Sean Burnett
Sean Richard Burnett
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 17, 1982 in Dunedin, FL
High School: Wellington (Wellington, FL)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed July 7, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 2004
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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
2004 21 PIT NL 5 5 .500 5.02 13 13 0 1 1 0 71.2 86 41 40 9 28 2 30 1 0 2 318 86 1.591 10.8 1.1 3.5 3.8 1.07
2008 25 PIT NL 1 1 .500 4.76 58 0 16 0 0 0 56.2 57 31 30 7 34 3 42 2 0 4 253 88 1.606 9.1 1.1 5.4 6.7 1.24
2009 26 TOT NL 2 3 .400 3.12 71 0 8 0 0 1 57.2 36 21 20 6 28 8 43 3 0 4 237 133 1.110 5.6 0.9 4.4 6.7 1.54
2009 26 PIT NL 1 2 .333 3.06 38 0 7 0 0 1 32.1 22 12 11 3 15 4 23 3 0 2 133 134 1.144 6.1 0.8 4.2 6.4 1.53
2009 26 WSN NL 1 1 .500 3.20 33 0 1 0 0 0 25.1 14 9 9 3 13 4 20 0 0 2 104 131 1.066 5.0 1.1 4.6 7.1 1.54
3 Seasons 8 9 .471 4.35 142 13 24 1 1 1 186.0 179 93 90 22 90 13 115 6 0 10 808 97 1.446 8.7 1.1 4.4 5.6 1.28
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .471 4.35 62 6 11 0 0 0 82 79 41 39 10 39 6 50 3 0 4 354 97 1.446 8.7 1.1 4.4 5.6 1.28
PIT (3 yrs) 7 8 .467 4.54 109 13 23 1 1 1 160.2 165 84 81 19 77 9 95 6 0 8 704 93 1.506 9.2 1.1 4.3 5.3 1.23
WSN (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.20 33 0 1 0 0 0 25.1 14 9 9 3 13 4 20 0 0 2 104 131 1.066 5.0 1.1 4.6 7.1 1.54

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
2004 21 PIT NL 13 318 286 41 86 11 0 9 7 3 28 30 .301 .364 .434 .797 .310 124 11 1 2 1 2
2008 25 PIT NL 58 253 210 31 57 15 0 7 5 3 34 42 .271 .373 .443 .816 .305 93 8 2 4 3 3
2009 26 PIT NL 38 133 110 12 22 5 1 3 4 0 15 23 .200 .310 .345 .656 .224 38 2 3 4 1 4
2009 26 TOT NL 71 237 199 21 36 7 1 6 7 1 28 43 .181 .290 .317 .607 .199 63 2 3 6 1 8
2009 26 WSN NL 33 104 89 9 14 2 0 3 3 1 13 20 .157 .265 .281 .546 .167 25 0 0 2 0 4
3 Seasons 142 808 695 93 179 33 1 22 19 7 90 115 .258 .345 .403 .748 .279 280 21 6 12 5 13
162 Game Avg. 62 354 305 41 79 14 0 10 8 3 39 50 .258 .345 .403 .748 .279 123 9 3 5 2 6
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2004 21 PIT NL 13 13 5 5 3 1 1 7 6 .538 2 0 1 1 5 38% 44 70 9 8 3 0 5 4.5 4.8 5.5 87 4 6 3 0 118
1 Season 13 13 5 5 3 1 1 7 6 .538 2 0 1 1 5 38% 44 70 9 8 3 0 5 4.5 4.8 5.5 87 4 6 3 0 118
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

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
2008 25 PIT NL 58 58 16 1 1 0 0 0 8 8 44 13 30% 7 0.677 14 11 32 15 8 35 24 34 14 21 16 17 2.9 17
2009 26 TOT NL 71 71 8 2 3 3 1 2 33% 15 11 51 8 16% 1.104 17 26 28 24 12 35 34 37 11 43 14 22 2.4 14
2009 26 PIT NL 38 38 7 1 2 2 1 1 50% 8 6 28 4 14% 6 1.259 9 13 16 12 6 20 18 20 6 21 6 12 2.6 14
2009 26 WSN NL 33 33 1 1 1 1 0 1 0% 7 5 23 4 17% 7 0.905 8 13 12 12 6 15 16 17 5 22 8 10 2.3 13
2 Seasons 129 129 24 3 4 3 1 2 33% 23 19 95 21 22% 0.883 31 37 60 39 20 70 58 71 25 64 30 39 2.7 15

