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Tom Burns
Thomas Everett Burns

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 152 lb.

Debut May 1, 1880
Final Game July 22, 1892
Born March 30, 1857 in Honesdale, PA
Died March 19, 1902 in Jersey City, NJ

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1880 23 CHC NL  85  333   47  103  17  3   0   43         12  23  .309  .333  .378  134  126                    
 1881 24 CHC NL  84  342   41   95  20  3   4   42         14  22  .278  .306  .389  111  133                    
 1882 25 CHC NL  84  355   55   88  23  6   0   48         15  28  .248  .278  .346   95  123                    
 1883 26 CHC NL  97  405   69  119  37  7   2   67         13  31  .294  .316  .435  117  176                    
 1884 27 CHC NL  83  343   54   84  14  2   7   44         13  50  .245  .272  .359   91  123                    
 1885 28 CHC NL 111  445   82  121  23  9   7   71         16  48  .272  .297  .411  114  183                    
 1886 29 CHC NL 112  445   64  123  18 10   3   65  15     14  40  .276  .298  .382   94  170                    
 1887 30 CHC NL 115  424   57  112  20 10   3   60  32     34  32  .264  .320  .380   84  161               1    
 1888 31 CHC NL 134  483   60  115  12  6   3   70  34     26  49  .238  .281  .306   82  148               3    
 1889 32 CHC NL 136  525   64  127  27  6   4   66  18     32  57  .242  .288  .339   71  178               2    
 1890 33 CHC NL 139  538   86  149  17  6   5   86  44     57  45  .277  .348  .359  103  193               2    
 1891 34 CHC NL  59  243   36   55   8  1   1   17  18     21  21  .226  .288  .280   61   68               0    
 1892 35 PIT NL  12   39    7    8   0  0   0    4   1      3   8  .205  .262  .205   41    8               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1251 4920  722 1299 236 69  39  683 162  0 270 454  .264  .303  .364   95 1790   0   0   0   8   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        637   93  168  31  9   5   88  21  0  35  59  .264  .303  .364   95  232   0   0   0   1   0
 Career High    139  538   86  149  37 10   7   86  44  0  57  57  .309  .348  .435  134  193   0   0   0   3   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1880 23 CHC NL  345  230   42   4.9    66| .309  .253| .333  .276| .378  .333| .711  .610| 134  .687  12.3   1.4     
 1881 24 CHC NL  356  247   41   4.4    78| .278  .270| .306  .301| .389  .354| .695  .655| 111  .584   4.7   0.5     
 1882 25 CHC NL  370  267   34   3.4    74| .248  .259| .278  .287| .346  .353| .624  .640|  95  .469  -1.4  -0.2     
 1883 26 CHC NL  418  286   56   5.2    87| .294  .277| .316  .305| .435  .382| .751  .687| 117  .619   9.2   1.0     
 1884 27 CHC NL  356  259   34   3.5    79| .245  .259| .272  .300| .359  .359| .631  .659|  91  .476  -3.9  -0.4     
 1885 28 CHC NL  461  324   54   4.4    80| .272  .262| .297  .307| .411  .351| .708  .658| 114  .619   6.4   0.7     
 1886 29 CHC NL  459  322   51   4.1    91| .276  .274| .298  .325| .382  .375| .680  .700|  94  .547  -4.7  -0.5     
 1887 30 CHC NL  459  312   51   4.3   107| .264  .290| .320  .349| .380  .412| .700  .761|  84  .483 -10.1  -1.0     
 1888 31 CHC NL  512  368   41   2.9    77| .238  .253| .281  .302| .306  .347| .587  .649|  82  .454 -10.3  -1.2     
 1889 32 CHC NL  559  398   51   3.4   100| .242  .278| .288  .351| .339  .380| .627  .731|  71  .390 -22.5  -2.3     
 1890 33 CHC NL  597  389   67   4.6    91| .277  .264| .348  .341| .359  .357| .707  .698| 103  .564   1.8   0.2     
 1891 34 CHC NL  264  188   20   2.8    93| .226  .267| .288  .342| .280  .363| .568  .704|  61  .351 -12.3  -1.3     
 1892 35 PIT NL   42   31    2   1.7    81| .205  .252| .262  .325| .205  .337| .467  .662|  41  .197  -2.8  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     5198 3621  544   4.0    86| .264  .268| .303  .318| .364  .365| .667  .682|  95  .522 -33.7  -3.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1880 23 CHC NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    1.3    2    4    0   0    2    1       0    10       0  0.00  2.42  inf 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    1.3    2    4    0   0    2    1       0    10       0  0.00  2.42  inf 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0   0  0   88.3  136  272    0   0  136   68   0   0   680   0   0  0.00  2.42  inf 3.000

