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Earl Averill League
4-13-2077
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   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1962 CHA-KC
19
65
5
16
3
2
0
7
3
 11 0 0
1
 0 2
.633
.279
.354
.108
.246
1965 KC
5
18
4
3
0
1
0
3
3
 2 0 1
2
 0 1
.551
.273
.278
.111
.167
1966 KC
148
606
71
147
23
4
12
49
56
 110 2 4
18
 10 23
.660
.307
.353
.111
.243
1967 KC
120
517
75
143
21
2
16
56
40
 74 1 0
14
 6 7
.748
.330
.418
.141
.277
1968 KC
153
642
105
168
26
5
19
71
64
 102 3 6
27
 5 3
.735
.329
.407
.145
.262
1969 KC
153
633
83
155
23
2
15
67
58
 117 4 5
40
 15 11
.669
.310
.359
.114
.245
1970 KC
153
637
90
171
33
4
18
82
45
 92 3 8
28
 19 8
.734
.316
.418
.149
.268
1971 KC
153
659
110
188
27
14
19
91
66
 100 2 5
33
 21 3
.805
.350
.455
.170
.285
1972 KC
153
581
94
151
25
6
23
93
58
 92 3 7
27
 7 2
.769
.327
.442
.182
.260
1973 KC
153
588
71
179
27
9
18
89
53
 93 2 5
25
 14 0
.834
.361
.473
.168
.304
1974 KC
153
552
83
158
27
4
18
95
44
 104 3 3
18
 5 7
.788
.341
.447
.161
.286
1975 MIL
137
337
38
104
24
6
9
67
31
 55 2 2
10
 4 13
.864
.368
.496
.187
.309
1976 MIL
153
542
67
138
29
6
17
72
57
 91 1 5
7
 5 9
.748
.324
.424
.170
.255
1977 MIL
154
528
82
159
27
12
25
109
70
 94 2 8
3
 1 6
.920
.380
.540
.239
.301
1978 MIL
150
407
61
128
18
2
19
76
45
 79 3 5
0
 0 5
.891
.383
.509
.194
.314
1979 MIL
141
382
40
102
17
4
11
56
31
 71 5 6
0
 1 3
.744
.325
.419
.152
.267
1980 MIL
126
383
46
104
16
2
14
56
36
 63 4 1
11
 7 8
.773
.340
.433
.162
.272
1981 MIL
68
205
23
53
9
2
6
29
20
 28 1 1
0
 0 4
.736
.326
.410
.151
.259
Total
2292
8282
1148
2267
375
87
259
1168
780
 1378 41 72
264
 120 115
.770
.337
.434
.160
.274
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.