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Name	Team	Age
John Burns	Retired (1968, Age 34)	Died (2012, Age 78)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 50 (1956)	CF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Fred Lynn League	0	9 years (62 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C+	D	D+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	B-	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	C+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	1/29/1934
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (---)
C- (32.6 %)	D- (8.6 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1956

Minors

0.00

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 0

1956

Majors

0.00

3 / 4

5 / 10

6 / 7

4 / 9

1 / 4

2 / 2

7 / 7

28 / 0

1957

Majors

0.00

1 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 2

4 / 4

2 / 2

8 / 0

1958

Majors

0.00

0 / 0

1 / 4

0 / 1

2 / 2

0 / 2

2 / 2

3 / 3

8 / 0

1959

Majors

0.00

3 / 3

0 / 1

3 / 4

0 / 0

1 / 1

2 / 2

1 / 1

10 / 0

1960

Majors

12.00

1 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

2 / 2

0 / 2

2 / 3

5 / 12

1961

Majors

5.00

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

1 / 5

1962

Majors

4.50

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

2 / 4

1963

Minors

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

1 / 1

1964

Majors

9.10

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 9

1965

Majors

6.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 6

1966

Minors

2.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 2

1966

Majors

5.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 5

Total

0

0

0

10 / 17

6 / 20

10 / 21

7 / 19

4 / 14

11 / 15

17 / 21

65 / 127

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1968-11-01	John Burns has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1967-04-01	The Chicago Bombers have waived John Burns.
1966-09-22	The Chicago Bombers have designated John Burns for assignment.
1966-08-09	The Chicago Bombers have promoted John Burns to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have sent Tim Weaver to the minors.
1966-06-08	The Chicago Bombers have promoted Tim Weaver to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have designated John Burns for assignment.
1964-03-01	The Chicago Bombers have promoted John Burns to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have sent Dick Moran to the minors.
1963-04-24	The Boston Tunes have acquired Wally Post from the waiver wire. The Boston Tunes have waived John Burns.
1956-05-14	The Chicago Fast Balls have promoted John Burns to the major league team. The Chicago Fast Balls have sent Ray Stegman to the minors.