Todd Burns
Todd Edward Burns
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 6, 1963 in Maywood, CA
School: Oral Roberts University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 7th round of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1988
Final Game: September 17, 1993
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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
1988 24 OAK AL 8 2 .800 3.16 17 14 3 2 0 1 102.2 93 38 36 8 34 1 57 1 6 3 425 121 1.237 8.2 0.7 3.0 5.0 1.68
1989 25 OAK AL 6 5 .545 2.24 50 2 22 0 0 8 96.1 66 27 24 3 28 5 49 1 0 4 374 165 0.976 6.2 0.3 2.6 4.6 1.75
1990 26 OAK AL 3 3 .500 2.97 43 2 9 0 0 3 78.2 78 28 26 8 32 4 43 0 0 5 337 125 1.398 8.9 0.9 3.7 4.9 1.34
1991 27 OAK AL 1 0 1.000 3.38 9 0 5 0 0 0 13.1 10 5 5 2 8 1 3 0 0 1 57 113 1.350 6.8 1.4 5.4 2.0 0.38
1992 28 TEX AL 3 5 .375 3.84 35 10 9 0 0 1 103.0 97 54 44 8 32 1 55 4 0 5 433 100 1.252 8.5 0.7 2.8 4.8 1.72
1993 29 TOT MLB 0 8 .000 5.08 49 5 13 0 0 0 95.2 95 57 54 14 41 9 45 2 3 3 419 81 1.422 8.9 1.3 3.9 4.2 1.10
1993 29 TEX AL 0 4 .000 4.57 25 5 8 0 0 0 65.0 63 36 33 6 32 3 35 2 2 3 288 91 1.462 8.7 0.8 4.4 4.8 1.09
1993 29 STL NL 0 4 .000 6.16 24 0 5 0 0 0 30.2 32 21 21 8 9 6 10 0 1 0 131 64 1.337 9.4 2.3 2.6 2.9 1.11
6 Seasons 21 23 .477 3.47 203 33 61 2 0 13 489.2 439 209 189 43 175 21 252 8 9 21 2045 110 1.254 8.1 0.8 3.2 4.6 1.44
162 Game Avg. 6 7 .477 3.47 58 10 18 1 0 4 141 126 60 54 12 50 6 73 2 3 6 589 110 1.254 8.1 0.8 3.2 4.6 1.44
OAK (4 yrs) 18 10 .643 2.81 119 18 39 2 0 12 291.0 247 98 91 21 102 11 152 2 6 13 1193 133 1.199 7.6 0.6 3.2 4.7 1.49
TEX (2 yrs) 3 9 .250 4.12 60 15 17 0 0 1 168.0 160 90 77 14 64 4 90 6 2 8 721 96 1.333 8.6 0.8 3.4 4.8 1.41
STL (1 yr) 0 4 .000 6.16 24 0 5 0 0 0 30.2 32 21 21 8 9 6 10 0 1 0 131 64 1.337 9.4 2.3 2.6 2.9 1.11
AL (6 yrs) 21 19 .525 3.29 179 33 56 2 0 13 459.0 407 188 168 35 166 15 242 8 8 21 1914 116 1.248 8.0 0.7 3.3 4.7 1.46
NL (1 yr) 0 4 .000 6.16 24 0 5 0 0 0 30.2 32 21 21 8 9 6 10 0 1 0 131 64 1.337 9.4 2.3 2.6 2.9 1.11

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
1988 24 OAK AL WS L LAD 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 25 OAK AL WS W SFG 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
1990 26 OAK AL WS L CIN 0 0 16.20 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12 4.200 27.0 0.0 10.8 0.0 0.00
3 Seasons (3 Series) 0 0 7.36 5 0 2 0 0 0 3.2 6 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 20 2.455 14.7 0.0 7.4 0.0 0.00
3 WS 0 0 7.36 5 0 2 0 0 0 3.2 6 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 20 2.455 14.7 0.0 7.4 0.0 0.00

