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- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) abstract "John Irving Burns (August 31, 1907 – April 18, 1975), nicknamed \"Slug,\" was an American first baseman, coach and scout in Major League Baseball. A native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Burns stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg) in his playing days, and batted and threw left-handed.Burns' professional playing career began in 1928 in the New England League. After leading the Class A Western League in home runs with 36 in 1929, his contract was purchased by the St. Louis Browns of the American League. After a brief MLB trial in 1930, Burns became the starting first baseman for the Browns in 1931. He handled those duties until he was traded to the Detroit Tigers on April 30, 1936, for pitcher Chief Hogsett. He returned to the minor leagues at the end of that campaign for the remainder of his playing career. In Burns' finest season for the Browns, 1932, he scored 111 runs, batted .305, hit 11 homers and drove in 70 runs batted in (RBIs). Over his major league career (1930–36), he appeared in 890 games, and batted .280 with 44 homers and 417 RBIs. He led American League first basemen in assists in 1931 and 1932.Burns became a manager in the minor leagues with the 1938 Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League, replacing Dan Howley on June 27 with the Leafs in eighth place. He rallied the team to a fifth place standing that year, but when Toronto finished last in 1939, Burns was released. After World War II, he joined the Boston Red Sox farm system, managing their Eastern League affiliates in Scranton and Albany from 1949 to 1954. His 1952 Albany Senators won the league pennant, while his 1954 Senators were the EL playoff champions.Burns then spent five seasons (1955–59) as a Red Sox coach, working primarily as the third-base coach under manager Pinky Higgins. He scouted for Boston from 1960 until his death, at Brighton, Massachusetts, at the age of 67. As a New England-based Red Sox scout, he is credited with recommending and signing Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk, a first-round selection in the January 1967 draft.His son Bob Burns was a baseball coach at Kennett High School, North Conway, New Hampshire, from 1971–2012. Each year, the school presents the Jack Burns Baseball Award.".
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- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) deathYear "1975".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) debutTeam History_of_the_St._Louis_Browns.
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) position First_baseman.
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- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Jack Burns (first baseman)".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Jack Burns".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) after Billy_Jurges.
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) bats "Left".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) before Buster_Mills.
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) birthDate "1907-08-31".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) birthPlace Cambridge,_Massachusetts.
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) br "b/burnsja02".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) dateOfBirth "1907-08-31".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) dateOfDeath "1975-04-18".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) deathDate "1975-04-18".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) deathPlace Brighton,_Boston.
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) debutdate "--09-17".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) debutleague "MLB".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) debutteam "St. Louis Browns".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) debutyear "1930".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) finaldate "--09-27".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) finalleague "MLB".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) finalteam "Detroit Tigers".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) finalyear "1936".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) name "Burns, Jack".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) name "Jack Burns".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) placeOfBirth "Cambridge, Massachusetts".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) placeOfDeath "Brighton, Massachusetts".
- Jack_Burns_(first_baseman) position First_baseman.