Willie Burns - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Willie Burns

William Tatum Burns

Born: January 12, 1916 in West Palm Beach, FL
Died: February 10, 1966 in West Palm Beach, FL
(50 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 6'0"

Wt: 175

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Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Leon Day	SP	1	1942	1942	NE		5.1	1.0	0.4	3.8	0.0
2	Bill Byrd	SP	1	1943	1943	BEG		4.4	0.1	-0.4	4.7	0.0
3	Lennie Pearson	1B	1	1942	1942	NE		3.2	2.8	0.6	0.0	-0.2
4	Max Manning	SP	1	1942	1942	NE		2.9	-0.3	0.0	3.1	0.0
5	Neck Stanley	SP	2	1942	1945	NBY		2.8	-0.3	0.0	3.1	0.0
6	Willie Wells	SS	2	1942	1945	NBY/NE		2.6	2.5	-0.3	0.0	0.4
7	Patricio Scantlebury	SP	1	1945	1945	NYC		2.0	0.6	0.0	1.4	0.0
8	Ray Dandridge	3B	2	1935	1942	ND/NE		1.9	-0.1	1.8	0.0	0.2
9	Barney Morris	SP	1	1945	1945	NYC		1.9	0.0	0.0	1.9	0.0
10	Leslie Green	CF	1	1942	1942	NBY		1.7	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.0
11	Eugene Smith	SP	1	1942	1942	NBY		1.4	0.1	-0.1	1.4	0.0
12	Hoss Walker	SS	2	1935	1944	IC/ND		1.4	-0.2	1.5	0.0	0.1
13	Ed Stone	RF	1	1942	1942	NE		1.3	1.5	0.0	0.0	-0.2
14	Jim Williams	LF	1	1935	1935	ND		1.1	1.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
15	Alex Radcliff	3B	2	1942	1944	CAG/IC		1.1	1.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
16	Monte Irvin	CF	1	1942	1942	NE		1.1	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.0
17	William Bell	SP	1	1935	1935	ND		1.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.0
18	Cool Papa Bell	CF	1	1942	1942	CAG		1.0	1.6	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
19	Fernando Díaz	CF	1	1945	1945	NYC		0.9	0.2	0.7	0.0	0.0
20	Jimmie Crutchfield	RF	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.9	0.7	0.4	0.0	-0.1
21	Leniel Hooker	SP	1	1942	1942	NE		0.9	-0.3	0.0	1.2	0.0
22	Luis Tiant	SP	1	1945	1945	NYC		0.9	-0.2	0.0	1.0	0.0
23	Johnny Davis	LF	1	1942	1942	NE		0.9	0.8	0.2	0.0	-0.1
24	Johnny Hayes	C	2	1935	1942	NBY/ND		0.8	0.8	-0.2	0.0	0.2
25	Roosevelt Davis	SP	1	1944	1944	IC		0.8	-0.2	0.0	1.0	0.0
26	Tom Glover	SP	1	1943	1943	BEG		0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0
27	Leroy Sutton	SP	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.8	0.0
28	Ted Bond	SS	1	1935	1935	ND		0.7	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2
29	Henry Merchant	CF	2	1942	1944	CAG/IC		0.7	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.0
30	R. T. Walker	SP	1	1942	1942	NBY		0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
31	Bradford Bennett	1B	1	1942	1942	NBY		0.7	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.1
32	Henry Kimbro	CF	1	1943	1943	BEG		0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
33	Tom Parker	RF	2	1942	1945	NBY/NYC		0.7	0.3	0.0	0.6	-0.2
34	Larry Doby	CF	1	1942	1942	NE		0.7	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.0
35	Charlie Shields	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.6	0.3	-0.1	0.4	0.0
36	Homer Craig	SP	1	1935	1935	ND		0.6	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0
37	Bill Harvey	SP	1	1943	1943	BEG		0.6	-0.3	-0.2	1.1	-0.1
38	George Scales	3B	2	1943	1945	BEG/NBY		0.6	0.9	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
39	Rogelio Linares	CF	1	1945	1945	NYC		0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.1
40	Leovigildo Xiqués	LF	1	1944	1944	IC		0.5	0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
41	Charlie Parks	C	1	1942	1942	NE		0.5	1.0	-0.6	0.0	0.1
42	Ulysses Evans	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
43	Dick Seay	2B	2	1942	1945	NBY		0.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
44	Antonio Ruiz	SP	1	1944	1944	IC		0.4	0.5	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
45	Specs Roberts	RP	1	1944	1944	IC		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
46	Willie McCrary	RP	1	1944	1944	IC		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
47	Frank McCoy	C	1	1935	1935	ND		0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
48	Art Pennington	LF	2	1942	1944	CAG/IC		0.4	0.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
49	Lou Louden	C	1	1945	1945	NYC		0.4	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.0
50	Martin Crue	SP	1	1945	1945	NBY		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
51	Johnny Williams	RP	1	1944	1944	IC		0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
52	Martín Dihigo	LF	1	1945	1945	NYC		0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.1	0.0
53	Glass	RF	1	1942	1942	NE		0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
