Britt Burns
Robert Britt Burns
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 218 lb.

Born: June 8, 1959 in Houston, TX
High School: Huffman (Birmingham, AL)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 1978
Final Game: September 30, 1985
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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
1978 19 CHW AL 0 2 .000 12.91 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 14 12 11 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 41 30 2.217 16.4 2.3 3.5 3.5 1.00
1979 20 CHW AL 0 0 5.40 6 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 10 5 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 26 79 2.200 18.0 1.8 1.8 3.6 2.00
1980 21 CHW AL 15 13 .536 2.84 34 32 1 11 1 0 238.0 213 83 75 17 63 2 133 4 4 1 970 143 1.160 8.1 0.6 2.4 5.0 2.11 RoY-5
1981 22 CHW AL 10 6 .625 2.64 24 23 0 5 1 0 156.2 139 52 46 14 49 1 108 6 1 1 651 136 1.200 8.0 0.8 2.8 6.2 2.20 AS,CYA-7
1982 23 CHW AL 13 5 .722 4.04 28 28 0 5 1 0 169.1 168 89 76 12 67 1 116 3 1 2 736 100 1.388 8.9 0.6 3.6 6.2 1.73
1983 24 CHW AL 10 11 .476 3.58 29 26 0 8 4 0 173.2 165 79 69 14 55 2 115 5 0 6 732 117 1.267 8.6 0.7 2.9 6.0 2.09
1984 25 CHW AL 4 12 .250 5.00 34 16 6 2 0 3 117.0 130 74 65 7 45 1 85 4 0 2 518 83 1.496 10.0 0.5 3.5 6.5 1.89
1985 26 CHW AL 18 11 .621 3.96 36 34 1 8 4 0 227.0 206 105 100 26 79 1 172 2 0 2 944 109 1.256 8.2 1.0 3.1 6.8 2.18 CYA-7
8 Seasons 70 60 .538 3.66 193 161 8 39 11 3 1094.1 1045 499 445 93 362 8 734 24 6 14 4618 111 1.286 8.6 0.8 3.0 6.0 2.03
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .538 3.66 37 31 2 7 2 1 210 201 96 85 18 70 2 141 5 1 3 887 111 1.286 8.6 0.8 3.0 6.0 2.03

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
1983 24 CHW AL ALCS L BAL 0 1 .000 0.96 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.1 6 1 1 1 5 0 8 1 0 0 38 1.179 5.8 1.0 4.8 7.7 1.60
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 0.96 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.1 6 1 1 1 5 0 8 1 0 0 38 1.179 5.8 1.0 4.8 7.7 1.60

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
1981 CHW AL 22

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
1978 19 CHW AL 2 41 37 12 14 3 0 2 0 0 3 3 .378 .425 .622 1.047 .375 23 0 0 1 0 0
1979 20 CHW AL 6 26 23 5 10 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 .435 .423 .652 1.075 .409 15 1 0 0 2 0
1980 21 CHW AL 34 970 883 83 213 31 6 17 19 12 63 133 .241 .293 .348 .641 .266 307 14 4 15 5 2
1981 22 CHW AL 24 651 585 52 139 22 1 14 16 6 49 108 .238 .300 .350 .651 .267 205 9 6 5 6 1
1982 23 CHW AL 28 736 654 89 168 34 9 12 11 6 67 116 .257 .328 .391 .719 .295 256 12 3 10 2 1
1983 24 CHW AL 29 732 663 79 165 26 9 14 15 8 55 115 .249 .310 .379 .688 .281 251 10 5 6 3 2
1984 25 CHW AL 34 519 464 74 130 19 4 7 11 5 45 85 .280 .347 .384 .731 .328 178 6 4 3 3 1
1985 26 CHW AL 36 944 852 105 206 36 5 26 17 8 79 172 .242 .306 .387 .693 .273 330 20 2 6 5 1
8 Seasons 193 4619 4161 499 1045 171 35 93 90 45 362 734 .251 .313 .376 .689 .283 1565 72 24 46 26 8
162 Game Avg. 37 887 799 96 201 33 7 18 17 9 70 141 .251 .313 .376 .689 .283 301 14 5 9 5 2
MLB Averages

