MLB / Players

Dick Burns

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 7 in · 140 lb

BornDecember 26, 1863 · Holyoke, MA, USA

MLB debutMay 3, 1883

Final gameJuly 23, 1885

Seasons3 (1883–1885)

Detroit Wolverines 1883; Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 1884; St. Louis Maroons 1885

Percentile snapshot

1884 season — qualified batters

14.5

355

20.3

350

27.3

75.6

107

62.8

90.1

71.5

RBI

12.2

32.6

.306

83.1

OBP

.315

68.6

SLG

.457

90.1

OPS

.773

83.7

wRC+

135.4

84.9

OPS+

158.2

88.4

wOBA

.350

82.6

sWAR

7.2

97.1

of 173 qualified 1884 batters (min 319 PA) · 2 stats not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

1884 season — qualified pitchers

59.3

69.1

46.9

53.1

SHO

33.3

298

45.7

54.3

49.4

167

61.7

39.5

329.7

ERA

2.46

70.4

WHIP

1.047

67.9

K/9

4.56

40.7

FIP

3.36

32.1

FIP-

110.4

28.4

ERA+

123.7

67.9

sWAR

7.2

77.8

of 82 qualified 1884 pitchers (min 103 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

6.2

81.7

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1883	37	142	140	11	26	7	1	0	5	2	22	.186	.197	.250	.447	50.3	33.9	.198	-0.9
1884	79	355	350	84	107	17	12	4	0	5	0	.306	.315	.457	.773	135.4	158.2	.350	7.2
1885	14	57	54	2	12	2	1	0	4	3	8	.222	.263	.296	.559	85.2	80.4	.263	-0.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1883	17	13	2	12	13	0	172	64	33	30	8	127.7	4.51	1.606	2.11	4.37	139.3	69.5	-0.9
1884	40	40	23	15	34	1	298	90	47	167	7	329.7	2.46	1.047	4.56	3.36	110.4	123.7	7.2
1885	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	0	3.0	9.00	1.000	6.00	1.34	47.5	31.3	-0.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

130

554

544

145

RBI

.2665

OBP

.2798

SLG

.3879

OPS

.6677

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

460

SO (P)

199

BB allowed

ERA

3.070

WHIP

1.2013

K/9

3.89

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.