Billy Burns

Billy Burns [William John Burns] is a former Major League Baseball Player who was active in the Majors between 2014-2017. He last played for the Kansas City Royals in 2017. Burns was born on August 30th, 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia and is currently 37 years old. He attended Walton High School [Raiders] in Marietta, Georgia. He played 3 years of NCAA Division I College Baseball for the Mercer University Bears [Atlantic Sun Conference]. Participated in the D1 NCAA Tournament in 2010 [Regionals]. He was drafted and signed in the 32nd round (967th overall) of the 2011 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Washington Nationals. Ranked by Baseball America as the Washington Nationals No. 12 MLB prospect in 2026 pre-season Prospect rankings. Made his Major League Debut on July 28th, 2014 at the age of 24. ...

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His first at bat was a lineout to right field against Tony Sipp. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were Nate Karns, Terrance Gore and Ryan Dull. Burns played 3 seasons with the Kansas City Royals organization, 3 seasons with the Athletics, 3 seasons with the Washington Nationals and 1 season with the New York Yankees. He played collegiate summer league baseball in the Cape Cod League for the Harwich Mariners and in the Coastal Plain League for the Edenton Steamers. Had a career high 26 Stolen Bases for the Oakland Athletics in 2015. Had a career high .294 Batting Average for the Oakland Athletics in 2015. Had a career high .726 OPS for the Oakland Athletics in 2015. Led the Atlantic Sun Conference with 10 Sacrifice Flies in 2009. Led the Atlantic Sun Conference with 72 Runs and 29 Stolen Bases in 2011. Led the Carolina League (A+) with a 9.20 Strikeout Percentage, a .71 Strikeout-Walk Ratio, a .422 On Base Percentage, 9 Triples and 54 Stolen Bases in 2013. Led the Pacific Coast League (AAA) with 11 Sacrifice Hits in 2018. He was also drafted in the 16th round of the 2008 Draft by the Atlanta Braves but did not sign.

Awards: Named to Atlantic Sun Conference All-Tournament Team in 2x [2010,2011]. Named Baseball America Minor League 2nd All-Star Team in 2013. Named Carolina League All-Star Team in 2013.

Career Transactions: Traded from Nationals to Athletics for Jerry Blevins on December 12th, 2013. Traded from Athletics to Royals for Brett Eibner on July 31st, 2016. Signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees on January 5th, 2019.

