Mike Burns
Michael John Burns
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 14, 1978 in Westminster, CA
School: California State University, Los Angeles
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 30th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 2005
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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
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 86 1.194 8.4 1.7 2.3 5.8 2.50
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 65 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 53 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 34 101 1.435 11.7 0.0 1.2 8.2 7.00
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 70 1.490 10.5 1.7 3.0 6.8 2.29
3 Seasons 3 5 .375 5.82 60 8 20 0 0 0 103.2 129 71 67 18 29 5 75 8 0 3 467 73 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 73 1.524 11.2 1.6 2.5 6.5 2.59
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 53 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 86 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 70 1.490 10.5 1.7 3.0 6.8 2.29
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 34 101 1.435 11.7 0.0 1.2 8.2 7.00
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 71 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 34 101 1.435 11.7 0.0 1.2 8.2 7.00

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
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
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
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
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
2009 30 MIL NL 15 227 205 36 60 14 3 10 0 0 17 39 .293 .345 .537 .882 .314 110 8 1 1 3 2
3 Seasons 60 467 422 71 129 31 5 18 0 1 29 75 .306 .358 .531 .889 .332 224 13 8 3 5 5
162 Game Avg. 60 467 422 71 129 31 5 18 0 1 29 75 .306 .358 .531 .889 .332 224 13 8 3 5 5
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
2009 30 MIL NL 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
1 Season 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 -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
2005 26 HOU NL 27 27 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 7 0.359 1 2 22 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% 0.293 0 3 15 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 0.288 0 2 9 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 0.303 0 1 6 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 0.777 1 0 6 2 1 4 0 7 2 0 2 1 4.7 27
3 Seasons 60 52 20 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 10 6 60% 0.547 2 5 43 18 1 33 6 46 13 6 13 7 3.6 20

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%
2005 26 HOU NL 136 46% 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 33% 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 29% 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 41% 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 44% 4.4% 17.2% 7.5% 11.9% 45% 0.50 0.83 70% 22% 10.5% 16% 52 8 15%
3 Seasons 467 42% 3.9% 16.1% 6.2% 11.6% 42% 0.68 1.03 72% 21% 9.8% 13% 103 13 13%
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
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 Seasons 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 3.83 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
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 Seasons 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 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+
2005 26 0 0 4.94 27 0 10 0 0 0 31.0 29 18 17 6 8 1 20 5 0 1 136 86 1.194 8.4 1.7 2.3 5.8 2.50 86
2006 27 0 0 5.88 45 0 16 0 0 0 52.0 69 35 34 8 12 3 36 7 0 2 240 75 1.558 11.9 1.4 2.1 6.2 3.00 75
2007 28 0 0 5.88 45 0 16 0 0 0 52.0 69 35 34 8 12 3 36 7 0 2 240 75 1.558 11.9 1.4 2.1 6.2 3.00 75
2008 29 0 0 5.88 45 0 16 0 0 0 52.0 69 35 34 8 12 3 36 7 0 2 240 75 1.558 11.9 1.4 2.1 6.2 3.00 75
2009 30 3 5 .375 5.82 60 8 20 0 0 0 103.2 129 71 67 18 29 5 75 8 0 3 467 73 1.524 11.2 1.6 2.5 6.5 2.59 73

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2005 26 1 2 .333 4.65 31.0 29 18 16 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 37 17 15 2 4 15 2 2.050 16.7 1.8 6.8 3.75 0.9 18
2009 30 2 3 .400 6.06 49.0 61 37 33 10 17 37 1 1.592 11.2 3.1 6.8 2.18 1.8 15
3 Seasons 4 6 .400 5.76 100.0 127 72 64 18 29 72 8 1.560 11.4 6.5 2.48 1.6 60

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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