Oyster Burns

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Full Name: Thomas P. Burns	Primary Position: OF,SS
Height/Weight: 5' 8"/183	First Game: August 18, 1884
Birthdate: September 6, 1864	Final Game: September 16, 1895
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: November 11, 1928
Deathplace: Brooklyn, New York
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Oyster Burns (Thomas P. Burns) was born on September 6, 1864 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on August 18, 1884 for the Wilmington Quicksteps. In 1884, his rookie year, he hit .290 with 6 home runs and 23 RBI. Burns played for the Wilmington Quicksteps, Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Bridegrooms and New York Giants over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Oyster Burns's best season was 1887, when he stole 58 bases, hit for a .341 average and knocked in 99 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1884	WIL	U	2	7	0	1	0	0	.143	.250	.429	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1884	BAL	a	35	131	34	39	6	23	.298	.348	.542	2	6	7	0	3	0	0	0	0
1884	Total		37	138	34	40	6	23	.290	.342	.536	2	7	8	0	3	0	0	0	0
1885	BAL	a	78	321	47	74	5	37	.231	.280	.349	11	6	16	0	6	0	0	0	0
1887	BAL	a	140	551	122	188	9	99	.341	.414	.519	33	19	63	0	5	0	58	0	0
1888	BRO	a	52	204	40	58	2	25	.284	.339	.417	9	6	14	0	3	0	21	0	0
1888	BAL	a	79	325	54	97	4	42	.298	.349	.446	18	9	24	0	1	0	23	0	0
1888	TOT	a	131	529	94	155	6	67	.293	.345	.435	27	15	38	0	4	0	44	0	0
1889	BRO	a	131	504	105	153	5	100	.304	.391	.423	19	13	68	26	4	0	32	0	0
1890	BRO	N	119	472	102	134	13	128	.284	.359	.464	22	12	51	42	4	0	21	0	0
1891	BRO	N	123	470	75	134	4	83	.285	.358	.417	24	13	53	30	0	0	21	0	0
1892	BRO	N	141	542	88	171	4	96	.315	.395	.454	27	18	65	42	6	0	33	0	0
1893	BRO	N	109	415	68	112	7	60	.270	.334	.412	22	8	36	16	4	0	14	0	0
1894	BRO	N	125	505	106	179	5	107	.354	.409	.503	32	14	44	18	3	9	30	0	0
1895	NY	N	33	114	21	35	1	25	.307	.388	.430	5	3	14	6	1	1	10	0	0
1895	BRO	N	20	76	7	14	0	7	.184	.271	.211	0	1	8	2	1	0	0	0	0
1895	TOT	N	53	190	28	49	1	32	.258	.341	.342	5	4	22	8	2	1	10	0	0
Total	UA		2	7	0	1	0	0	.143	.250	.429	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		670	2594	467	779	34	506	.300	.371	.444	132	69	271	156	19	10	129	0	0
Total	AA		515	2036	402	609	31	326	.299	.366	.448	92	59	192	26	22	0	134	0	0
Total			1187	4637	869	1389	65	832	.300	.368	.446	224	129	464	182	41	10	263	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1884	WIL	U	SS	2	0	0	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.778
1884	BAL	a	OF	24	0	0	17	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.826
1884	BAL	a	3B	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1884	BAL	a	2B	10	0	0	32	32	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.877
1884	BAL	a	P	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1885	BAL	a	SS	10	0	0	14	25	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	.830
1885	BAL	a	1B	1	0	0	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1885	BAL	a	OF	45	0	0	74	15	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	.908
1885	BAL	a	2B	6	0	0	10	19	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.853
1885	BAL	a	P	15	0	0	6	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1885	BAL	a	3B	6	0	0	9	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.870
1887	BAL	a	3B	42	0	0	69	81	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	.838
1887	BAL	a	P	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1887	BAL	a	SS	98	0	0	136	245	72	20	0	0	0	0	0	.841
1887	BAL	a	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1888	BRO	a	OF	14	0	0	22	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.815
1888	BRO	a	2B	3	0	0	9	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1888	BRO	a	SS	36	0	0	50	98	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	.851
1888	BAL	a	OF	56	0	0	97	3	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.855
1888	BAL	a	3B	2	0	0	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1888	BAL	a	SS	23	0	0	43	61	20	8	0	0	0	0	0	.839
1888	BAL	a	2B	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1888	BAL	a	P	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1888	TOT	a	SS	59	0	0	93	159	46	13	0	0	0	0	0	.846
1888	TOT	a	2B	4	0	0	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1888	TOT	a	OF	70	0	0	119	3	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.847
1889	BRO	a	SS	19	0	0	21	62	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	.892
1889	BRO	a	OF	113	0	0	139	21	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	.920
1890	BRO	N	OF	116	0	0	137	23	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1890	BRO	N	3B	3	0	0	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1891	BRO	N	OF	113	0	0	173	16	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	.922
1891	BRO	N	SS	6	0	0	11	21	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.780
1891	BRO	N	3B	5	0	0	3	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1892	BRO	N	OF	129	0	0	162	16	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	.937
1892	BRO	N	3B	7	0	0	12	11	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.793
1892	BRO	N	SS	5	0	0	9	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.762
1893	BRO	N	OF	108	0	0	159	19	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	.932
1893	BRO	N	SS	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1894	BRO	N	OF	125	0	0	208	15	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1895	NY	N	OF	32	0	0	42	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.870
1895	NY	N	1B	1	0	0	11	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1895	BRO	N	OF	19	0	0	41	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.918
1895	TOT	N	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1895	TOT	N	OF	51	0	0	83	9	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.893
Total			SS	200	0	0	285	526	153	42	0	0	0	0	0	.841
Total			1B	2	0	0	19	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.950
Total			OF	894	0	0	1271	139	123	34	0	0	0	0	0	.920
Total			2B	21	0	0	53	61	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	.891
Total			P	25	0	0	6	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.958
Total			3B	66	0	0	102	127	44	6	0	0	0	0	0	.839

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1884	BAL	a	2	0	0	0	3.00	6	5	3	0	0	1	9	12	0	2	0	0	0
1885	BAL	a	15	11	7	4	3.58	30	76	42	10	1	3	105.2	112	2	21	0	23	13
1887	BAL	a	3	0	1	0	9.53	2	16	12	0	0	0	11.1	16	0	4	0	0	3
1888	BAL	a	5	0	0	1	4.26	2	8	6	0	0	0	12.2	12	0	3	0	0	0
Total			25	11	8	5	4.09	40	105	63	10	1	4	138.2	152	2	30	0	23	16

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Brooklyn Bridegrooms for $3500 or $4000 (August 10, 1888).

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