MLB / Players

Thomas Burns

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 8 in · 183 lb
BornSeptember 6, 1864 · Philadelphia, PA, USA
MLB debutAugust 18, 1884
Final gameSeptember 16, 1895
Seasons11 (1884–1895)

Baltimore Orioles 1884; Wilmington Quicksteps 1884; Baltimore Orioles 1885; Baltimore Orioles 1887–1888; Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1888–1890; Brooklyn Grooms 1891–1895; New York Giants 1895

Percentile snapshot

1894 season — qualified batters

G
126
61.2
PA
569
52.9
AB
513
65.9
R
107
52.9
H
182
78.8
2B
32
80
3B
14
68.2
HR
5
48.2
RBI
109
80
BB
44
49.4
SO
18
49.4
SB
30
52.9
BA
.355
75.3
OBP
.409
56.5
SLG
.501
65.9
OPS
.910
65.9
wRC+
113.6
63.5
OPS+
118.1
67.1
wOBA
.418
62.4
sWAR
2.4
62.4

of 86 qualified 1894 batters (min 418 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+
122.4
82.5
OPS+
132.0
91.6
sWAR
30.1
96.5

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; 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
1884371491383440276238000.290.342.536.879156.2182.4.3931.6
188578343321477411653716000.231.280.349.62998.097.7.2931.6
188714061955112218833199996347580.341.414.519.933140.0157.6.4335.3
18881315715299415527156673820440.293.345.435.780133.9148.8.3684.5
1889131576504105153191351006826320.304.391.423.813124.1131.2.3913.3
18901195274721021342212131285142210.284.359.464.823127.8139.0.3903.1
18911235234707513424134835330210.285.358.417.775118.9125.1.3702.5
18921416135428817127184966542330.315.395.454.849144.4156.0.4084.9
1893109455415681122287603616140.270.334.412.74695.197.6.3540.8
1894126569513107182321451094418300.355.409.501.910113.6118.1.4182.4
189553215190284954132228100.258.341.342.68382.576.5.3320.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
188420001001232609.03.001.5566.002.6481.6108.11.6
188515117431011124221302105.73.581.2592.563.73115.090.71.6
18873010000161242011.39.531.7651.594.95115.345.05.3
1888500100012632012.74.261.1841.423.10101.471.74.5

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

G
1,188
PA
5,160
AB
4,645
R
870
H
1,392
2B
224
3B
129
83rd-most career 3B
HR
65
RBI
834
478th-most career RBI
BB
464
SO
249
SB
263
221st-most career SB
BA
.2997
223rd-highest career batting average
OBP
.3683
318th-highest career on-base percentage
SLG
.4454
OPS
.8137
404th-highest career OPS

Pitching

G (P)
25
GS
11
W
8
L
5
SV
4
CG
10
SHO
1
IP
139
SO (P)
40
BB allowed
30
ERA
4.089
WHIP
1.3125
K/9
2.60

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.