Tom Burns Stats

Tom Burns was born on Monday, March 30, 1857, in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Burns was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 1, 1880, with the Chicago White Stockings. 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 Tom Burns baseball stats page.

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"He (Tom Burns) was a fair to average batter, but was hardly fast enough to be considered a really good shortstop. He was a fair baserunner, using a first-class slider, going into the bases head first. In fact, he was more of a diver than a slider. At third base Burns was as good as the best of them, he excelled at the blocking game, which he carried on in a style that was particularly his own and which was calculated to make a baserunner considerable trouble." - Hall of Famer Cap Anson in Nineteenth Century Stars (1989)

Tom Burns



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Birth Name:   Thomas Everett Burns
Nickname:   Tom
Born On:   03-30-1857  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Honesdale, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-19-1902 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Jersey City, New Jersey
Cemetery:   St. Michael Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-07   Player Weight Chart Weight:   152
First Game:   05-01-1880 (Age 23)
Last Game:   07-22-1892
Draft:   Not Applicable

Tom Burns

Tom Burns Pitching Stats

1880 23 White Stockings 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.1 10 2 0 4 0 2 - 1 0 0 0 -
1 Year 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.1 10 2 0 4 0 2 - 1 0 0 0 -

Tom Burns

Tom Burns Hitting Stats

1880 23 White Stockings 85 333 47 103 17 3 0 0 43 12 - 23 - - 0 - .309 .333 .378
1881 24 White Stockings 84 342 41 95 20 3 4 0 42 14 - 22 - - 0 - .278 .306 .389
1882 25 White Stockings 84 355 55 88 23 6 0 0 48 15 - 28 - - 0 - .248 .278 .346
1883 26 White Stockings 97 405 69 119 37 7 2 0 67 13 - 31 - - 0 - .294 .316 .435
1884 27 White Stockings 83 343 54 84 14 2 7 0 44 13 - 50 - - 0 - .245 .272 .359
1885 28 White Stockings 111 445 82 121 23 9 7 0 71 16 - 48 - - 0 - .272 .297 .411
1886 29 White Stockings 112 445 64 123 18 10 3 0 65 14 - 40 - - 0 - .276 .298 .382
1887 30 White Stockings 115 424 57 112 20 10 3 0 60 34 - 32 - - 1 - .264 .320 .300
1888 31 White Stockings 134 483 60 115 12 6 3 0 70 26 - 49 - - 3 - .238 .281 .306
1889 32 White Stockings 136 525 64 135 27 6 4 0 66 32 - 57 - - 2 - .257 .302 .354
1890 33 Colts 139 538 86 149 17 6 5 1 86 57 - 45 - - 2 - .277 .348 .359
1891 34 Colts 59 243 36 55 8 1 1 0 17 21 - 21 - - 0 - .226 .288 .280
1892 35 Pirates 12 39 7 8 0 0 0 0 4 3 - 8 - - 0 - .205 .262 .205
13 Years 1,251 4,920 722 1,307 236 69 39 1 683 270 - 454 - - 8 - .266 .305 .365

