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Frank Thomas League
4-15-2075
Bill Burns Shortstop
Retired (1999, Age 40)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .281 Total Rating 65   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .824 Status Deceased (2034) Option Years 0  
H 2534 Age at Death 75 Date of Birth 09-06-1959
HR 406 Drafted Round 1, Pick 5
(1977)		 Majors Svc Time 17 years
(104 games)
RBI 1385
SB 237
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 58 Contact vs. L 56 Endurance 55   Ldrship 51
Power vs. R 73 Power vs. L 83 Velocity 42   Mentor vR 100
Speed 51 Bunt 28 Control 2   Mentor vL 100
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS 100 (100%) Range 84 WS Rings 0
1B --- LF 0 (0.2%) Arm 55 WS Appearances 2
2B 33 (33.7%) CF 40 (40.2%)   Health 1 LCS Appearances 5
3B 98 (98.9%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 7
* 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 
1977 Minors 18 68.00 8 / 8 10 / 12 4 / 7 3 / 8 6 / 6 7 / 8 12 / 19 50 / 68
1978 Minors 19 77.00 9 / 13 5 / 7 10 / 13 6 / 18 7 / 10 4 / 6 6 / 10 47 / 77
1979 Minors 20 75.00 4 / 9 4 / 8 2 / 9 2 / 9 8 / 12 9 / 12 1 / 16 30 / 75
1979 Pos (2B) 20 126.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 17 / 126
1979 Pos (SS) 20 36.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 36
1980 Minors 21 49.00 4 / 7 6 / 6 2 / 10 4 / 6 1 / 5 4 / 7 0 / 8 21 / 49
1980 Majors 21 8.78 22 18 0 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 8
1980 Pos (2B) 21 32.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 32
1980 Pos (SS) 21 103.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 16 / 103
1981 Minors 22 29.00 1 / 3 2 / 5 2 / 7 3 / 6 1 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 9 / 29
1981 Majors 22 37.99 95 76 0 3 / 7 6 / 13 2 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 5 12 / 37
1981 Pos (SS) 22 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 3
1982 Majors 23 62.68 162 124 0 3 / 6 2 / 7 2 / 9 0 / 10 6 / 11 6 / 11 0 / 8 19 / 62
1983 Majors 24 54.91 143 111 19 1 / 6 4 / 8 1 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 7 2 / 7 0 / 11 8 / 54
1984 Majors 25 63.56 162 128 0 0 / 10 1 / 11 3 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 3 2 / 12 0 / 8 6 / 63
1985 Majors 26 67.64 162 126 0 1 / 11 2 / 14 2 / 13 0 / 11 0 / 5 1 / 3 0 / 10 6 / 67
1986 Majors 27 50.93 124 98 37 0 / 6 1 / 12 1 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 7 2 / 8 0 / 7 4 / 50
1987 Majors 28 56.74 127 97 35 1 / 12 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 5 2 / 6 2 / 10 0 / 9 5 / 56
1988 Majors 29 68.61 162 128 0 0 / 10 1 / 14 0 / 10 0 / 10 2 / 5 0 / 14 0 / 5 3 / 68
1989 Majors 30 67.50 162 124 0 1 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 10 1 / 11 1 / 7 0 / 12 3 / 67
1990 Majors 31 68.35 162 129 0 0 / 5 0 / 11 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 8 1 / 16 0 / 9 1 / 68
1991 Majors 32 55.58 131 104 31 0 / 5 2 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 13 2 / 55
1992 Majors 33 68.33 162 129 0 0 / 6 0 / 12 0 / 18 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 68
1993 Majors 34 67.32 162 127 0 -2 / 8 -6 / 15 -2 / 6 -4 / 15 -6 / 9 -1 / 9 -3 / 5 -24 / 67
1994 Majors 35 68.12 162 128 0 -2 / 10 -3 / 11 -1 / 11 0 / 11 -1 / 12 -2 / 6 -1 / 7 -10 / 68
1995 Majors 36 59.25 139 110 22 0 / 8 -7 / 7 -2 / 7 -2 / 12 -4 / 10 -2 / 6 -3 / 9 -20 / 59
1996 Majors 37 62.02 146 116 16 -3 / 12 -3 / 15 -3 / 9 -6 / 8 -8 / 5 -3 / 8 -2 / 5 -28 / 62
1997 Majors 38 56.31 134 105 27 -1 / 7 -1 / 9 -3 / 4 -2 / 12 -6 / 8 -3 / 5 -3 / 11 -19 / 56
1998 Majors 39 67.18 162 128 0 -3 / 15 -6 / 12 -1 / 8 -1 / 7 -5 / 13 -2 / 6 -1 / 6 -19 / 67
1999 Majors 40 59.16 142 113 11 -1 / 14 -1 / 6 -2 / 5 -2 / 12 -7 / 6 0 / 6 -3 / 10 -16 / 59
Total 2823 2219 198 25 / 210 19 / 239 17 / 205 1 / 218 -2 / 178 28 / 194 3 / 215 129 / 1759
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1999-11-01Bill Burns has retired from the Chicago South Siders
1999-05-06Bill Burns of the Chicago South Siders is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1997-05-24Bill Burns of the Chicago South Siders is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1996-09-13Bill Burns of the Chicago South Siders is injured and is expected to be out 44 days.
1995-07-16Bill Burns of the Chicago South Siders is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1991-06-22Bill Burns of the Chicago South Siders is injured and is expected to be out 37 days.
1987-08-11Bill Burns of the Chicago South Siders is injured and is expected to be out 39 days.
1986-09-28Bill Burns of the Chicago South Siders is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1986-04-27Bill Burns of the Chicago South Siders is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1983-04-13Bill Burns of the Chicago South Siders is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1981-06-16The Chicago South Siders have promoted Bill Burns to the major league team. The Chicago South Siders have sent Rob Ramsey to the minors.
1981-04-01The Chicago South Siders have promoted Rob Ramsey to the major league team. The Chicago South Siders have sent Bill Burns to the minors.
1980-09-07The Chicago South Siders have promoted Bill Burns to the major league team. The Chicago South Siders have sent Ed Gilmore to the minors.