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
1978 19 CHW AL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26 31 20 3 1 0 2 1.5 2.3 3.8
1980 21 CHW AL 34 32 14 13 5 2 6 15 16 .484 2 0 11 1 21 66% 58 86 7 23 6 5 12 3.1 3.0 7.3
1981 22 CHW AL 24 23 10 6 7 3 3 14 9 .609 0 2 5 1 14 61% 58 83 20 9 1 3 4 4.2 4.1 6.8
1982 23 CHW AL 28 28 13 5 10 3 1 20 8 .714 2 3 5 1 15 54% 50 86 16 23 11 2 12 5.3 5.7 6.0
1983 24 CHW AL 29 26 9 11 6 1 3 9 17 .346 3 2 8 4 13 50% 53 93 23 26 10 1 5 3.6 3.5 6.4
1984 25 CHW AL 34 16 3 10 3 1 3 6 10 .375 0 3 2 0 6 38% 46 79 19 28 13 1 4 3.7 3.1 5.5
1985 26 CHW AL 36 34 17 11 6 6 3 21 13 .618 2 1 8 4 17 50% 54 89 21 16 8 6 6 5.2 5.6 6.6
7 Seasons 187 161 66 58 37 16 19 85 75 .531 9 11 39 11 86 53% 53 93 7 128 50 18 45 4.2 4.3 6.5
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
1979 20 CHW AL 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 11 6 55% 5 1.081 2 1 3 1 1 4 6 0 2 4 2 0 2.5
1980 21 CHW AL 34 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 5 1.055 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1981 22 CHW AL 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.067 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1983 24 CHW AL 29 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 3 60% 4 1.034 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 6.3
1984 25 CHW AL 34 18 6 1 2 5 3 2 60% 7 1 18 6 33% 8 0.982 9 1 8 7 2 9 12 6 10 4 11 5 4.7
1985 26 CHW AL 36 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 0.936 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.5
6 Seasons 163 32 8 4 2 6 3 3 50% 10 3 39 18 46% 1.014 16 4 12 11 7 14 22 10 16 9 18 5 4.6

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%
1978 19 CHW AL 41 51% 4.9% 7.3% 7.3% 12.2% 36% 1.50 78% 10 0 0%
1979 20 CHW AL 26 62% 3.9% 7.7% 3.9% 7.7% 20% 1.17 85% 5 1 20%
1980 21 CHW AL 970 76% 1.8% 13.7% 6.5% 5.6% 25% 0.87 76% 163 14 9%
1981 22 CHW AL 651 82% 2.2% 16.6% 7.5% 5.7% 27% 0.71 72% 109 9 8%
1982 23 CHW AL 736 82% 1.6% 15.8% 9.1% 7.5% 33% 0.75 72% 131 12 9%
1983 24 CHW AL 732 85% 1.9% 15.7% 7.5% 6.7% 30% 0.87 73% 112 10 9%
1984 25 CHW AL 519 81% 1.4% 16.4% 8.7% 5.8% 23% 0.69 72% 86 6 7%
1985 26 CHW AL 944 82% 2.8% 18.2% 8.4% 7.1% 33% 0.99 70% 165 20 12%
8 Seasons 4619 81% 2.0% 15.9% 7.8% 6.5% 29% 0.83 73% 781 72 9%
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
1978 19 CHW AL 41 14 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 20 CHW AL 26 10 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 5 4 0 80% 2 0 0 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1980 21 CHW AL 970 213 17 0 13 13 4 7 10 42 22 6 52% 8 1 3 334 19 12 61% 17 10 1 1 1 1 2 2 16 0
1981 22 CHW AL 651 139 14 0 9 14 0 3 11 22 12 3 55% 7 1 1 244 16 6 73% 15 4 1 2 0 0 3 2 10 0
1982 23 CHW AL 736 168 12 0 13 10 2 6 6 32 18 7 56% 11 2 2 274 11 6 65% 7 6 4 0 0 0 3 3 12 0
1983 24 CHW AL 732 165 14 0 12 12 2 6 8 37 16 8 43% 9 6 0 238 15 8 65% 12 8 3 0 0 0 4 4 10 0
1984 25 CHW AL 519 130 7 0 7 7 0 3 4 20 14 3 70% 9 2 0 200 11 5 69% 9 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
1985 26 CHW AL 944 206 26 1 12 20 6 13 13 28 16 3 57% 9 2 2 323 17 8 68% 15 7 1 0 1 1 1 1 12 0
8 Seasons 4619 1045 93 1 69 79 14 38 55 188 104 30 55% 56 14 8 1640 90 45 67% 76 40 11 3 3 2 14 12 67 0
MLB Averages

