John Burkett
John David Burkett
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 211 lb.

Born: November 28, 1964 in New Brighton, PA
High School: Beaver (Beaver, PA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 6th round of the 1983 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1987
Final Game: September 26, 2003
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1987 22 SFG NL 0 0 4.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 3 2 3 0 5 1 0 0 28 86 1.667 10.5 3.0 4.5 7.5 1.67
1990 25 SFG NL 14 7 .667 3.79 33 32 1 2 0 1 204.0 201 92 86 18 61 7 118 4 3 3 857 96 1.284 8.9 0.8 2.7 5.2 1.93 RoY-4
1991 26 SFG NL 12 11 .522 4.18 36 34 0 3 1 0 206.2 223 103 96 19 60 2 131 10 0 5 890 86 1.369 9.7 0.8 2.6 5.7 2.18
1992 27 SFG NL 13 9 .591 3.84 32 32 0 3 1 0 189.2 194 96 81 13 45 6 107 4 0 0 799 86 1.260 9.2 0.6 2.1 5.1 2.38
1993 28 SFG NL 22 7 .759 3.65 34 34 0 2 1 0 231.2 224 100 94 18 40 4 145 11 2 1 942 106 1.140 8.7 0.7 1.6 5.6 3.63 AS,CYA-4,MVP-24
1994 29 SFG NL 6 8 .429 3.62 25 25 0 0 0 0 159.1 176 72 64 14 36 7 85 7 0 2 676 110 1.331 9.9 0.8 2.0 4.8 2.36
1995 30 FLA NL 14 14 .500 4.30 30 30 0 4 0 0 188.1 208 95 90 22 57 5 126 6 1 2 810 98 1.407 9.9 1.1 2.7 6.0 2.21
1996 31 TOT MLB 11 12 .478 4.24 34 34 0 2 1 0 222.2 229 117 105 19 58 4 155 5 0 0 934 105 1.289 9.3 0.8 2.3 6.3 2.67
1996 31 FLA NL 6 10 .375 4.32 24 24 0 1 0 0 154.0 154 84 74 15 42 2 108 3 0 0 645 95 1.273 9.0 0.9 2.5 6.3 2.57
1996 31 TEX AL 5 2 .714 4.06 10 10 0 1 1 0 68.2 75 33 31 4 16 2 47 2 0 0 289 129 1.325 9.8 0.5 2.1 6.2 2.94
1997 32 TEX AL 9 12 .429 4.56 30 30 0 2 0 0 189.1 240 106 96 20 30 1 139 4 0 1 828 105 1.426 11.4 1.0 1.4 6.6 4.63
1998 33 TEX AL 9 13 .409 5.68 32 32 0 0 0 0 195.0 230 131 123 19 46 1 131 8 0 3 854 84 1.415 10.6 0.9 2.1 6.0 2.85
1999 34 TEX AL 9 8 .529 5.62 30 25 1 0 0 0 147.1 184 95 92 18 46 1 96 3 0 4 656 91 1.561 11.2 1.1 2.8 5.9 2.09
2000 35 ATL NL 10 6 .625 4.89 31 22 4 0 0 0 134.1 162 79 73 13 51 2 110 4 0 2 603 94 1.586 10.9 0.9 3.4 7.4 2.16
2001 36 ATL NL 12 12 .500 3.04 34 34 0 1 1 0 219.1 187 83 74 17 70 13 187 6 1 5 902 147 1.172 7.7 0.7 2.9 7.7 2.67 AS
2002 37 BOS AL 13 8 .619 4.53 29 29 0 1 1 0 173.0 199 93 87 25 50 5 124 8 1 2 760 101 1.439 10.4 1.3 2.6 6.5 2.48
2003 38 BOS AL 12 9 .571 5.15 32 30 1 1 0 0 181.2 202 108 104 20 47 1 107 9 0 3 785 91 1.371 10.0 1.0 2.3 5.3 2.28
15 Seasons 166 136 .550 4.31 445 423 8 21 6 1 2648.1 2866 1374 1268 257 700 59 1766 90 8 33 11324 99 1.347 9.7 0.9 2.4 6.0 2.52
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .550 4.31 35 33 1 2 0 0 207 225 108 99 20 55 5 138 7 1 3 887 99 1.347 9.7 0.9 2.4 6.0 2.52
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
SFG (6 yrs) 67 42 .615 3.83 163 157 2 10 3 1 997.1 1025 467 424 84 245 26 591 37 5 11 4192 96 1.273 9.2 0.8 2.2 5.3 2.41
TEX (4 yrs) 32 35 .478 5.13 102 97 1 3 1 0 600.1 729 365 342 61 138 5 413 17 0 8 2627 96 1.444 10.9 0.9 2.1 6.2 2.99
