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Oyster Burns

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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
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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