Mike Burns

Michael John Burns

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 14, 1978 in Westminster, CA
School: California State University Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 30th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 2005
Teams (by GP): Astros/Brewers/Reds/RedSox 2005-2009

Final Game: September 22, 2009
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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
2000	21	HOU-min	Rk	2	7	.222	4.52	12	12	0	0	0	0	65.2	75	52	33	12	9	0	51	4	1	2	286		1.279	10.3	1.6	1.2	7.0	5.67	MTV · APPY
2001	22	HOU-min	A	7	7	.500	3.95	29	21	3	1	0	1	132.0	131	67	58	10	27	0	108	13	1	0	552		1.197	8.9	0.7	1.8	7.4	4.00	BTC · MIDW
2002	23	HOU-min	A	14	9	.609	2.49	28	28	0	3	2	0	181.0	146	59	50	12	29	1	126	7	2	8	714		0.967	7.3	0.6	1.4	6.3	4.34	BTC · MIDW
2003	24	HOU-min	AA	2	13	.133	6.13	38	14	9	0	0	0	105.2	129	80	72	15	30	3	89	4	2	4	477		1.505	11.0	1.3	2.6	7.6	2.97	RRK · TL
2004	25	HOU-min	AA	11	3	.786	1.67	56	0	35	0	0	9	80.2	63	18	15	1	15	3	94	4	0	1	321		0.967	7.0	0.1	1.7	10.5	6.27	RRK · TL
2005	26	HOU-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.10	25	0	24	0	0	13	30.0	22	7	7	4	4	0	34	0	0	2	115		0.867	6.6	1.2	1.2	10.2	8.50	RRK · PCL
2005	26	HOU	NL	0	0		4.94	27	0	10	0	0	0	31.0	29	18	17	6	8	1	20	5	0	1	136	87	1.194	8.4	1.7	2.3	5.8	2.50
2006	27	CIN-min	AAA	6	1	.857	1.75	40	2	7	0	0	0	56.2	47	11	11	3	12	0	52	2	0	1	225		1.041	7.5	0.5	1.9	8.3	4.33	LOU · IL
2006	27	TOT	MLB	0	0		7.29	18	0	6	0	0	0	21.0	40	17	17	2	4	2	16	2	0	1	104	67	2.095	17.1	0.9	1.7	6.9	4.00
2006	27	CIN	NL	0	0		8.78	11	0	2	0	0	0	13.1	30	13	13	2	3	1	9	2	0	1	70	55	2.475	20.3	1.4	2.0	6.1	3.00
2006	27	BOS	AL	0	0		4.70	7	0	4	0	0	0	7.2	10	4	4	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	34	105	1.435	11.7	0.0	1.2	8.2	7.00

2007	28	BOS-min	AAA	4	9	.308	4.66	35	15	9	1	0	3	112.0	125	69	58	15	29	4	80	1	1	1	485		1.375	10.0	1.2	2.3	6.4	2.76	PAW · IL
2008	29	CHC-min	AAA	8	12	.400	4.67	37	14	6	0	0	2	133.0	150	77	69	18	24	0	101	6	0	2	565		1.308	10.2	1.2	1.6	6.8	4.21	IWA · PCL
2009	30	MIL-min	AAA	8	3	.727	2.62	14	14	0	2	1	0	92.2	89	32	27	9	16	0	63	1	0	3	379		1.133	8.6	0.9	1.6	6.1	3.94	NVL · PCL
2009	30	MIL	NL	3	5	.375	5.75	15	8	4	0	0	0	51.2	60	36	33	10	17	2	39	1	0	1	227	72	1.490	10.5	1.7	3.0	6.8	2.29
2011	32	VIL	AAA	1	1	.500	8.68	5	5	0	0	0	0	18.2	36	18	18	2	6	0	14	1	0	1	95		2.250	17.4	1.0	2.9	6.8	2.33	VIL · MEX
3 Yrs				3	5	.375	5.82	60	8	20	0	0	0	103.2	129	71	67	18	29	5	75	8	0	3	467	74	1.524	11.2	1.6	2.5	6.5	2.59
162 Game Avg.				3	5	.375	5.82	60	8	20	0	0	0	104	129	71	67	18	29	5	75	8	0	3	467	74	1.524	11.2	1.6	2.5	6.5	2.59

BOS (1 yr)				0	0		4.70	7	0	4	0	0	0	7.2	10	4	4	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	34	105	1.435	11.7	0.0	1.2	8.2	7.00
CIN (1 yr)				0	0		8.78	11	0	2	0	0	0	13.1	30	13	13	2	3	1	9	2	0	1	70	55	2.475	20.3	1.4	2.0	6.1	3.00
HOU (1 yr)				0	0		4.94	27	0	10	0	0	0	31.0	29	18	17	6	8	1	20	5	0	1	136	87	1.194	8.4	1.7	2.3	5.8	2.50
MIL (1 yr)				3	5	.375	5.75	15	8	4	0	0	0	51.2	60	36	33	10	17	2	39	1	0	1	227	72	1.490	10.5	1.7	3.0	6.8	2.29