ATL (2 yrs) 22 18 .550 3.74 65 56 4 1 1 0 353.2 349 162 147 30 121 15 297 10 1 7 1505 120 1.329 8.9 0.8 3.1 7.6 2.45
BOS (2 yrs) 25 17 .595 4.85 61 59 1 2 1 0 354.2 401 201 191 45 97 6 231 17 1 5 1545 95 1.404 10.2 1.1 2.5 5.9 2.38
FLA (2 yrs) 20 24 .455 4.31 54 54 0 5 0 0 342.1 362 179 164 37 99 7 234 9 1 2 1455 97 1.347 9.5 1.0 2.6 6.2 2.36
NL (10 yrs) 109 84 .565 3.91 282 267 6 16 4 1 1693.1 1736 808 735 151 465 48 1122 56 7 20 7152 101 1.300 9.2 0.8 2.5 6.0 2.41
AL (6 yrs) 57 52 .523 5.02 163 156 2 5 2 0 955.0 1130 566 533 106 235 11 644 34 1 13 4172 96 1.429 10.6 1.0 2.2 6.1 2.74

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1996 31 TEX AL ALDS L NYY 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 10 2 2 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 38 1.222 10.0 0.0 1.0 7.0 7.00
2000 35 ATL NL NLDS L STL 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 36 ATL NL NLDS W HOU 1 0 1.000 2.84 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 6 2 2 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 27 1.263 8.5 1.4 2.8 5.7 2.00
2001 36 ATL NL NLCS L ARI 0 1 .000 8.31 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 7 5 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 21 2.077 14.5 0.0 4.2 4.2 1.00
2003 38 BOS AL ALDS W OAK 0 0 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 9 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 26 2.063 15.2 1.7 3.4 1.7 0.50
2003 38 BOS AL ALCS L NYY 0 0 7.36 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 1.909 17.2 2.5 0.0 2.5
4 Seasons (6 Series) 2 1 .667 4.80 6 5 0 1 0 0 30.0 40 19 16 3 7 1 15 1 0 0 137 1.567 12.0 0.9 2.1 4.5 2.14
2 ALDS 1 0 1.000 3.77 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.1 19 6 6 1 3 0 8 0 0 0 64 1.535 11.9 0.6 1.9 5.0 2.67
2 NLDS 1 0 1.000 3.52 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 7 3 3 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 33 1.174 8.2 1.2 2.3 4.7 2.00
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 8.31 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 7 5 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 21 2.077 14.5 0.0 4.2 4.2 1.00
1 ALCS 0 0 7.36 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 1.909 17.2 2.5 0.0 2.5

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1993 SFG NL 28 0 0 1 .000 40.50 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 6.000 54.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
2001 ATL NL 36 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 1 .000 16.20 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 10 2.400 21.6 0.0 0.0 10.8

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 22 SFG NL 3 28 23 4 7 2 0 2 0 0 3 5 .304 .407 .652 1.060 .313 15 1 1 1 0 0
1990 25 SFG NL 33 857 781 92 201 33 2 18 18 7 61 118 .257 .313 .374 .686 .282 292 14 4 6 5 7
1991 26 SFG NL 36 890 804 103 223 31 2 19 17 16 60 131 .277 .332 .392 .724 .308 315 14 10 8 8 2
