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)

Birth Name:	Thomas P. Burns
Nickname:	Oyster
Born On:	09-06-1864 (Virgo)
Born In:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died On:	11-11-1928 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Brooklyn, New York
Cemetery:	Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, New Jersey

High School:	Undetermined
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	5-08	Weight:	183
First Game:	08-18-1884 (Age 19)
Last Game:	09-16-1895
Draft:	Not Applicable

Oyster Burns Oyster Burns Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	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	-
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	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
Year	Age	Team	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	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	551	122	188	33	19	9	0	99	63	-	-	-	-	5	-	.341	.414	.405
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
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
11 Years			1,187	4,637	869	1,389	224	129	65	2	832	464	-	182	10	0	41	-	.300	.368	.446

Oyster Burns Oyster Burns Fielding Stats
Team	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
Career	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
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
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	61.2	0.0	5.6	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	-	-	-
Career	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	71.3	25.5	5.6	1.33	2.60	1.95

Oyster Burns Oyster Burns Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
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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