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George
Burns		  
Nickname: Tioga George
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 235
 
Born: January 31, 1893 in Usa, OH, NILES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1927   
Gold Glove Award 1920    1921    1923   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1914 21 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 2 3 9 8 8 4 3 4 9 8 9
1915 22 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 4 2 3 9 8 9 4 3 4 10 9 9
1916 23 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 4 2 3 9 8 8 4 3 4 10 9 9
1917 24 DET AL $ 2,035,714   7 7 8 4 3 3 9 8 8 4 3 4 10 10 10
1918 25 DET AL $ 2,550,000   7 7 8 4 3 3 9 9 9 4 3 3 10 10 10
1919 26 DET AL $ 2,550,000   7 7 8 4 3 3 9 9 9 4 3 4 10 10 10
1920 27 DET AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 8 5 3 4 9 9 9 4 3 3 10 10 10
1921 28 DET AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 8 4 3 3 9 9 9 4 3 3 10 10 10
1922 29 DET AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 8 5 3 4 10 9 9 4 3 4 10 10 10
1923 30 DET AL $ 7,000,000   8 8 8 5 3 4 10 9 9 4 3 3 10 10 10
1924 31 DET AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 8 3 2 3 9 9 9 3 2 2 10 9 9
1925 32 DET AL $ 2,520,000   7 7 8 4 3 3 9 8 8 2 2 2 10 9 9
1926 33 DET AL $ 2,520,000   7 7 8 4 3 3 9 8 8 2 2 2 10 9 9
1927 34 WAS AL $ 1,000,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 8 8 8 2 2 2 10 9 9
1928 35 WAS AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 2 3 8 7 7 2 2 2 9 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 2 3 8 7 7 2 2 2 9 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   8 8 8 5 3 4 10 9 9 4 3 4 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
1914 21 DET AL 130 480 56 138 25 4 5 71 18 23 28 51 .288 .330 .388 .718 52.2 8.6
1915 22 DET AL 150 548 62 143 28 12 1 70 13 10 63 60 .261 .342 .361 .703 63.0 13.5
1916 23 DET AL 150 567 57 163 22 10 2 76 17 17 39 55 .287 .339 .372 .711 63.8 12.5
1917 24 DET AL 146 562 80 168 22 7 5 100 18 19 47 27 .299 .356 .390 .746 68.4 14.6
1918 25 DET AL 150 554 75 161 20 7 3 75 17 9 49 30 .291 .353 .368 .722 67.8 16.8
1919 26 DET AL 133 498 58 144 25 5 4 60 12 11 28 16 .289 .330 .384 .714 58.2 13.8
1920 27 DET AL 144 557 76 164 37 9 4 88 10 9 40 10 .294 .343 .415 .758 72.6 13.2
1921 28 DET AL 140 530 69 145 23 7 3 84 10 11 29 18 .274 .317 .360 .677 53.8 4.3
1922 29 DET AL 108 318 44 113 15 10 2 40 6 4 14 4 .355 .382 .484 .866 48.5 8.9
1923 30 DET AL 141 537 69 156 36 12 8 84 14 7 32 11 .291 .336 .447 .783 74.5 12.8
1924 31 DET AL 131 437 64 125 25 9 4 62 17 9 20 5 .286 .321 .412 .733 53.2 8.8
1925 32 DET AL 89 198 33 63 7 3 2 17 4 5 7 11 .318 .346 .414 .760 25.5 3.8
1926 33 DET AL 69 100 9 30 7 2 0 13 2 2 3 2 .300 .327 .410 .737 10.6 1.6
1927 34 WAS AL 66 119 12 26 8 2 1 14 1 0 7 3 .218 .268 .345 .612 9.1 0.3
1928 35 A   131 489 100 151 31 4 26 125 14 5 64 18 .309 .389 .548 .937 99.2  
14 Years Sim 1747 6005 764 1739 300 99 44 854 159 136 406 303 .290 .339 .395 .733 721.0 133.6
1 Years A 131 489 100 151 31 4 26 125 14 5 64 18 .309 .399 .548 .947 99.2  
162 Game Average 556 70 161 27 9 4 79 14 12 37 28 .290 .339 .395 .733 66.9  
Career Highs 150 567 80 168 37 12 8 100 18 23 63 60 .355 .382 .484 .866 74.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4144 508 1142 189 60 23 574 115 86 260 247 .276 .323 .367 .690 460.0
vs LH   1861 256 597 111 39 21 280 44 50 146 56 .321 .374 .456 .830 283.9
Home 881 2965 359 846 139 44 30 416 78 59 184 162 .285 .330 .392 .722 359.8
Away 866 3040 405 893 161 55 14 438 81 77 222 141 .294 .347 .397 .744 384.1
RISP   1722 0 508 101 29 11 748 0 0 179 87 .295 .359 .407 .765 246.5
Pinch Hitting   180 20 55 11 3 1 33 2 1 8 5 .306 .346 .417 .762 23.2
Close/Late   745 98 230 41 17 2 101 0 0 71 40 .309 .374 .417 .792 109.8
Mar/Apr 176 621 81 181 32 11 4 89 19 12 37 33 .291 .335 .398 .733 77.2
May 317 1095 141 312 61 15 5 159 24 31 82 59 .285 .338 .382 .720 129.3
June 301 1020 149 305 51 17 9 150 40 27 81 49 .299 .358 .409 .766 138.8
July 326 1139 135 322 55 18 11 156 23 22 62 46 .283 .322 .392 .713 132.9
August 312 1047 135 320 53 18 6 152 29 23 79 56 .306 .358 .408 .766 141.9
Sep/Oct 315 1083 123 299 48 20 9 148 24 21 65 60 .276 .322 .382 .704 123.8
