Sheldon Burnside
Sheldon John Burnside
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
Final Game: September 16, 1980
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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 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 43 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 69 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 19 187 1.500 11.6 1.9 1.9 3.9 2.00
3 Seasons 2 1 .667 6.00 19 0 6 0 0 0 30.0 38 21 20 3 11 2 18 1 0 0 133 70 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 70 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 63 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 19 187 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 63 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 19 187 1.500 11.6 1.9 1.9 3.9 2.00

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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 19 133 118 21 38 6 1 3 5 1 11 18 .322 .382 .466 .848 .357 55 7 1 2 1 2
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
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
1978 23 DET AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 6 0.288 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 0.609 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 0.874 3 0 4 2 1 4 5 2 1 4 1 1 2.0
3 Seasons 19 19 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 29 7 24% 0.603 4 7 8 4 1 14 16 3 8 6 11 1 4.7

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 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 64% 2.1% 13.5% 8.3% 7.3% 25% 0.81 73% 24 5 21%
1980 25 CIN NL 19 53% 5.3% 10.5% 5.3% 10.5% 33% 5.00 79% 2 2 100%
3 Seasons 133 60% 2.3% 13.5% 8.3% 7.5% 26% 0.94 74% 28 7 25%
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 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 Seasons 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

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 23 0 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 18 43 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 6.8 1.50 43
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 63 1.658 11.4 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.60 63
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 70 1.633 11.4 0.9 3.3 5.4 1.64 70

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
1978 23 0 0 11.25 4.0 5 6 5 0 2 3 0 1.750 11.3 4.5 6.8 1.50 0.0 2
1979 24 1 1 .500 6.30 20.0 27 16 14 2 8 12 1 1.750 12.2 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 Seasons 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

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