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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
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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 CHW AL 19 P 2 2 7.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.35 1.00 .950 1.88 0.85
1979 CHW AL 20 P 6 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.98 0.82
1980 CHW AL 21 P 34 32 238.0 41 6 34 1 0 .976 0.0 0.0 1.51 1.18 .956 1.85 0.77 RoY-5
1981 CHW AL 22 P 24 23 156.2 9 0 8 1 0 .889 0.0 0.0 0.46 0.33 .967 1.98 0.81 AS,CYA-7
1982 CHW AL 23 P 28 28 169.1 18 2 14 2 0 .889 0.0 0.0 0.85 0.57 .961 1.80 0.73
1983 CHW AL 24 P 29 26 173.2 17 1 15 1 1 .941 0.0 0.0 0.83 0.55 .959 1.80 0.73
1984 CHW AL 25 P 34 16 117.0 21 2 17 2 0 .905 0.0 0.0 1.46 0.56 .962 1.79 0.70
1985 CHW AL 26 P 36 34 227.0 35 6 27 2 0 .943 0.0 0.0 1.31 0.92 .954 1.86 0.70 CYA-7
8 Seasons P 193 161 1094.1 143 17 117 9 1 .937 0.0 0.0 1.10 0.69 .958 1.85 0.74
8 Seasons TOT 193 161 1094.1 143 17 117 9 1 .937 0.0 0.0 1.10 0.69 .895 1.85 0.74

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--213th

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--237th

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 - 28 (844), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (789), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Jim Nash (970)
  2. Dontrelle Willis (968)
  3. Steve Busby (964)
  4. Jack Kralick (963)
  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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  1. Marcelino Lopez (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. John Candelaria (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ross Grimsley (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Gullickson (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Monbouquette (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tom Glavine (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft.

December 12, 1985: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Glen Braxton (minors) and Mike Soper (minors) to the New York Yankees for Joe Cowley and Ron Hassey.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Chicago White Sox$727,500
1986New York Yankees$750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,477,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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