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On July 10, 1932, still playing for the Indians, Burnett set the major-league record for hits in a single game, compiling nine hits in 11 at-bats in an 18-inning game against the [[Philadelphia Athletics]].<ref name="Hits records">{{cite web |url= http://baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/hits.shtml |title=Hits Records by Baseball Almanac |work= Baseball Almanac|accessdate= 2008-08-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1932/B07100CLE1932.htm |title=Philadelphia Athletics 18, Cleveland Indians 17 |website=[[Retrosheet]] |date=July 10, 1932 |accessdate=September 16, 2022}}</ref> Burnett's record for most hits in a game still stands. He was also the first player to have more than seven hits in a game that went into [[extra innings]]. Since then, only [[Rocky Colavito]] in 1962, [[Cesar Gutierrez]] in 1970, [[Rennie Stennett]] in 1975, and [[Brandon Crawford]] in 2016 have collected seven or more hits in single game.<ref name="Hits records"/>
In late 1934, in the waning years of his career, after eight seasons with the Indians, Burnett was traded to the [[St. Louis Browns]] for outfielder [[Bruce Campbell (baseball)|Bruce Campbell]].<ref name="Baseball Cube"/> Wearing number 4, Burnett played only one season for the Browns before being traded to the [[Cincinnati Reds]] near the start of the 1936 season for first baseman [[Jim Bottomley]].<ref name="Baseball Cube"/><ref name="Baseball Almanac"/> Burnett never played a game for the Reds, his final major-league appearance having been on September 29, 1935.<ref name="Baseball Almanac"/
Burnett finished his professional career playing three seasons in [[Minor League Baseball]].<ref name=brm/> He spent 1936 with the [[Toronto Maple Leafs (International League)|Toronto Maple Leafs]] of the [[International League]], 1937 with three different teams (the [[Portland Beavers]] of the [[Pacific Coast League]], and two teams in the [[Texas League]]), and 1938 with the [[Columbia Reds]] of the [[South Atlantic League (1904–1963)|South Atlantic League]].<ref name=brm/> He played at least 320 minor-league games, although records of the era are incomplete.<ref name=brm>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=burnet004joh |title=Johnny Burnett Minor Leagues Statistics |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |accessdate=September 15, 2022}}</ref> In 1938 and 1939, he served as [[Manager (baseball)|manager]] of the Columbia team.<ref name=brm/>
Burnett died in [[Tampa, Florida]], on August 12, 1959, at the age of 54 from acute [[leukemia]].<ref name="Baseball Cube"/><ref name="Baseball Almanac"/><ref name="Obit">{{cite web|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Burnett.Johnny.Obit.html |title=Johnny Burnett, 54, Dies |work=The Dead Ball Era |accessdate=2008-08-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113005009/http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Burnett.Johnny.Obit.html |archivedate=November 13, 2006 }}</ref>
== See also ==
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