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Ed Burns

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-6, 165lb (168cm, 74kg)

Born: October 31, 1887 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: May 30, 1942 in Monterey, CA

Buried: San Carlos Catholic Cemetery, Monterey, CA

School: Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)

Debut: June 25, 1912 (Age 24-238d, 3,715th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 27, 1918 (Age 30-269d)
vs. CIN 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1914 season

Full Name: Edward James Burns

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.6

796

183

.230

RBI

OBP

.308

SLG

.271

OPS

.580

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PHI		BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 17	PHI		BSN	L,2-14	GS	25	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 19	PHI		BSN	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 20	PHI		BRO	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	6 (1)	Apr 23	PHI		BRO	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	7	Apr 24	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	10 (2)	Apr 27	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
8	11	Apr 29	PHI		NYG	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
9	12	Apr 30	PHI		NYG	L,0-15	GS	38	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	14 (1)	May 3	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
11	15	May 4	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
12	16	May 6	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	17	May 7	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-7	GS	29	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	18	May 8	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	19	May 9	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	20	May 13	PHI	@	STL	T,3-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	21	May 14	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
18	22	May 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
19	23	May 16	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
20	26 (2)	May 19	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
21	27	May 20	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
22	29 (1)	May 23	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
23	30	May 24	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	31	May 25	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	32	May 26	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	25	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	33	May 27	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
27	34	May 29	PHI		NYG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
28	36 (1)	May 31	PHI		NYG	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	37	Jun 1	PHI		CIN	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
30	38	Jun 2	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	39	Jun 4 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	4	3	2	9	0
32	40	Jun 4 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	41	Jun 5	PHI		CIN	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	42	Jun 6	PHI		CHC	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
35	43	Jun 8	PHI		CHC	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	45 (1)	Jun 13	PHI		STL	T,8-8	GS	56	12.0	3	2	1	6	0
37	49 (3)	Jun 17	PHI		PIT	W,9-8	CG	46	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
38	50	Jun 18	PHI		PIT	W,1-0	GS	22	5.2	4	1	0	5	0
39	51	Jun 19	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	52	Jun 20 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	6	2	0	8	0
41	54 (1)	Jun 21	PHI		BSN	W,10-6	CG	47	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
42	55	Jun 22	PHI		BSN	L,4-8	GS	28	5.0	4	3	0	7	0
43	57 (1)	Jun 25	PHI		BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
44	58	Jun 26	PHI		BRO	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	60 (1)	Jun 28	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
46	61	Jun 29 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-2	GS	23	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	63 (1)	Jul 2	PHI	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	64	Jul 3	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
49	65	Jul 4 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	66	Jul 4 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-2	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	67	Jul 6	PHI	@	CIN	L,9-10	GS	34	6.0	1	2	1	4	0
52	68	Jul 7 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
53	70 (1)	Jul 8	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	71	Jul 10 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
55	72	Jul 10 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
56	73	Jul 11	PHI	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	74	Jul 12	PHI	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	75	Jul 13 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	77 (1)	Jul 14	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	79 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	80	Jul 17	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	81	Jul 18	PHI	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	49	13.0	4	2	0	6	0
63	83 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-1	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	84	Jul 20 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
65	85	Jul 24	PHI		CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
66	87 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,6-12	CG	51	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
67	88	Jul 26	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	90 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,0-3	GS	28	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
							68gm		511.0	184	77	5	266	3