Tom Burns

Tom Burns Fielding Stats

1880 White Stockings 3B 9 8 15 27 3.0 22 8 14 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .815 39.60
1880 White Stockings C 2 - - 7 3.5 5 3 2 2 0 2 - - .714 0.00
1880 White Stockings P 1 0 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1880 White Stockings SS 79 62 117 287 3.6 248 62 186 39 9 n/a n/a n/a .864 57.23
1881 White Stockings 2B 3 - 3 24 8.0 23 10 13 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .958 207.00
1881 White Stockings 3B 3 - 9 10 3.3 7 6 1 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .700 21.00
1881 White Stockings SS 80 - 156 401 5.0 349 100 249 52 20 n/a n/a n/a .870 60.40
1882 White Stockings 2B 43 - 75 281 6.5 256 129 127 25 21 n/a n/a n/a .911 92.16
1882 White Stockings SS 41 - 120 231 5.6 191 60 131 40 9 n/a n/a n/a .827 42.98
1883 White Stockings 2B 19 - 84 144 7.6 116 59 57 28 5 n/a n/a n/a .806 37.29
1883 White Stockings LF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1883 White Stockings SS 79 - 168 437 5.5 381 121 260 56 25 n/a n/a n/a .872 61.23
1884 White Stockings 3B 3 3 3 9 3.0 8 3 5 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 72.00
1884 White Stockings SS 80 - 204 421 5.3 353 99 254 68 21 n/a n/a n/a .838 46.72
1885 White Stockings 2B 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1885 White Stockings SS 111 - 288 617 5.6 521 151 370 96 35 n/a n/a n/a .844 48.84
1886 White Stockings 3B 112 - 147 445 4.0 396 149 247 49 12 n/a n/a n/a .890 72.73
1887 White Stockings 3B 107 - 183 475 4.4 414 168 246 61 23 n/a n/a n/a .872 61.08
1887 White Stockings OF 8 - - 18 2.3 18 16 2 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1888 White Stockings 3B 134 - 147 516 3.9 467 194 273 49 16 n/a n/a n/a .905 85.78
1889 White Stockings 3B 136 - 216 598 4.4 526 225 301 72 30 n/a n/a n/a .880 65.75
1890 Colts 3B 139 - 162 532 3.8 478 188 290 54 25 n/a n/a n/a .898 79.67
1891 Colts 3B 53 - 72 223 4.2 199 92 107 24 11 n/a n/a n/a .892 74.63
1891 Colts LF 2 - - 7 3.5 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1891 Colts SS 4 - 12 22 5.5 18 7 11 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .818 40.50
1892 Pirates 3B 8 - 27 29 3.6 20 10 10 9 0 n/a n/a n/a .690 20.00
1892 Pirates OF 3 - - 3 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00
3B Totals 704 11 981 2,864 4.1 2,537 1,043 1,494 327 118 n/a n/a n/a .886 69.83
SS Totals 474 62 1,065 2,416 5.1 2,061 600 1,461 355 120 n/a n/a n/a .853 52.25
2B Totals 66 0 162 449 6.8 395 198 197 54 27 n/a n/a n/a .880 65.83
OF Totals 11 0 0 21 1.9 20 17 3 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .952 0.00
LF Totals 3 0 0 7 2.3 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
C Totals 2 0 0 7 3.5 5 3 2 2 0 2 n/a n/a .714 0.00
P Totals 1 0 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
13 Years 1,261 73 2,212 5,764 4.6 5,025 1,868 3,157 739 267 2 n/a n/a .872 61.34

Tom Burns

Tom Burns Miscellaneous Stats

1880 White Stockings - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 14.5 7.7 0.50 6.75 13.50
1881 White Stockings - - - 0 0 n/a 85.5 15.5 8.1 - - -
1882 White Stockings - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 12.7 7.4 - - -
1883 White Stockings - - - 0 0 n/a 202.5 13.1 6.0 - - -
1884 White Stockings - - - 0 0 n/a 49.0 6.9 7.8 - - -
1885 White Stockings - - - 0 0 n/a 63.6 9.3 6.3 - - -
1886 White Stockings 15 - - 0 0 n/a 148.3 11.1 6.8 - - -
1887 White Stockings 32 - - 0 0 n/a 141.3 13.3 7.1 - - -
1888 White Stockings 34 - - 0 0 n/a 161.0 9.9 6.9 - - -
1889 White Stockings 18 - - 0 0 n/a 131.3 9.2 8.0 - - -
1890 Colts 44 - - 0 0 n/a 107.6 12.0 6.3 - - -
1891 Colts 18 - - 0 0 n/a 243.0 11.6 14.3 - - -
1892 Pirates 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.9 9.8 - - -
13 Years 162 - - 0 0 n/a 126.2 10.8 7.2 0.50 6.75 13.50

Tom Burns

Tom Burns Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1880 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
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1882 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1883 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
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1886 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
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1889 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Chicago Colts n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Chicago Colts n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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