George Burns Stats

George Burns was born on Tuesday, January 31, 1893, in Niles, Ohio. Burns was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 14, 1914, with the Detroit Tigers. 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.

"Burns had an odd batting stance. He stood very straight at the plate with his feet together, his bat resting on his shoulder; it was said he looked like a soldier standing at attention. The first half of his career was interrupted by constant injuries. In one three-year period (1915-1917) he had malaria, a broken ankle suffered on the ball field, and a broken shoulder blade suffered diving into a swimming pool." - Author Bill James in The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract (Free Press Publishing, 06/13/2003, '#79. George Burns,' Page 468)

Birth Name:	George Henry Burns
Nickname:	Toga George - The Tioga Kid
Born On:	01-31-1893 (Aquarius)
Born In:	Niles, Ohio
Died On:	01-07-1978 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Kirkland, Washington
Cemetery:	Calvary Cemetery, Seattle, Washington

High School:	Central High School (Philadelphia, PA)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-01�	Weight:	180
First Game:	04-14-1914 (Age 21)
Last Game:	09-29-1929
Draft:	Not Applicable

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George Burns George Burns Hitting Stats
Yr	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1914	21	Tigers	137	478	55	139	22	5	5	0	57	32	0	56	22	0	12	-	.291	.351	.389
1915	22	Tigers	105	392	49	99	18	3	5	0	50	22	0	51	17	1	5	-	.253	.300	.352
1916	23	Tigers	135	479	60	137	22	6	4	1	73	22	2	30	19	0	7	3	.286	.327	.382
1917	24	Tigers	119	407	42	92	14	10	1	0	40	15	0	33	14	0	6	4	.226	.264	.317
1918	25	Athletics	130	505	61	178	22	9	6	0	70	23	1	25	8	0	8	7	.352	.390	.467
1919	26	Athletics	126	470	63	139	29	9	8	0	57	19	0	18	6	0	12	8	.296	.339	.447
1920	27	Athletics	22	60	1	14	3	0	1	0	7	6	0	7	1	0	1	0	.233	.313	.333
1920	27	Indians	44	56	7	15	4	1	0	0	13	4	0	3	2	0	2	0	.268	.339	.375
1921	28	Indians	84	244	52	88	21	4	0	0	49	13	1	19	6	0	2	7	.361	.398	.480
1922	29	Red Sox	147	558	71	171	32	5	12	0	73	20	0	28	15	0	9	3	.306	.341	.446
1923	30	Red Sox	146	551	91	181	47	5	7	0	82	45	1	33	12	0	7	6	.328	.386	.470
1924	31	Indians	129	462	64	143	37	5	4	0	68	29	3	27	23	0	15	9	.310	.370	.437
1925	32	Indians	127	488	69	164	41	4	6	0	79	24	3	24	8	0	3	10	.336	.371	.473
1926	33	Indians	151	603	97	216	64	3	4	0	114	28	0	33	18	0	8	19	.358	.394	.494
1927	34	Indians	140	549	84	175	51	2	3	0	78	42	4	27	9	0	7	12	.319	.375	.435
1928	35	Indians	82	209	29	52	12	1	5	0	30	17	5	11	6	0	6	8	.249	.323	.388
1928	35	Yankees	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500
1929	36	Yankees	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1929	36	Athletics	29	49	5	13	5	0	1	0	11	2	0	3	1	0	0	1	.265	.294	.429
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
16 Years			1,866	6,573	901	2,018	444	72	72	1	951	363	20	433	187	1	110	97	.307	.353	.429

George Burns George Burns Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1914 Tigers	1B	137	137	90	1,688	12.3	1,658	1,579	79	30	72	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	497.40
1915 Tigers	1B	104	104	51	1,229	11.8	1,212	1,155	57	17	65	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	641.65
1916 Tigers	1B	124	122	66	1,431	11.5	1,409	1,355	54	22	71	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	576.41
1917 Tigers	1B	104	103	36	1,196	11.5	1,184	1,127	57	12	44	n/a	n/a	n/a	.990	888.00
1918 Athletics	1B	129	129	3,388	1,514	11.7	1,488	1,384	104	26	112	n/a	n/a	n/a	.983	11.86
1918 Athletics	LF	1	1	24	10	10.0	10	8	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	11.25
1918 Athletics	RF	1	0	9	4	4.0	3	3	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.750	9.00
1919 Athletics	1B	87	86	2,322	1,009	11.6	989	918	71	20	49	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	11.50
1919 Athletics	RF	34	33	835	61	1.8	57	53	4	4	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.934	1.84
1920 Athletics	RF	13	13	356	24	1.8	23	20	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	1.74
1920 Indians	1B	13	8	127	95	7.3	93	84	9	2	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	19.77
1921 Indians	1B	73	52	1,007	581	8.0	575	534	41	6	43	n/a	n/a	n/a	.990	15.42
1922 Red Sox	1B	140	137	3,514	1,526	10.9	1,506	1,412	94	20	112	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	11.57
1923 Red Sox	1B	146	146	3,613	1,593	10.9	1,577	1,485	92	16	103	n/a	n/a	n/a	.990	11.78
1924 Indians	1B	127	125	3,133	1,355	10.7	1,337	1,227	110	18	85	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	11.52
1925 Indians	1B	126	121	2,955	1,291	10.2	1,277	1,195	82	14	94	n/a	n/a	n/a	.989	11.67
1926 Indians	1B	151	151	3,848	1,617	10.7	1,598	1,499	99	19	122	n/a	n/a	n/a	.988	11.21
1927 Indians	1B	139	138	3,625	1,479	10.6	1,464	1,362	102	15	111	n/a	n/a	n/a	.990	10.90
1928 Indians	1B	52	46	1,077	516	9.9	508	470	38	8	44	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	12.74
1928 Yankees	1B	2	0	21	7	3.5	7	7	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	9.00
1929 Athletics	1B	19	9	234	104	5.5	104	99	5	0	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	12.00
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1B Totals		1,673	1,614	29,107	18,231	10.9	17,986	16,892	1,094	245	1,145	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	16.68
RF Totals		48	46	1,200	89	1.9	83	76	7	6	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.933	1.87
LF Totals		1	1	24	10	10.0	10	8	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	11.25
16 Years		1,722	1,661	30,331	18,330	10.6	18,079	16,976	1,103	251	1,147	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	16.09

