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Tim Burke

Timothy Philip Burke

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 19, 1959 in Omaha, NE
School: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1985
Teams (by GP): Expos/Mets/Yankees 1985-1992
Agents: Adam Katz [*]
Final Game: September 22, 1992
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

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
1985 26 MON NL 9 4 .692 2.39 78 0 31 0 0 8 120.1 86 32 32 9 44 14 87 7 0 7 483 143 1.080 6.4 0.7 3.3 6.5 1.98
1986 27 MON NL 9 7 .563 2.93 68 2 25 0 0 4 101.1 103 37 33 7 46 13 82 4 0 4 451 128 1.470 9.1 0.6 4.1 7.3 1.78
1987 28 MON NL 7 0 1.000 1.19 55 0 30 0 0 18 91.0 64 18 12 3 17 6 58 0 0 2 354 356 0.890 6.3 0.3 1.7 5.7 3.41
1988 29 MON NL 3 5 .375 3.40 61 0 39 0 0 18 82.0 84 36 31 7 25 13 42 3 1 3 350 106 1.329 9.2 0.8 2.7 4.6 1.68
1989 30 MON NL 9 3 .750 2.55 68 0 52 0 0 28 84.2 68 24 24 6 22 7 54 0 0 1 333 139 1.063 7.2 0.6 2.3 5.7 2.45 AS
1990 31 MON NL 3 3 .500 2.52 58 0 35 0 0 20 75.0 71 29 21 6 21 6 47 2 1 1 316 145 1.227 8.5 0.7 2.5 5.6 2.24
1991 32 TOT NL 6 7 .462 3.36 72 0 31 0 0 6 101.2 96 46 38 8 26 8 59 4 0 3 421 109 1.200 8.5 0.7 2.3 5.2 2.27
1991 32 MON NL 3 4 .429 4.11 37 0 16 0 0 5 46.0 41 24 21 3 14 6 25 4 0 1 190 90 1.196 8.0 0.6 2.7 4.9 1.79
1991 32 NYM NL 3 3 .500 2.75 35 0 15 0 0 1 55.2 55 22 17 5 12 2 34 0 0 2 231 134 1.204 8.9 0.8 1.9 5.5 2.83
1992 33 TOT MLB 3 4 .429 4.15 38 0 19 0 0 0 43.1 52 29 20 3 18 4 15 1 0 4 198 92 1.615 10.8 0.6 3.7 3.1 0.83
1992 33 NYM NL 1 2 .333 5.74 15 0 9 0 0 0 15.2 26 15 10 1 3 0 7 0 0 2 76 63 1.851 14.9 0.6 1.7 4.0 2.33
1992 33 NYY AL 2 2 .500 3.25 23 0 10 0 0 0 27.2 26 14 10 2 15 4 8 1 0 2 122 122 1.482 8.5 0.7 4.9 2.6 0.53
8 Yrs 49 33 .598 2.72 498 2 262 0 0 102 699.1 624 251 211 49 219 71 444 21 2 25 2906 136 1.205 8.0 0.6 2.8 5.7 2.03
162 Game Avg. 7 4 .598 2.72 68 0 36 0 0 14 95 85 34 29 7 30 10 60 3 0 3 395 136 1.205 8.0 0.6 2.8 5.7 2.03
MON (7 yrs) 43 26 .623 2.61 425 2 228 0 0 101 600.1 517 200 174 41 189 65 395 20 2 19 2477 142 1.176 7.8 0.6 2.8 5.9 2.09
NYM (2 yrs) 4 5 .444 3.41 50 0 24 0 0 1 71.1 81 37 27 6 15 2 41 0 0 4 307 108 1.346 10.2 0.8 1.9 5.2 2.73
NYY (1 yr) 2 2 .500 3.25 23 0 10 0 0 0 27.2 26 14 10 2 15 4 8 1 0 2 122 122 1.482 8.5 0.7 4.9 2.6 0.53
NL (8 yrs) 47 31 .603 2.69 475 2 252 0 0 102 671.2 598 237 201 47 204 67 436 20 2 23 2784 137 1.194 8.0 0.6 2.7 5.8 2.14
AL (1 yr) 2 2 .500 3.25 23 0 10 0 0 0 27.2 26 14 10 2 15 4 8 1 0 2 122 122 1.482 8.5 0.7 4.9 2.6 0.53