NL (3 yrs)				3	5	.375	5.91	53	8	16	0	0	0	96.0	119	67	63	18	28	4	68	8	0	3	433	72	1.531	11.2	1.7	2.6	6.4	2.43
AL (1 yr)				0	0		4.70	7	0	4	0	0	0	7.2	10	4	4	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	34	105	1.435	11.7	0.0	1.2	8.2	7.00

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
2005	26	HOU	NL	31.0	27	0	18	5.23	4.57	0.33	-0.35	101.8	3.96	-4	-0.4	.3	0.1	-0.1	-1	.484	.497	$
2006	27	CIN	NL	13.1	11	0	13	8.78	4.77	-0.37	-0.35	104.7	5.02	-6	-0.5	.3	0.2	-0.3	-4	.452	.497	$332,500
2006	27	BOS	AL	7.2	7	0	4	4.70	5.09	-0.19	-0.38	100.6	4.94	0	0.0	.3	-0.0	0.1	1	.502	.500	$

2009	30	MIL	NL	51.2	15	8	36	6.27	4.46	0.01	0.07	96.9	4.37	-11	-1.1	.4	0.0	-0.7	-6	.429	.493	$
3 Seasons				103.2	60	8	71	6.16	4.58	0.04	-0.14	99.6	4.37	-21	-2.0	.3	0.2	-1.0	-10	.466	.497	$332,500

BOS (1 yr)				7.2	7	0	4	4.70	5.09	-0.19	-0.38	100.6	4.94	0	0.0	.3	-0.0	0.1	1	.502	.500	$
CIN (1 yr)				13.1	11	0	13	8.78	4.77	-0.37	-0.35	104.7	5.02	-6	-0.5	.3	0.2	-0.3	-4	.452	.497	$332,500
HOU (1 yr)				31.0	27	0	18	5.23	4.57	0.33	-0.35	101.8	3.96	-4	-0.4	.3	0.1	-0.1	-1	.484	.497	$
MIL (1 yr)				51.2	15	8	36	6.27	4.46	0.01	0.07	96.9	4.37	-11	-1.1	.4	0.0	-0.7	-6	.429	.493	$

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
2005	26	HOU	NL	27	136	122	18	29	7	1	6	0	0	8	20	.238	.311	.459	.770	.240	56	1	5	1	0	1	1
2006	27	BOS	AL	7	34	31	4	10	3	1	0	0	0	1	7	.323	.324	.484	.807	.385	15	1	0	0	2	1	1
2006	27	CIN	NL	11	70	64	13	30	7	0	2	0	1	3	9	.469	.507	.672	1.179	.528	43	3	2	1	0	1	1
2006	27	TOT	MLB	18	104	95	17	40	10	1	2	0	1	4	16	.421	.447	.611	1.057	.481	58	4	2	1	2	2	2

2009	30	MIL	NL	15	227	204	36	60	14	3	10	0	0	17	39	.294	.345	.539	.884	.314	110	8	1	1	4	2	4
3 Yrs				60	467	421	71	129	31	5	18	0	1	29	75	.306	.358	.532	.890	.332	224	13	8	3	6	5	7
162 Game Avg.				60	467	421	71	129	31	5	18	0	1	29	75	.306	.358	.532	.890	.332	224	13	8	3	6	5	7
MLB Averages																.266	.334	.422	.755	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2005	26	HOU	NL	-2.1	-0.2	137	0.3	0.9	-0.6	.34	0.1	0.9	-2.5	-0.2	0.34	-2.0	1	2	23
2006	27	TOT	MLB	-4.8	-0.5	106	0.0	0.5	-0.5	.29	-0.9	0.9	-8.6	-0.8	0.29	-9.7	0	3	13
2006	27	CIN	NL	-5.2	-0.5	72	0.0	0.4	-0.4	.29	-0.7	0.8	-8.2	-0.7	0.29	-9.2	0	2	8
2006	27	BOS	AL	0.4	0.0	34	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	.30	-0.1	0.1	-0.5	-0.0	0.30	-0.5	0	1	5

2009	30	MIL	NL	-9.6	-0.9	229	-1.2	2.9	-4.1	.76	-1.2	-0.4	-10.9	-1.1	0.76	-11.6	1	0	6
3 Yrs				-16.5	-1.6	472	-0.9	4.3	-5.2	.53	-1.9	0.3	-22.0	-2.1	0.53	-23.3	2	5	42

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
2009	30	MIL	NL	15	8	3	4	1	1	0	4	4	.500	0	0	0	0	2	25%	40.9	65	20	2	0	0	6	5.5	6.4	5.1	83	2	5	1	0	102
1 Yr				15	8	3	4	1	1	0	4	4	.500	0	0	0	0	2	25%	41	65	20	2	0	0	6	5.5	6.4	5.1	83	2	5	1	0	102
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	98	-12					4.7	4.8	5.8	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2005	26	HOU	NL	27	27	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0%	7	.338	1	2	23	12	0	15	1	26	7	3	7	4	3.4	19
2006	27	TOT	MLB	18	18	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	6	67%		.293	0	3	13	4	0	14	5	13	4	3	4	2	3.5	20
2006	27	CIN	NL	11	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	100%	6	.289	0	2	8	4	0	7	2	9	3	1	3	1	3.6	22
2006	27	BOS	AL	7	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40%	9	.302	0	1	5	0	0	7	3	4	1	2	1	1	3.3	17

