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Tom Burns

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-7, 152lb (170cm, 68kg)

Born: March 30, 1857 in Honesdale, PA us

Died: March 19, 1902 in Jersey City, NJ

Buried: St. Michael Cemetery, Springfield, MA

Debut: May 1, 1880 (Age 23-032d, 451st in major league history)

Last Game: July 22, 1892 (Age 35-114d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1880 season

Full Name: Thomas Everett Burns

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.2

4920

1307

.266

722

RBI

683

162

OBP

.305

SLG

.365

OPS

.670

OPS+

Summary of 39 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead, 39 lacking some details

1 Tm
CHC	39

Platoon
vs RHP	27
vs LHP	8
vs ?HP	4

Home/Road
Home	32
Away	7

Outs
Unk	39

14 Opps
PHI	7
BSN	6
DTN	6
PIT	4
BUF	3
PRO	2
CLV	2
CLV	2
WHS	2
TRO	1
BRO	1
KCN	1
IND	1
WOR	1

28 Pitchers
Pretzels Getzien	4
Ed Daily	3
Jim McCormick	2
Hank O'Day	2
John Coleman	2
Pud Galvin	2
Ed Beatin	2
Jim Whitney	2
Cinders O'Brien	1
Dan Casey	1
Kid Nichols	1
Tom Lovett	1
Charlie Hallstrom	1
Lee Richmond	1
Fred Hayner	1
Cyclone Miller	1
Old Hoss Radbourn	1
Bill Phillips	1
Dick Burns	1
Egyptian Healy	1
Tim Keefe	1
Pete Conway	1
Ed Conley	1
Mark Baldwin	1
Lady Baldwin	1
Billy Serad	1
Charlie Buffinton	1
Curry Foley	1

10 Parks
WestSide Pk (CHI)	20
LakeFrontPk2 (CHI)	9
Swampoodle G (WAS)	2
LakeFrontPk1 (CHI)	2
SouthEnd Grd (BOS)	1
7th St Pk 2 (IND)	1
SouthSidePk2 (CHI)	1
N.L. Pk I (CLE)	1
HaymakersGrd (TRO)	1
WashingtnPk2 (NYC)	1

Where Hit

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	33
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

66 RBI

Inning
1	2
2	4
3	2
4	7
5	3
6	4
7	7
8	6
9	2

1-3	8
4-6	14
7-end	15

RelScore
Unk	39

Unk	39

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	20
SS	19

OrderPos
7th	16
Unk	15
6th	8

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1881	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
1	1	1	1	1881-05-06	CHC	@	CLV	Jim McCormick		b 7		2	6	6
2	2	2	1	1881-05-18	CHC		WOR	Lee Richmond		b 7		2	6	6		IPHR
3	3	3	1	1881-08-16	CHC		BUF	Curry Foley		b 3		2	6	6
4	4	4	1	1881-09-23	CHC	@	TRO	Tim Keefe		t 2		1	6	6
1883	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
5	5	1	1	1883-08-25	CHC		BUF	Pud Galvin		b 3		2	6	6
6	6	2	1	1883-09-06	CHC		DTN	Dick Burns		b 7		3	6	6
1884	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
7	7	1	1	1884-07-04 (2)	CHC		PHI	John Coleman		b 5		1	7	6
8	8	2	2	1884-07-04 (2)	CHC		PHI	John Coleman		b 7		1	7	6
9	9	3	1	1884-08-07	CHC		CLV	Jim McCormick		b 2		2	7	6
10	10	4	1	1884-08-09	CHC		BUF	Billy Serad					7	6
11	11	5	1	1884-09-16	CHC		BSN	Charlie Buffinton		b 4		1	7	6
12	12	6	1	1884-09-27	CHC		PRO	Ed Conley					6	5
13	13	7	1	1884-10-09	CHC		PHI	Cyclone Miller		b 6		1	7	6
1885	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
14	14	1	1	1885-06-13	CHC		DTN	Pretzels Getzien		b 4		2	7	6
15	15	2	2	1885-06-13	CHC		DTN	Pretzels Getzien		b 6		2	7	6
16	16	3	1	1885-07-01	CHC		BSN	Jim Whitney		b 9		3	7	6
17	17	4	1	1885-07-18	CHC	@	BSN	Jim Whitney		t 8		1	7	6
18	18	5	1	1885-09-23	CHC		PRO	Charlie Hallstrom		b 8		1	7	6
19	19	6	1	1885-10-06	CHC		PHI	Ed Daily		b 1		2	7	6
20	20	7	2	1885-10-06	CHC		PHI	Ed Daily		b 4		1	7	6
1886	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
21	21	1	1	1886-05-21	CHC		PHI	Ed Daily		b 7		2		5
22	22	2	1	1886-08-18	CHC		KCN	Pete Conway		b 8		2		5
23	23	3	1	1886-08-28	CHC		PHI	Dan Casey		b 8		2		5
1887	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
24	24	1	1	1887-05-04	CHC	@	IND	Egyptian Healy		t 4		2	7	5		IPHR
25	25	2	1	1887-05-18	CHC	@	WHS	Hank O'Day		t 4		3	7	5
26	26	3	1	1887-06-17	CHC		DTN	Pretzels Getzien		b 7		1	7	5
1888	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
27	27	1	1	1888-06-01	CHC	@	WHS	Hank O'Day		t 1		1		5
28	28	2	1	1888-07-28	CHC		DTN	Lady Baldwin		b 9		3		5
29	29	3	1	1888-09-05	CHC		DTN	Ed Beatin		b 7		1		5
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
30	30	1	1	1889-06-12	CHC		PIT	Pud Galvin		b 5		1		5
31	31	2	1	1889-08-01	CHC		CLV	Ed Beatin		b 4		2		5
32	32	3	1	1889-09-19	CHC		CLV	Cinders O'Brien		b 8		3		5
33	33	4	1	1889-09-24	CHC		BSN	Old Hoss Radbourn		b 6		1		5
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
34	34	1	1	1890-05-29	CHC	@	BRO	Tom Lovett		t 2		2		5
35	35	2	1	1890-07-05	CHC		BSN	Kid Nichols		b 2		2		5
36	36	3	1	1890-08-16	CHC		PIT	Bill Phillips		b 5		4		5
37	37	4	1	1890-08-19 (2)	CHC		PIT	Fred Hayner		b 6		2		5
38	38	5	1	1890-09-27	CHC		BSN	Pretzels Getzien		b 8		1		5
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
39	39	1	1	1891-09-24	CHC		PIT	Mark Baldwin		b 4		1	6	5