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%
2004 21 PIT NL 318 75% 2.8% 9.4% 8.8% 6.3% 23% 1.31 1.75 78% 14% 8.7% 5% 64 11 17%
2008 25 PIT NL 253 67% 2.8% 16.6% 13.4% 8.7% 39% 0.91 1.54 65% 16% 8.5% 6% 68 8 12%
2009 26 TOT NL 237 53% 2.5% 18.1% 11.8% 5.9% 39% 0.97 1.29 64% 18% 9.1% 15% 48 2 4%
2009 26 PIT NL 133 55% 2.3% 17.3% 11.3% 6.8% 41% 0.74 1.00 64% 20% 7.1% 16% 33 2 6%
2009 26 WSN NL 104 50% 2.9% 19.2% 12.5% 4.8% 36% 1.39 1.84 63% 17% 12.5% 14% 15 0 0%
3 Seasons 808 66% 2.7% 14.2% 11.1% 6.9% 31% 1.09 1.54 70% 16% 8.8% 8% 180 21 12%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

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
2004 21 PIT NL 318 1129 3.55 682 60% 24% 14% 24% 38% 76% 1% 46% 82% 57% 6% 18 9 17% 53 23 2 10% 5 8 0 0 0
2008 25 PIT NL 253 966 3.82 553 57% 23% 19% 27% 32% 77% 3% 44% 76% 51% 7% 17 7 18% 46 22 5 7% 7 7 0 0 0
2009 26 TOT NL 237 978 4.13 560 57% 29% 16% 26% 29% 71% 6% 41% 78% 53% 5% 12 3 11% 26 12 1 30% 2 4 0 0 0
2009 26 PIT NL 133 548 4.12 318 58% 29% 15% 27% 29% 71% 7% 41% 78% 56% 5% 7 2 14% 18 9 1 35% 2 2 0 0 0
2009 26 WSN NL 104 430 4.13 242 56% 28% 17% 26% 29% 72% 6% 40% 76% 49% 5% 5 1 8% 8 3 0 25% 0 2 0 0 0
3 Seasons 808 3073 3.80 1795 58% 25% 16% 26% 33% 75% 3% 44% 79% 54% 6% 47 19 15% 125 57 8 17% 14 19 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
2004 21 PIT NL 318 86 11 1 9 0 5 8 1 2 7 14 7 1 50% 4 2 0 122 7 3 70% 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
2008 25 PIT NL 253 57 4 1 7 0 13 5 2 3 4 18 10 7 56% 2 4 0 118 5 3 63% 3 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 9 0
2009 26 TOT NL 237 36 2 1 6 0 8 3 3 2 4 22 9 2 41% 4 4 2 92 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 0
2009 26 PIT NL 133 22 1 1 3 0 5 1 2 1 2 12 4 1 33% 2 2 2 61 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2009 26 WSN NL 104 14 1 0 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 10 5 1 50% 2 2 0 31 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
3 Seasons 808 179 17 3 22 0 26 16 6 7 15 54 26 10 48% 10 10 2 332 19 7 73% 16 5 3 1 0 1 3 3 21 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2004 21 5 5 .500 5.02 13 13 0 1 1 0 71.2 86 41 40 9 28 2 30 1 0 2 318 86 1.591 10.8 1.1 3.5 3.8 1.07 86
2005 22 5 5 .500 5.02 13 13 0 1 1 0 71.2 86 41 40 9 28 2 30 1 0 2 318 86 1.591 10.8 1.1 3.5 3.8 1.07 86
2006 23 5 5 .500 5.02 13 13 0 1 1 0 71.2 86 41 40 9 28 2 30 1 0 2 318 86 1.591 10.8 1.1 3.5 3.8 1.07 86
2007 24 5 5 .500 5.02 13 13 0 1 1 0 71.2 86 41 40 9 28 2 30 1 0 2 318 86 1.591 10.8 1.1 3.5 3.8 1.07 86
2008 25 6 6 .500 4.91 71 13 16 1 1 0 128.1 143 72 70 16 62 5 72 3 0 6 571 87 1.597 10.0 1.1 4.3 5.0 1.16 87
2009 26 8 9 .471 4.35 142 13 24 1 1 1 186.0 179 93 90 22 90 13 115 6 0 10 808 97 1.446 8.7 1.1 4.4 5.6 1.28 97

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
2004 21 3 4 .429 4.96 69.0 83 42 38 9 27 29 1 1.594 10.8 3.5 3.8 1.07 1.2 13
2008 25 2 4 .333 4.83 54.0 56 32 29 7 33 40 2 1.648 9.3 5.5 6.7 1.21 1.2 58
2009 26 4 2 .667 3.21 56.0 37 22 20 6 29 42 3 1.179 5.9 4.7 6.8 1.45 1.0 71
3 Seasons 9 10 .474 4.37 179.0 176 96 87 22 89 111 6 1.480 8.8 5.6 1.25 1.1 142

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
2004 NL--1--9th

Youngest s c a p y
2004 NL--born 1982-09-17--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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