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Oyster Burns
Oyster Burns
Full name Thomas P. Burns |
Born September 6, 1864, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Died November 11, 1928, Brooklyn, New York |
Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, New Jersey |
First Game: August 18, 1884; Final Game: September 16, 1895 |
Umpired First Game: July 6, 1888; Umpired Final Game: June 22, 1899 |
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 8" Weight: 183 |
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Ejections as player: 1889 (1), 1890 (1), 1893 (1). Total: 3 |
Ejections as umpire: 1899 (10) |
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1884 WIL U 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 .143 .250 .429 0.0 1884 WIL U
1884 BAL a 35 131 34 39 2 6 6 23 7 3 .298 .348 .542 0.6 1884 BAL a
1884 Total 37 138 34 40 2 7 6 23i 8 3i .290 .342 .536 0.6 1884 Total
1885 BAL a 78 321 47 74 11 6 5 37 16 6 .231 .280 .349 0.1 1885 BAL a
1887 BAL a 140 551 122 188 33 19 9 99 63 47 5 58 .341 .414 .519 3.2 1887 BAL a
1888 BAL a 79 325 54 97 18 9 4 42 24 13 1 23 .298 .349 .446 1.1 1888 BAL a
1888 BRO a 52 204 40 58 9 6 2 25 14 7 3 21 .284 .339 .417 0.1 1888 BRO a
1888 TOT a 131 529 94 155 27 15 6 67 38 20 4 44 .293 .345 .435 1.2 1888 TOT a
1889 BRO a 131 504 105 153 19 13 5 100 68 26 4 32 .304 .391 .423 1.2 1889 BRO a
1890 BRO N 119 472 102 134 22 12 13 128 51 42 4 21 .284 .359 .464 1.6 1890 BRO N
1891 BRO N 123 470 75 134 24 13 4 83 53 30 0 21 .285 .358 .417 1.2 1891 BRO N
1892 BRO N 141 542 88 171 27 18 4 96 65 42 6 33 .315 .395 .454 2.2 1892 BRO N
1893 BRO N 109 415 68 112 22 8 7 60 36 16 4 14 .270 .334 .412 -0.4 1893 BRO N
1894 BRO N 126 513 107 182 32 14 5 109 44 18 3 9 30 .355 .409 .501 1.0 1894 BRO N
1895 BRO N 20 76 7 14 0 1 0 7 8 2 1 0 0 .184 .271 .211 -0.8 1895 BRO N
1895 NY N 33 114 21 35 5 3 1 25 14 6 1 1 10 .307 .388 .430 -0.1 1895 NY N
1895 TOT N 53 190 28 49 5 4 1 32 22 8 2 1 10 .258 .341 .342 -0.9 1895 TOT N
Total NL ( 6 Years) 671 2602 468 782 132 69 34 508 271 156 19 10i 129 .301 .371 .444 4.7 Total NL
Total AA ( 5 Years) 515 2036 402 609 92 59 31 326 192 93i 22 134i .299 .366 .448 6.3 Total AA
Total UA ( 1 Year ) 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 .143 .250 .429 0.0 Total UA
Total (11 Years) 1188 4645 870 1392 224 129 65 834i 464 249i 41i 10i 263i .300 .368 .445 11.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO WP HBP BK W L ERA RS PW Year Team
1884 BAL a 2 0 0 0 2 1 9 12 37 0 5 3 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 - 0.1 1884 BAL a
1885 BAL a 15 11 10 1 4 3 105.2 112 455 2 76 42 21 30 19 13 1 7 4 3.58 5.55 -0.4 1885 BAL a
1887 BAL a 3 0 0 0 2 0 11.1 16 62 0 16 12 4 2 3 3 0 1 0 9.53 - -0.3 1887 BAL a
1888 BAL a 5 0 0 0 3 0 12.2 12 0 8 6 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 4.26 - 0.0 1888 BAL a
Total ( 4 Years) 25 11 10 1 11 4 138.2 152 554 2 105 63 30 40 25 16 1 8 5 4.09 5.55 -0.6 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO WP HBP BK W L ERA RS PW Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1884 WIL U SS 2 1 6 2 0 .778
