George Burns
1914–1929 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics
1,870G
.307AVG
.354OBP
.429SLG
More career statistics
2,018H
72HR
951RBI
154SB
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 · Games | 1,870 | 1,869 |
| Batting · At bats | 6,573 | 6,582 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 63 | 98 |
| Batting · Doubles | 444 | 446 |
| Batting · Hits | 2,018 | 2,021 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 110 | 113 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 433 | 436 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,233 | 7,247 |
| Batting · Runs | 901 | 903 |
| Batting · RBI | 951 | 954 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 154 | 160 |
| Batting · Walks | 363 | 364 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,870 | 7,233 | 6,573 | 901 | 2,018 | 444 | 72 | 72 | 951 | 363 | 433 | 154 | 63 | 110 | 0 | 2,822 | .307 | .354 | .429 | .783 |
Streaks
23longest hitting streak · 1922-08-04 to 1922-09-01
28longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 6 hits | 1924-06-19 | 1 in 34,722 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1926-08-28 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | 4 extra-base hits | 1924-07-23 | 1 in 9,127 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 934 | 3542 | 1023 | 31 | 500 | 196 | 207 | .322 | .344 | .452 |
| Away | 935 | 3705 | 998 | 41 | 454 | 168 | 229 | .293 | .315 | .409 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 154 | 590 | 167 | 6 | 76 | 30 | 38 | .313 | .334 | .448 |
| May | 311 | 1201 | 325 | 16 | 156 | 63 | 73 | .297 | .323 | .425 |
| June | 344 | 1332 | 368 | 9 | 163 | 71 | 87 | .308 | .330 | .424 |
| July | 392 | 1564 | 450 | 16 | 215 | 83 | 87 | .318 | .341 | .445 |
| August | 373 | 1473 | 412 | 18 | 210 | 67 | 91 | .306 | .325 | .433 |
| September | 286 | 1053 | 287 | 7 | 127 | 49 | 57 | .297 | .319 | .401 |
| October | 9 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .375 | .382 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 275 | 1046 | 272 | 2 | 132 | 45 | 81 | .283 | .303 | .372 |
| chicago-white-sox | 268 | 1023 | 279 | 8 | 118 | 47 | 61 | .302 | .319 | .410 |
| st-louis-browns | 256 | 1019 | 268 | 10 | 127 | 61 | 33 | .294 | .323 | .426 |
| new-york-yankees | 256 | 978 | 279 | 8 | 132 | 50 | 75 | .311 | .336 | .419 |
| boston-red-sox | 233 | 884 | 245 | 7 | 110 | 39 | 55 | .302 | .321 | .425 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 214 | 833 | 246 | 18 | 128 | 41 | 47 | .327 | .345 | .479 |
| detroit-tigers | 212 | 845 | 267 | 17 | 140 | 51 | 44 | .352 | .376 | .536 |
| cleveland-guardians | 155 | 619 | 165 | 2 | 67 | 30 | 40 | .292 | .315 | .379 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 |  Detroit Tigers | 138 | 480 | 139 | 5 | 54 | 24 | .290 | – | – |
| 1915 | Detroit Tigers | 105 | 394 | 99 | 5 | 54 | 9 | .251 | – | – |
| 1916 | Detroit Tigers | 136 | 481 | 137 | 4 | 73 | 13 | .285 | – | – |
| 1917 | Detroit Tigers | 119 | 408 | 92 | 1 | 43 | 4 | .225 | – | – |
| 1918 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 130 | 504 | 178 | 6 | 68 | 8 | .353 | – | – |
| 1919 | Philadelphia Athletics | 127 | 475 | 140 | 8 | 58 | 15 | .295 | – | – |
| 1920 | Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics | 66 | 116 | 29 | 1 | 18 | 5 | .250 | – | – |
| 1921 |  Cleveland Guardians | 85 | 244 | 89 | – | 45 | 3 | .365 | – | – |
| 1922 |  Boston Red Sox | 147 | 558 | 171 | 12 | 79 | 8 | .306 | – | – |
| 1923 | Boston Red Sox | 146 | 552 | 181 | 7 | 80 | 9 | .328 | – | – |
| 1924 | Cleveland Guardians | 129 | 460 | 143 | 4 | 69 | 14 | .311 | – | – |
| 1925 | Cleveland Guardians | 127 | 488 | 164 | 6 | 79 | 17 | .336 | – | – |
| 1926 | Cleveland Guardians | 151 | 603 | 217 | 4 | 115 | 14 | .360 | – | – |
| 1927 | Cleveland Guardians | 140 | 549 | 175 | 3 | 79 | 14 | .319 | – | – |
| 1928 | Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees | 86 | 213 | 54 | 5 | 29 | 2 | .254 | – | – |
| 1929 | New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics | 37 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .228 | – | – |