George Burns
Bats R Throws R6'1" 180 lbBorn 1893 Niles, USADebut 1914Team PHA
Awards: Baseball Magazine All-Star x2, Most Valuable Player, TSN All-Star
Batting
| Year | Team | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | HIT+ |
|---|
| 1929 | PHA | 38 | 61 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0.224 | 0.250 | 0.362 | 0.612 | 51.0 |
| 1928 | NYY | 86 | 242 | 30 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 0.254 | 0.326 | 0.390 | 0.716 | 87.4 |
| 1927 | CLE | 140 | 607 | 84 | 175 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 78 | 13 | 42 | 27 | 0.319 | 0.375 | 0.435 | 0.810 | 108.2 |
| 1926 | CLE | 151 | 657 | 97 | 216 | 64 | 3 | 4 | 114 | 13 | 28 | 33 | 0.358 | 0.394 | 0.494 | 0.889 | 128.9 |
| 1925 | CLE | 127 | 523 | 69 | 164 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 79 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 0.336 | 0.371 | 0.473 | 0.844 | 109.9 |
| 1924 | CLE | 129 | 529 | 64 | 143 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 68 | 14 | 29 | 27 | 0.310 | 0.370 | 0.437 | 0.807 | 104.9 |
| 1923 | BOS | 146 | 615 | 91 | 181 | 47 | 5 | 7 | 82 | 9 | 45 | 33 | 0.328 | 0.386 | 0.470 | 0.856 | 123.6 |
| 1922 | BOS | 147 | 602 | 71 | 171 | 32 | 5 | 12 | 73 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 0.306 | 0.341 | 0.446 | 0.787 | 103.4 |
| 1921 | CLE | 84 | 265 | 52 | 88 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 0.361 | 0.398 | 0.480 | 0.877 | 119.3 |
| 1920 | CLE | 66 | 132 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0.250 | 0.326 | 0.353 | 0.679 | 78.6 |
| 1919 | PHA | 126 | 507 | 63 | 139 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 57 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 0.296 | 0.339 | 0.447 | 0.786 | 117.0 |
| 1918 | PHA | 130 | 544 | 61 | 178 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 70 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 0.352 | 0.390 | 0.467 | 0.857 | 159.6 |
| 1917 | DET | 119 | 442 | 42 | 92 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 15 | 33 | 0.226 | 0.264 | 0.317 | 0.581 | 69.3 |
| 1916 | DET | 135 | 527 | 60 | 137 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 73 | 12 | 22 | 30 | 0.286 | 0.327 | 0.382 | 0.709 | 106.3 |
| 1915 | DET | 105 | 436 | 49 | 99 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 9 | 22 | 51 | 0.253 | 0.301 | 0.352 | 0.653 | 86.5 |
| 1914 | DET | 137 | 544 | 55 | 139 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 23 | 32 | 56 | 0.291 | 0.351 | 0.389 | 0.740 | 119.9 |
| Career | | 1866 | 7233 | 901 | 2018 | 444 | 72 | 72 | 951 | 154 | 363 | 433 | 0.307 | 0.354 | 0.429 | 0.783 | 111.1 |
Fielding
| Year | Team | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Runs saved |
|---|
| 1929 | PHA | 1B | 19 | 0 | 99 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | |
| 1928 | NYY | 1B | 55 | 0 | 477 | 38 | 8 | 44 | 0.985 | |
| 1927 | CLE | 1B | 139 | 0 | 1362 | 102 | 15 | 111 | 0.990 | |
| 1926 | CLE | 1B | 151 | 0 | 1499 | 99 | 19 | 122 | 0.988 | |
| 1925 | CLE | 1B | 126 | 0 | 1195 | 82 | 14 | 94 | 0.989 | |
| 1924 | CLE | 1B | 127 | 0 | 1227 | 110 | 18 | 85 | 0.987 | |
| 1923 | BOS | 1B | 146 | 0 | 1485 | 92 | 16 | 103 | 0.990 | |
| 1922 | BOS | 1B | 140 | 0 | 1412 | 94 | 20 | 103 | 0.987 | |
| 1921 | CLE | 1B | 73 | 0 | 534 | 41 | 6 | 40 | 0.990 | |
| 1920 | CLE | OF | 14 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.958 | |
| 1920 | CLE | 1B | 12 | 0 | 84 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0.979 | |
| 1919 | PHA | 1B | 86 | 0 | 918 | 71 | 20 | 44 | 0.980 | |
| 1919 | PHA | OF | 34 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0.934 | |
| 1918 | PHA | 1B | 128 | 0 | 1384 | 104 | 26 | 109 | 0.983 | |
| 1918 | PHA | OF | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.833 | |
| 1917 | DET | 1B | 104 | 0 | 1127 | 57 | 12 | 44 | 0.990 | |
| 1916 | DET | 1B | 124 | 0 | 1355 | 54 | 22 | 71 | 0.985 | |
| 1915 | DET | 1B | 104 | 0 | 1155 | 57 | 17 | 65 | 0.986 | |
| 1914 | DET | 1B | 137 | 0 | 1579 | 79 | 30 | 72 | 0.982 | |
Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.
Postseason batting
| Year | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|
| 1929 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 1920 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.300 | 0.462 | 0.400 | 0.862 |
| Career | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0.250 | 0.400 | 0.333 | 0.733 |