Oyster Burns stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1884
Bio
- Debut
- 1884
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,187
- AB
- 4,637
- R
- 869
- H
- 1,389
- HR
- 65
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 263
- AVG
- .300
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884 | — | 37 | 138 | 34 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .290 |
| 1885 | — | 78 | 321 | 47 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
| 1887 | — | 140 | 551 | 122 | 188 | 9 | 0 | 58 | .341 |
| 1888 | — | 131 | 529 | 94 | 155 | 6 | 0 | 44 | .293 |
| 1889 | LAD | 131 | 504 | 105 | 153 | 5 | 0 | 32 | .304 |
| 1890 | LAD | 119 | 472 | 102 | 134 | 13 | 0 | 21 | .284 |
| 1891 | LAD | 123 | 470 | 75 | 134 | 4 | 0 | 21 | .285 |
| 1892 | LAD | 141 | 542 | 88 | 171 | 4 | 0 | 33 | .315 |
| 1893 | LAD | 109 | 415 | 68 | 112 | 7 | 0 | 14 | .270 |
| 1894 | LAD | 125 | 505 | 106 | 179 | 5 | 0 | 30 | .354 |
| 1895 |  LAD/SF | 53 | 190 | 28 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .258 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 16
- AB
- 62
- R
- 14
- H
- 14
- HR
- 3
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .226
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 5,152
- TB
- 2,066
- XBH
- 418
- HBP
- 41
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884 | — | 149 | 74 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1885 | — | 343 | 112 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | — | 619 | 286 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | — | 571 | 230 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | LAD | 576 | 213 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | LAD | 527 | 219 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1891 | LAD | 523 | 196 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1892 | LAD | 613 | 246 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1893 | LAD | 455 | 171 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1894 | LAD | 561 | 254 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1895 | LAD/SF | 215 | 65 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 22.2
- RC
- 843.5
- RC/27
- 7.00
- ISOP
- .146
- SECA
- .303
- BB/K
- 2.55
- AB/HR
- 71.3
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884 | — | 0.8 | 25.5 | 7 | .246 | 0.3 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 1885 | — | 0.4 | 32.8 | 3.6 | .118 | 0.2 | 0 | 64.2 | 0 |
| 1887 | — | 4.7 | 130 | 9.7 | .178 | 0.4 | 0 | 61.2 | 0 |
| 1888 | — | 3.3 | 90.6 | 6.5 | .142 | 0.3 | 0 | 88.2 | 0 |
| 1889 | LAD | 2.9 | 95.4 | 7.3 | .119 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 100.8 | 0 |
| 1890 | LAD | 0.0 | 85.5 | 6.8 | .180 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 36.3 | 0 |
| 1891 | LAD | 2.3 | 78.2 | 6.3 | .132 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 117.5 | 0 |
| 1892 | LAD | 4.4 | 107.7 | 7.8 | .138 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 135.5 | 0 |
| 1893 | LAD | 0.7 | 62.8 | 5.6 | .142 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 59.3 | 0 |
| 1894 | LAD | 2.9 | 109.4 | 8.8 | .149 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 101 | 0 |
| 1895 | LAD/SF | -0.2 | 26.6 | 5 | .084 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 190 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Oyster Burns's career stats?
Oyster Burns played 11 seasons for the Dodgers. He was a career .300 hitter with 1,389 hits, 65 home runs and 0 RBI. His best season was 1894: a .354 batting average, 5 home runs and 0 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1884 to 1895
All-time career rank
- 215th in stolen bases (263)
Among the 10,340 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.