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Earl Averill League
8-10-2077
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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1962 Minors 18 8.00 1 / 1 3 / 3 1 / 1 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 9 / 9
1962 Majors 18 6.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 2 3 / 6
1963 Minors 19 14.00 1 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 3 / 3 3 / 3 1 / 1 3 / 3 13 / 14
1964 Minors 20 55.00 5 / 8 5 / 6 8 / 9 10 / 10 5 / 6 4 / 4 12 / 12 49 / 55
1965 Minors 21 10.00 3 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 3 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 1 9 / 10
1965 Majors 21 2.19 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2
1966 Minors 22 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
1966 Majors 22 68.67 6 / 12 5 / 10 6 / 10 3 / 6 7 / 14 7 / 7 8 / 9 42 / 68
1967 Majors 23 54.60 6 / 14 2 / 3 9 / 13 2 / 5 2 / 4 6 / 7 8 / 8 35 / 54
1968 Majors 24 70.82 2 / 13 2 / 8 3 / 7 8 / 18 0 / 4 3 / 10 6 / 10 24 / 70
1969 Majors 25 69.70 1 / 10 1 / 8 3 / 13 6 / 10 4 / 11 6 / 11 2 / 6 23 / 69
1970 Majors 26 68.94 3 / 12 1 / 6 5 / 15 0 / 7 3 / 6 2 / 14 2 / 8 16 / 68
1971 Majors 27 74.34 0 / 10 2 / 12 1 / 12 0 / 9 1 / 8 3 / 7 3 / 16 10 / 74
1972 Majors 28 64.89 0 / 13 0 / 10 1 / 12 1 / 5 1 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 5 4 / 64
1973 Majors 29 64.79 1 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 6 1 / 14 0 / 11 2 / 64
1974 Majors 30 58.90 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 11 1 / 10 2 / 11 3 / 58
1975 Majors 31 33.92 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 33
1976 Majors 32 58.90 0 / 12 1 / 10 0 / 8 1 / 10 0 / 8 1 / 6 0 / 4 3 / 58
1977 Majors 33 60.79 0 / 7 1 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 14 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 9 1 / 60
1978 Majors 34 43.86 0 / 6 0 / 1 0 / 13 0 / 3 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 43
1979 Majors 35 42.22 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 42
1980 Majors 36 62.34 162 109 0 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 11 0 / 14 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 62
1981 Majors 37 39.48 162 46 0 0 / 3 0 / 10 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 8 1 / 39
Total 324 155 0 29 / 154 24 / 126 39 / 156 38 / 153 31 / 136 37 / 148 51 / 150 249 / 1023
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.