Tom Burns

Tom Burns

1880–1892 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'7", 152 lb · b. 1857 Honesdale, PA

Career 1,251 G · 1,307 H · 39 HR · 683 RBI · .266 AVG · 1 SO · 1.1 IP

Seasons leading his league

7

2 best in baseball 5 league only

50 Top-5 finishes

3 Title seasons

4 Categories led

1889 Best season

Spanning 1887–1889, peaking at 4 titles in 1889.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

803rd League titles 7
1,227th Best in baseball 2
374th Top-5 finishes 50

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

86th Third Base Putouts 1,043
181st Third Base Assists 1,494
193rd Third Base Double Plays 118
294th Shortstop Assists 1,461
381st Shortstop Putouts 600
401st Triples 69
499th Shortstop Double Plays 120

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Third Base Double Plays	2	1st	—	1889 30 1887 NL 23 1888 #3 1890 #2
Third Base Putouts	2	1st	2 yrs (1888–1889)	1889 225 1888 NL 194 1886 #3 1887 #3 1890 #2
Third Base Assists	2	1st	2 yrs (1888–1889)	1888 NL 273 1889 NL 301 1886 #2 1887 #3 1890 #2
Third Base Range Factor	1	1st	—	1889 NL 3.87 1886 #2 1887 #2 1888 #3 1890 #3
Third Base Fielding Percentage	—	#2	—	1886 #3 1888 #2 1890 #3
Doubles	—	#3	—	1883 #3
Shortstop Range Factor	—	#2	—	1884 #2
Shortstop Fielding Percentage	—	#3	—	1881 #3 1883 #3
Shortstop Double Plays	—	#2	—	1881 #3 1884 #3 1885 #2
Shortstop Putouts	—	#3	—	1881 #3
Home Runs	—	#3	—	1885 #3
Shortstop Assists	—	#2	—	1881 #2 1885 #2

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1889	4	3B A 301 3B PO 225 3B DP 30 3B RF 3.87
1888	2	3B A 273 3B PO 194
1887	1	3B DP 23

Batting

13 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1880	CHN	NL	85	333	47	103	17	3	0	43	12	23	0	.309	.333	.378	.712
1881	CHN	NL	84	342	41	95	20	3	4	42	14	22	0	.278	.306	.389	.695
1882	CHN	NL	84	355	55	88	23	6	0	48	15	28	0	.248	.278	.346	.625
1883	CHN	NL	97	405	69	119	37	7	2	67	13	31	0	.294	.316	.435	.750
1884	CHN	NL	83	343	54	84	14	2	7	44	13	50	0	.245	.272	.359	.631
1885	CHN	NL	111	445	82	121	23	9	7	71	16	48	0	.272	.297	.411	.708
1886	CHN	NL	112	445	64	123	18	10	3	65	14	40	15	.276	.298	.382	.680
1887	CHN	NL	115	424	57	112	20	10	3	60	34	32	32	.264	.320	.380	.700
1888	CHN	NL	134	483	60	115	12	6	3	70	26	49	34	.238	.281	.306	.588
1889	CHN	NL	136	525	64	135	27	6	4	66	32	57	18	.257	.302	.354	.657
1890	CHN	NL	139	538	86	149	17	6	5	86	57	45	44	.277	.348	.359	.707
1891	CHN	NL	59	243	36	55	8	1	1	17	21	21	18	.226	.288	.280	.568
1892	PIT	NL	12	39	7	8	0	0	0	4	3	8	1	.205	.262	.205	.467
Career	—	—	1,251	4,920	722	1,307	236	69	39	683	270	454	162	.266	.305	.365	.670

Pitching

1 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1880	CHN	NL	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.1	2	0	0	2	1	3.00
Career	—	—	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.1	2	0	0	2	1	3.00

Fielding

6 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1880	CHN	NL	SS	79	—	672.0	62	186	39	9	287	.864	3.14
			3B	9	—	57.0	8	14	5	0	27	.815	2.44
			C	2	—	9.0	3	2	2	0	7	.714	2.50
			P	1	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1881	CHN	NL	SS	80	—	691.0	100	249	52	20	401	.870	4.36
			2B	3	—	29.0	10	13	1	1	24	.958	7.67
			3B	3	—	21.0	6	1	3	1	10	.700	2.33
1882	CHN	NL	2B	43	—	384.0	129	127	25	21	281	.911	5.95
			SS	41	—	361.0	60	131	40	9	231	.827	4.66
1883	CHN	NL	SS	79	—	688.0	121	260	56	25	437	.872	4.82
			2B	19	—	164.0	59	57	28	5	144	.806	6.11
			OF	1	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1884	CHN	NL	SS	80	—	715.0	99	254	68	21	421	.838	4.41
			3B	3	—	19.0	3	5	1	0	9	.889	2.67
1885	CHN	NL	SS	111	—	987.0	151	370	96	35	617	.844	4.69
			2B	1	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1886	CHN	NL	3B	112	—	995.0	149	247	49	12	445	.890	3.54
1887	CHN	NL	3B	107	—	965.0	168	246	61	23	475	.872	3.87
			OF	8	—	69.0	16	2	0	2	18	1.000	2.25
1888	CHN	NL	3B	134	—	1171.0	194	273	49	16	516	.905	3.49
1889	CHN	NL	3B	136	—	1244.0	225	301	72	30	598	.880	3.87
1890	CHN	NL	3B	139	—	1222.0	188	290	54	25	532	.898	3.44
1891	CHN	NL	3B	53	—	462.0	92	107	24	11	223	.892	3.75
			SS	4	—	36.0	7	11	4	1	22	.818	4.50
			OF	2	—	24.0	7	0	0	0	7	1.000	3.50
1892	PIT	NL	3B	8	—	68.0	10	10	9	0	29	.690	2.50
			OF	3	—	14.0	1	1	1	0	3	.667	0.67
Career	—	—	3B	704	—	6224.0	1,043	1,494	327	118	2,864	.886	3.60
	—	—	SS	474	—	4150.0	600	1,461	355	120	2,416	.853	4.35
	—	—	2B	66	—	579.0	198	197	54	27	449	.880	5.98
	—	—	OF	14	—	109.0	24	3	1	2	28	.964	1.93
	—	—	C	2	—	9.0	3	2	2	0	7	.714	2.50
	—	—	P	1	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00