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Earl Averill League
8-19-2077
George Burns First Base
Retired (1981, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .274 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .770 Status Deceased (2025) Option Years 0  
H 2267 Age at Death 81 Date of Birth 02-25-1944
HR 259 Drafted Round 3, Pick 38
(1962)		 Majors Svc Time 16 years
(58 games)
RBI 1168
SB 264
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B  Velocity D-   Mentor vR B+
Speed B- Bunt B- Control F    Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 3
1B A+ (100%) LF A+ (99.0%) Arm A- WS Appearances 5
2B B  (63.6%) CF C- (31.5%)   Health B+ LCS Appearances 5
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 4
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1971 1B KC 153 153 1381.2 1485 1432 50 3 94 +3 9.65 .998
1972 1B KC 153 153 1380.2 1504 1469 33 2 105 +5 9.79 .999
1973 1B KC 153 153 1393.2 1570 1526 44 0 124 -9 10.14 1.000
1974 1B KC 115 110 1007.0 1076 1051 21 4 73 +3 9.58 .996
2B KC 33 33 273.2 159 82 74 3 15 -7 5.13 .981
3B KC 1 1 9.0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
RF KC 1 0 1.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.42 1.000
1975 2B MIL 82 80 698.1 429 160 256 13 52 -6 5.36 .970
1B MIL 13 0 15.0 11 11 0 0 1 0 6.60 1.000
LF MIL 5 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1976 2B MIL 153 153 1385.0 873 369 495 9 111 -11 5.61 .990
1977 2B MIL 154 154 1366.2 799 306 487 6 89 -10 5.22 .992
1978 LF MIL 116 108 951.2 226 219 2 5 0 -8 2.09 .978
SS MIL 3 3 28.0 17 5 12 0 0 0 5.46 1.000
1B MIL 16 0 22.2 23 23 0 0 2 -1 9.14 1.000
1979 LF MIL 112 92 848.2 200 196 1 3 1 -3 2.09 .985
2B MIL 3 3 25.0 12 6 6 0 2 -2 4.32 1.000
CF MIL 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.38 1.000
1B MIL 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1980 RF MIL 102 102 886.0 183 173 3 7 3 -6 1.79 .962
LF MIL 9 4 42.0 9 8 0 1 0 0 1.71 .889
CF MIL 3 3 29.2 8 8 0 0 0 0 2.43 1.000
1B MIL 3 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1981 CF MIL 19 19 167.0 41 40 0 1 0 -2 2.16 .976
RF MIL 17 17 153.0 30 30 0 0 0 +2 1.76 1.000
LF MIL 8 8 72.0 18 18 0 0 0 +2 2.25 1.000
SS MIL 2 2 18.0 10 1 6 3 1 -1 3.50 .700
Pos Total 1B 607 569 5203.1 5670 5513 148 9 399 +1 9.79 .998
2B 425 423 3748.2 2272 923 1318 31 269 -36 5.38 .986
LF 250 212 1920.1 453 441 3 9 1 -9 2.08 .980
RF 120 119 1040.2 214 204 3 7 3 -4 1.79 .967
CF 23 23 204.2 52 51 0 1 0 -2 2.24 .981
SS 5 5 46.0 27 6 18 3 1 -1 4.70 .889
3B 1 1 9.0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
Total 1431 1352 12172.2 8690 7138 1492 60 673 -51 6.38 .993
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1981-11-01George Burns has retired from the Milwaukee Blue Ribbon
1979-04-08The Milwaukee Blue Ribbon have re-claimed George Burns from the waiver wire.
1979-04-05The Milwaukee Blue Ribbon have designated George Burns for assignment.
1975-04-01A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Athletics and the Milwaukee Blue Ribbon. The Milwaukee Blue Ribbon receive George Burns, Paul Kuehne, Butch Smith from the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Bob Slavensky.
1966-07-15The Kansas City Athletics have promoted George Burns to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Norm Cerv for assignment.
1965-09-27The Kansas City Athletics have promoted George Burns to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have sent Moon Griffith to the minors.
1962-10-13The Kansas City Screamin` Eagles have sent George Burns to the minors.
1962-09-05The Kansas City Screamin` Eagles have promoted George Burns to the major league team.
1962-04-05The Kansas City Screamin` Eagles have acquired George Burns from the waiver wire.
1962-04-01The Chicago Black Sox have waived George Burns.