1884 BAL a OF 24 17 2 4 1 .826 0 0 24
1884 BAL a 2B 10 32 32 9 1 0 .877
1884 BAL a P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000
1884 BAL a 3B 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1885 BAL a OF 45 74 15 9 4 0 .908 1 0 44
1885 BAL a P 15 6 13 1 0 .950
1885 BAL a SS 10 14 25 8 4 .830
1885 BAL a 2B 6 10 19 5 3 0 .853
1885 BAL a 3B 6 9 11 3 0 0 .870
1885 BAL a 1B 1 8 0 1 1 0 .889
1887 BAL a SS 98 136 245 72 20 0 .841
1887 BAL a 3B 42 69 81 29 3 0 .838
1887 BAL a P 3 0 0 0 0 -
1887 BAL a 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1888 BAL a OF 56 97 3 17 1 .855 46 0 10
1888 BAL a SS 23 43 61 20 8 0 .839
1888 BAL a P 5 0 3 0 0 1.000
1888 BAL a 3B 2 3 7 1 0 0 .909
1888 BAL a 2B 1 2 4 0 0 1.000
1888 BRO a SS 36 50 98 26 6 0 .851
1888 BRO a OF 14 22 0 5 0 .815 0 14 0
1888 BRO a 2B 3 9 6 0 1 1.000
1888 TOT a 2B 4 11 10 0 1 1.000
1888 TOT a SS 59 93 159 46 14 0 .846
1888 TOT a OF 70 119 3 22 1 .847 46 14 10
1889 BRO a OF 113 139 21 14 5 .920 0 0 113
1889 BRO a SS 19 21 62 10 4 .892
1890 BRO N OF 116 137 23 10 4 .941 0 0 116
1890 BRO N 3B 3 5 5 0 1 0 1.000
1891 BRO N OF 113 173 16 16 5 0 .922 0 0 113
1891 BRO N SS 6 11 21 9 1 0 .780
1891 BRO N 3B 5 3 12 5 0 0 .750
1892 BRO N OF 129 162 16 12 4 .937 2 0 127
1892 BRO N 3B 7 12 11 6 2 0 .793
1892 BRO N SS 5 9 7 5 0 0 .762
1893 BRO N OF 108 159 19 13 5 .932 0 1 108
1893 BRO N SS 1 0 1 1 0 0 .500
1894 BRO N OF 126 209 15 12 4 0 .949 0 0 126
1895 BRO N OF 19 41 4 4 1 0 .918 19 0 0
1895 NY N OF 32 42 5 7 0 0 .870 32 0 0
1895 NY N 1B 1 11 0 0 2 0 1.000
1895 TOT N LF -
1895 TOT N OF 51 83 9 11 1 0 .893 51 0 0
Total (10 Years) Splits OF 895 1272 139 123 34 0i .920 100 15 781
Total ( 8 Years) SS 200 285 526 153 43 0i .841
Total ( 7 Years) 3B 66 102 127 44 6 0 .839
Total ( 4 Years) P 25 6 17 1 0 .958
Total ( 4 Years) 2B 21 53 61 14 5 0i .891
Total ( 2 Years) 1B 2 19 0 1 3 0 .950
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Umpiring Record
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
1888 AA Daily 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1895 NL Daily 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1899 NL Daily 52 42 10 0 0 0 0
Total ( 3 Years) 54 44 10 0 0 0 0
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
9-23-1889 BRO a Ed Hengel Call at 3B
9-22-1890 BRO N Phil Powers Bench jockeying
5- 2-1893 BRO N Mike McLaughlin Balls and strikes
As umpire:
Date Team Ejected Reason
4-19-1899 CHI N Clark Griffith Balk call
5- 2-1899 STL N Jack O'Connor Bench jockeying
5- 8-1899 CLE N Lave Cross HBP call
5-19-1899 NY N Kid Gleason Balls and strikes
5-31-1899 CLE N Lave Cross Call at 3B
5-31-1899 CLE N Tommy Dowd Call at 3B
5-31-1899 CLE N Harry Lochhead Call at 3B
6-16-1899 NY N Kid Gleason Balls and strikes
6-16-1899 NY N Jack Warner Balls and strikes
6-16-1899 NY N Parke Wilson Letting pitched ball hit umpire
Transaction Information
Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Brooklyn Bridegrooms for $3500 or $4000 (August 10,
1888).
Sold by New York Giants to Newark (Atlantic) for $1000 (February 24, 1896).
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