MLB / Players

Jim Burns

HandednessBats Right
Listed at5 ft 7 in · 168 lb
BornSt. Louis, MO, USA
MLB debutSeptember 25, 1888
Final gameMay 22, 1891
Seasons3 (1888–1891)

Kansas City Cowboys 1888–1889; Washington Statesmen 1891

Percentile snapshot

1889 season — qualified batters

G
134
61
PA
606
76
AB
579
96
R
103
63
H
176
89
2B
23
61
3B
11
77
HR
5
58
RBI
97
85
BB
20
7
SO
68
7
SB
56
78
BA
.304
73
OBP
.335
41
SLG
.408
67
OPS
.743
62
wRC+
104.9
55
OPS+
110.7
63
wOBA
.350
53
sWAR
2.6
68

of 101 qualified 1889 batters (min 430 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
3.2
74.5

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1888157066132000041360.303.343.303.646105.9107.3.3140.2
188913460657910317623115972068560.304.335.408.743104.9110.7.3502.6
189120908215266001061020.317.378.390.768114.3119.3.3750.4

Career totals

G
169
PA
766
AB
727
R
131
H
222
2B
29
3B
11
HR
5
RBI
111
BB
27
SO
81
SB
64
BA
.3054
OBP
.3407
SLG
.3961
OPS
.7368

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.