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George
Burns		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7''
Weight: 170
 
Born: November 24, 1889 in Usa, NY, UTICA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rookie of the Year Award 1913   
Gold Glove Award 1914    1918   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1911 21 CHA AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1912 22 CHA AL     6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1913 23 CHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1914 24 CHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1915 25 PHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1916 26 PHA AL $ 3,364,286   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10
1917 27 PHA AL $ 4,150,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10
1918 28 PHA AL $ 7,790,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10
1919 29 PHA AL $ 7,790,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10
1920 30 PHA AL $ 7,790,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10
1921 31 PHA AL $ 9,800,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10
1922 32 PHA AL $ 9,800,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
1923 33 BRO NL $ 9,800,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
1924 34 CHA AL $ 9,800,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1925 35 CHA AL $ 5,090,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
1926 36 CHA AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,800,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1911 21 AAA   63 234 12 54 8 4 0 17 6 5 27 64 .231 .310 .299 .609 22.3  
    AA   30 111 29 25 2 1 0 9 7 3 22 24 .225 .353 .261 .615 13.0  
    A   38 121 20 40 8 0 0 15 13 4 46 17 .331 .515 .397 .912 30.7  
1912 22 AAA   131 461 83 155 31 7 3 59 28 10 97 82 .336 .452 .453 .905 96.4  
1913 23 CHA AL 119 451 71 131 18 13 3 69 28 11 54 51 .290 .369 .408 .777 65.6 14.2
1914 24 CHA AL 141 559 77 156 18 8 3 48 34 14 59 40 .279 .346 .356 .702 72.5 15.0
1915 25 CHA AL 63 255 33 73 7 4 1 21 19 9 27 17 .286 .353 .357 .710 32.8 9.7
  PHA AL 76 290 37 89 15 5 3 32 21 11 33 18 .307 .375 .424 .800 44.9 10.3
  TOT   139 545 70 162 22 9 4 53 40 20 60 35 .297 .365 .393 .758 77.7 20.0
1916 26 PHA AL 144 570 114 178 28 11 4 60 44 21 90 25 .312 .406 .421 .827 97.9 25.7
1917 27 PHA AL 147 566 104 185 26 10 4 51 44 25 85 28 .327 .414 .429 .844 98.7 27.5
1918 28 PHA AL 146 591 93 163 30 7 3 66 49 27 78 34 .276 .360 .365 .726 77.8 19.4
1919 29 PHA AL 133 549 106 181 28 8 7 51 39 28 56 17 .330 .390 .448 .838 91.8 22.4
1920 30 PHA AL 144 557 100 151 31 10 5 58 20 18 85 15 .271 .365 .390 .755 79.8 15.7
1921 31 PHA AL 128 432 90 125 27 6 6 56 20 10 54 21 .289 .367 .421 .788 63.9 11.9
1922 32 PHA AL 140 521 85 165 22 10 4 58 39 21 40 29 .317 .364 .420 .784 77.6 17.9
1923 33 PHA AL 48 160 23 42 6 2 3 18 9 4 20 3 .263 .341 .381 .722 21.3 4.1
  BRO NL 95 360 82 115 20 10 5 50 20 8 52 25 .319 .402 .472 .874 66.3 13.0
  TOT   143 520 105 157 26 12 8 68 29 12 72 28 .302 .383 .444 .828 87.5 17.1
1924 34 BRO NL 53 209 40 53 8 2 2 27 10 7 27 13 .254 .339 .340 .679 23.8 2.8
  CHA AL 94 330 55 97 12 2 3 43 16 12 48 18 .294 .383 .370 .752 46.7 8.5
  TOT   147 539 95 150 20 4 5 70 26 19 75 31 .278 .366 .358 .724 70.5 11.3
1925 35 CHA AL 126 422 58 120 24 4 3 42 23 15 54 20 .284 .363 .382 .745 58.3 8.8
1926 36 CHA AL 44 144 20 30 1 2 0 12 8 2 21 13 .208 .309 .243 .552 12.4 0.5
14 Years Sim 1841 6966 1188 2054 321 114 59 762 443 243 883 387 .295 .373 .399 .772 1032.2 227.3
2 Years AAA 194 695 95 209 39 11 3 76 34 15 124 146 .301 .406 .401 .807 118.7  
1 Years AA 30 111 29 25 2 1 0 9 7 3 22 24 .225 .363 .261 .624 13.0  
1 Years A 38 121 20 40 8 0 0 15 13 4 46 17 .331 .515 .397 .912 30.7  
4 Years Minors 262 927 144 274 49 12 3 100 54 22 192 187 .296 .417 .384 .801 162.4  
162 Game Average 612 104 180 28 10 5 67 38 21 77 34 .295 .373 .399 .772 90.8  
Career Highs 147 591 114 185 31 13 8 70 49 28 90 51 .330 .414 .448 .844 98.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4857 824 1428 226 79 43 547 314 168 621 270 .294 .373 .400 .773 731.5
