a .780 32.00
1892 Bridegrooms 3B 7 - 18 29 4.1 23 12 11 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .793 34.50
1892 Bridegrooms OF 129 - - 190 1.5 178 162 16 12 4 n/a n/a n/a .937 0.00
1892 Bridegrooms SS 5 - 15 21 4.2 16 9 7 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .762 28.80
1893 Bridegrooms OF 108 - - 191 1.8 178 159 19 13 5 n/a n/a n/a .932 0.00
1893 Bridegrooms SS 1 0 3 2 2.0 1 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 9.00
1894 Bridegrooms RF 125 - - 235 1.9 223 208 15 12 4 n/a n/a n/a .949 0.00
1895 Bridegrooms LF 19 - - 49 2.6 45 41 4 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .918 0.00
1895 Giants 1B 1 - 0 11 11.0 11 11 0 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1895 Giants LF 32 - - 54 1.7 47 42 5 7 0 n/a n/a n/a .870 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
RF Totals 491 0 0 807 1.6 751 674 77 56 19 n/a n/a n/a .931 0.00
OF Totals 338 0 0 596 1.8 545 492 53 51 14 n/a n/a n/a .914 0.00
SS Totals 200 1 459 964 4.8 811 285 526 153 42 n/a n/a n/a .841 47.71
3B Totals 66 4 132 273 4.1 229 102 127 44 6 n/a n/a n/a .839 46.84
LF Totals 51 0 0 103 2.0 92 83 9 11 1 n/a n/a n/a .893 0.00
P Totals 25 11 416 24 1.0 23 6 17 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .958 1.49
2B Totals 21 0 42 128 6.1 114 53 61 14 5 n/a n/a n/a .891 73.29
CF Totals 14 0 0 27 1.9 22 22 0 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .815 0.00
1B Totals 2 0 3 20 10.0 19 19 0 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .950 171.00
11 Years 1,208 16 1,052 2,942 2.4 2,606 1,736 870 336 90 n/a n/a n/a .886 66.88
Oyster Burns

Oyster Burns Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1884 Quicksteps - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1884 Orioles - - - 0 0 n/a 21.8 0.0 5.7 3.00 6.00 2.00
1885 Orioles - - - 0 0 n/a 64.2 0.0 8.7 1.43 2.56 1.79
1887 Orioles 58 - - 0 0 n/a 68.2 0.0 6.2 0.50 1.59 3.18
1888 Orioles 23 - - 0 0 n/a 81.3 0.0 7.7 0.67 1.42 2.13
1888 Trolley Dodgers 21 - - 0 0 n/a 102.0 0.0 8.2 - - -
1889 Bridegrooms 32 - - 0 0 n/a 100.8 19.4 5.0 - - -
1890 Bridegrooms 21 - - 0 0 n/a 36.3 11.2 3.7 - - -
1891 Bridegrooms 21 - - 0 0 n/a 117.5 15.7 5.7 - - -
1892 Bridegrooms 33 - - 0 0 n/a 135.5 12.9 5.6 - - -
1893 Bridegrooms 14 - - 0 0 n/a 59.3 25.9 6.9 - - -
1894 Bridegrooms 30 - - 0 0 n/a 101.0 28.1 4.7 - - -
1895 Bridegrooms 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 38.0 10.9 - - -
1895 Giants 10 - - 0 0 n/a 114.0 19.0 4.6 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
11 Years 263 - - 0 0 n/a 72.3 25.8 5.6 1.33 2.60 1.95
Oyster Burns

Oyster Burns Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1884 Wilmington Quicksteps n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Brooklyn Bridegrooms n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Brooklyn Bridegrooms n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 Brooklyn Bridegrooms n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1894 Brooklyn Bridegrooms n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1895 Brooklyn Bridegrooms n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1895 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a




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