George Burns

1911–1925 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies

1,853G

.287AVG

.366OBP

.384SLG

More career statistics

2,077H

41HR

611RBI

383SB

1Rare feat

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · At bats	7,241	7,244
Batting · Caught stealing	139	277
Batting · Strikeouts	565	566
Batting · Runs	1,188	1,187
Batting · RBI	611	613
Batting · Stolen bases	383	388

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,853	8,251	7,241	1,188	2,077	362	108	41	611	872	565	383	139	26	0	2,778	.287	.366	.384	.750

Streaks

14longest hitting streak · 1917-09-11 to 1917-09-22

36longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
56	4 extra-base hits	1920-09-17	1 in 9,127 player-games	box score ↗
41	4 walks	1917-09-20	1 in 2,226 player-games	box score ↗
40	Three-Steal Game	1913-04-21	1 in 96 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	943	4050	1020	22	287	445	250	.288	.362	.386
Away	910	4201	1057	19	326	427	316	.285	.353	.381

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	148	675	174	1	66	80	47	.301	.376	.369
May	332	1496	383	6	98	155	103	.292	.360	.389
June	328	1456	346	8	96	161	103	.273	.348	.362
July	370	1677	447	12	131	162	113	.299	.363	.417
August	330	1456	358	6	95	147	92	.278	.347	.365
September	306	1327	324	8	107	156	99	.281	.362	.382
October	39	164	45	0	20	11	9	.304	.341	.399

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
pittsburgh-pirates	273	1221	308	5	87	110	81	.283	.342	.395
st-louis-cardinals	269	1209	314	8	86	145	83	.301	.380	.398
chicago-cubs	267	1176	290	7	83	131	90	.281	.358	.373
boston-braves	264	1168	309	5	103	125	76	.301	.372	.413
brooklyn-dodgers	260	1155	284	3	82	114	72	.279	.345	.363
philadelphia-phillies	245	1106	282	2	94	118	72	.291	.362	.380
cincinnati-reds	204	913	221	8	54	99	72	.275	.350	.359
new-york-giants	71	303	69	3	24	30	20	.258	.327	.371

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1911	New York Giants	6	17	1	–	–	–	.059	–	–
1912	New York Giants	29	51	15	–	5	7	.294	–	–
1913	New York Giants	150	606	173	2	52	40	.285	–	–
1914	New York Giants	154	561	170	3	60	64	.303	–	–
1915	New York Giants	155	622	169	3	52	26	.272	–	–
1916	New York Giants	155	624	174	5	42	37	.279	–	–
1917	New York Giants	152	597	180	5	43	40	.302	–	–
1918	New York Giants	119	465	135	4	50	41	.290	–	–
1919	New York Giants	139	534	162	2	48	40	.303	–	–
1920	New York Giants	154	631	182	6	48	22	.288	–	–
1921	New York Giants	149	606	181	4	64	19	.299	–	–
1922	Cincinnati Reds	156	631	179	1	50	32	.284	–	–
1923	Cincinnati Reds	154	614	168	3	46	12	.274	–	–
1924	Cincinnati Reds	93	336	86	2	32	3	.256	–	–
1925	Philadelphia Phillies	88	349	102	1	21	5	.292	–	–