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1985 26 MON NL 120.1 78 0 32 2.39 4.07 0.04 -0.32 96.2 3.57 15 1.7 1.3 0.0 2.8 27 .522 .510 $
1986 27 MON NL 101.1 68 2 37 3.29 4.23 -0.11 -0.27 99.8 4.07 8 0.9 1.5 0.0 1.8 19 .514 .506 $160,000
1987 28 MON NL 91.0 55 0 18 1.78 4.56 -0.11 -0.35 102.5 4.43 26 2.8 1.6 0.7 4.2 36 .551 .517 $210,000
1988 29 MON NL 82.0 61 0 36 3.95 3.99 0.26 -0.32 104.3 3.56 -4 -0.5 2.1 -0.4 -0.1 4 .493 .497 $625,000
1989 30 MON NL 84.2 68 0 24 2.55 3.96 -0.17 -0.31 100.4 3.84 12 1.4 1.8 0.3 2.4 20 .521 .509 $740,000 AS
1990 31 MON NL 75.0 58 0 29 3.48 4.28 -0.13 -0.33 96.8 3.95 3 0.3 1.9 -0.0 0.8 11 .505 .502 $1,600,000
1991 32 MON NL 46.0 37 0 24 4.70 4.16 0.07 -0.32 99.5 3.75 -5 -0.6 2.1 -0.4 -0.6 -1 .485 .497 $
1991 32 NYM NL 55.2 35 0 22 3.56 4.25 -0.42 -0.33 100.2 4.36 5 0.5 .9 -0.1 0.8 10 .515 .503 $
1992 33 NYM NL 15.2 15 0 15 8.62 3.93 -0.41 -0.30 99.2 4.00 -8 -0.9 .5 0.2 -0.6 -7 .440 .494 $2,266,667
1992 33 NYY AL 27.2 23 0 14 4.55 4.26 -0.11 -0.33 99.2 4.01 -2 -0.2 .8 -0.1 0.0 1 .492 .499 $
8 Seasons 699.1 498 2 251 3.23 4.18 -0.07 -0.32 99.8 3.93 49 5.5 1.6 0.3 11.5 120 .511 .503 $5,601,667
MON (7 yrs) 600.1 425 2 200 3.00 4.18 -0.03 -0.31 99.8 3.88 55 6.1 1.7 0.3 11.3 116 .514 .505 $3,335,000
NYM (2 yrs) 71.1 50 0 37 4.67 4.18 -0.42 -0.32 99.9 4.28 -4 -0.4 .8 0.1 0.2 3 .492 .499 $2,266,667
NYY (1 yr) 27.2 23 0 14 4.55 4.26 -0.11 -0.33 99.2 4.01 -2 -0.2 .8 -0.1 0.0 1 .492 .499 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1989 MON NL 30 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 4.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1985 26 MON NL 78 483 421 32 86 17 0 9 16 8 44 87 .204 .288 .309 .597 .235 130 11 7 8 3 14 5
1986 27 MON NL 68 451 393 37 103 19 1 7 13 2 46 82 .262 .344 .369 .713 .314 145 7 4 6 2 13 7
1987 28 MON NL 55 352 327 18 64 8 1 3 6 3 17 58 .196 .234 .254 .488 .228 83 7 0 8 2 6 11
1988 29 MON NL 61 350 309 36 84 13 2 7 14 2 25 42 .272 .327 .395 .722 .291 122 8 3 8 5 13 5
1989 30 MON NL 68 333 302 24 68 10 1 6 8 1 22 54 .225 .274 .325 .598 .251 98 6 0 4 5 7 1
1990 31 MON NL 58 316 287 29 71 8 1 6 4 1 21 47 .247 .300 .345 .645 .274 99 7 2 3 3 6 6
1991 32 MON NL 37 190 169 24 41 7 2 3 7 1 14 25 .243 .314 .361 .675 .268 61 8 4 2 1 6 3
1991 32 NYM NL 35 231 216 22 55 9 1 5 1 0 12 34 .255 .291 .375 .666 .279 81 6 0 1 2 2 4
1991 32 TOT NL 72 421 385 46 96 16 3 8 8 1 26 59 .249 .301 .369 .670 .274 142 14 4 3 3 8 7
1992 33 NYM NL 15 76 70 15 26 3 1 1 1 0 3 7 .371 .392 .486 .878 .397 34 1 0 1 1 0 4
1992 33 NYY AL 23 122 104 14 26 11 0 2 4 1 15 8 .250 .350 .413 .763 .255 43 2 1 2 0 4 2
1992 33 TOT MLB 38 198 174 29 52 14 1 3 5 1 18 15 .299 .366 .443 .809 .312 77 3 1 3 1 4 6
8 Yrs 498 2904 2598 251 624 105 10 49 74 19 219 444 .240 .302 .345 .647 .270 896 63 21 43 24 71 48
162 Game Avg. 68 395 353 34 85 14 1 7 10 3 30 60 .240 .302 .345 .647 .270 122 9 3 6 3 10 7
MLB Averages .257 .324 .388 .711 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1985 26 MON NL 16.6 1.8 512 3.4 10.7 -7.3 1.20 1.7 1.1 21.7 2.4 1.20 17.8 34 16 25
1986 27 MON NL 9.1 1.0 471 -1.0 11.5 -12.5 1.58 -0.4 -0.2 -0.9 -0.1 1.58 -4.3 37 11 18
1987 28 MON NL 27.8 2.8 365 5.0 11.1 -6.1 1.60 2.3 0.9 21.6 2.2 1.59 26.6 28 11 16
1988 29 MON NL 1.3 0.1 372 -0.1 10.6 -10.8 1.85 -0.2 0.2 -3.6 -0.4 1.85 -3.1 36 8 17
1989 30 MON NL 10.7 1.2 343 2.1 11.6 -9.4 1.89 1.4 -0.3 12.7 1.4 1.89 12.0 38 12 17
1990 31 MON NL 7.3 0.8 325 0.3 9.2 -8.9 1.68 0.1 0.1 3.6 0.4 1.68 1.1 35 16 5
1991 32 TOT NL 2.0 0.2 434 -0.1 9.8 -9.9 1.33 0.3 -0.4 5.9 0.6 1.34 4.9 27 11 31
1991 32 MON NL -2.4 -0.3 199 -0.2 6.1 -6.2 1.79 0.2 -0.3 2.3 0.2 1.79 2.3 17 7 13
1991 32 NYM NL 4.4 0.5 235 0.1 3.7 -3.6 .95 0.2 -0.1 3.6 0.4 0.95 2.6 10 4 18
1992 33 TOT MLB -4.7 -0.5 209 -0.7 2.3 -3.0 .89 -0.9 0.1 -8.9 -0.9 0.89 -7.6 7 6 23
1992 33 NYM NL -5.6 -0.6 79 -1.0 0.3 -1.2 .47 -0.7 -1.3 -9.0 -0.9 0.47 -6.8 3 1 9
1992 33 NYY AL 0.9 0.1 130 0.3 2.1 -1.8 1.15 -0.2 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.15 -0.8 4 5 14
8 Yrs 70.0 7.3 3031 8.9 76.8 -67.9 1.51 4.3 1.6 52.1 5.5 1.51 47.5 242 91 152