1992 27 SFG NL 32 799 735 96 194 34 7 13 17 7 45 107 .264 .308 .382 .691 .292 281 13 4 11 4 6
1993 28 SFG NL 34 942 879 100 224 30 7 18 14 14 40 145 .255 .294 .366 .661 .286 322 21 11 8 4 4
1994 29 SFG NL 25 676 616 72 176 39 0 14 13 6 36 85 .286 .330 .417 .747 .310 257 13 7 12 5 7
1995 30 FLA NL 30 810 737 95 208 37 12 22 8 4 57 126 .282 .339 .455 .793 .316 335 27 6 10 0 5
1996 31 FLA NL 24 645 585 84 154 31 2 15 12 7 42 108 .263 .314 .400 .714 .298 234 11 3 11 4 2
1996 31 TEX AL 10 289 268 33 75 17 2 4 3 1 16 47 .280 .323 .403 .726 .324 108 7 2 1 2 2
1996 31 TOT MLB 34 934 853 117 229 48 4 19 15 8 58 155 .268 .317 .401 .718 .307 342 18 5 12 6 4
1997 32 TEX AL 30 828 783 106 240 36 4 20 9 8 30 139 .307 .333 .439 .772 .349 344 15 4 4 7 1
1998 33 TEX AL 32 854 788 131 230 45 7 19 9 7 46 131 .292 .335 .439 .774 .328 346 17 8 7 5 1
1999 34 TEX AL 30 656 599 95 184 44 1 18 5 5 46 96 .307 .358 .474 .832 .340 284 16 3 5 3 1
2000 35 ATL NL 31 603 535 79 162 29 4 13 7 2 51 110 .303 .365 .445 .810 .357 238 12 4 8 5 2
2001 36 ATL NL 34 902 813 83 187 42 4 17 13 9 70 187 .230 .294 .354 .648 .276 288 12 6 6 7 13
2002 37 BOS AL 29 760 693 93 199 35 4 25 11 6 50 124 .287 .340 .457 .798 .318 317 13 8 5 4 5
2003 38 BOS AL 32 785 719 108 202 53 0 20 6 7 47 107 .281 .330 .438 .768 .304 315 19 9 4 6 1
15 Seasons 445 11324 10358 1374 2866 538 58 257 162 106 700 1766 .277 .326 .414 .740 .310 4291 225 90 107 69 59
162 Game Avg. 35 887 811 108 225 42 5 20 13 8 55 138 .277 .326 .414 .740 .310 336 18 7 8 5 5
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1990 25 SFG NL 33 32 14 7 11 2 2 18 14 .563 4 5 2 0 18 56% 52 75 20 24 11 8 6 5.2 5.1 6.3 96 5 7 8 3 132
1991 26 SFG NL 36 34 12 11 11 2 3 17 17 .500 1 8 3 1 18 53% 50 82 20 14 1 9 9 3.8 3.9 6.0 89 9 13 10 2 143
1992 27 SFG NL 32 32 13 9 10 2 1 19 13 .594 2 3 3 1 15 47% 51 80 23 19 8 1 12 4.8 4.5 5.9 87 11 13 7 1 120
1993 28 SFG NL 34 34 22 7 5 4 2 25 9 .735 3 1 2 1 24 71% 54 85 7 25 6 2 11 5.5 5.4 6.8 94 4 16 14 0 118
1994 29 SFG NL 25 25 6 8 11 0 3 11 14 .440 2 3 0 0 15 60% 51 73 17 15 9 1 7 3.8 3.6 6.4 94 2 14 8 0 116
1995 30 FLA NL 30 30 14 14 2 2 2 14 16 .467 1 1 4 0 15 50% 49 82 19 18 6 0 10 4.3 5.0 6.3 99 5 6 12 4 147
1996 31 TOT MLB 34 34 11 12 11 2 2 15 19 .441 5 3 2 1 20 59% 51 87 17 20 4 0 8 4.2 4.2 6.5 100 2 16 11 5 125
1996 31 FLA NL 24 24 6 10 8 1 2 9 15 .375 4 2 1 0 14 58% 51 87 17 12 4 0 7 3.9 3.9 6.4 96 1 14 8 1 124
1996 31 TEX AL 10 10 5 2 3 1 0 6 4 .600 1 1 1 1 6 60% 51 82 18 8 0 0 1 4.9 5.0 6.9 110 1 2 3 4 125
1997 32 TEX AL 30 30 9 12 9 3 3 14 16 .467 4 2 2 0 12 40% 48 81 12 22 7 1 9 5.4 5.7 6.3 101 4 6 17 3 124
1998 33 TEX AL 32 32 9 13 10 2 1 12 20 .375 3 2 0 0 11 34% 45 80 2 39 23 2 18 4.3 4.3 6.1 93 4 13 12 0 118
1999 34 TEX AL 30 25 9 8 8 2 0 14 11 .560 2 1 0 0 9 36% 43 81 -5 31 10 0 13 5.4 5.5 5.2 86 11 5 9 0 119