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1914 21 DET AL 1B 129 126 1133.3 1388 109 18 119 .988 11.89 0 0 .000 0 1.5
1915 22 DET AL 1B 147 146 1318.0 1716 110 12 120 .993 12.47 0 0 .000 0 3.4
1916 23 DET AL 1B 149 147 1321.7 1689 123 10 120 .995 12.34 0 0 .000 0 4.3
1917 24 DET AL 1B 145 145 1305.0 1656 114 20 116 .989 12.21 0 0 .000 0 1.9
1918 25 DET AL 1B 147 143 1297.0 1635 117 15 138 .992 12.16 0 0 .000 0 1.7
1919 26 DET AL 1B 133 132 1175.7 1520 121 14 114 .992 12.56 0 0 .000 0 2.2
1920 27 DET AL 1B 140 140 1252.3 1692 127 12 125 .993 13.07 0 0 .000 0 2.9
1921 28 DET AL 1B 137 133 1181.7 1483 113 13 129 .992 12.16 0 0 .000 0 1.9
1922 29 DET AL 1B 73 72 629.0 801 70 6 76 .993 12.46 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1923 30 DET AL 1B 140 137 1193.0 1492 136 8 154 .995 12.28 0 0 .000 0 2.1
1924 31 DET AL 1B 122 121 1005.7 1231 106 10 115 .993 11.97 0 0 .000 0 2.3
1925 32 DET AL 1B 50 46 371.7 476 47 2 34 .996 12.66 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1926 33 DET AL 1B 31 13 141.7 190 13 3 14 .985 12.90 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1927 34 WAS AL 1B 28 14 130.3 164 8 2 10 .989 11.88 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 9 9 78.0 15 0 4 0 .789 1.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 1 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1571 1515 13456.0 17133 1314 145 1384 .992 12.34 0 0 .000 0 27.1
  RF 11 9 82.0 17 0 4 0 .810 1.87 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 1 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1585 1524 13545.0 17152 1314 149 1384 .992 12.27 1 0 .000 0 27.2
Career Highs   149 147 1321.7 1716 136 20 154 .996 13.07 1 0 .000 0  
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
1917 24 DET AL 4 15 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 .267 .421 .467 .888
Career Post-Season Batting 4 15 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 .267 .421 .467 .888
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.
Slugging Pct
1923-7-.447
 Games
1915-1-150
1916-2-150
1917-4-146
1918-1-150
1919-4-133
1920-3-144
1921-4-140
 At-Bats
1915-6-548
1916-5-567
1917-9-562
1918-7-554
1920-8-557
 Hits
1916-7-163
1917-9-168
1918-9-161
 Total Bases
1915-10-198
1919-10-191
1920-10-231
1923-7-240
 Singles
1916-7-129
1917-5-134
1918-7-131
Doubles
1915-3-28
1919-9-25
1920-2-37
1923-4-36
CAR-42-300
 Triples
1915-8-12
1923-4-12
 Homeruns
1923-8-8
 RBIs
1915-7-70
1916-7-76
1917-2-100
1918-7-75
1920-4-88
1921-7-84
1923-6-84
 Caught Stealing
1914-5-23
 Walks
1915-10-63
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 68    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Detroit in 1914
Had first career hit on 4/15/1914, off Billy Burke (SLA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/29/1914, off Ernie Groth (NYA)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 9/5/1916
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,035,714 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland on 8/7/1917
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,550,000 through salary arbitration
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,550,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1919, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1919, hitting .384 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
9/24/1919: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $7,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/5/1920, hitting .563 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1920
Won Player of the Week award on 4/18/1921, hitting .455 with 0 HR, 9 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1921
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Philadelphia (A) on 7/28/1922
Injured on 7/16/1923 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1923
6/16/1924: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $2,520,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/23/1927 to a 1-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Won World Series with Washington in 1927
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 3/8/1928 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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