 He led the UA with 12 triples and ranked among the league leaders with a .457 slugging percentage (3rd), a .306 batting average (7th), 84 runs scored (7th), and 33 extra base hits (8th).His WAR rating of 4.0 (an increase of 5.8 over his 1883 rating) was the ninth highest in the UA.Burns also appeared in six games for the Newark Domestics of the Eastern League during the 1884 season.