C. B. Burns

{{short description|American baseball player (1879–1968)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=C.B. Burns

|position=Unknown

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|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1879|5|15|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Bayview, Maryland

|death_date={{death date and age|1968|6|6|1879|5|15}}

|death_place=Havre de Grace, Maryland

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 19

|debutyear=1902

|debutteam=Baltimore Orioles

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 19

|finalyear=1902

|finalteam=Baltimore Orioles

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=1.000

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• Baltimore Orioles (1902)

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Charles Brittingham Burns (May 15, 1879, in Bayview, Maryland – June 6, 1968, in Havre De Grace, Maryland) played one game in Major League Baseball for the 1902 Baltimore Orioles. In his one at-bat, he hit a single. He batted and threw right-handed. He was brought in for a tryout after playing baseball in Hagerstown, Maryland, and had his one appearance on August 19 as a result, a pinch-hit single in the ninth inning.{{cite news|title=American Affairs|publisher=Sporting Life|date=August 30, 1902|page=11}}

He is notable as one of a very few major league players with one at-bat and a perfect 1.000 batting average.

Burns died on June 6, 1968. He was buried at Angel Hill Cemetery in Havre de Grace.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121123351/burns-7-jun-1968-the-baltimore-sun/ |title=Burns |date=1968-06-07 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=C15 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-03-18}}{{Open access}}