John Henderson Burnett (November 1, 1904 – August 12, 1959) was an American professional baseball player who appeared primarily as a shortstop, third baseman and second baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1927 to 1935 for the Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Browns.

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.

[10] 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.

[11] Burnett finished his professional career playing three seasons in Minor League Baseball.

[12] He played at least 320 minor-league games, although records of minor league baseball during that era are incomplete.