54	Felix McLaurin	CF	1	1945	1945	NBY		0.3	0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.0
55	Albert Overton	RP	1	1944	1944	IC		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
56	Dave Thomas	1B	1	1945	1945	NYC		0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	-0.1
57	Ed Mayweather	1B	1	1942	1942	NBY		0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
58	Ed Young	C	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
59	Bill Hoskins	LF	1	1943	1943	BEG		0.2	-0.1	0.4	0.0	-0.1
60	Jack Marshall	SS	1	1944	1944	IC		0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
61	Ray Noble	C	1	1945	1945	NYC		0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
62	Walter Cannady	2B	3	1942	1945	MULT		0.2	-0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1
63	Dave Harper	RF	1	1944	1944	IC		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
64	Chesley Gray	LF	1	1942	1942	NBY		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
65	Mule Suttles	1B	1	1942	1942	NE		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
66	Fermín Valdés	2B	1	1944	1944	IC		0.2	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
67	Shybaker	RP	1	1942	1942	NBY		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
68	Emery Adams	RF	1	1945	1945	NBY		0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.2	0.0
69	Bus Clarkson	LF	1	1942	1942	NE		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	Pitts	3B	1	1945	1945	NBY		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
71	Sam Hairston	C	1	1944	1944	IC		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Duke Markham	LF	1	1935	1935	ND		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Pedro Miró	2B	1	1945	1945	NYC		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
74	Ollie West	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
75	Leandy Young	C	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Ziggy Marcell	C	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
77	Odis Taylor	RP	1	1935	1935	ND		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
78	Clarence Palm	C	1	1945	1945	NBY		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Percy Forrest	RP	1	1945	1945	NBY		0.1	0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0
80	John Henry McQueen	LF	2	1944	1945	IC/NBY		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Philly Holmes	2B	1	1945	1945	NBY		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
82	Joe Ware	1B	1	1935	1935	ND		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
83	Dave Barnhill	SP	1	1945	1945	NYC		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
84	Marvin Barker	3B	2	1935	1945	NBY/ND		0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
85	Ray Clark	-	1	1935	1935	ND		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Charlie Harris	2B	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
87	Rafael Cabrera	CF	1	1944	1944	IC		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
88	Charlie Humber	-	1	1943	1943	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Fran Matthews	1B	1	1942	1942	NE		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
90	Harry Jeffries	C	1	1944	1944	IC		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Leon Ruffin	C	1	1942	1942	NE		0.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
92	Willie Hudson	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Samuel Burris	RF	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Lázaro Medina	RP	1	1944	1944	IC		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Subby Byas	C	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Ted Radcliffe	C	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Bill Noble	-	1	1945	1945	NYC		0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
98	Candy Jim Taylor	-	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Henry Smith	SS	2	1942	1944	CAG/IC		0.0	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.2
100	Raymond Taylor	C	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Bob Taylor	-	1	1945	1945	NYC		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Art Milton	1B	1	1943	1943	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Cleo Benson	C	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Larnie Jordan	SS	1	1942	1942	NBY		0.0	0.4	-0.5	0.0	0.1
105	Johnny Taylor	RP	1	1945	1945	NYC		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Wadel Miller	-	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	John Britton	3B	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