Starting Pitching*

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
1986 27 MON NL 68 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 1 50% 63.0 68 58 20 2 1 1 3.7 5.7 6.0
1 Yr 68 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 1 50% 63 68 58 20 2 1 1 3.7 5.7 6.0
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.3 4.3 6.2 95

Reliever Pitching*

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
1985 26 MON NL 78 78 31 9 4 9 8 1 89% 23 13 60 16 27% 8 1.197 34 16 25 25 21 32 35 43 44 18 44 27 4.6
1986 27 MON NL 68 66 25 8 7 10 4 6 40% 23 13 21 9 43% 7 1.582 37 11 18 27 20 19 14 52 30 16 32 21 4.1
1987 28 MON NL 55 55 30 7 0 22 18 4 82% 27 5 28 15 54% 8 1.599 28 11 16 32 9 14 18 37 36 7 37 6 5.0
1988 29 MON NL 61 61 39 3 5 24 18 6 75% 25 1 38 14 37% 9 1.845 36 8 17 29 14 18 25 36 27 13 29 14 4.0 18
1989 30 MON NL 68 68 52 9 3 39 28 11 72% 39 0 37 14 38% 9 1.893 38 12 17 48 9 11 20 48 23 13 23 21 3.7 17
1990 31 MON NL 58 58 35 3 3 25 20 5 80% 32 6 48 13 27% 8 1.684 35 16 5 35 14 9 29 29 26 15 29 16 3.9 20
1991 32 TOT NL 72 72 31 6 7 16 6 10 38% 26 10 39 12 31% 1.329 27 11 31 35 10 27 21 51 36 15 37 15 4.2 20
1991 32 MON NL 37 37 16 3 4 12 5 7 42% 18 6 32 7 22% 8 1.789 17 7 13 21 5 11 16 21 14 13 15 8 3.7 18
1991 32 NYM NL 35 35 15 3 3 4 1 3 25% 8 4 7 5 71% 8 .950 10 4 18 14 5 16 5 30 22 2 22 7 4.8 22
1992 33 TOT MLB 38 38 19 3 4 2 0 2 0% 7 4 21 6 29% .889 7 6 23 12 3 23 15 23 13 11 13 4 3.4 18
1992 33 NYM NL 15 15 9 1 2 2 0 2 0% 4 1 5 3 60% 8 .467 3 1 9 7 0 8 3 12 3 4 3 2 3.1 16
1992 33 NYY AL 23 23 10 2 2 0 0 0 3 3 16 3 19% 8 1.152 4 5 14 5 3 15 12 11 10 7 10 2 3.6 19
8 Yrs 498 496 262 48 33 147 102 45 69% 202 52 292 99 34% 1.515 242 91 152 243 100 153 177 319 235 108 244 124 4.2 18

