Oyster Burns
Thomas P. Burns
 
 
Born: September 6, 1864 in Philadelphia, PA
Died: November 11, 1928 - 64 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 5'8" Wt: 183
(legend)
Fielding Ratings(?)
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All-Teammate Team
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Left Field
5
1888
1892
11.1
2
1894
1895
3.5
3
1893
1895
3.4
4
1884
1888
2.5

Center Field
7
1887
1895
25.4
1
1895
1895
2.8
3
1888
1890
2.0
1
1893
1893
1.2


Right Field
11
1884
1895
25.9
1
1895
1895
4.3
1
1888
1888
0.1
1
1894
1894
0.1
Shortstop
4
1892
1895
8.3
3
1888
1890
3.2
2
1884
1885
1.8
1
1888
1888
1.2
Second Base
6
1890
1895
12.8
5
1888
1892
10.2
2
1891
1892
6.6
2
1887
1888
1.0
Third Base
4
1888
1891
14.7
3
1888
1895
5.3
1
1895
1895
4.5
1
1887
1887
3.3
First Base
8
1888
1895
14.1
2
1892
1893
12.6
2
1887
1888
6.5
3
1893
1895
3.1
Manager
3
1888
1890
19.9
3
1893
1895
4.5
4
1884
1888
3.7
2
1891
1892
3.6
Catcher
5
1891
1895
4.2
4
1884
1888
4.2
4
1891
1894
2.6
1
1895
1895
1.6
Starting Pitcher
4
1888
1891
23.7
4
1892
1895
18.8
4
1888
1891
14.3
2
1884
1885
14.2
4
1892
1895
12.2
2
1887
1888
10.1
4
1889
1893
7.4
1
1895
1895
6.2
2
1884
1885
5.6
1
1895
1895
5.1
2
1887
1888
3.8
2
1892
1893
3.5
3
1888
1890
2.6
1
1895
1895
2.0
1
1892
1892
1.5
Swingman
1
1890
1890
-0.1
1
1894
1894
-0.2
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James