vs LH   2109 364 626 95 35 16 215 129 75 262 117 .297 .373 .398 .771 313.8
Home 903 3338 551 959 140 54 30 337 216 102 428 201 .287 .367 .389 .756 491.0
Away 938 3628 637 1095 181 60 29 425 227 141 455 186 .302 .379 .409 .787 554.3
RISP   1566 0 495 64 29 9 648 0 0 225 76 .316 .395 .411 .806 259.4
Pinch Hitting   89 19 27 3 4 2 20 3 0 8 5 .303 .364 .494 .858 15.5
Close/Late   863 139 277 40 20 14 118 0 0 117 46 .321 .401 .462 .863 154.8
Mar/Apr 195 751 124 212 38 13 3 82 45 26 90 45 .282 .359 .379 .738 102.8
May 343 1314 229 380 60 25 13 149 92 48 155 58 .289 .363 .403 .766 193.2
June 316 1199 199 375 55 18 8 127 71 45 140 66 .313 .383 .409 .792 183.7
July 334 1250 214 359 65 22 14 126 81 41 166 72 .287 .370 .408 .778 191.2
August 325 1232 209 367 44 20 12 151 70 44 153 66 .298 .373 .395 .768 182.8
Sep/Oct 327 1220 213 361 59 16 9 127 84 39 179 80 .296 .386 .393 .778 191.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1913 23 CHA AL LF 116 116 1057.3 199 8 5 1 .976 1.76   3.0
    CF 2 2 19.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.42    
1914 24 CHA AL LF 136 133 1198.3 222 6 4 0 .983 1.71   3.3
    CF 3 3 27.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.67    
    RF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1915 25 CHA AL LF 40 39 359.3 66 2 1 0 .986 1.70   2.3
    CF 22 21 204.0 45 2 2 0 .959 2.07   0.0
  PHA AL LF 49 48 412.7 76 2 2 0 .975 1.70   0.8
    CF 26 26 234.3 52 3 2 0 .965 2.11   0.0
  TOT   LF 89 87 772.0 142 4 3 0 .980 1.70   3.1
      CF 48 47 438.3 97 5 4 0 .962 2.09   0.0
1916 26 PHA AL CF 143 143 1292.3 302 7 12 0 .963 2.15   3.2
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1917 27 PHA AL CF 142 140 1268.0 301 5 16 2 .950 2.17   3.6
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1918 28 PHA AL CF 128 126 1147.0 278 6 6 2 .979 2.23   3.7
    RF 17 16 143.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.45    
1919 29 PHA AL CF 107 106 958.0 214 6 10 2 .957 2.07   3.2
    RF 24 24 207.7 33 1 1 1 .971 1.47    
1920 30 PHA AL RF 90 89 806.0 155 6 6 0 .964 1.80   2.2
    LF 33 32 282.0 52 1 1 0 .981 1.69    
    CF 17 15 137.3 32 1 1 0 .971 2.16    
1921 31 PHA AL LF 50 47 423.3 89 3 3 2 .968 1.96   2.7
    RF 44 34 319.0 86 7 3 2 .969 2.62    
    CF 26 14 163.7 39 3 1 0 .977 2.31    
1922 32 PHA AL RF 72 67 607.3 124 6 5 3 .963 1.93   2.0
    LF 43 34 321.7 56 2 2 0 .967 1.62    
    CF 23 20 186.0 40 0 1 0 .976 1.94    
1923 33 PHA AL CF 33 31 249.7 58 2 2 1 .968 2.16   0.6
    LF 13 11 96.1 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.06   0.0
    RF 1 1 8.2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.0
  BRO NL CF 64 61 571.7 134 6 3 2 .979 2.20   3.1
    LF 27 23 219.9 49 1 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.0
    RF 3 2 18.8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.44   0.0
  TOT   CF 97 92 821.4 192 8 5 3 .976 2.19   3.7
      LF 40 34 316.0 70 2 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.0
      RF 4 3 27.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.0
1924 34 BRO NL CF 31 31 293.4 95 2 1 0 .990 2.98   1.5
    LF 19 18 171.0 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CHA AL CF 56 54 471.2 152 2 1 1 .994 2.94   2.4
    LF 33 33 274.6 60 2 1 0 .984 2.03   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.33   0.0
  TOT   CF 87 85 764.6 247 4 2 1 .992 2.95   3.9
      LF 52 51 445.6 97 3 1 0 .990 2.02   0.0
      RF 3 0 4.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.0
1925 35 CHA AL CF 77 74 652.3 176 5 6 2 .968 2.50   3.3
    RF 42 40 363.7 99 1 4 0 .962 2.47    
    LF 4 2 16.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    SS 1 0 8.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.1
1926 36 CHA AL CF 32 32 276.0 68 3 2 2 .973 2.32   1.2
    SS 6 6 54.0 2 18 0 3 1.000 3.33   0.1
    RF 3 1 12.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.19    
    LF 1 1 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
  CF 932 899 8151.0 1996 54 67 14 .968 2.26   25.8
  LF 567 537 4841.3 931 29 19 3 .981 1.78   12.1
  RF 300 274 2493.0 529 21 19 6 .967 1.99   4.2