108	Bad News Hall	3B	1	1944	1944	IC		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Willie Cornelius	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.0	0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
110	Ameal Brooks	-	1	1945	1945	NYC		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Percy Howard	-	1	1942	1942	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Clarence Isreal	3B	1	1942	1942	NE		0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
113	Carl Whitney	LF	1	1942	1942	NBY/NE		0.0	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
114	Butch Davis	CF	1	1942	1942	NE		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Cowboy Murray	RP	1	1943	1943	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Norman Robinson	-	1	1943	1943	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Gideon Applegate	3B	1	1945	1945	NBY		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
118	Gordon	-	1	1942	1942	NE		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Lucius Dorsey	LF	1	1942	1942	NE		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	William Makell	C	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Frank McAllister	SP	1	1942	1942	NBY		-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0
122	Roland Gibson	-	1	1935	1935	ND		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
123	Santiago Salazar	1B	1	1945	1945	NYC		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
124	Junior Scales	3B	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Francis Jackson	-	1	1942	1942	CAG		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
126	Curtis Henderson	SS	1	1942	1942	NBY		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
127	Eddie Berry	RP	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
128	Freddie Shepard	3B	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	Doc Dennis	SS	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
130	Dick Lundy	2B	1	1935	1935	ND		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
131	Sam Jackson	1B	1	1944	1944	IC		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
132	P. Burgess	-	1	1942	1942	CAG		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
133	Ted Brown	SS	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
134	John Bissant	LF	1	1942	1942	CAG		-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
135	Rabbit Martínez	SS	1	1945	1945	NYC		-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1
136	Rufus Baker	3B	1	1945	1945	NBY		-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
137	Clyde Spearman	RF	1	1942	1942	CAG		-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
138	Weedy Edwards	RP	1	1944	1944	IC		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
139	Bill Kelly	C	1	1945	1945	NBY		-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
140	John Huber	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG		-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	0.6	0.0
141	Bill Flowers	SS	1	1942	1942	NBY		-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
142	Thad Christopher	LF	2	1943	1945	BEG/NBY		-0.2	0.6	-0.7	0.0	-0.1
143	Dave Hoskins	-	1	1942	1942	CAG		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
144	Jimmy Jones	RF	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
145	Judge Owens	2B	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
146	Charley Carter	-	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
147	Joe Black	-	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
148	Moore	-	1	1942	1942	NBY		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
149	Spencer Davis	SS	1	1942	1942	NBY		-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
150	Leamon Johnson	-	1	1942	1942	NBY		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
151	Willie Ferrell	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
152	Bill Perkins	C	1	1945	1945	NBY		-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
153	Army Rhodes	1B	1	1942	1942	CAG		-0.2	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
154	Claude Poole	RP	1	1945	1945	NBY		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
155	Robert Lacy	RP	1	1935	1935	ND		-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
156	Armando Vázquez	1B	2	1944	1945	IC/NYC		-0.3	0.6	-0.7	0.0	-0.1
157	Ernie Smith	C	1	1942	1942	CAG		-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
158	Gil Garrido	3B	1	1945	1945	NYC		-0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
159	Cornelius Cook	-	1	1944	1944	IC		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
160	Joe Spencer	2B	2	1943	1945	BEG/NYC		-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