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	lnp	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
2009	Mercer	AtlSun	NCAA-1	Fr	9	19			82	44	119	14	35	6	2	0	13	11	2	6	18	3	1	10	0	0	45	139	8	27	.294	.319	.378	.697	.210	.084	.315	4.32	12.95	3.00	0.00
2010	Mercer	AtlSun	NCAA-1	So	9	20			116	52	210	73	80	15	4	2	25	30	4	28	29	15	5	9	0	2	109	267	21	59	.381	.469	.519	.988	.395	.138	.415	10.49	10.86	1.04	105.00
2011	Mercer	AtlSun	NCAA-1	Jr	9	21			124	58	224	72	80	12	2	6	33	29	3	39	29	14	7	4	0	2	114	288	20	60	.357	.473	.509	.982	.442	.152	.383	13.54	10.07	0.74	37.33
2011	Auburn Doubledays	NYPL	A-	WAS	31	21			112	32	107	21	28	3	2	1	18	13	1	12	22	7	2	2	0	0	38	130	6	22	.262	.367	.355	.722	.318	.093	.314	9.23	16.92	1.83	107.00
2012	Hagerstown Suns	SAL	A	WAS	4	22			118	113	398	83	128	14	5	0	41	38	9	65	68	13	8	1	2	2	152	485	19	109	.322	.432	.382	.814	.296	.060	.387	13.40	14.02	1.05	0.00
2013	Potomac Nationals	Caro	A+	WAS	-	23			122	91	330	70	103	8	9	0	29	54	5	52	37	12	6	2	2	5	129	402	17	86	.312	.422	.391	.813	.385	.079	.349	12.94	9.20	0.71	0.00
2013	Harrisburg Senators	East	AA	WAS	11	23			122*	30	114	26	37	4	0	0	8	20	2	20	17	2	2	0	0	0	41	138	4	33	.325	.434	.360	.794	.368	.035	.381	14.49	12.32	0.85	0.00
2014	Midland RockHounds	Tex	AA	OAK	17	24			103	91	364	57	91	20	3	1	23	51	5	44	65	3	6	4	0	6	120	421	24	67	.250	.333	.330	.663	.327	.080	.298	10.45	15.44	1.48	364.00
2014	Sacramento River Cats	PCL	AAA	OAK	5	24			65*	28	109	17	21	2	0	0	5	3	1	9	19	0	3	0	0	2	23	121	2	19	.193	.254	.211	.465	.119	.018	.233	7.44	15.70	2.11	0.00
2014	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	OAK	19	24	R/D	9		13	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.334	.333	.000	.167	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2015	Nashville Sounds	PCL	AAA	OAK	1	25	8/	1/	106*	21	89	18	28	2	3	0	3	5	2	9	17	0	1	0	0	0	36	99	5	23	.315	.378	.404	.782	.225	.089	.389	9.09	17.17	1.89	0.00
2015	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	OAK	1	25	8/	1/829	102	125	520	70	153	18	9	5	42	26	8	26	81	6	1	2	1	5	204	555	32	121	.294	.334	.392	.726	.183	.098	.339	4.68	14.59	3.12	104.00
2016	Nashville Sounds	PCL	AAA	OAK	1	26	8/	1/		10	41	7	12	1	0	0	4	4	0	2	12	0	1	0	0	0	13	44	1	11	.293	.326	.317	.643	.171	.024	.414	4.55	27.27	6.00	0.00
2016	Omaha Storm Chasers	PCL	AAA	KCA	24	26	7H/	13/		2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	.000	.000	1.000	0.00	80.00	0.00	0.00
2016	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	OAK	1	26	8/9	1/298	78	73	274	32	64	11	4	0	12	14	3	10	30	4	1	3	2	3	83	292	15	49	.234	.268	.303	.571	.146	.069	.259	3.42	10.27	3.00	0.00
2016	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	KCA	14	26	8/R7D9	9/18	78	24	37	7	9	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	7	2	1	0	0	0	9	40	0	9	.243	.282	.243	.525	.027	.000	.300	0.00	17.50	0.00	0.00
2017	Omaha Storm Chasers	PCL	AAA	KCA	14	27	8/7R9D	1/8257	94	99	354	50	101	7	4	0	22	24	11	44	60	4	9	2	1	4	116	413	11	90	.285	.369	.328	.697	.203	.043	.341	10.65	14.53	1.36	0.00
2017	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	KCA	14	27	8/R	3		7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.334	-0.167	.000	.200	0.00	16.67	0.00	0.00
2018	Omaha Storm Chasers	PCL	AAA	KCA	-	28	8/79	1/2897	84	102	376	51	96	9	1	4	36	10	8	30	54	4	11	4	0	1	119	425	14	82	.255	.314	.316	.630	.146	.061	.286	7.06	12.71	1.80	94.00
2019	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	IL	AAA	NYA	-	29	8/R79	9/78214	90	93	267	42	69	15	3	2	25	14	3	27	41	3	4	3	1	1	96	304	20	49	.258	.330	.360	.690	.243	.102	.295	8.88	13.49	1.52	133.50
Tot:	MLB (4 yrs)		MLB							242	843	114	228	29	13	5	55	46	15	36	119	12	3	5	3	8	298	899	47	181	.270	.308	.353	.662	.163	.083	.308	4.00	13.24	3.31	168.60
Tot:	AL (4 yrs)		AL							242	843	114	228	29	13	5	55	46	15	36	119	12	3	5	3	8	298	899	47	181	.270	.308	.353	.662	.163	.083	.308	4.00	13.24	3.31	168.60
Tot:	Minors (9 yrs)		Minors							712	2554	442	715	85	30	8	214	236	47	314	416	48	53	18	6	21	884	2987	123	592	.280	.367	.346	.713	.263	.066	.329	10.51	13.93	1.32	319.25
Tot:	A- (1 yrs)		A-							32	107	21	28	3	2	1	18	13	1	12	22	7	2	2	0	0	38	130	6	22	.262	.367	.355	.722	.318	.093	.314	9.23	16.92	1.83	107.00
Tot:	A (1 yrs)		A							113	398	83	128	14	5	0	41	38	9	65	68	13	8	1	2	2	152	485	19	109	.322	.432	.382	.814	.296	.060	.387	13.40	14.02	1.05
Tot:	A+ (1 yrs)		A+							91	330	70	103	8	9	0	29	54	5	52	37	12	6	2	2	5	129	402	17	86	.312	.422	.391	.813	.385	.079	.349	12.94	9.20	0.71
Tot:	AA (2 yrs)		AA							121	478	83	128	24	3	1	31	71	7	64	82	5	8	4	0	6	161	559	28	100	.268	.358	.337	.694	.337	.069	.318	11.45	14.67	1.28	478.00
Tot:	AAA (6 yrs)		AAA							355	1241	185	328	36	11	6	95	60	25	121	207	11	29	9	2	8	404	1411	53	275	.264	.333	.326	.658	.187	.061	.311	8.58	14.67	1.71	206.83
Tot:	College (3 yrs)		College							154	553	159	195	33	8	8	71	70	9	73	76	32	13	23	0	4	268	694	49	146	.353	.441	.485	.925	.374	.132	.380	10.52	10.95	1.04	69.13
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	Minors - 162 game avg		Minors							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	College - 162 game avg		College							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

