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Buster
Burns		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 225
 
Born: April 7, 1879 in Salara
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Laseron Championships Won 1904   
Nix Lawngreech Award 1905    1907   
All-Star Selections 1905    1906   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Rick Blast Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1902 23 A   154 554 77 171 27 2 19 87 12 4 57 40 .309 .373 .468 .841 93.9  
1903 24 AAA   46 163 17 42 4 1 6 23 0 2 16 14 .258 .324 .405 .729 21.2  
    AA   95 347 47 100 16 1 12 49 4 8 29 35 .288 .343 .444 .787 49.6  
    A   12 43 3 10 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 4 .233 .298 .279 .577 3.8  
1904 25 CST NL 120 338 36 71 14 1 11 45 2 0 42 33 .210 .300 .355 .655 36.0 2.8
    AAA   18 73 5 17 5 0 3 14 0 0 0 7 .233 .233 .425 .658 7.0  
1905 26 CST NL 150 573 68 146 21 0 32 104 2 0 29 56 .255 .288 .459 .747 75.4 13.0
1906 27 CST NL 148 546 76 150 29 7 25 95 0 1 35 74 .275 .326 .491 .817 78.2 11.9
1907 28 CST NL 146 539 67 121 21 4 15 66 1 2 38 94 .224 .275 .362 .637 51.6 2.5
1908 29 CST NL 148 513 67 137 24 5 23 69 2 1 44 64 .267 .323 .468 .791 78.1 10.8
1909 30 CST NL 154 584 67 121 35 5 15 88 1 1 44 75 .207 .266 .361 .627 55.9 5.0
1910 31 EDL SL 123 358 39 81 22 3 12 59 2 0 22 37 .226 .272 .405 .677 37.5 4.0
1911 32 EDL SL 127 389 37 79 16 1 14 50 0 0 24 60 .203 .257 .357 .614 34.5 1.2
1912 33 EDL SL 77 137 23 39 13 2 4 22 1 0 11 17 .285 .336 .496 .832 20.7 3.9
1913 34 EDL SL 123 241 27 58 10 1 14 46 0 0 12 36 .241 .283 .465 .748 30.7 3.7
1914 35 AAA   114 338 50 87 10 0 19 55 4 3 37 38 .257 .331 .456 .786 51.8  
10 Years Sim 1316 4218 507 1003 205 29 165 644 11 5 301 546 .238 .291 .417 .708 498.7 59.0
3 Years AAA 178 574 72 146 19 1 28 92 4 5 53 59 .254 .318 .437 .755 80.1  
1 Years AA 95 347 47 100 16 1 12 49 4 8 29 35 .288 .343 .444 .787 49.6  
2 Years A 166 597 80 181 29 2 19 89 13 4 61 44 .303 .368 .454 .821 97.7  
6 Years Minors 439 1518 199 427 64 4 59 230 21 17 143 138 .281 .343 .445 .789 227.4  
162 Game Average 519 62 123 25 3 20 79 1 0 37 67 .238 .291 .417 .708 61.4  
Career Highs 154 584 76 150 35 7 32 104 2 2 44 94 .285 .336 .496 .832 78.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2773 329 653 136 20 98 420 8 3 195 352 .235 .287 .405 .692 322.6
vs LH   1445 178 350 69 9 67 224 3 2 106 194 .242 .298 .442 .739 188.8
Home 656 2057 248 492 111 18 80 311 7 1 157 251 .239 .295 .427 .722 259.4
Away 660 2161 259 511 94 11 85 333 4 4 144 295 .236 .286 .408 .695 252.0
RISP   1140 0 270 63 6 40 446 0 0 81 141 .237 .285 .408 .693 133.7
Pinch Hitting   199 24 51 15 1 12 37 0 0 12 25 .256 .302 .523 .824 30.5
Close/Late   471 40 114 23 4 17 71 0 0 35 62 .242 .296 .416 .712 57.8
Mar/Apr 147 485 57 126 26 2 18 79 3 0 38 67 .260 .313 .433 .746 65.7
May 225 681 76 156 40 5 21 97 5 0 55 94 .229 .287 .395 .682 78.4
June 239 743 94 175 39 3 34 132 1 1 59 92 .236 .293 .433 .726 95.1
July 221 715 79 166 25 4 25 99 0 1 50 94 .232 .288 .383 .671 78.1
August 243 802 93 177 45 9 25 105 2 3 53 102 .221 .272 .393 .665 84.2
Sep/Oct 241 792 108 203 30 6 42 132 0 0 46 97 .256 .298 .468 .767 109.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Nix Lawngreech Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1904 25 CST NL RF 111 110 848.0 222 9 6 2 .975 2.45   2.7
1905 26 CST NL RF 143 140 1244.0 311 15 3 3 .991 2.36   5.3
1906 27 CST NL RF 138 133 1172.0 233 12 7 2 .972 1.88   1.6
    1B 1 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1907 28 CST NL RF 138 133 1181.0 287 13 14 2 .955 2.29   1.1
1908 29 CST NL RF 138 132 1143.3 292 9 5 2 .984 2.37   2.0
1909 30 CST NL RF 154 154 1328.7 325 11 8 1 .977 2.28   3.6
1910 31 EDL SL RF 94 91 775.3 193 7 7 1 .966 2.32   1.9
1911 32 EDL SL RF 119 113 941.7 204 7 4 2 .981 2.02   2.3
1912 33 EDL SL RF 34 27 246.7 67 2 1 1 .986 2.52   0.8
    CF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1913 34 EDL SL RF 54 45 405.0 101 2 1 0 .990 2.29   1.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  RF 1123 1078 9285.6 2235 87 56 16 .976 2.25   22.3
  CF 2 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
  1B 1 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1127 1078 9298.6 2239 87 56 16 .976 2.25   22.3
Career Highs   154 154 1328.7 325 15 14 3 .991 2.50    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1904 25 CST NL 11 41 7 16 2 0 1 7 0 0 4 2 .390 .447 .512 .959
1906 27 CST NL 10 39 4 6 2 0 1 9 1 0 3 7 .154 .209 .282 .491
1911 32 EDL SL 12 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .043 .083 .043 .127
1912 33 EDL SL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 35 104 12 24 4 0 2 18 1 0 8 11 .231 .287 .327 .614
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1905-10-.459
1906-5-.491
 Games
1905-9-150
1906-9-148
1909-1-154
 At-Bats
1905-9-573
1909-7-584
 Total Bases
1905-5-263
1906-4-268
 Doubles
1909-8-35
 Homeruns
1905-2-32
1906-4-25
1908-5-23
RBIs
1905-2-104
1906-3-95
1909-8-88
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 139)
 
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