George Burns stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1914
Bio
- Debut
- 1914
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,866
- AB
- 6,573
- R
- 901
- H
- 2,018
- HR
- 72
- RBI
- 604
- SB
- 154
- AVG
- .307
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | DET | 137 | 478 | 55 | 139 | 5 | 0 | 23 | .291 |
| 1915 | DET | 105 | 392 | 49 | 99 | 5 | 0 | 9 | .253 |
| 1916 | DET | 135 | 479 | 60 | 137 | 4 | 0 | 12 | .286 |
| 1917 | DET | 119 | 407 | 42 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .226 |
| 1918 | ATH | 130 | 505 | 61 | 178 | 6 | 0 | 8 | .352 |
| 1919 | ATH | 126 | 470 | 63 | 139 | 8 | 0 | 15 | .296 |
| 1920 |  ATH/CLE | 66 | 116 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 20 | 5 | .250 |
| 1921 | CLE | 84 | 244 | 52 | 88 | 0 | 49 | 3 | .361 |
| 1922 | BOS | 147 | 558 | 71 | 171 | 12 | 73 | 8 | .306 |
| 1923 | BOS | 146 | 551 | 91 | 181 | 7 | 82 | 9 | .328 |
| 1924 | CLE | 129 | 462 | 64 | 143 | 4 | 68 | 14 | .310 |
| 1925 | CLE | 127 | 488 | 69 | 164 | 6 | 79 | 16 | .336 |
| 1926 | CLE | 151 | 603 | 97 | 216 | 4 | 114 | 13 | .358 |
| 1927 | CLE | 140 | 549 | 84 | 175 | 3 | 78 | 13 | .319 |
| 1928 |  CLE/NYY | 86 | 213 | 30 | 54 | 5 | 30 | 2 | .254 |
| 1929 |  NYY/ATH | 38 | 58 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .224 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- AB
- 12
- R
- 1
- H
- 3
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 2
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .250
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 7,233
- TB
- 2,822
- XBH
- 588
- HBP
- 110
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | DET | 544 | 186 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | DET | 436 | 138 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | DET | 527 | 183 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | DET | 442 | 129 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | ATH | 544 | 236 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | ATH | 507 | 210 | 46 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | ATH/CLE | 132 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | CLE | 265 | 117 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | BOS | 602 | 249 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | BOS | 615 | 259 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | CLE | 529 | 202 | 46 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | CLE | 523 | 231 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | CLE | 657 | 298 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | CLE | 607 | 239 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | CLE/NYY | 242 | 83 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | NYY/ATH | 61 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 17.1
- RC
- 1037.3
- RC/27
- 5.80
- ISOP
- .122
- SECA
- .191
- BB/K
- 0.84
- AB/HR
- 91.3
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | DET | 2.8 | 69.2 | 5 | .098 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 95.6 | 0 |
| 1915 | DET | 0.7 | 44.6 | 3.8 | .099 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 78.4 | 0 |
| 1916 | DET | 1.5 | 65.2 | 4.9 | .096 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 119.8 | 0 |
| 1917 | DET | 0.1 | 35.6 | 2.9 | .091 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 407 | 0 |
| 1918 | ATH | 0.0 | 93.4 | 7.5 | .115 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 84.2 | 0 |
| 1919 | ATH | 0.0 | 76 | 6.1 | .151 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 58.8 | 0 |
| 1920 | ATH/CLE | 0.1 | 15.6 | 4.7 | .103 | 0.2 | 1 | 116 | 0 |
| 1921 | CLE | 1.6 | 46.3 | 7.7 | .119 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | BOS | 0.0 | 87.3 | 5.8 | .140 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 46.5 | 0 |
| 1923 | BOS | 0.0 | 101.1 | 7 | .142 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 78.7 | 0 |
| 1924 | CLE | 2.1 | 79 | 6.2 | .128 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 115.5 | 0 |
| 1925 | CLE | 1.9 | 84.5 | 6.6 | .137 | 0.2 | 1 | 81.3 | 0 |
| 1926 | CLE | 4.6 | 115.9 | 7.6 | .136 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 150.8 | 0 |
| 1927 | CLE | 1.9 | 91 | 6.2 | .117 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 183 | 0 |
| 1928 | CLE/NYY | 0.0 | 28.5 | 4.6 | .136 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 42.6 | 0 |
| 1929 | NYY/ATH | -0.2 | 5.5 | 3.2 | .138 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 58 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were George Burns's career stats?
George Burns played 16 seasons for the Tigers, the Athletics, the Guardians and the Red Sox. He was a career .307 hitter with 2,018 hits, 72 home runs and 604 RBI. His best season was 1921: a .361 batting average, 0 home runs and 49 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1914 to 1929
Championships ×3
- 1920 World Series with the Cleveland Guardians
- 1928 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1929 World Series with the Athletics
All-time career rank
- 281st in hits (2,018)
Among the 10,340 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.