Jack Burns
1930–1936 · bats L / throws L · Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns
890G
.280AVG
.351OBP
.392SLG
More career statistics
980H
44HR
417RBI
63SB
3Rare feats
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 · Caught stealing | 47 | 48 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 299 | 300 |
| Batting · Runs | 541 | 540 |
| Batting · RBI | 417 | 414 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 63 | 64 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 890 | 3,966 | 3,506 | 541 | 980 | 199 | 31 | 44 | 417 | 376 | 299 | 63 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 1,373 | .280 | .351 | .392 | .743 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1933-06-14 to 1933-07-02
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1932-08-18 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1933-09-04 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1933-06-03 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 449 | 1982 | 508 | 24 | 234 | 201 | 128 | .292 | .358 | .418 |
| Away | 441 | 1984 | 472 | 20 | 180 | 175 | 172 | .267 | .326 | .366 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 71 | 281 | 55 | 0 | 20 | 25 | 26 | .220 | .285 | .292 |
| May | 142 | 634 | 158 | 9 | 73 | 65 | 53 | .284 | .352 | .408 |
| June | 158 | 697 | 190 | 12 | 78 | 70 | 53 | .310 | .373 | .458 |
| July | 179 | 817 | 190 | 9 | 96 | 90 | 56 | .270 | .343 | .381 |
| August | 179 | 820 | 204 | 6 | 79 | 71 | 56 | .277 | .335 | .372 |
| September | 161 | 717 | 183 | 8 | 68 | 55 | 56 | .282 | .332 | .386 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 133 | 602 | 139 | 9 | 69 | 77 | 51 | .271 | .359 | .411 |
| cleveland-guardians | 131 | 572 | 139 | 4 | 51 | 42 | 40 | .267 | .316 | .365 |
| boston-red-sox | 130 | 581 | 142 | 5 | 64 | 56 | 30 | .280 | .341 | .367 |
| new-york-yankees | 129 | 580 | 168 | 11 | 74 | 55 | 58 | .324 | .384 | .479 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 125 | 557 | 137 | 3 | 45 | 50 | 42 | .280 | .336 | .376 |
| chicago-white-sox | 120 | 542 | 135 | 4 | 47 | 43 | 25 | .278 | .328 | .367 |
| detroit-tigers | 106 | 452 | 99 | 7 | 56 | 46 | 50 | .246 | .321 | .363 |
| st-louis-browns | 16 | 80 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | .296 | .350 | .423 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 |  St. Louis Browns | 8 | 30 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .300 | – | – |
| 1931 | St. Louis Browns | 144 | 570 | 148 | 4 | 70 | 19 | .260 | – | – |
| 1932 | St. Louis Browns | 150 | 617 | 188 | 11 | 70 | 17 | .305 | – | – |
| 1933 | St. Louis Browns | 144 | 556 | 160 | 7 | 72 | 12 | .288 | – | – |
| 1934 | St. Louis Browns | 154 | 612 | 157 | 13 | 73 | 9 | .257 | – | – |
| 1935 | St. Louis Browns | 143 | 549 | 157 | 5 | 65 | 3 | .286 | – | – |
| 1936 | Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns | 147 | 572 | 161 | 4 | 62 | 4 | .281 | – | – |