2000 35 ATL NL 31 22 9 4 9 4 0 13 9 .591 3 5 0 0 9 41% 46 71 15 17 4 1 15 5.7 6.8 5.4 92 3 12 7 0 115
2001 36 ATL NL 34 34 12 12 10 1 5 18 16 .529 2 4 1 1 22 65% 57 85 26 23 2 0 11 4.6 4.2 6.5 97 3 16 15 0 116
2002 37 BOS AL 29 29 13 8 8 5 3 17 12 .586 1 5 1 1 15 52% 48 86 11 15 5 0 14 6.0 5.9 6.0 93 5 12 12 0 113
2003 38 BOS AL 32 30 10 9 11 3 3 17 13 .567 2 7 1 0 15 50% 46 73 8 18 2 1 18 5.6 5.1 5.8 91 5 15 10 0 116
14 Seasons 442 423 163 134 126 34 30 224 199 .530 35 50 21 6 218 52% 50 87 -5 300 98 26 161 4.9 4.9 6.1 94 73 164 152 18 147
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1987 22 SFG NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.076 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 0 6.0
1990 25 SFG NL 33 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 7 0.956 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 37
1991 26 SFG NL 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 50% 7 1.017 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.5 13
1999 34 TEX AL 30 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 1 0.917 0 2 3 0 0 5 2 3 5 0 5 0 10.8 46
2000 35 ATL NL 31 9 4 1 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 0 0% 8 0.954 3 0 6 1 1 7 1 8 4 1 4 0 4.9 22
2003 38 BOS AL 32 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.897 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 13.5 67
6 Seasons 165 22 8 3 2 2 1 1 50% 3 1 12 5 42% 0.945 6 2 14 6 2 14 5 17 15 2 15 0 7.1 33

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1987 22 SFG NL 28 43% 7.1% 17.9% 10.7% 14.3% 57% 0.86 57% 6 1 17%
1990 25 SFG NL 857 58% 2.1% 13.8% 7.1% 6.2% 26% 1.06 1.38 76% 18% 7.8% 27% 139 14 10%
1991 26 SFG NL 890 58% 2.1% 14.7% 6.7% 5.8% 23% 0.82 1.03 74% 21% 6.3% 18% 183 14 8%
1992 27 SFG NL 799 63% 1.6% 13.4% 5.6% 6.8% 28% 0.77 1.07 77% 23% 4.1% 11% 138 13 9%
1993 28 SFG NL 942 52% 1.9% 15.4% 4.3% 5.8% 25% 0.88 1.21 76% 18% 5.6% 17% 157 21 13%
1994 29 SFG NL 676 52% 2.1% 12.6% 5.3% 7.8% 30% 0.89 1.25 77% 22% 6.0% 17% 125 13 10%
1995 30 FLA NL 810 49% 2.7% 15.6% 7.0% 8.8% 34% 1.01 1.56 73% 20% 8.9% 18% 161 27 17%
1996 31 TOT MLB 934 48% 2.0% 16.6% 6.2% 7.6% 31% 0.92 1.41 73% 23% 6.3% 17% 160 18 11%
1996 31 FLA NL 645 43% 2.3% 16.7% 6.5% 7.4% 31% 0.97 1.43 72% 21% 7.2% 14% 111 11 10%
1996 31 TEX AL 289 60% 1.4% 16.3% 5.5% 8.0% 31% 0.83 1.38 76% 26% 4.2% 21% 49 7 14%
1997 32 TEX AL 828 51% 2.4% 16.8% 3.6% 7.3% 25% 0.72 1.03 76% 27% 6.1% 13% 166 15 9%
1998 33 TEX AL 854 51% 2.2% 15.3% 5.4% 8.3% 31% 0.78 1.04 75% 24% 6.1% 15% 167 17 10%
1999 34 TEX AL 656 51% 2.7% 14.6% 7.0% 9.6% 34% 0.98 1.38 74% 19% 8.4% 15% 125 16 13%
2000 35 ATL NL 603 41% 2.2% 18.2% 8.5% 7.6% 28% 0.79 1.20 69% 28% 6.3% 11% 120 12 10%
2001 36 ATL NL 902 45% 1.9% 20.7% 7.8% 7.0% 34% 0.81 1.06 68% 23% 6.0% 16% 155 12 8%
2002 37 BOS AL 760 51% 3.3% 16.3% 6.6% 8.4% 32% 0.66 0.96 72% 26% 8.8% 13% 144 13 9%
2003 38 BOS AL 785 53% 2.6% 13.6% 6.0% 9.3% 36% 0.74 1.04 76% 17% 6.5% 12% 150 19 13%
