Johnny Burnett
1927–1935 · bats L / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Browns
559G
.284AVG
.345OBP
.366SLG
More career statistics
521H
9HR
213RBI
15SB
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 · Games | 559 | 558 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,835 | 1,831 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 12 | 14 |
| Batting · Doubles | 94 | 95 |
| Batting · Hits | 521 | 519 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 107 | 105 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,042 | 2,038 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 15 | 16 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 559 | 2,042 | 1,835 | 286 | 521 | 94 | 15 | 9 | 213 | 163 | 107 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 672 | .284 | .345 | .366 | .711 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1931-08-23 to 1931-09-08
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | Seven-Hit Game | 1932-07-10 | 1 in 27,955 games | box score ↗ |
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1932-07-10 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
| 70 | Six-Hit Game | 1932-07-10 | 1 in 1,644 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 290 | 1056 | 298 | 6 | 121 | 92 | 51 | .315 | .369 | .410 |
| Away | 268 | 982 | 221 | 3 | 92 | 71 | 54 | .249 | .297 | .321 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 59 | 226 | 53 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 14 | .260 | .310 | .314 |
| May | 108 | 365 | 97 | 2 | 49 | 27 | 17 | .295 | .340 | .386 |
| June | 112 | 403 | 96 | 2 | 37 | 38 | 23 | .269 | .333 | .353 |
| July | 110 | 437 | 111 | 1 | 46 | 37 | 19 | .286 | .339 | .353 |
| August | 102 | 355 | 89 | 2 | 39 | 28 | 18 | .278 | .330 | .378 |
| September | 66 | 248 | 73 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 13 | .319 | .359 | .419 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 88 | 303 | 75 | 1 | 29 | 29 | 24 | .280 | .343 | .351 |
| chicago-white-sox | 87 | 327 | 77 | 1 | 36 | 32 | 20 | .267 | .333 | .354 |
| detroit-tigers | 79 | 272 | 66 | 0 | 28 | 22 | 14 | .268 | .324 | .329 |
| st-louis-browns | 77 | 308 | 96 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 10 | .342 | .377 | .445 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 76 | 277 | 72 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 7 | .287 | .325 | .398 |
| new-york-yankees | 71 | 262 | 55 | 1 | 20 | 27 | 24 | .237 | .313 | .284 |
| boston-red-sox | 68 | 244 | 71 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 4 | .314 | .344 | .420 |
| cleveland-guardians | 12 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .179 | .200 | .205 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 |  Cleveland Guardians | 18 | 8 | – | – | – | 1 | .000 | – | – |
| 1928 | Cleveland Guardians | 3 | 10 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .500 | – | – |
| 1929 | Cleveland Guardians | 19 | 33 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .152 | – | – |
| 1930 | Cleveland Guardians | 54 | 170 | 53 | – | 20 | 3 | .312 | – | – |
| 1931 | Cleveland Guardians | 110 | 423 | 126 | 1 | 52 | 5 | .298 | – | – |
| 1932 | Cleveland Guardians | 129 | 512 | 152 | 4 | 53 | 2 | .297 | – | – |
| 1933 | Cleveland Guardians | 83 | 261 | 71 | 1 | 29 | 3 | .272 | – | – |
| 1934 | Cleveland Guardians | 72 | 208 | 61 | 3 | 30 | 1 | .293 | – | – |
| 1935 |  St. Louis Browns | 70 | 206 | 46 | – | 26 | 1 | .223 | – | – |