161	Leonard Lindsay	1B	1	1935	1935	ND		-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
162	Ralph Wyatt	SS	1	1942	1942	CAG		-0.3	0.1	-0.6	0.0	0.2
163	Bob Evans	SP	2	1935	1942	NBY/ND		-0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0
164	Dan Wilson	LF	1	1942	1942	NBY		-0.3	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
165	Johnny Ray	RF	1	1944	1944	IC		-0.3	-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.1
166	Anthony Cooper	2B	1	1935	1935	ND		-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
167	Bun Hayes	SP	1	1935	1935	ND		-0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0
168	Hosea Allen	-	1	1942	1942	CAG		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
169	Sam Thompson	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG		-0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
170	Johnny Johnson	RP	1	1945	1945	NBY		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
171	Bob Griffith	SP	1	1942	1942	NBY		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
172	Murray Watkins	SS	1	1942	1942	NE		-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
173	Andy Porter	SP	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
174	Biggie Williams	RF	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
175	Charlie Jamison	-	1	1935	1935	ND		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
176	Buster Haywood	C	1	1944	1944	IC		-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.1
177	Tommy Johnson	-	1	1942	1942	CAG		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
178	Lester Lockett	2B	1	1942	1942	CAG		-0.4	0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.1
179	Paul Arnold	CF	1	1935	1935	ND		-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
180	Harry Williams	3B	1	1942	1942	NBY		-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.1
181	Fred Hobgood	SP	1	1942	1942	NE		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
182	Walter Hardy	2B	1	1945	1945	NBY		-0.4	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.1
183	Bill Anderson	RP	1	1945	1945	NYC		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
184	Jimmy Ford	3B	1	1942	1942	CAG/NBY		-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
185	Frazier Robinson	C	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.4	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
186	Alphonso Gerard	RF	1	1945	1945	NBY		-0.5	0.1	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
187	Bert Johnson	RF	1	1935	1935	ND		-0.5	0.4	-0.8	0.0	-0.1
188	Gentry Jessup	-	1	1942	1942	CAG		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
189	Carrenza Howard	-	1	1945	1945	NYC		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
190	Greene Farmer	LF	2	1942	1945	NBY/NYC		-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
191	Bud Barbee	1B	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.5	0.2	-0.4	-0.2	-0.1
192	Harvey Young	SS	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.5	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.1
193	Cleveland Clark	CF	1	1945	1945	NYC		-0.6	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
194	Felton Snow	SS	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.6	-1.0	0.2	0.0	0.2
195	Jabbo Andrews	LF	1	1942	1942	CAG		-0.6	0.1	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
196	Flash Miller	2B	2	1935	1945	NBY/ND		-0.6	-0.2	-0.6	0.0	0.2
197	Bob Clarke	C	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.6	-0.7	0.0	0.0	0.1
198	George Britt	C	1	1942	1942	CAG		-0.7	0.1	-0.3	-0.4	0.0
199	Jimmy Hill	SP	1	1942	1942	NE		-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
200	Ossie Stewart	-	1	1943	1943	BEG		-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.7	0.0
201	George Mack	RP	1	1945	1945	NBY		-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
202	Javier Pérez	3B	1	1945	1945	NYC		-0.8	-0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.0
203	Lefty Calhoun	-	1	1942	1942	NBY		-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
204	Lefty Boone	-	1	1942	1942	NBY		-0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.8	0.0
205	Charlie Thomason	CF	1	1942	1942	NE		-0.9	-0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.0
206	Pepper Bassett	C	1	1944	1944	IC		-1.0	0.0	0.0	-1.0	0.0
207	Jim Starks	1B	3	1935	1945	NBY/ND		-1.0	-0.2	-0.5	0.0	-0.2
208	James Brown	RP	1	1942	1942	NE		-1.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.1	-0.1
209	Frank Russell	2B	1	1943	1943	BEG		-1.3	-0.3	-1.2	0.0	0.1
210	Alonza Bailey	-	1	1935	1935	ND		-1.5	-0.1	0.0	-1.4	0.0

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