League Leaders Who Led?
George Burns

George Burns

1911–1925  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'7", 160 lb  ·  b. 1889 Utica, NY

Career 1,853 G · 2,077 H · 41 HR · 611 RBI · .287 AVG

Seasons leading his league
13
1 best in baseball 12 league only
45 Top-5 finishes
7 Title seasons
4 Categories led
1919 Best season

Spanning 1914–1923, peaking at 4 titles in 1919.

Led in Walks for 3 straight seasons (1919–1921) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 116th League titles 13
  • 607th Best in baseball 1
  • 126th Top-5 finishes 45

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Walks 5 1st 3 yrs (1919–1921) 1917 NL 75 1919 NL 82 1920 NL 76 1921 NL 80 1923 NL 101 1914 #3
Runs 5 1st 2 yrs (1916–1917) 1914 NL 100 1916 NL 105 1917 NL 103 1919 NL 86 1920 NL 115 1918 #2
Stolen Bases 2 1st — 1919 40 1914 NL 62 1917 #2 1918 #2 1922 #3
On-Base Percentage 1 1st — 1919 NL .396 1914 #2 1917 #3
Total Bases — #2 — 1917 #2
Doubles — #2 — 1913 #2 1914 #3 1919 #2
Hits — #2 — 1913 #3 1914 #2 1917 #2 1919 #3

Title Seasons

7 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1923 1 BB 101
1921 1 BB 80
1920 2 R 115 BB 76
1919 4 R 86 SB 40 OBP .396 BB 82
1917 2 R 103 BB 75
1916 1 R 105
1914 2 R 100 SB 62

Batting

15 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1911 NY1 NL 6 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .059 .111 .059 .170
1912 NY1 NL 29 51 11 15 4 0 0 3 8 8 7 .294 .400 .373 .773
1913 NY1 NL 150 605 81 173 37 4 2 54 58 74 40 .286 .352 .370 .723
1914 NY1 NL 154 561 100 170 35 10 3 60 89 53 62 .303 .403 .417 .820
1915 NY1 NL 155 622 83 169 27 14 3 51 56 57 27 .272 .333 .375 .707
1916 NY1 NL 155 623 105 174 24 8 5 41 63 47 37 .279 .346 .368 .714
1917 NY1 NL 152 597 103 180 25 13 5 45 75 55 40 .302 .380 .412 .793
1918 NY1 NL 119 465 80 135 22 6 4 51 43 37 40 .290 .354 .389 .743
1919 NY1 NL 139 534 86 162 30 9 2 46 82 37 40 .303 .396 .405 .801
1920 NY1 NL 154 631 115 181 35 9 6 46 76 48 22 .287 .365 .399 .765
1921 NY1 NL 149 605 111 181 28 9 4 61 80 24 19 .299 .386 .395 .781
1922 CIN NL 156 631 104 180 20 10 1 53 78 38 30 .285 .366 .353 .719
1923 CIN NL 154 614 99 168 27 13 3 45 101 46 12 .274 .376 .375 .751
1924 CIN NL 93 336 43 86 19 2 2 33 29 21 3 .256 .315 .342 .657
1925 PHI NL 88 349 65 102 29 1 1 22 33 20 4 .292 .353 .390 .743
Career — — 1,853 7,241 1,188 2,077 362 108 41 611 872 565 383 .287 .366 .384 .749

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
OF 1,844 3,918 197 128 42 .970
3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000