MLB / Players

Tom Burns

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 7 in · 152 lb

BornMarch 30, 1857 · Honesdale, PA, USA

MLB debutMay 1, 1880

Final gameJuly 22, 1892

Seasons13 (1880–1892)

Chicago White Stockings 1880–1889; Chicago Colts 1890–1891; Pittsburgh Pirates 1892

Percentile snapshot

1890 season — qualified batters

139

597

80.4

538

83.1

45.9

149

68.9

40.5

24.3

70.9

RBI

81.1

60.8

10.8

67.6

.277

49.3

OBP

.348

37.8

SLG

.359

41.2

OPS

.707

37.8

wRC+

104.8

45.3

OPS+

105.9

43.9

wOBA

.345

36.5

sWAR

2.5

58.1

of 149 qualified 1890 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

wRC+

100.8

43.1

OPS+

102.8

47.5

sWAR

21.7

94.3

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

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1880	85	345	333	47	103	17	3	0	43	12	23	0	.309	.333	.378	.712	129.8	139.1	.323	3.0
1881	84	356	342	41	95	20	3	4	42	14	22	0	.278	.306	.389	.695	111.8	115.6	.317	2.2
1882	84	370	355	55	88	23	6	0	48	15	28	0	.248	.278	.346	.625	99.5	99.1	.281	1.5
1883	97	418	405	69	119	37	7	2	67	13	31	0	.294	.316	.435	.750	116.8	123.6	.330	2.7
1884	83	356	343	54	84	14	2	7	44	13	50	0	.245	.272	.359	.631	96.9	97.0	.285	1.4
1885	111	461	445	82	121	23	9	7	71	16	48	0	.272	.297	.411	.708	118.3	126.9	.324	3.3
1886	112	459	445	64	123	18	10	3	65	14	40	15	.276	.298	.382	.680	102.0	105.3	.311	1.9
1887	115	459	424	57	112	20	10	3	60	34	32	32	.264	.320	.380	.700	94.6	93.4	.322	1.3
1888	134	512	483	60	115	12	6	3	70	26	49	34	.238	.281	.306	.588	89.1	86.8	.275	1.3
1889	136	559	525	64	135	27	6	4	66	32	57	18	.257	.302	.354	.657	83.0	82.2	.312	0.8
1890	139	597	538	86	149	17	6	5	86	57	45	44	.277	.348	.359	.707	104.8	105.9	.345	2.5
1891	59	264	243	36	55	8	1	1	17	21	21	18	.226	.288	.280	.568	71.8	65.4	.280	0.0
1892	12	42	39	7	8	0	0	0	4	3	8	1	.205	.262	.205	.467	52.7	41.4	.238	-0.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1880	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1.3	0.00	3.000	6.75	5.53	233.0	—	3.0

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

1,251

5,198

4,920

722

1,307

236

405th-most career 3B

RBI

683

270

454

162

.2657

OBP

.3049

SLG

.3654

OPS

.6703

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

SO (P)

BB allowed

ERA

.000

WHIP

3.0000

K/9

6.75

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.