  SS 7 6 62.0 4 22 0 4 1.000 3.77   0.2
Career Totals   1806 1716 15547.2 3460 126 105 27 .972 2.08   42.4
Career Highs   145 143 1293.3 345 21 16 5 .992 2.61    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1924 34 CHA AL 4 14 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .533 .571 1.105
1925 35 CHA AL 6 25 7 12 3 3 0 5 0 5 2 1 .480 .519 .840 1.359
Career Post-Season Batting 10 39 9 19 4 3 0 6 0 6 3 1 .487 .524 .744 1.267
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1915-1-.297
1916-3-.312
1917-2-.327
1919-3-.330
1922-10-.317
 On-Base Pct
1915-10-.365
1916-2-.406
1917-3-.414
1919-3-.390
1920-9-.365
CAR-47-.373
 Slugging Pct
1915-6-.393
1916-5-.421
1917-6-.429
1919-2-.448
 OPS
1915-6-.758
1916-2-.827
1917-4-.844
1919-2-.838
 XR
1915-5-77.7
1916-2-97.9
1917-1-98.7
1918-6-77.8
1919-2-91.8
1920-8-79.8
CAR-29-1032.2
 Games
1917-3-147
1918-7-146
1919-4-133
1920-3-144
CAR-41-1841
At-Bats
1914-10-559
1915-9-545
1916-4-570
1917-5-566
1918-2-591
1919-2-549
1920-8-557
CAR-34-6966
 Runs
1916-1-114
1917-1-104
1918-2-93
1919-1-106
1920-2-100
1922-9-85
CAR-25-1188
 Hits
1914-10-156
1915-1-162
1916-4-178
1917-1-185
1918-8-163
1919-2-181
CAR-32-2054
 Total Bases
1915-3-214
1916-3-240
1917-3-243
1918-7-216
1919-2-246
CAR-30-2780
 Singles
1914-8-127
1915-1-127
1916-5-135
1917-1-145
1919-2-138
1922-7-129
CAR-33-1560
 Doubles
1916-5-28
1917-9-26
1918-5-30
1919-5-28
1920-6-31
CAR-31-321
Triples
1917-10-10
1919-8-8
CAR-47-114
 Homeruns
1919-2-7
 Stolen Bases
1916-8-44
1917-8-44
1918-6-49
1919-5-39
1922-4-39
1925-10-23
CAR-43-443
 Caught Stealing
1915-5-20
1916-6-21
1917-5-25
1918-3-27
1919-2-28
1922-5-21
1925-10-15
CAR-21-243
 Walks
1916-1-90
1917-2-85
1918-3-78
1919-3-56
1920-1-85
1921-5-54
CAR-19-883
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 119    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 1911
Injured on 5/26/1912 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/11/1913, off George Merritt (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 7/3/1913, off Charlie Shields (CLE)
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 10/2/1913
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 1913, hitting .290 with 3 HR, 69 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/25/1914, hitting .478 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/10/1914, hitting .444 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1914
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Washington on 6/5/1915
Traded from Chicago (A) to Philadelphia (A) on 7/1/1915 (Going to CHA: CF Beals Becker, P Irv Higginbotham, 1B Chick Gandil. Going to PHA: 1B Sherry Magee, CF George Burns, P Hooks Wiltse)
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1915, hitting .344 with 2 HR, 16 RBI
2/13/1916: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,364,286 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1916, hitting .302 with 1 HR, 19 RBI
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,150,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 5/25/1917
Won Player of the Week award on 5/28/1917, hitting .536 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (A) on 6/14/1917
8/15/1917: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (A), $7,790,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1918
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 9/12/1919
7/31/1920: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (A), $9,800,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Philadelphia (A) to Brooklyn on 6/16/1923 (Going to BRO: CF Beals Becker, LF George Burns. Going to PHA: RF Irish Meusel, 1B Babe Ellison)
Traded from Brooklyn to Chicago (A) on 6/16/1924 (Going to CHA: P Dick Redding, LF George Burns. Going to BRO: CF Clint Thomas, P Ed Wells)
7/1/1924: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $5,090,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 3/31/1925 with a Broken Jaw, out for 3-4 weeks
Had 2000th career hit on 8/30/1925, off Rats Henderson (DET)
Released by Chicago (A) on 8/1/1926
 
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