George Burns

First Base

1914—1929

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
First Base RANK
#94

Player Detail

George Henry
GIVEN NAME
Burns
SURNAME
January 31, 1893, in Niles, OH
BORN
January 7, 1978, in Kirkland, WA, USA
DIED
1914—1929
Playing Career
Played from 21-36
PLAYING AGE
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia A's
Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox
Teams Played For
First Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Cleveland Indians
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Tioga George
NICKNAME
21
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-1 / 180
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 14, 1914
Major League Debut
September 29, 1929
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS George Burns?

First baseman on Cleveland’s first World Championship team in 1920.
  • George Burns Scouting Report

60

HITTING

50

POWER

50

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1866
2018
72
954
.307
1926 AL MVP

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
29.7
52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.783
.783
100.0

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.307
.354
.429

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

George Sisler
Joe Harris
Wally Pipp

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Mickey Cochrane
Lou Gehrig
Pep Young
Donie Bush
Larry Gardner
Al Simmons
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Stan Coveleski
Harry Coveleski
Tris Speaker

George Burns Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Burns
545
167
75
37
6
6
79
30
36
13
234
207
.307
.354
.429
783
AVG 1B
528
156
76
28
9
7
50
40
12
223
210
.296
.361
.422
.783

George Burns Rankings

AT First Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
94
79
91
69
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT First Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
66
73
NR
66
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

George Burns PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
34.2
25.2
16.0
15.0
2.96
62.1
42.4
30.7
21.0
5.09
BLUE = George Burns
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
197.3
130.5
86.3
69.7
17.1
348.1
202.5
145.2
97.0
26.5
BLUE = George Burns
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B