Sheldon Burnside

Sheldon John Burnside

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 22, 1954 in South Bend, IN
Signed
by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1974. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1978
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Reds 1978-1980

Final Game: September 16, 1980
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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
1978 23 DET AL 0 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 18 47 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 6.8 1.50
1979 24 DET AL 1 1 .500 6.33 10 0 2 0 0 0 21.1 28 16 15 2 8 2 13 1 0 0 96 70 1.688 11.8 0.8 3.4 5.5 1.63
1980 25 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 1.93 7 0 3 0 0 0 4.2 6 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 204 1.500 11.6 1.9 1.9 3.9 2.00
3 Yrs 2 1 .667 6.00 19 0 6 0 0 0 30.0 38 21 20 3 11 2 18 1 0 0 133 72 1.633 11.4 0.9 3.3 5.4 1.64
162 Game Avg. 7 4 .667 6.00 68 0 21 0 0 0 107 136 75 72 11 39 7 64 4 0 0 476 72 1.633 11.4 0.9 3.3 5.4 1.64
DET (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 6.75 12 0 3 0 0 0 25.1 32 20 19 2 10 2 16 1 0 0 114 65 1.658 11.4 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.60
CIN (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 1.93 7 0 3 0 0 0 4.2 6 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 204 1.500 11.6 1.9 1.9 3.9 2.00
AL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 6.75 12 0 3 0 0 0 25.1 32 20 19 2 10 2 16 1 0 0 114 65 1.658 11.4 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.60
NL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 1.93 7 0 3 0 0 0 4.2 6 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 204 1.500 11.6 1.9 1.9 3.9 2.00

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 Awards
1978 23 DET AL 4.0 2 0 4 9.00 4.72 0.11 -0.39 100.0 4.22 -2 -0.2 .5 0.0 -0.1 -2 .396 .499 $
1979 24 DET AL 21.1 10 0 16 6.75 4.66 -0.04 -0.38 100.9 4.37 -6 -0.5 .9 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .446 .497 $
1980 25 CIN NL 4.2 7 0 1 1.93 4.47 0.01 -0.35 96.1 3.95 1 0.1 1.4 0.0 0.2 1 .517 .501 $
3 Seasons 30.0 19 0 21 6.30 4.64 -0.01 -0.37 100.1 4.28 -7 -0.6 1.1 0.0 -0.3 -3 .467 .499 $
DET (2 yrs) 25.1 12 0 20 7.11 4.67 -0.02 -0.38 100.8 4.34 -8 -0.8 .9 0.0 -0.5 -5 .437 .498 $
CIN (1 yr) 4.2 7 0 1 1.93 4.47 0.01 -0.35 96.1 3.95 1 0.1 1.4 0.0 0.2 1 .517 .501 $

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
1978 23 DET AL 2 18 16 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 .250 .333 .375 .708 .308 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 24 DET AL 10 96 84 16 28 5 0 2 5 1 8 13 .333 .394 .464 .858 .371 39 5 1 2 1 2 1
1980 25 CIN NL 7 19 18 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333 .368 .556 .924 .333 10 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 19 133 118 21 38 6 1 3 5 1 11 18 .322 .382 .466 .848 .357 55 7 1 2 1 2 1
162 Game Avg. 68 476 422 75 136 21 4 11 18 4 39 64 .322 .382 .466 .848 .357 197 25 4 7 4 7 4
MLB Averages .263 .327 .388 .715 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1978 23 DET AL -1.8 -0.2 18 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .23 0.0 -0.3 -3.0 -0.3 0.23 0.1 0 1 1
1979 24 DET AL -4.0 -0.4 100 -0.4 0.9 -1.3 .60 -0.5 -0.2 -1.6 -0.2 0.60 -5.4 1 6 3
1980 25 CIN NL 1.1 0.1 20 -0.0 0.3 -0.3 .87 -0.0 -0.0 1.9 0.2 0.87 0.1 3 0 4
3 Yrs -4.8 -0.5 138 -0.5 1.2 -1.7 .59 -0.5 -0.3 -2.6 -0.2 0.59 -5.3 4 7 8

Reliever Pitching*

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
1978 23 DET AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 6 .232 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 6.0
1979 24 DET AL 10 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 27% 5 .598 1 6 3 2 0 8 9 1 6 1 9 0 6.4
1980 25 CIN NL 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 1 10% 8 .870 3 0 4 2 1 4 5 2 1 4 1 1 2.0
3 Yrs 19 19 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 29 7 24% .587 4 7 8 4 1 14 16 3 8 6 11 1 4.7

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%
1978 23 DET AL 18 50% 0.0% 16.7% 11.1% 5.6% 25% 0.29 72% 2 0 0%
1979 24 DET AL 96 36% 2.1% 13.5% 8.3% 7.3% 25% 0.81 73% 24 5 21%
1980 25 CIN NL 19 47% 5.3% 10.5% 5.3% 10.5% 33% 5.00 79% 2 2 100%
3 Yrs 133 40% 2.3% 13.5% 8.3% 7.5% 26% 0.94 74% 28 7 25%
MLB Averages 44% 2.0% 12.5% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.09 75% 11%

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
1978 23 DET AL 18 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 24 DET AL 96 28 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 5 6 0 120% 1 0 0 45 5 1 83% 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1980 25 CIN NL 19 6 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Yrs 133 38 3 0 7 3 0 2 1 6 6 0 100% 1 0 1 55 5 1 83% 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0
MLB Averages 53% 66%

Cumulative Pitching

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 23 0 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 18 47 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 6.8 1.50 47
1979 24 1 1 .500 6.75 12 0 3 0 0 0 25.1 32 20 19 2 10 2 16 1 0 0 114 65 1.658 11.4 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.60 65
1980 25 2 1 .667 6.00 19 0 6 0 0 0 30.0 38 21 20 3 11 2 18 1 0 0 133 72 1.633 11.4 0.9 3.3 5.4 1.64 72

Neutralized Pitching

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
1978 23 0 0 11.25 4.0 4 6 5 0 2 3 0 1.500 9.0 4.5 6.8 1.50 0.0 2
1979 24 1 1 .500 6.30 20.0 28 16 14 2 8 12 1 1.800 12.6 3.6 5.4 1.50 0.9 10
1980 25 0 0 2.25 4.0 6 1 1 1 1 2 0 1.750 13.5 2.3 4.5 2.00 2.3 7
3 Yrs 1 1 .500 6.43 28.0 38 23 20 3 11 17 1 1.750 12.2 5.5 1.55 1.0 19

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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