George Burns Stats

George Burns was born on Sunday, November 24, 1889, in Utica, New York. Burns was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on October 3, 1911, with the New York Giants. 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 George Burns baseball stats page.

Baseball Almanac Top Quote

"Do you have a favorite quote from or about this particular Major League Baseball player that you would like to see here? If so, please send it to us, and we'll update this page immediately." - Baseball Almanac

George Burns



Career All-Star Wild Card Division LCS World Series Trades Awards Videos Cards mlb   espn
Birth Name:   George Joseph Burns
Nickname:   None
Born On:   11-24-1889  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Utica, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-15-1966 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Gloversville, New York
Cemetery:   Mount Carmel Cemetery, Johnstown, New York
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:   160
First Game:   10-03-1911 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-04-1925
Draft:   Not Applicable

George Burns

George Burns Pitching Stats

- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

George Burns

George Burns Hitting Stats

1911 22 Giants 6 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 1 0 0 - .059 .111 .059
1912 23 Giants 29 51 11 15 4 0 0 0 3 8 - 8 0 0 1 - .294 .400 .373
1913 24 Giants 150 605 81 173 37 4 2 0 54 58 - 74 9 0 4 - .286 .352 .370
1914 25 Giants 154 561 100 170 35 10 3 1 60 89 - 53 14 0 5 - .303 .403 .417
1915 26 Giants 155 622 83 169 27 14 3 0 51 56 - 57 9 0 1 - .272 .333 .375
1916 27 Giants 155 623 105 174 24 8 5 0 41 63 1 47 9 0 1 6 .279 .346 .368
1917 28 Giants 152 597 103 180 25 13 5 0 45 75 0 55 5 0 1 4 .302 .380 .412
1918 29 Giants 119 465 80 135 22 6 4 0 51 43 0 37 11 0 3 5 .290 .354 .389
1919 30 Giants 139 534 86 162 30 9 2 0 46 82 0 37 8 0 0 0 .303 .396 .404
1920 31 Giants 154 631 115 181 35 9 6 0 46 76 2 48 5 0 2 7 .287 .365 .399
1921 32 Giants 149 605 111 181 28 9 4 0 61 80 0 24 7 0 6 7 .299 .386 .395
1922 33 Reds 156 631 104 180 20 10 1 0 53 78 0 38 12 0 2 6 .285 .366 .353
1923 34 Reds 154 614 99 168 27 13 3 0 45 101 3 46 9 0 0 12 .274 .376 .375
1924 35 Reds 93 336 43 86 19 2 2 0 33 29 0 21 6 0 0 6 .256 .315 .342
1925 36 Phillies 88 349 65 102 29 1 1 0 22 33 0 20 7 0 0 7 .292 .353 .390
15 Years 1,853 7,241 1,188 2,077 362 108 41 1 611 872 6 565 112 0 26 60 .287 .366 .384

George Burns

George Burns Fielding Stats

1911 Giants CF 4 3 87 35 8.8 35 29 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.86
1911 Giants LF 1 1 27 9 9.0 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1911 Giants RF 1 0 12 5 5.0 5 4 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 11.25
1915 Giants LF 142 141 3,645 2,286 16.1 2,275 2,262 13 11 4 n/a n/a n/a .995 16.85
1915 Giants RF 14 14 345 117 8.4 116 116 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .991 9.08
1916 Giants LF 155 155 465 320 2.1 308 289 19 12 3 n/a n/a n/a .963 17.88
1917 Giants LF 152 152 435 350 2.3 341 325 16 9 4 n/a n/a n/a .974 21.17
1918 Giants CF 52 52 1,405 4,824 92.8 4,823 4,681 142 1 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 92.68
1918 Giants LF 119 67 1,660 313 2.6 302 292 10 11 1 n/a n/a n/a .965 4.91
1919 Giants LF 139 139 3,555 308 2.2 305 290 15 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.32
1919 Giants RF 2 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1921 Giants 3B 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1921 Giants CF 59 59 1,346 4,641 78.7 4,632 4,482 150 9 5 n/a n/a n/a .998 92.92
1921 Giants LF 90 90 2,197 7,538 83.8 7,531 7,321 210 7 6 n/a n/a n/a .999 92.55
1922 Reds CF 109 109 1,763 6,164 56.6 6,152 5,872 280 12 7 n/a n/a n/a .998 94.22
1922 Reds RF 47 47 596 2,096 44.6 2,088 1,982 106 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .996 94.59
1923 Reds CF 4 4 114 49 12.3 49 38 11 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 11.61
1924 Reds CF 3 3 75 35 11.7 34 25 9 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .971 12.24
1924 Reds LF 14 10 229 783 55.9 780 761 19 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .996 91.97
1924 Reds RF 76 68 1,597 5,470 72.0 5,461 5,321 140 9 6 n/a n/a n/a .998 92.33
1925 Phillies LF 67 62 1,423 4,896 73.1 4,891 4,741 150 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .999 92.80
LF Totals 879 817 13,636 16,803 19.1 16,742 16,290 452 61 25 n/a n/a n/a .996 33.15
CF Totals 231 230 4,790 15,748 68.2 15,725 15,127 598 23 15 n/a n/a n/a .999 88.64
RF Totals 140 129 2,550 7,688 54.9 7,670 7,423 247 18 9 n/a n/a n/a .998 81.21
3B Totals 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
11 Years 1,251 1,176 20,976 40,240 32.2 40,138 38,840 1,298 102 49 n/a n/a n/a .997 51.67

George Burns

George Burns Miscellaneous Stats

1911 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1912 Giants 7 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.4 17.0 - - -
1913 Giants 40 - - 0 0 n/a 302.5 8.2 11.2 - - -
1914 Giants 62 - - 0 0 n/a 187.0 10.6 9.4 - - -
1915 Giants 27 20 .574 0 0 n/a 207.3 10.9 12.2 - - -
1916 Giants 37 26 .587 0 0 n/a 124.6 13.3 15.2 - - -
1917 Giants 40 12 .769 0 0 n/a 119.4 10.9 13.3 - - -
1918 Giants 40 11 .784 0 0 n/a 116.3 12.6 9.1 - - -
1919 Giants 40 23 .635 0 0 n/a 267.0 14.4 11.6 - - -
1920 Giants 22 22 .500 0 0 n/a 105.2 13.1 13.7 - - -
1921 Giants 19 20 .487 0 0 n/a 151.3 25.2 9.9 - - -
1922 Reds 30 23 .566 0 0 n/a 631.0 16.6 11.9 - - -
1923 Reds 12 14 .462 0 0 n/a 204.7 13.3 13.6 - - -
1924 Reds 3 6 .333 3 0 n/a 168.0 16.0 10.2 - - -
1925 Phillies 4 8 .333 0 0 n/a 349.0 17.5 15.9 - - -
15 Years 383 185 .674 3 0 n/a 176.6 12.8 11.9 - - -

George Burns

George Burns Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1911 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1912 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1913 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1914 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1915 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1917 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1918 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1919 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1920 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1921 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1922 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1923 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1924 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1925 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a -

search this site site glossary Print Friendly and PDF

baseball almanac flat baseball

baseball almanac fast facts

Did you know that you can compare George Burns to other rookies who also had their Major League debut during the 1911 National League season?

You can follow the team links in the chart above to locate common statistics (singles), advanced statistics (WHIP Ratio & Isolated Power), and unique statistics (plate appearances & times on bases) not found on any other website.

If you find this type of "free" data useful please consider making a donation to Baseball Almanac : a privately run / non-commercial site in need of financial assistance.