15 Seasons 11324 52% 2.3% 15.6% 6.2% 7.5% 30% 0.84 1.17 74% 22% 6.6% 16% 2096 225 11%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1990 25 SFG NL 610 2249 3.69 1365 61% 25% 12% 27% 35% 74% 2% 45% 82% 57% 5% 28 19 16% 97 26 3 31% 5 4 247 0 9
1991 26 SFG NL 890 3056 3.43 1936 63% 27% 11% 26% 36% 73% 0% 46% 85% 60% 4% 38 20 17% 150 79 6 38% 24 16 0 0 0
1992 27 SFG NL 799 2775 3.47 1768 64% 27% 13% 24% 36% 73% 2% 47% 83% 61% 5% 41 23 18% 145 67 5 44% 22 13 0 0 0
1993 28 SFG NL 939 3199 3.41 2109 66% 26% 12% 27% 35% 74% 1% 49% 84% 64% 3% 30 20 19% 176 86 9 51% 31 6 3 0 1
1994 29 SFG NL 638 2258 3.54 1404 62% 26% 11% 25% 37% 73% 3% 46% 84% 59% 4% 26 17 19% 122 43 6 41% 12 3 38 4 5
1995 30 FLA NL 733 2668 3.64 1637 61% 28% 12% 25% 34% 71% 1% 44% 83% 56% 5% 38 27 16% 119 43 5 43% 15 7 77 2 8
1996 31 TOT MLB 934 3405 3.65 2124 62% 28% 12% 27% 34% 72% 1% 45% 84% 57% 4% 40 26 16% 150 72 6 48% 28 10 0 1 1
1996 31 FLA NL 645 2306 3.58 1424 62% 27% 12% 26% 35% 73% 1% 45% 83% 58% 4% 29 17 15% 98 48 3 43% 22 10 0 0 1
1996 31 TEX AL 289 1099 3.80 700 64% 29% 11% 29% 32% 71% 2% 45% 85% 55% 4% 11 9 18% 52 24 3 62% 6 0 0 1 0
1997 32 TEX AL 828 3029 3.66 1944 64% 29% 13% 25% 34% 71% 0% 46% 82% 61% 3% 22 19 19% 160 70 8 47% 23 2 0 0 2
1998 33 TEX AL 854 2997 3.51 1896 63% 28% 13% 24% 35% 72% 0% 46% 82% 56% 3% 27 18 16% 140 72 4 36% 19 8 0 0 0
1999 34 TEX AL 656 2369 3.61 1446 61% 28% 13% 23% 35% 72% 0% 44% 82% 57% 5% 33 24 17% 113 61 3 35% 21 8 0 0 0
2000 35 ATL NL 603 2232 3.70 1375 62% 33% 13% 22% 32% 67% 1% 41% 81% 58% 4% 26 12 18% 110 53 5 48% 16 12 0 0 0
2001 36 ATL NL 902 3287 3.64 2044 62% 32% 13% 24% 31% 68% 3% 42% 81% 59% 5% 43 26 19% 173 100 9 40% 30 8 0 0 0
2002 37 BOS AL 760 2691 3.54 1713 64% 32% 11% 23% 34% 68% 2% 43% 83% 64% 5% 39 27 22% 167 83 14 57% 24 7 0 0 0
2003 38 BOS AL 785 2875 3.66 1819 63% 32% 10% 24% 34% 68% 0% 43% 85% 59% 3% 20 12 17% 135 67 10 63% 15 7 0 0 0
14 Seasons 10931 39090 3.58 24580 63% 29% 12% 25% 34% 71% 1% 45% 83% 59% 4% 451 290 18% 1957 922 93 45% 285 111 365 7 26
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1987 22 SFG NL 28 7 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0% 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 25 SFG NL 857 201 28 2 18 0 14 7 11 12 6 36 20 4 56% 9 3 0 302 18 7 72% 17 7 1 0 0 0 3 2 13 0
1991 26 SFG NL 890 223 91 2 19 0 13 5 14 10 9 48 27 10 56% 14 5 0 358 17 16 52% 16 15 1 1 0 0 5 0 15 0
1992 27 SFG NL 799 194 84 2 13 1 16 2 11 5 8 43 21 4 49% 10 0 3 285 17 7 71% 16 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1993 28 SFG NL 942 224 24 6 18 0 10 10 8 7 11 40 18 4 45% 12 1 2 317 14 14 50% 14 13 0 0 0 1 3 0 10 0
1994 29 SFG NL 674 176 15 2 14 0 8 10 4 12 2 31 14 5 45% 5 2 0 256 13 6 68% 12 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 8 2
1995 30 FLA NL 810 208 31 2 22 0 13 16 6 10 12 46 18 9 39% 7 2 1 294 8 4 67% 7 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