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year	team name	league	category	age	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
2010	Edenton Steamers	Coastal Plain League	College Summer	20	42	160	35	47	9	2	1	25	16	2	28	32	1	6	2	0	1	63	197	12	35	.294	.398	.394	.792	.363	.100	.357	14.21	16.24	1.14	160.00
2011	Harwich Mariners	Cape Cod League	College Summer	21	21	73	12	24	3	0	0	6	4	1	4	15	4	2	1	0	0	27	84	3	21	.329	.390	.370	.760	.137	.041	.407	4.76	17.86	3.75	0.00
2013	Washington Nationals	MLB Spring Training	Spring	23	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.333	.000	.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00
2014	Oakland Athletics	MLB Spring Training	Spring	24	26	72	12	22	1	1	0	3	10	3	8	16	0	1	1	0	1	25	82	2	20	.306	.370	.347	.717	.250	.041	.386	9.76	19.51	2.00	0.00
2015	Oakland Athletics	MLB Spring Training	Spring	25	28	83	21	31	3	3	0	8	5	4	5	8	2	0	1	0	1	40	91	6	25	.373	.418	.482	.900	.181	.109	.408	5.49	8.79	1.60	0.00
2016	Oakland Athletics	MLB Spring Training	Spring	26	19	57	8	19	4	2	0	4	5	1	2	7	1	0	1	0	0	27	61	6	13	.333	.361	.474	.835	.246	.141	.373	3.28	11.48	3.50	0.00
2017	Kansas City Royals	MLB Spring Training	Spring	27	27	44	4	10	1	1	1	5	2	0	4	6	2	0	0	0	0	16	50	3	7	.227	.320	.364	.684	.273	.137	.243	8.00	12.00	1.50	44.00
2018	Kansas City Royals	MLB Spring Training	Spring	28	19	33	4	6	0	0	0	1	5	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	1	6	36	0	6	.182	.250	.182	.432	.242	.000	.231	8.33	19.44	2.33	0.00
2019	New York Yankees	MLB Spring Training	Spring	29	15	32	3	4	1	0	0	2	4	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	36	1	3	.125	.222	.156	.378	.250	.031	.148	11.11	13.89	1.25	0.00
Tot:	CollegeSummer (2 Yrs)		CollegeSummer		63	233	47	71	12	2	1	31	20	3	32	47	5	8	3	0	1	90	281	15	56	.305	.396	.386	.782	.292	.082	.372	11.39	16.73	1.47	233.00
Tot:	Spring (7 Yrs)		Spring		137	324	52	92	10	7	1	23	32	9	26	50	5	1	3	0	3	119	359	18	74	.284	.344	.367	.711	.235	.083	.330	7.24	13.93	1.92	324.00

Speed	Power	Contact	Xtra	Rbis	Runs	Hitting	Durability	Team Success
90	26	77	24	27	71	74	60	.511

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