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Historical player · 1914–1929

George Burns

B/T R/R · HT 73 · WT 180 · Born 1/31/1893 · From Niles, OH USA · Debut 1914-04-14 · Final 1929-09-29

Career · batting

1,866

6,573

2,018

RBI

951

154

363

AVG/OPS

0.307 · 0.783

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1920–1928

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#162 on the Indians

↑ 1 Y. Alonso

↓ 1 W. Westlake

Hits

853

#52 on the Indians

↑ 7 M. Hargrove

↓ 2 R. Colavito

RBI

431

#39 on the Indians

↑ 11 B. Avila

↓ 1 A. Cabrera

#42 on the Indians

↑ 2 R. Davis

↓ 1 A. Belle

Runs

402

#54 on the Indians

↑ 3 M. Alvis

↓ 5 B. Butler

157

#108 on the Indians

↑ 6 F. Duffy

↓ 1 B. Kennedy

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1922–1923

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#163 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 D. Bragg

↓ 1 S. Victorino

Hits

352

#139 on the Red Sox

↑ 2 J. Vosmik

↓ 1 D. Nava

RBI

155

#154 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 J. Bay

↓ 1 M. Yoshida

#133 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 M. Aviles

↓ 1 J. Bay

Runs

162

#149 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 S. Hatteberg

↓ 2 M. Almada

#243 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 N. Esasky

↓ 1 V. Martinez

Career with the Philadelphia Athletics · 1918–1929

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#194 on the Athletics

↑ 1 J. Dugan

↓ 1 R. Webster

Hits

344

#145 on the Athletics

↑ 1 R. Picciolo

↓ 4 J. Finigan

RBI

145

#150 on the Athletics

↑ 1 B. Hitchcock

↓ 1 B. McCosky

#101 on the Athletics

↑ 1 M. Canha

↓ 1 T. Cobb

Runs

130

#178 on the Athletics

↑ 2 J. Giambi

↓ 1 R. Christenson

#289 on the Athletics

↑ 2 H. Chiti

↓ 1 E. Coleman

Career with the Detroit Tigers · 1914–1917

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#194 on the Tigers

↑ 1 R. Davis

↓ 1 G. Triandos

Hits

467

#108 on the Tigers

↑ 2 M. Tettleton

↓ 4 J. Peralta

RBI

220

#99 on the Tigers

↑ 4 J. Encarnacion

↓ 1 R. Young

#58 on the Tigers

↑ 1 J. Delahanty

↓ 1 O. Infante

Runs

206

#121 on the Tigers

↑ 2 C. Peña

↓ 1 M. Cuyler

#175 on the Tigers

↑ 1 J. Hoover

↓ 1 I. Brown

Career with the New York Yankees · 1928–1929

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Hits

#1,024 on the Yankees

↑ 1 S. Adams

↓ 1 R. Young

Runs

#1,001 on the Yankees

↑ 1 L. Arroyo

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#1,389 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Allen

↓ 1 C. Vazquez

Hits

2,018

#287 all-time MLB

↑ 1 E. Averill

↓ 2 B. Mazeroski

RBI

951

#353 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Burkett

↓ 1 K. Kelly

154

#544 all-time MLB

↑ 1 E. Aybar

↓ 1 J. Barry

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1914	Tigers	AL	137	478	55	139	22	5	5	57	23	32	56	0.291	—	0.389
1915	Tigers	AL	105	392	49	99	18	3	5	50	9	22	51	0.253	—	0.352
1916	Tigers	AL	135	479	60	137	22	6	4	73	12	22	30	0.286	—	0.382
1917	Tigers	AL	119	407	42	92	14	10	1	40	3	15	33	0.226	—	0.317
1918	Athletics	AL	130	505	61	178	22	9	6	70	8	23	25	0.352	—	0.467
1919	Athletics	AL	126	470	63	139	29	9	8	57	15	19	18	0.296	—	0.447
1920	Athletics	AL	22	60	1	14	3	0	1	7	4	6	7	0.233	—	0.333
1920	Indians	AL	44	56	7	15	4	1	0	13	1	4	3	0.268	—	0.375
1921	Indians	AL	84	244	52	88	21	4	0	49	3	13	19	0.361	—	0.480
1922	Red Sox	AL	147	558	71	171	32	5	12	73	8	20	28	0.306	—	0.446
1923	Red Sox	AL	146	551	91	181	47	5	7	82	9	45	33	0.328	—	0.470
1924	Indians	AL	129	462	64	143	37	5	4	68	14	29	27	0.310	—	0.437
1925	Indians	AL	127	488	69	164	41	4	6	79	16	24	24	0.336	—	0.473
1926	Indians	AL	151	603	97	216	64	3	4	114	13	28	33	0.358	—	0.494
1927	Indians	AL	140	549	84	175	51	2	3	78	13	42	27	0.319	—	0.435
1928	Indians	AL	82	209	29	52	12	1	5	30	2	17	11	0.249	—	0.388
1928	Yankees	AL	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.500	—	0.500
1929	Yankees	AL	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.000	—	0.000
1929	Athletics	AL	29	49	5	13	5	0	1	11	1	2	3	0.265	—	0.429
Career			1,866	6,573	901	2,018	444	72	72	951	154	363	433	0.307	0.354	0.429

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1,671	0	0.0	16,892	1,094	245	1,117
OF	50	0	0.0	78	7	6	2

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Status
2007	Veterans - Players	Ballot
2005	Veterans - Players	Ballot
2003	Veterans - Players	Ballot
1982	Veterans	Ballot