1996 31 TOT MLB 934 229 30 2 19 1 10 12 7 10 9 45 28 5 62% 7 0 0 311 15 8 65% 14 6 1 1 0 1 2 0 7 0
1996 31 FLA NL 645 154 20 1 15 0 6 9 6 7 8 28 18 1 64% 6 0 0 215 12 7 63% 11 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 0
1996 31 TEX AL 289 75 10 1 4 1 4 3 1 3 1 17 10 4 59% 1 0 0 96 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1997 32 TEX AL 828 240 27 3 20 1 13 10 10 14 6 38 23 9 61% 14 1 0 320 9 8 53% 8 6 0 2 1 0 4 2 8 0
1998 33 TEX AL 854 230 51 4 19 1 16 8 11 10 9 56 33 6 59% 12 3 2 300 9 7 56% 8 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 16 0
1999 34 TEX AL 656 184 21 6 18 0 12 11 7 13 5 25 14 6 56% 7 4 0 264 5 5 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 8 0
2000 35 ATL NL 603 162 15 0 13 0 18 9 4 8 5 39 20 10 51% 3 2 2 230 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 12 0
2001 36 ATL NL 902 187 18 5 17 0 12 8 9 10 7 42 23 6 55% 6 5 1 311 13 9 59% 12 7 1 1 0 1 3 2 20 0
2002 37 BOS AL 760 199 16 2 25 0 15 10 15 9 16 38 20 4 53% 8 2 0 292 11 6 65% 10 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 8 0
2003 38 BOS AL 785 202 16 6 20 1 11 11 9 12 8 35 28 1 80% 10 3 2 309 6 7 46% 6 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 13 0
15 Seasons 11322 2866 467 44 257 5 181 131 126 144 113 563 307 84 55% 124 33 13 4163 162 106 60% 152 92 9 11 1 3 35 9 150 2
MLB Averages
PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1987 22 0 0 4.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 3 2 3 0 5 1 0 0 28 86 1.667 10.5 3.0 4.5 7.5 1.67 86
1988 23 0 0 4.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 3 2 3 0 5 1 0 0 28 86 1.667 10.5 3.0 4.5 7.5 1.67 86
1989 24 0 0 4.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 3 2 3 0 5 1 0 0 28 86 1.667 10.5 3.0 4.5 7.5 1.67 86
1990 25 14 7 .667 3.81 36 32 2 2 0 1 210.0 208 96 89 20 64 7 123 5 3 3 885 96 1.295 8.9 0.9 2.7 5.3 1.92 96
1991 26 26 18 .591 4.00 72 66 2 5 1 1 416.2 431 199 185 39 124 9 254 15 3 8 1775 90 1.332 9.3 0.8 2.7 5.5 2.05 90
1992 27 39 27 .591 3.95 104 98 2 8 2 1 606.1 625 295 266 52 169 15 361 19 3 8 2574 89 1.310 9.3 0.8 2.5 5.4 2.14 89
1993 28 61 34 .642 3.87 138 132 2 10 3 1 838.0 849 395 360 70 209 19 506 30 5 9 3516 94 1.263 9.1 0.8 2.2 5.4 2.42 94
1994 29 67 42 .615 3.83 163 157 2 10 3 1 997.1 1025 467 424 84 245 26 591 37 5 11 4192 96 1.273 9.2 0.8 2.2 5.3 2.41 96
1995 30 81 56 .591 3.90 193 187 2 14 3 1 1185.2 1233 562 514 106 302 31 717 43 6 13 5002 96 1.295 9.4 0.8 2.3 5.4 2.37 96
1996 31 92 68 .575 3.96 227 221 2 16 4 1 1408.1 1462 679 619 125 360 35 872 48 6 13 5936 98 1.294 9.3 0.8 2.3 5.6 2.42 98
1997 32 101 80 .558 4.03 257 251 2 18 4 1 1597.2 1702 785 715 145 390 36 1011 52 6 14 6764 99 1.309 9.6 0.8 2.2 5.7 2.59 99
1998 33 110 93 .542 4.21 289 283 2 18 4 1 1792.2 1932 916 838 164 436 37 1142 60 6 17 7618 97 1.321 9.7 0.8 2.2 5.7 2.62 97
