George Henry Burns

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Full Name: George Henry Burns	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/180	First Game: April 14, 1914
Birthdate: January 31, 1893	Final Game: September 26, 1929
Birthplace: Niles, Ohio	MLB Experience: 16 years
Died: January 7, 1978
Deathplace: Kirkland, Washington
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

George Burns (George Henry Burns) was born on January 31, 1893 in Niles, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on April 14, 1914 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1914, his rookie year, he hit .291 with 5 home runs and 57 RBI. Burns played for the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees over the course of his 16 year career.

Most people believe that George Burns's best season was 1926, when he hit for a .358 average and knocked in 114 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1914	DET	A	137	478	55	139	5	57	.291	.351	.389	22	5	32	56	12	22	23	0	0
1915	DET	A	105	392	49	99	5	50	.253	.301	.352	18	3	22	51	5	17	9	0	0
1916	DET	A	135	479	60	137	4	73	.286	.327	.382	22	6	22	30	7	19	12	0	0
1917	DET	A	119	407	42	92	1	40	.226	.264	.317	14	10	15	33	6	14	3	0	0
1918	PHI	A	130	505	61	178	6	70	.352	.390	.467	22	9	23	25	8	8	8	0	0
1919	PHI	A	126	470	63	139	8	57	.296	.339	.447	29	9	19	18	12	6	15	0	0
1920	PHI	A	22	60	1	14	1	7	.233	.313	.333	3	0	6	7	1	1	4	0	0
1920	CLE	A	44	56	7	15	0	13	.268	.339	.375	4	1	4	3	2	2	1	0	0
1920	TOT	A	66	116	8	29	1	20	.250	.326	.353	7	1	10	10	3	3	5	0	0
1921	CLE	A	84	244	52	88	0	49	.361	.398	.480	21	4	13	19	2	6	2	0	0
1922	BOS	A	147	558	71	171	12	73	.306	.341	.446	32	5	20	28	9	15	8	0	0
1923	BOS	A	146	551	91	181	7	82	.328	.386	.470	47	5	45	33	7	12	9	0	0
1924	CLE	A	129	462	64	143	4	68	.310	.370	.437	37	5	29	27	15	23	14	0	0
1925	CLE	A	127	488	69	164	6	79	.336	.371	.473	41	4	24	24	3	8	16	0	0
1926	CLE	A	151	603	97	216	4	114	.358	.394	.494	64	3	28	33	8	18	13	0	0
1927	CLE	A	140	549	84	175	3	78	.319	.375	.435	51	2	42	27	7	9	13	0	0
1928	NY	A	4	4	1	2	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1928	CLE	A	82	209	29	52	5	30	.249	.323	.388	12	1	17	11	6	6	2	0	0
1928	TOT	A	86	213	30	54	5	30	.254	.326	.390	12	1	17	12	6	6	2	0	0
1929	PHI	A	29	49	5	13	1	11	.265	.294	.429	5	0	2	3	0	1	1	0	0
1929	NY	A	9	9	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1929	TOT	A	38	58	5	13	1	11	.224	.250	.362	5	0	2	7	0	1	1	0	0
Total			1866	6573	901	2018	72	951	.307	.354	.429	444	72	363	433	110	187	153	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1914	DET	A	1B	137	0	0	1579	79	30	72	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1915	DET	A	1B	104	0	0	1155	57	17	65	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1916	DET	A	1B	124	0	0	1355	54	22	71	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1917	DET	A	1B	104	0	0	1127	57	12	44	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1918	PHI	A	1B	128	0	0	1384	104	26	109	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1918	PHI	A	OF	2	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1919	PHI	A	1B	86	0	0	918	71	20	44	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1919	PHI	A	OF	34	0	0	53	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.934
1920	PHI	A	OF	13	0	0	20	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1920	CLE	A	1B	12	0	0	84	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1920	CLE	A	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1920	TOT	A	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1920	TOT	A	OF	14	0	0	20	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1921	CLE	A	1B	73	0	0	534	41	6	40	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1922	BOS	A	1B	140	0	0	1412	94	20	103	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1923	BOS	A	1B	146	0	0	1485	92	16	103	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1924	CLE	A	1B	127	0	0	1227	110	18	85	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1925	CLE	A	1B	126	0	0	1195	82	14	94	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1926	CLE	A	1B	151	0	0	1499	99	19	122	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1927	CLE	A	1B	139	0	0	1362	102	15	111	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1928	NY	A	1B	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1928	CLE	A	1B	53	0	0	470	38	8	44	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1928	TOT	A	1B	55	0	0	477	38	8	44	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1929	PHI	A	1B	19	0	0	99	5	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	1671	0	0	16892	1094	245	1117	0	0	0	0	0	.987
Total			OF	50	0	0	78	7	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.934

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Detroit Tigers to New York Yankees (March 8, 1918).
Traded by New York Yankees to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Ping Bodie (March 8, 1918).
Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Cleveland Indians (May 29, 1920).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Joe Harris and Elmer Smith to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Stuffy McInnis (December 24, 1921).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Roxy Walters and Chick Fewster to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Dan Boone, Steve O'Neill, Joe Connolly and Bill Wambsganss (January 7, 1924).
Sold by Cleveland Indians to New York Yankees (September 17, 1928).
Sold by New York Yankees to Philadelphia Athletics (June 19, 1929).

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