Willie Burns
Newark Dodgers 1935; Chicago American Giants 1942; New York Black Yankees 1942; Newark Eagles 1942; Baltimore Elite Giants 1943; Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns 1944; New York Black Yankees 1945; New York Cubans 1945
Percentile snapshot
1935 season — qualified pitchers
of 96 qualified 1935 pitchers (min 62 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
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 | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 12 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .167 | .174 | .341 | -3.8 | -13.9 | .161 | -1.1 |
| 1942 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .176 | .250 | .426 | 28.6 | 17.9 | .203 | -0.7 |
| 1943 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .421 | .450 | .474 | .924 | 139.3 | 146.8 | .440 | -0.6 |
| 1944 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -99.1 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.1 |
| 1945 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -92.5 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.4 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 54 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 62.0 | 7.84 | 1.758 | 4.06 | 5.92 | 116.2 | 65.0 | -1.1 |
| 1942 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 29.0 | 7.14 | 1.931 | 1.86 | 6.84 | 172.0 | 55.9 | -0.7 |
| 1943 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 36.7 | 8.35 | 2.073 | 2.45 | 5.49 | 114.2 | 57.6 | -0.6 |
| 1944 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 5.14 | 1.571 | 1.29 | 4.63 | 137.5 | 65.5 | -0.1 |
| 1945 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 18.00 | 3.333 | 6.00 | 9.39 | 227.7 | 22.9 | -0.4 |
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
Pitching
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.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935-07-14 | BEG @ ND Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 1943-08-22 | BEG @ HOM Gameday | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1942-09-14 | HOM @ NE Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1935-06-16 | CAG @ ND Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1935-06-02 | TIC @ ND Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935-08-18 | ND @ NYC Gameday | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 1935-05-05 | NE @ ND Gameday | 7.2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 1935-08-24 | BEG @ ND Gameday | 9.0 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 1935-07-29 | NE @ ND Gameday | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 1935-08-03 | ND @ NE Gameday | 4.2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.