1999 34 119 101 .541 4.31 319 308 3 18 4 1 1940.0 2116 1011 930 182 482 38 1238 63 6 21 8274 96 1.339 9.8 0.8 2.2 5.7 2.57 96
2000 35 129 107 .547 4.35 350 330 7 18 4 1 2074.1 2278 1090 1003 195 533 40 1348 67 6 23 8877 96 1.355 9.9 0.8 2.3 5.8 2.53 96
2001 36 141 119 .542 4.23 384 364 7 19 5 1 2293.2 2465 1173 1077 212 603 53 1535 73 7 28 9779 99 1.338 9.7 0.8 2.4 6.0 2.55 99
2002 37 154 127 .548 4.25 413 393 7 20 6 1 2466.2 2664 1266 1164 237 653 58 1659 81 8 30 10539 100 1.345 9.7 0.9 2.4 6.1 2.54 100
2003 38 166 136 .550 4.31 445 423 8 21 6 1 2648.1 2866 1374 1268 257 700 59 1766 90 8 33 11324 99 1.347 9.7 0.9 2.4 6.0 2.52 99

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1987 22 0 0 4.50 6.0 7 3 3 2 3 5 1 1.667 10.5 4.5 7.5 1.67 3.0 3
1990 25 10 11 .476 4.38 193.0 211 104 94 19 64 112 4 1.425 9.8 3.0 5.2 1.75 0.9 33
1991 26 8 13 .381 4.92 194.0 235 118 106 20 63 123 11 1.536 10.9 2.9 5.7 1.95 0.9 36
1992 27 7 12 .368 4.98 177.0 214 109 98 14 50 100 4 1.492 10.9 2.5 5.1 2.00 0.7 32
1993 28 12 12 .500 3.95 221.0 227 108 97 18 41 138 11 1.213 9.2 1.7 5.6 3.37 0.7 34
1994 29 12 11 .522 3.87 214.0 250 102 92 20 51 114 10 1.407 10.5 2.1 4.8 2.24 0.8 25
1995 30 10 12 .455 4.21 205.0 228 107 96 24 62 137 7 1.415 10.0 2.7 6.0 2.21 1.1 30
1996 31 12 12 .500 4.00 218.0 220 108 97 18 56 152 5 1.266 9.1 2.3 6.3 2.71 0.7 34
1997 32 9 11 .450 4.21 188.0 231 98 88 19 29 138 4 1.383 11.1 1.4 6.6 4.76 0.9 30
1998 33 8 13 .381 5.20 194.0 221 124 112 18 44 130 8 1.366 10.3 2.0 6.0 2.95 0.8 32
1999 34 6 10 .375 4.93 146.0 172 89 80 17 43 95 3 1.473 10.6 2.7 5.9 2.21 1.0 30
2000 35 6 8 .429 4.40 133.0 153 72 65 12 48 109 4 1.511 10.4 3.2 7.4 2.27 0.8 31
2001 36 16 8 .667 2.83 216.0 180 76 68 16 67 184 6 1.144 7.5 2.8 7.7 2.75 0.7 34
2002 37 8 10 .444 4.47 169.0 197 93 84 25 49 121 8 1.456 10.5 2.6 6.4 2.47 1.3 29
2003 38 7 12 .368 4.96 178.0 197 109 98 20 46 105 9 1.365 10.0 2.3 5.3 2.28 1.0 32
15 Seasons 131 155 .458 4.34 2652.0 2943 1420 1278 262 716 1763 95 1.380 10.0 6.0 2.46 0.9 445

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1993 *
2001 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1993-NL-24-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1993-NL--4--6%
0.06 Career Shares (194th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2001 NL--3.036--3rd

Wins s c a p y
1990 NL--14--7th
1993 NL--22--1st
1995 NL--14--5th
Career--166--190th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1990 NL--.667--4th
1993 NL--.759--4th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1993 NL--1.140--5th
2001 NL--1.172--8th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2001 NL--7.673--5th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 NL--1.554--3rd
1994 NL--2.034--9th
1997 AL--1.426--1st
1998 AL--2.123--7th
Career--2.379--222nd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1997 AL--6.607--10th
2002 AL--6.451--10th
Career--6.002--225th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1993 NL--231.7--8th
