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Historical player · 1884–1895

Thomas Burns

B/T R/R · HT 68 · WT 183 · Born 9/6/1864 · From Philadelphia, PA USA · Debut 1884-08-18 · Final 1895-09-16

Career · batting

1,188

4,645

1,392

RBI

834

263

464

AVG/OPS

0.300 · 0.813

Career · pitching

138.7

W-L

8-5

ERA

4.09

WHIP

1.31

Where they rank

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

Career with the Brooklyn Grooms · 1888–1895

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#87 on the Grooms

↑ 1 T. Hollandsworth

↓ 2 T. Zeile

Hits

958

#38 on the Grooms

↑ 8 J. Sheckard

↓ 4 J. Frederick

RBI

608

#17 on the Grooms

↑ 6 T. Daly

↓ 14 B. Herman

172

#18 on the Grooms

↑ 7 B. Butler

↓ 2 M. Kemp

Runs

592

#24 on the Grooms

↑ 35 R. Campanella

↓ 12 D. Foutz

339

#46 on the Grooms

↑ 9 C. Taylor

↓ 2 W. Moon

Career with the Baltimore Orioles · 1884–1888

#2 on the Orioles

↑ 16 J. Kelley

↓ 7 T. Tucker

Hits

398

#12 on the Orioles

↑ 49 M. Griffin

↓ 49 W. Clarke

RBI

201

#12 on the Orioles

↑ 13 W. Clarke

↓ 13 M. Griffin

#15 on the Orioles

↑ 20 J. Sommer

↓ 4 J. Sheckard

Runs

257

#12 on the Orioles

↑ 34 T. Tucker

↓ 16 G. Haltren

110

#15 on the Orioles

↑ 1 C. Fulmer

↓ 10 D. Stearns

Career with the New York Giants · 1895–1895

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#650 on the Giants

↑ 1 T. Abreu

Hits

#664 on the Giants

↑ 1 N. Ahmed

↓ 1 B. Zito

RBI

#541 on the Giants

↑ 1 E. Adrianza

↓ 1 E. Sicking

#269 on the Giants

↑ 1 E. Allen

↓ 1 J. Bean

Runs

#604 on the Giants

↑ 1 J. Dwyer

↓ 1 L. Benton

#610 on the Giants

↑ 1 D. Anderson

↓ 1 C. Bernard

Career with the Wilmington Quicksteps · 1884–1884

Hits

#14 on the Quicksteps

↑ 1 D. Casey

#5 on the Quicksteps

↑ 1 T. Nolan

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#1,513 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Anderson

↓ 1 E. Williamson

Hits

1,392

#797 all-time MLB

↑ 1 P. Burrell

↓ 1 T. Tulowitzki

RBI

834

#478 all-time MLB

↑ 2 H. Larkin

↓ 1 C. Hafey

263

#221 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Roberts

↓ 1 W. Conroy

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1884	Wilmington Quicksteps	UA	2	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.143	—	0.429
1884	Baltimore Orioles	AA	35	131	34	39	2	6	6	23	0	7	0	0.298	—	0.542
1885	Baltimore Orioles	AA	78	321	47	74	11	6	5	37	0	16	0	0.231	—	0.349
1887	Baltimore Orioles	AA	140	551	122	188	33	19	9	99	58	63	47	0.341	—	0.519
1888	Baltimore Orioles	AA	79	325	54	97	18	9	4	42	23	24	13	0.298	—	0.446
1888	Bridegrooms	AA	52	204	40	58	9	6	2	25	21	14	7	0.284	—	0.417
1889	Bridegrooms	AA	131	504	105	153	19	13	5	100	32	68	26	0.304	—	0.423
1890	Bridegrooms	NL	119	472	102	134	22	12	13	128	21	51	42	0.284	—	0.464
1891	Grooms	NL	123	470	75	134	24	13	4	83	21	53	30	0.285	—	0.417
1892	Grooms	NL	141	542	88	171	27	18	4	96	33	65	42	0.315	—	0.454
1893	Grooms	NL	109	415	68	112	22	8	7	60	14	36	16	0.270	—	0.412
1894	Grooms	NL	126	513	107	182	32	14	5	109	30	44	18	0.355	—	0.501
1895	Grooms	NL	20	76	7	14	0	1	0	7	0	8	2	0.184	—	0.211
1895	Giants	NL	33	114	21	35	5	3	1	25	10	14	6	0.307	—	0.430
Career			1,188	4,645	870	1,392	224	129	65	834	263	464	249	0.300	0.368	0.445

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1884	Baltimore Orioles	AA	0	0	2	0	1	9.0	12	3	2	6	3.00	1.56
1885	Baltimore Orioles	AA	7	4	15	11	3	105.7	112	42	21	30	3.58	1.26
1887	Baltimore Orioles	AA	1	0	3	0	0	11.3	16	12	4	2	9.53	1.76
1888	Baltimore Orioles	AA	0	1	5	0	0	12.7	12	6	3	2	4.26	1.18
Career			8	5	25	11	4	138.7	152	63	30	40	4.09	1.31

Fielding by position

Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
OF	895	7,670.0	1,272	139	123	34
SS	200	1,675.0	285	526	153	43
3B	66	591.0	102	127	44	6
P	25	139.0	6	17	1	0
2B	21	182.0	53	61	14	5
1B	2	18.0	19	0	1	3