2009	30	MIL	NL	15	7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	.764	1	0	6	2	1	4	0	7	2	0	2	1	4.7	27
3 Yrs				60	52	20	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	10	6	60%		.535	2	5	42	18	1	33	6	46	13	6	13	7	3.6	20

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%
2005	26	HOU	NL	136	54%	4.4%	14.7%	5.9%	10.3%	48%	1.00	1.24	71%	17%	14.0%	16%	24	1	4%
2006	27	TOT	MLB	104	67%	1.9%	15.4%	3.9%	12.5%	33%	0.76	1.30	76%	26%	4.4%	2%	27	4	15%
2006	27	CIN	NL	70	71%	2.9%	12.9%	4.3%	12.9%	30%	0.83	1.50	76%	25%	6.7%	0%	20	3	15%
2006	27	BOS	AL	34	59%	0.0%	20.6%	2.9%	11.8%	40%	0.63	1.00	76%	27%	0.0%	6%	7	1	14%

2009	30	MIL	NL	227	56%	4.4%	17.2%	7.5%	11.9%	45%	0.50	0.81	70%	22%	10.4%	15%	52	8	15%
3 Yrs				467	58%	3.9%	16.1%	6.2%	11.6%	42%	0.68	1.02	72%	21%	9.8%	12%	103	13	13%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.2%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	12%			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
2005	26	HOU	NL	136	515	3.79	316	61%	33%	9%	25%	33%	67%	2%	41%	86%	51%	5%	7	5	22%	30	19	0	45%	6	1	0	0	0
2006	27	TOT	MLB	104	358	3.44	247	69%	30%	9%	29%	33%	70%	7%	49%	88%	72%	5%	5	3	39%	41	24	5	50%	1	0	0	0	0
2006	27	CIN	NL	70	242	3.46	161	67%	30%	10%	25%	35%	70%	5%	46%	86%	70%	6%	4	3	31%	22	11	3	44%	1	0	0	0	0
2006	27	BOS	AL	34	116	3.41	86	74%	28%	6%	36%	30%	72%	13%	53%	92%	76%	3%	1	0	56%	19	13	2	57%	0	0	0	0	0

2009	30	MIL	NL	227	853	3.76	550	64%	29%	11%	28%	31%	71%	3%	45%	84%	68%	4%	8	5	25%	56	32	5	36%	6	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				467	1726	3.70	1113	64%	31%	10%	27%	32%	69%	3%	45%	86%	64%	4%	20	13	27%	127	75	10	41%	13	2	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				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
2005	26	HOU	NL	136	29	2	0	6	1	5	5	1	3	3	3	1	1	33%	1	1	0	47	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2006	27	TOT	MLB	104	40	3	0	2	0	5	1	1	1	1	11	8	2	73%	2	1	0	50	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0
2006	27	CIN	NL	70	30	3	0	2	0	5	1	1	1	1	8	6	2	75%	1	1	0	34	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
2006	27	BOS	AL	34	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	1	0	0	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

2009	30	MIL	NL	227	60	3	0	10	1	11	6	4	5	5	24	12	3	50%	4	1	0	80	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
3 Yrs				467	129	8	0	18	2	21	12	6	9	9	38	21	6	55%	7	3	0	177	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12	0
MLB Averages																		53%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2005	26	0	0		4.94	27	0	10	31.0	29	18	17	6	8	1	20	5	1	136	87	1.194	8.4	1.7	2.3	5.8	2.50	87
2006	27	0	0		5.88	45	0	16	52.0	69	35	34	8	12	3	36	7	2	240	77	1.558	11.9	1.4	2.1	6.2	3.00	77
2007	28	0	0		5.88	45	0	16	52.0	69	35	34	8	12	3	36	7	2	240	77	1.558	11.9	1.4	2.1	6.2	3.00	77
2008	29	0	0		5.88	45	0	16	52.0	69	35	34	8	12	3	36	7	2	240	77	1.558	11.9	1.4	2.1	6.2	3.00	77
2009	30	3	5	.375	5.82	60	8	20	103.2	129	71	67	18	29	5	75	8	3	467	74	1.524	11.2	1.6	2.5	6.5	2.59	74

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2005	26	1	2	.333	4.94	31.0	29	19	17	6	8	20	5	1.194	8.4	2.3	5.8	2.50	1.7	27
2006	27	1	1	.500	6.75	20.0	38	17	15	2	4	15	2	2.100	17.1	1.8	6.8	3.75	0.9	18

2009	30	1	4	.200	6.24	49.0	61	38	34	10	17	37	1	1.592	11.2	3.1	6.8	2.18	1.8	15
3 Yrs		3	7	.300	5.94	100.0	128	74	66	18	29	72	8	1.570	11.5		6.5	2.48	1.6	60

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