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+
1978 19 0 2 .000 12.91 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 14 12 11 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 41 30 2.217 16.4 2.3 3.5 3.5 1.00 30
1979 20 0 2 .000 9.95 8 2 0 0 0 0 12.2 24 17 14 3 4 0 5 0 0 0 67 40 2.211 17.1 2.1 2.8 3.6 1.25 40
1980 21 15 15 .500 3.20 42 34 1 11 1 0 250.2 237 100 89 20 67 2 138 4 4 1 1037 126 1.213 8.5 0.7 2.4 5.0 2.06 126
1981 22 25 21 .543 2.98 66 57 1 16 2 0 407.1 376 152 135 34 116 3 246 10 5 2 1688 130 1.208 8.3 0.8 2.6 5.4 2.12 130
1982 23 38 26 .594 3.29 94 85 1 21 3 0 576.2 544 241 211 46 183 4 362 13 6 4 2424 119 1.261 8.5 0.7 2.9 5.6 1.98 119
1983 24 48 37 .565 3.36 123 111 1 29 7 0 750.1 709 320 280 60 238 6 477 18 6 10 3156 119 1.262 8.5 0.7 2.9 5.7 2.00 119
1984 25 52 49 .515 3.58 157 127 7 31 7 3 867.1 839 394 345 67 283 7 562 22 6 12 3674 112 1.294 8.7 0.7 2.9 5.8 1.99 112
1985 26 70 60 .538 3.66 193 161 8 39 11 3 1094.1 1045 499 445 93 362 8 734 24 6 14 4618 111 1.286 8.6 0.8 3.0 6.0 2.03 111

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
1978 19 0 0 13.50 8.0 15 13 12 2 3 3 0 2.250 16.9 3.4 3.4 1.00 2.3 2
1979 20 0 0 5.40 5.0 10 3 3 1 1 2 0 2.200 18.0 1.8 3.6 2.00 1.8 6
1980 21 15 10 .600 3.13 227.0 219 88 79 17 65 127 4 1.251 8.7 2.6 5.0 1.95 0.7 34
1981 22 14 10 .583 3.32 222.0 229 91 82 23 81 153 10 1.396 9.3 3.3 6.2 1.89 0.9 24
1982 23 8 10 .444 4.42 163.0 174 89 80 12 69 112 3 1.491 9.6 3.8 6.2 1.62 0.7 28
1983 24 10 8 .556 3.75 168.0 167 78 70 14 56 111 5 1.327 8.9 3.0 5.9 1.98 0.8 29
1984 25 4 8 .333 5.26 113.0 131 73 66 7 45 82 4 1.558 10.4 3.6 6.5 1.82 0.6 34
1985 26 12 12 .500 4.11 219.0 207 111 100 26 79 166 2 1.306 8.5 3.2 6.8 2.10 1.1 36
8 Seasons 63 58 .521 3.94 1125.0 1152 546 492 102 399 756 28 1.379 9.2 6.0 1.89 0.8 193

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1981

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1981-AL--7--1%
1985-AL--7--1%
0.02 Career Shares (236th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1980 AL--2.836--3rd
1981 AL--2.643--6th

Wins s c a p y
1985 AL--18--3rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1982 AL--.722--3rd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1980 AL--1.160--3rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 AL--8.055--8th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 AL--6.204--5th
1982 AL--6.165--7th
1983 AL--5.960--9th
1985 AL--6.819--3rd
Career--6.037--219th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1981 AL--108--2nd
1985 AL--172--6th

Games Started s c a p y
1981 AL--23--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1983 AL--4--2nd
1985 AL--4--2nd

Home Runs s c a p y
1981 AL--14--6th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1980 AL--2.111--10th
1981 AL--2.204--8th
1983 AL--2.091--8th
1985 AL--2.177--8th
Career--2.028--242nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 AL--6--4th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1980 AL--143--3rd
1981 AL--136--5th
1983 AL--117--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1978 AL--born 1959-06-08--4th
1979 AL--born 1959-06-08--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 15 (959), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (792), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Ray Washburn (961)
  6. Jack Harshman (959)
  7. Vern Bickford (956)
  8. David Palmer (954)
  9. Wally Bunker (953)
  10. Cy Blanton (951)
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