Tom Burns (baseball)
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| Third baseman / Shortstop / Second baseman / Manager | |||
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Born: March 30, 1857 Honesdale, Pennsylvania |
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Died: March 19, 1902 (aged 44) Jersey City, New Jersey |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 1, 1880, for the Chicago White Stockings | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 22, 1892, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .264 | ||
| Stolen bases | 162 | ||
| Home runs | 39 | ||
| Runs batted in | 683 | ||
| Games managed | 364 | ||
| Managerial record | 187–170 | ||
| Winning % | .524 | ||
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Thomas Everett "Tom" Burns (March 30, 1857 – March 19, 1902) was an American infielder and manager in Major League Baseball, primarily for the Chicago White Stockings/Colts/Orphans. He also played for, and managed, the Pittsburgh Pirates for part of one season, and he returned to the Chicago team for two years as its manager after his major-league playing career ended.
In the last few years of his life, Burns managed in the minor leagues. He died of heart problems in New Jersey at the age of 44. His brother, John Burns, was a National League umpire.
Burns was born in 1857 in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He joined the Chicago team in the National League (then known as the White Stockings) in 1880. A nondrinker and nonsmoker, Burns stayed on the good side of Chicago manager Cap Anson because of his tame lifestyle. He sported a red handlebar mustache during his playing career.
From 1883 to 1889, Burns was part of a Chicago infield combination that manager Cap Anson described as a "stonewall infield". Some sportswriters also picked up the term, even though several infields had better fielding statistics. Burns led the league in putouts and assists multiple times. Chicago won league pennants in 1885 and 1886.
On September 6, 1883, Burns had one of the most productive innings in baseball history when he hit two doubles and a home run during an 18-run seventh inning for Chicago. His three hits and three runs set single-inning records; teammates Ned Williamson and Fred Pfeffer also had three hits in the inning. The White Stockings won the game 26–6. No other major-league player had a three-hit inning until 1953.
In 1888, Burns was a member of an American baseball team that left the U.S. on a world baseball tour that would end up in Australia.
The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Burns from Chicago in 1892. Transitioning into a player-manager role, Burns led a talented Pittsburgh Pirates team. Though the team had two future members of the Baseball Hall of Fame – Joe Kelley and Jake Beckley – the team started the season with a 25–30 record and Burns was dismissed.
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