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Name Team Age
George Burns Retired (1981, Age 37) Died (2025, Age 81)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 38
(1962)		 1B L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Earl Averill League 0 16 years (58 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  A- C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B  B  B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B  B  B-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D+ B+ B+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B+ 0 2/25/1944
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
3 5 5
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (2B)
A+ (99.0 %) A  (87.5 %) B  (63.6 %)

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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 
1962 Minors 8.00 1 / 1 3 / 3 1 / 1 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 9 / 8
1962 Majors 6.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 2 3 / 6
1963 Minors 14.00 1 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 3 / 3 3 / 3 1 / 1 3 / 3 13 / 14
1964 Minors 55.00 5 / 8 5 / 6 8 / 9 10 / 10 5 / 6 4 / 4 12 / 12 49 / 55
1965 Minors 10.00 3 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 3 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 1 9 / 10
1965 Majors 2.19 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2
1966 Minors 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
1966 Majors 68.67 6 / 12 5 / 10 6 / 10 3 / 6 7 / 14 7 / 7 8 / 9 42 / 68
1967 Majors 54.60 6 / 14 2 / 3 9 / 13 2 / 5 2 / 4 6 / 7 8 / 8 35 / 54
1968 Majors 70.82 2 / 13 2 / 8 3 / 7 8 / 18 0 / 4 3 / 10 6 / 10 24 / 70
1969 Majors 69.70 1 / 10 1 / 8 3 / 13 6 / 10 4 / 11 6 / 11 2 / 6 23 / 69
1970 Majors 68.94 3 / 12 1 / 6 5 / 15 0 / 7 3 / 6 2 / 14 2 / 8 16 / 68
1971 Majors 74.34 0 / 10 2 / 12 1 / 12 0 / 9 1 / 8 3 / 7 3 / 16 10 / 74
1972 Majors 64.89 0 / 13 0 / 10 1 / 12 1 / 5 1 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 5 4 / 64
1973 Majors 64.79 1 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 6 1 / 14 0 / 11 2 / 64
1974 Majors 58.90 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 11 1 / 10 2 / 11 3 / 58
1975 Majors 33.92 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 33
1976 Majors 58.90 0 / 12 1 / 10 0 / 8 1 / 10 0 / 8 1 / 6 0 / 4 3 / 58
1977 Majors 60.79 0 / 7 1 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 14 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 9 1 / 60
1978 Majors 43.86 0 / 6 0 / 1 0 / 13 0 / 3 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 43
1979 Majors 42.22 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 42
1980 Majors 62.34 162 109 0 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 11 0 / 14 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 62
1981 Majors 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.