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1880 23 CHC NL SS 79 62 186 39 9 .864 .882 3.14 4.31 3B 9 8 14 5 0 .815 .856 2.44 3.31 C 2 3 2 2 0 .714 .893 2.50 6.35 2 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.08 0 1.3 1881 24 CHC NL SS 80 100 249 52 20 .870 .873 4.36 4.55 2B 3 10 13 1 1 .958 .902 7.67 6.20 3B 3 6 1 3 1 .700 .864 2.33 3.53 1882 25 CHC NL 2B 43 129 127 25 21 .911 .896 5.95 6.06 SS 41 60 131 40 9 .827 .852 4.66 4.36 1883 26 CHC NL SS 79 121 260 56 25 .872 .853 4.82 4.54 2B 19 59 57 28 5 .806 .890 6.11 6.00 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1 0 0 1884 27 CHC NL SS 80 99 254 68 21 .838 .864 4.41 4.25 3B 3 3 5 1 0 .889 .851 2.67 3.10 1885 28 CHC NL SS 111 151 370 96 35 .844 .872 4.69 4.54 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.70 1886 29 CHC NL 3B 112 149 247 49 12 .890 .865 3.54 3.27 1887 30 CHC NL 3B 107 168 246 61 23 .872 .870 3.87 3.37 OF 8 16 2 0 2 1.000 .882 2.25 1.93 6 2 0 1888 31 CHC NL 3B 134 194 273 49 16 .905 .877 3.49 3.11 1889 32 CHC NL 3B 136 225 301 72 30 .880 .885 3.87 3.52 1890 33 CHC NL 3B 139 188 290 54 25 .898 .884 3.44 3.50 1891 34 CHC NL 3B 53 92 107 24 11 .892 .881 3.75 3.62 SS 4 7 11 4 1 .818 .891 4.50 5.15 OF 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 .909 3.50 1.90 2 0 0 1892 35 PIT NL 3B 8 10 10 9 0 .690 .877 2.50 3.52 OF 3 1 1 1 0 .667 .909 0.67 1.87 1 0 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1881 24 CHC NL 2B 3 10 13 1 1 .958 .902 7.67 6.20 1882 25 CHC NL 2B 43 129 127 25 21 .911 .896 5.95 6.06 1883 26 CHC NL 2B 19 59 57 28 5 .806 .890 6.11 6.00 1885 28 CHC NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.70 1880 23 CHC NL 3B 9 8 14 5 0 .815 .856 2.44 3.31 1881 24 CHC NL 3B 3 6 1 3 1 .700 .864 2.33 3.53 1884 27 CHC NL 3B 3 3 5 1 0 .889 .851 2.67 3.10 1886 29 CHC NL 3B 112 149 247 49 12 .890 .865 3.54 3.27 1887 30 CHC NL 3B 107 168 246 61 23 .872 .870 3.87 3.37 1888 31 CHC NL 3B 134 194 273 49 16 .905 .877 3.49 3.11 1889 32 CHC NL 3B 136 225 301 72 30 .880 .885 3.87 3.52 1890 33 CHC NL 3B 139 188 290 54 25 .898 .884 3.44 3.50 1891 34 CHC NL 3B 53 92 107 24 11 .892 .881 3.75 3.62 1892 35 PIT NL 3B 8 10 10 9 0 .690 .877 2.50 3.52 1880 23 CHC NL C 2 3 2 2 0 .714 .893 2.50 6.35 2 1883 26 CHC NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1 0 0 1887 30 CHC NL OF 8 16 2 0 2 1.000 .882 2.25 1.93 6 2 0 1891 34 CHC NL OF 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 .909 3.50 1.90 2 0 0 1892 35 PIT NL OF 3 1 1 1 0 .667 .909 0.67 1.87 1 0 2 1880 23 CHC NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.08 0 1.3 1880 23 CHC NL SS 79 62 186 39 9 .864 .882 3.14 4.31 1881 24 CHC NL SS 80 100 249 52 20 .870 .873 4.36 4.55 1882 25 CHC NL SS 41 60 131 40 9 .827 .852 4.66 4.36 1883 26 CHC NL SS 79 121 260 56 25 .872 .853 4.82 4.54 1884 27 CHC NL SS 80 99 254 68 21 .838 .864 4.41 4.25 1885 28 CHC NL SS 111 151 370 96 35 .844 .872 4.69 4.54 1891 34 CHC NL SS 4 7 11 4 1 .818 .891 4.50 5.15
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 704 1043 1494 327 118 .886 .877 3.60 3.38 SS 474 600 1461 355 120 .853 .867 4.35 4.44 2B 66 198 197 54 27 .880 .895 5.98 6.04 OF 14 24 3 1 2 .964 .891 1.93 1.91 10 2 2 C 2 3 2 2 0 .714 .893 2.50 6.35 2 P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 1.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1261 1868 3157 739 267 .872 .874 3.98 3.91
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1885   WS    CHC STL     T   7  25   3   2  0  1  0   0   0   0  .080  .080  .160   0                
 1886   WS    CHC STL     L   6  21   2   6  2  1  0   1   0   2  .286  .286  .476   0                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-1  13  46   5   8  2  2  0   1   0   2  .174  .174  .304   0                
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1880 NL-.309-5

On-base %
1880 NL-.333-5

Games
1880 NL-85-9
1882 NL-84-4
1885 NL-111-8
1888 NL-134-8
1889 NL-136-1
1890 NL-139-1

At Bats
1885 NL-445-9

Hits
1880 NL-103-6

Total Bases
1885 NL-183-10

Doubles
1881 NL-20-10
1882 NL-23-7
1883 NL-37-3
1885 NL-23-9
1889 NL-27-10

Triples
1885 NL-9-10

Home Runs
1881 NL-4-4
1884 NL-7-9
1885 NL-7-3

RBI
1880 NL-43-7
1883 NL-67-6
1885 NL-71-4
1888 NL-70-8
1890 NL-86-6

Strikeouts
1885 NL-48-8
1889 NL-57-9

Singles
1880 NL-83-6
1890 NL-121-9

Runs Created
1880 NL-42-10

Extra-Base Hits
1883 NL-46-4
1885 NL-39-7

Times on Base
1880 NL-115-7

Offensive Win%
1880 NL-.687-9

At Bats per Home Run
1881 NL-85.5-4
1884 NL-49.0-8
1885 NL-63.6-5

Outs
1882 NL-267-9
1885 NL-324-9
1889 NL-398-7
1890 NL-389-10

Oldest Player
1890 NL-33-10

         

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 57 (430) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.8 (1060) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 7.0 (1292) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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  10. Jack O'Connor (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jack O'Connor (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jack O'Connor (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

May 21, 1892: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Chicago Colts.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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Name and misspellings: Thomas Everett tim Tom tommy Burns

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