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1985 26 MON NL 483 54% 1.9% 18.0% 9.1% 5.4% 30% 1.72 68% 86 11 13%
1986 27 MON NL 451 47% 1.6% 18.2% 10.2% 6.0% 26% 1.28 68% 96 7 7%
1987 28 MON NL 354 46% 0.9% 16.5% 4.8% 3.4% 19% 1.59 76% 66 7 11%
1988 29 MON NL 350 51% 2.0% 12.0% 7.1% 6.3% 26% 0.79 1.02 76% 19% 8.8% 46% 59 8 14%
1989 30 MON NL 333 47% 1.8% 16.2% 6.6% 5.1% 25% 1.03 1.28 74% 15% 6.7% 27% 65 6 9%
1990 31 MON NL 316 50% 1.9% 14.9% 6.7% 4.8% 21% 0.95 1.33 75% 19% 6.7% 28% 60 7 12%
1991 32 TOT NL 421 50% 1.9% 14.0% 6.2% 6.4% 28% 1.03 1.47 76% 18% 6.0% 17% 92 14 15%
1991 32 MON NL 190 57% 1.6% 13.2% 7.4% 6.3% 29% 1.06 1.67 75% 19% 5.1% 14% 39 8 21%
1991 32 NYM NL 231 45% 2.2% 14.7% 5.2% 6.5% 27% 1.01 1.33 77% 18% 6.8% 19% 53 6 11%
1992 33 TOT MLB 198 56% 1.5% 7.6% 9.1% 9.1% 35% 1.12 1.57 79% 20% 4.6% 13% 32 3 9%
1992 33 NYM NL 76 46% 1.3% 9.2% 4.0% 6.6% 19% 1.06 1.35 83% 25% 3.8% 16% 15 1 7%
1992 33 NYY AL 122 62% 1.6% 6.6% 12.3% 10.7% 50% 1.16 1.70 77% 16% 5.1% 11% 17 2 12%
8 Yrs 2906 50% 1.7% 15.3% 7.5% 5.7% 26% 0.97 1.40 73% 18% 6.6% 28% 556 63 11%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 14.9% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.2% 22% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
1988 29 MON NL 309 1003 3.25 633 63% 22% 16% 23% 39% 78% 9% 49% 79% 61% 5% 15 4 18% 56 27 2 37% 7 2 41 1 0
1989 30 MON NL 334 1132 3.39 744 66% 23% 18% 24% 35% 77% 6% 50% 76% 64% 5% 18 10 20% 67 28 5 28% 10 2 -1 4 4
1990 31 MON NL 262 935 3.57 591 63% 22% 15% 28% 36% 78% 6% 49% 81% 58% 6% 15 8 16% 42 18 2 36% 4 2 54 2 1
1991 32 TOT NL 421 1433 3.40 921 64% 23% 17% 25% 36% 77% 6% 50% 79% 59% 5% 19 7 19% 82 34 3 27% 14 4 0 0 0
1991 32 MON NL 190 648 3.41 416 64% 23% 16% 25% 35% 77% 9% 49% 79% 58% 6% 11 3 19% 37 14 0 28% 5 2 0 0 0
1991 32 NYM NL 231 785 3.40 505 64% 22% 17% 24% 37% 78% 3% 50% 78% 59% 3% 8 4 19% 45 20 3 26% 9 2 0 0 0
1992 33 TOT MLB 198 679 3.43 432 64% 16% 16% 30% 38% 84% 4% 53% 81% 61% 5% 9 1 18% 36 17 0 13% 3 4 0 0 0
1992 33 NYM NL 76 239 3.14 165 69% 12% 17% 32% 40% 88% 0% 61% 81% 67% 3% 2 1 17% 13 6 0 0% 0 1 0 0 0
1992 33 NYY AL 122 440 3.61 267 61% 19% 15% 29% 37% 81% 6% 49% 81% 57% 6% 7 0 19% 23 11 0 25% 3 3 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1524 5182 3.40 3321 64% 22% 16% 25% 36% 78% 6% 50% 79% 61% 5% 76 30 19% 283 124 12 30% 38 14 94 7 5
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1985 26 MON NL 483 86 9 1 22 6 3 4 5 30 13 8 43% 5 7 3 186 16 8 67% 13 6 3 1 0 1 0 0 13 0