George Burns George Burns Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1914 Tigers	23	13	.639	0	0	n/a	95.6	8.5	8.4	-	-	-
1915 Tigers	9	3	.750	0	0	n/a	78.4	7.7	7.8	-	-	-
1916 Tigers	12	0	1.000	0	0	n/a	119.8	16.0	6.6	-	-	-
1917 Tigers	3	3	.500	0	0	n/a	407.0	12.3	10.2	-	-	-
1918 Athletics	8	15	.348	0	0	n/a	84.2	20.2	7.2	-	-	-
1919 Athletics	15	4	.789	2	0	n/a	58.8	26.1	8.2	-	-	-
1920 Athletics	4	0	1.000	9	0	n/a	60.0	8.6	8.6	-	-	-
1920 Indians	1	0	1.000	31	0	n/a	0.0	18.7	4.3	-	-	-
1921 Indians	3	1	.750	12	0	n/a	0.0	12.8	5.0	-	-	-
1922 Red Sox	8	2	.800	7	0	n/a	46.5	19.9	7.6	-	-	-
1923 Red Sox	9	7	.563	0	0	n/a	78.7	16.7	6.7	-	-	-
1924 Indians	14	5	.737	2	0	n/a	115.5	17.1	6.8	-	-	-
1925 Indians	16	11	.593	1	0	n/a	81.3	20.3	6.2	-	-	-
1926 Indians	13	7	.650	0	0	n/a	150.8	18.3	5.3	-	-	-
1927 Indians	13	11	.542	1	0	n/a	183.0	20.3	7.0	-	-	-
1928 Indians	2	3	.400	31	0	n/a	41.8	19.0	7.0	-	-	-
1928 Yankees	0	0	.000	2	0	n/a	0.0	4.0	0.0	-	-	-
1929 Yankees	0	0	.000	9	0	n/a	0.0	2.3	0.0	-	-	-
1929 Athletics	1	0	1.000	9	0	n/a	49.0	16.3	4.5	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
16 Years	154	85	.644	116	0	n/a	91.3	15.2	6.9	-	-	-

George Burns George Burns Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1914 Detroit Tigers	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1915 Detroit Tigers	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1916 Detroit Tigers	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1917 Detroit Tigers	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1918 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1919 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	$2,625.00	n/a	-
1920 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	$4,200.00	n/a	Stats
1920 Cleveland Indians	n/a	" "	n/a	Stats
1921 Cleveland Indians	n/a	$5,000.00	n/a	-
1922 Boston Red Sox	n/a	$5,500.00	n/a	-
1923 Boston Red Sox	n/a	$6,000.00	n/a	-
1924 Cleveland Indians	n/a	$7,500.00	n/a	-
1925 Cleveland Indians	n/a	$7,500.00	n/a	-
1926 Cleveland Indians	n/a	$8,000.00	n/a	-
1927 Cleveland Indians	n/a	$12,000.00	n/a	-
1928 Cleveland Indians	n/a	$8,000.00	n/a	-
1928 New York Yankees	n/a	" "	n/a	-
1929 New York Yankees	21	$9,000.00	n/a	Stats
1929 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	" "	n/a	Stats
George Burns Stats by Baseball Almanac

Did you know that George Burns was named one of the 100 Greatest Cleveland Indians Players ever? As part of the club�s 100th Anniversary Celebration in 2001, a panel of veteran baseball writers, historians and executives selected a roster of the Top 100 Greatest Indians and Burns was named one of the nine first basemen.

George Burns Baseball Card

George Burns | 1991 Conlon Baseball Card (#309) | Baseball Almanac Collection

On September 14, 1923, George Burns of the Boston Red Sox became the first Major League first baseman to record an unassisted triple play! Only two other Major League players had previously turned an unassisted triple play, and both were middle infielders.

George Burns Unassisted Triple Play

George Burns (Unassisted Triple Play) | Fitchburg Sentinel | September 15, 1923

When George Burns pinch hit for Fred Heimach at Fenway Park on April 23, 1929, he became the first New York Yankee to ever take the field wearing #21.