Ken
Burns
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 235
 
Born: January 25, 1856 in Detroit, MI
 
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Best Hitter Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1882 26 DTN NL 44 144 18 26 2 8 1 17 1 0 2 19 .181 .200 .326 .526 9.2 0.0
1883 27 DTN NL 98 406 47 106 21 9 2 54 9 4 18 43 .261 .293 .372 .665 39.4 8.0
1884 28 DTN NL 99 380 34 95 13 7 4 60 10 2 14 52 .250 .277 .353 .629 32.9 4.9
1885 29 DTN NL 104 412 47 96 15 3 2 50 7 4 17 52 .233 .268 .299 .567 31.1 2.0
1886 30 DTN NL 114 461 41 112 13 4 4 61 9 8 12 83 .243 .263 .315 .577 30.7 2.8
1887 31 DTN NL 124 535 68 162 11 19 2 86 9 2 7 18 .303 .306 .406 .712 62.3 4.3
1888 32 DTN NL 124 500 55 117 13 11 4 65 6 5 10 44 .234 .257 .328 .585 36.3 4.0
1889 33 CL6 NL 132 519 67 128 19 4 8 68 6 6 20 73 .247 .279 .345 .624 47.0 5.6
1890 34 CL6 NL 126 503 57 131 16 10 8 60 10 7 10 29 .260 .281 .380 .660 50.3 11.7
1891 35 CL6 NL 133 549 65 124 18 6 4 46 11 3 7 84 .226 .242 .302 .544 38.8 1.7
10 Years Sim 1098 4409 499 1097 141 81 39 567 78 41 117 497 .249 .271 .344 .615 377.9 45.0
162 Game Average 650 73 161 20 11 5 83 11 6 17 73 .249 .271 .344 .615 55.8  
Career Highs 133 549 68 162 21 19 8 86 11 8 20 84 .303 .306 .406 .712 62.3  
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   3316 377 808 102 61 35 448 58 34 88 385 .244 .266 .343 .609 281.0
vs LH   1093 122 289 39 20 4 119 20 7 29 112 .264 .287 .348 .634 101.7
Home 544 2135 248 533 68 48 11 265 47 18 57 225 .250 .272 .342 .614 186.0
Away 554 2274 251 564 73 33 28 302 31 23 60 272 .248 .270 .346 .616 196.7
RISP   1329 0 334 36 29 9 486 0 0 44 147 .251 .273 .342 .616 118.5
Pinch Hitting   10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.0
Close/Late   567 58 151 14 7 8 71 0 0 25 63 .266 .296 .358 .655 58.4
Mar/Apr 48 201 22 48 12 1 2 15 3 3 6 32 .239 .263 .338 .601 16.0
May 216 869 95 202 21 19 8 91 17 8 28 102 .232 .261 .328 .589 69.4
June 197 795 102 217 30 9 8 119 18 8 25 86 .273 .299 .364 .663 81.2
July 204 820 101 223 30 22 6 108 15 10 23 81 .272 .296 .384 .680 85.6
August 190 759 76 175 25 9 9 118 11 4 12 99 .231 .241 .323 .564 55.0
Sep/Oct 243 965 103 232 23 21 6 116 14 8 23 97 .240 .261 .326 .588 75.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1882 26 DTN NL LF 13 10 96.0 27 0 2 0 .931 2.53   1.0
    CF 11 9 84.0 34 1 4 1 .897 3.75    
    3B 8 5 55.0 2 6 1 0 .889 1.31   0.2
    1B 7 6 54.0 57 5 3 7 .954 10.33   0.1
    RF 7 4 37.0 12 1 2 0 .867 3.16    
1883 27 DTN NL 1B 97 97 873.0 906 63 18 76 .982 9.99   1.2
    LF 1 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1884 28 DTN NL 1B 59 58 515.7 511 48 12 49 .979 9.76   0.8
    LF 35 32 300.3 88 3 7 2 .929 2.73   0.9
    3B 2 1 11.7 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.32   0.1
    CF 1 1 8.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.13    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1885 29 DTN NL LF 103 102 936.0 244 12 23 3 .918 2.46   2.1
1886 30 DTN NL LF 113 113 1012.3 237 3 30 1 .889 2.13   2.3
    3B 1 0 4.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
1887 31 DTN NL 3B 124 124 1105.3 120 249 52 27 .876 3.00   3.1
1888 32 DTN NL 3B 124 124 1129.7 107 218 35 9 .903 2.59   6.5
1889 33 CL6 NL 3B 127 126 1112.3 81 219 49 14 .860 2.43   3.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1890 34 CL6 NL 3B 123 123 1085.3 95 231 35 20 .903 2.70   4.5
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1891 35 CL6 NL 3B 130 130 1143.3 79 238 43 24 .881 2.50   5.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 639 633 5647.3 485 1164 215 95 .885 2.63   22.6
  LF 266 258 2354.7 600 18 62 6 .909 2.36   6.3
  1B 165 161 1445.7 1477 117 33 132 .980 9.92   2.2
  CF 12 10 92.0 35 1 5 1 .878 3.52    
  RF 10 4 41.0 12 1 2 0 .867 2.85   0.0
Career Totals   1092 1066 9580.6 2609 1301 317 234 .925 3.67   31.1
Career Highs   131 130 1144.3 909 249 52 76 .982 9.93    
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.
Games
1883-1-98
CAR-37-1098
At-Bats
CAR-37-4409
Total Bases
CAR-47-1517
Triples
1887-8-19
CAR-30-81
Homeruns
1889-8-8
1890-9-8
CAR-20-39
RBIs
CAR-44-567
Caught Stealing
CAR-47-41
Strikeouts
1888-10-44
1889-10-73
1891-2-84
CAR-1-497
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 1
   Gray Ink Test: 10
 
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