1986 27 MON NL 451 103 7 0 18 2 5 3 4 29 14 5 48% 7 4 1 186 13 2 87% 12 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
1987 28 MON NL 352 64 3 0 11 1 2 1 2 22 12 5 55% 11 2 0 128 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
1988 29 MON NL 350 84 10 1 7 0 11 2 5 5 2 24 15 3 63% 5 3 0 138 14 2 88% 14 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 14 0
1989 30 MON NL 333 68 7 0 6 0 10 1 5 5 1 28 12 4 43% 1 1 0 121 8 1 89% 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1990 31 MON NL 316 71 6 0 6 0 11 3 3 5 1 18 8 1 44% 6 1 1 138 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1991 32 TOT NL 421 96 34 2 8 0 21 6 2 3 5 32 17 4 53% 7 3 0 152 8 1 89% 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 0
1991 32 MON NL 190 41 15 1 3 0 14 2 1 1 2 14 5 2 36% 3 1 0 71 7 1 88% 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1991 32 NYM NL 231 55 19 1 5 0 7 4 1 2 3 18 12 2 67% 4 2 0 81 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1992 33 TOT MLB 198 52 16 0 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 16 9 0 56% 6 4 0 88 5 1 83% 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 9 0
1992 33 NYM NL 76 26 9 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 7 5 0 71% 4 2 0 32 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1992 33 NYY AL 122 26 7 0 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 9 4 0 44% 2 2 0 56 4 1 80% 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0
8 Yrs 2904 624 73 3 49 1 110 24 25 27 22 199 100 30 50% 48 25 5 1137 74 19 80% 66 15 8 1 0 3 8 1 74 2
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1985 26 9 4 .692 2.39 78 0 31 0 0 8 120.1 86 32 32 9 44 14 87 7 0 7 483 143 1.080 6.4 0.7 3.3 6.5 1.98 143
1986 27 18 11 .621 2.64 146 2 56 0 0 12 221.2 189 69 65 16 90 27 169 11 0 11 934 135 1.259 7.7 0.6 3.7 6.9 1.88 135
1987 28 25 11 .694 2.22 201 2 86 0 0 30 312.2 253 87 77 19 107 33 227 11 0 13 1288 170 1.151 7.3 0.5 3.1 6.5 2.12 170
1988 29 28 16 .636 2.46 262 2 125 0 0 48 394.2 337 123 108 26 132 46 269 14 1 16 1638 151 1.188 7.7 0.6 3.0 6.1 2.04 151
1989 30 37 19 .661 2.48 330 2 177 0 0 76 479.1 405 147 132 32 154 53 323 14 1 17 1971 149 1.166 7.6 0.6 2.9 6.1 2.10 149
1990 31 40 22 .645 2.48 388 2 212 0 0 96 554.1 476 176 153 38 175 59 370 16 2 18 2287 149 1.174 7.7 0.6 2.8 6.0 2.11 149
1991 32 46 29 .613 2.62 460 2 243 0 0 102 656.0 572 222 191 46 201 67 429 20 2 21 2708 141 1.178 7.8 0.6 2.8 5.9 2.13 141
1992 33 49 33 .598 2.72 498 2 262 0 0 102 699.1 624 251 211 49 219 71 444 21 2 25 2906 136 1.205 8.0 0.6 2.8 5.7 2.03 136