2001 NL--219.3--10th
Career--2648.3--197th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2001 NL--187--6th
Career--1766--88th

Games Started s c a p y
1991 NL--34--9th
1993 NL--34--7th
1994 NL--25--2nd
1995 NL--30--6th
2001 NL--34--4th
Career--423--94th

Complete Games s c a p y
1995 NL--4--5th

Shutouts s c a p y
1996 AL--1--6th
2001 NL--1--7th
2002 AL--1--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1991 NL--19--7th
1995 NL--22--6th
Career--257--84th

Hits s c a p y
1991 NL--223--7th
1993 NL--224--7th
1994 NL--176--4th
1995 NL--208--4th
1997 AL--240--6th
1998 AL--230--8th
Career--2866--146th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1993 NL--3.625--4th
1997 AL--4.633--1st
1998 AL--2.848--9th
Career--2.523--80th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2001 NL--.698--7th

Losses s c a p y
1995 NL--14--2nd
1997 AL--12--10th
Career--136--220th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1991 NL--96--5th
1995 NL--90--8th
1998 AL--123--1st
2003 AL--104--8th
Career--1268--90th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1991 NL--10--1st
1993 NL--11--2nd
1994 NL--7--6th
Career--90--86th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1993 NL--942--10th
1994 NL--676--10th
1995 NL--810--10th
Career--11324--162nd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2001 NL--147--3rd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (368), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 52 (483), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 22 (558), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Bill Gullickson (934)
  2. Scott Sanderson (934)
  3. Kevin Millwood (931)
  4. Rick Sutcliffe (925)
  5. Doug Drabek (924)
  6. Kevin Appier (919)
  7. Bob Forsch (919)
  8. Livan Hernandez (918)
  9. Jim Lonborg (914)
  10. Andy Benes (911)
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  1. Bob Muncrief (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mike Harkey (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Broaca (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. La Marr Hoyt (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kirk McCaskill (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bobby Jones (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Fred Hutchinson (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Chris Carpenter (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Charles Nagy (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Charles Nagy (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Charles Nagy (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Todd Stottlemyre (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Kevin Tapani (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Scott Sanderson (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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