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1985 26 8 4 .667 2.97 112.0 92 41 37 10 47 81 7 1.241 7.4 3.8 6.5 1.72 0.8 78
1986 27 6 4 .600 3.21 98.0 106 39 35 7 47 79 4 1.561 9.7 4.3 7.3 1.68 0.6 68
1987 28 9 1 .900 1.08 92.0 62 12 11 3 16 59 0 0.848 6.1 1.6 5.8 3.69 0.3 55
1988 29 4 4 .500 3.92 78.0 88 38 34 7 26 40 3 1.462 10.2 3.0 4.6 1.54 0.8 61
1989 30 5 3 .625 2.93 80.0 71 29 26 6 23 51 0 1.175 8.0 2.6 5.7 2.22 0.7 68
1990 31 5 3 .625 2.84 73.0 74 26 23 6 22 46 2 1.315 9.1 2.7 5.7 2.09 0.7 58
1991 32 5 5 .500 3.80 97.0 100 46 41 8 27 56 4 1.309 9.3 2.5 5.2 2.07 0.7 72
1992 33 2 2 .500 4.83 41.0 55 24 22 3 19 14 1 1.805 12.1 4.2 3.1 0.74 0.7 38
8 Yrs 44 26 .629 3.07 671.0 648 255 229 50 227 426 21 1.304 8.7 5.7 1.88 0.7 498

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1989 *

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1987 NL  4.2 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1985 NL  78 (1st)
1986 NL  68 (8th)
1989 NL  68 (10th)
1991 NL  72 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1987 NL  18 (8th)
1988 NL  18 (9th)
1989 NL  28 (4th)
1990 NL  20 (7th)
Career  102 (120th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1985 NL  7 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1988 NL  39 (9th)
1989 NL  52 (6th)
1990 NL  35 (10th)
Career  262 (156th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1985 NL  17 (10th)
1987 NL  28 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1985 NL  1.8 (10th)
1987 NL  2.9 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1985 NL  21.74 (7th)
1987 NL  21.58 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1985 NL  3.4 (9th)
1987 NL  5.0 (1st)
Career  8.9 (224th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1987 NL  2.3 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1985 NL  2.4 (8th)
1987 NL  2.2 (8th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 16 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 22 (261), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Timothy Philip Tim Burke

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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