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
1988 24 OAK AL 17 425 386 38 93 14 2 8 5 6 34 57 .241 .303 .350 .652 .263 135 4 1 2 2 1
1989 25 OAK AL 50 374 337 27 66 10 2 3 3 5 28 49 .196 .259 .264 .523 .220 89 10 1 7 1 5
1990 26 OAK AL 43 337 297 28 78 17 4 8 1 2 32 43 .263 .331 .428 .759 .281 127 9 0 5 3 4
1991 27 OAK AL 9 57 46 5 10 3 0 2 1 0 8 3 .217 .321 .413 .734 .186 19 2 0 1 2 1
1992 28 TEX AL 35 432 390 54 97 26 2 8 1 7 32 55 .249 .309 .387 .696 .269 151 7 4 2 4 1
1993 29 STL NL 24 131 117 21 32 4 2 8 0 1 9 10 .274 .320 .547 .867 .238 64 1 0 3 2 6
1993 29 TEX AL 25 288 249 36 63 16 3 6 3 2 32 35 .253 .339 .414 .753 .270 103 5 2 2 3 3
1993 29 TOT MLB 49 419 366 57 95 20 5 14 3 3 41 45 .260 .333 .456 .790 .260 167 6 2 5 5 9
6 Seasons 203 2044 1822 209 439 90 15 43 14 23 175 252 .241 .308 .378 .685 .256 688 38 8 22 17 21
162 Game Avg. 58 589 525 60 126 26 4 12 4 7 50 73 .241 .308 .378 .685 .256 198 11 2 6 5 6
MLB Averages

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
1988 24 OAK AL 17 14 7 2 5 1 1 10 4 .714 1 1 2 0 9 64% 54 71 16 7 1 2 8 5.0 6.3 6.8 101 1 7 4 2 133
1989 25 OAK AL 50 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 62 73 50 22 7 0 0 3.3 3.5 6.2 87 0 2 0 0 91
1990 26 OAK AL 43 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 56 66 46 26 4 0 1 3.8 6.0 6.3 68 1 1 0 0 87
1992 28 TEX AL 35 10 2 4 4 0 1 2 8 .200 3 0 0 0 7 70% 54 74 33 18 10 0 5 2.8 3.2 6.5 98 1 4 5 0 115
1993 29 TOT MLB 49 5 0 4 1 0 0 1 4 .200 0 1 0 0 1 20% 54 21 18 5 0 3 2.7 1.0 5.2 86 2 3 0 0 98
1993 29 TEX AL 25 5 0 4 1 0 0 1 4 .200 0 1 0 0 1 20% 36 54 21 12 4 0 3 2.7 1.0 5.2 86 2 3 0 0 98
5 Seasons 170 33 11 10 12 2 2 15 18 .455 4 2 2 0 19 58% 52 74 16 85 26 2 17 3.8 4.5 6.4 95 5 17 9 2 133
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
1988 24 OAK AL 17 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 8 1.051 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 7.3 41
1989 25 OAK AL 50 48 22 5 5 11 8 3 73% 20 8 40 8 20% 7 1.146 25 9 13 28 6 14 25 23 29 13 32 3 5.3 24
1990 26 OAK AL 43 41 9 2 3 4 3 1 75% 14 9 34 12 35% 6 0.994 17 8 16 19 6 16 20 21 22 13 26 3 4.8 25
1991 27 OAK AL 9 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 6 100% 8 0.337 2 2 5 2 1 6 3 6 4 3 4 0 4.4 23
1992 28 TEX AL 35 25 9 1 1 2 1 1 50% 3 0 16 2 13% 8 1.113 9 5 11 4 5 16 8 17 11 6 12 5 4.6 24
1993 29 TOT MLB 49 44 13 0 4 5 0 5 0% 13 8 45 16 36% 0.917 19 10 15 22 7 15 28 16 24 10 25 7 4.8 25
1993 29 TEX AL 25 20 8 0 0 3 0 3 0% 6 3 23 7 30% 6 0.888 8 6 6 12 3 5 15 5 15 2 16 2 5.9 31
1993 29 STL NL 24 24 5 0 4 2 0 2 0% 7 5 22 9 41% 7 0.982 11 4 9 10 4 10 13 11 9 8 9 5 3.8 19
6 Seasons 203 170 61 10 13 23 13 10 57% 52 26 141 44 31% 1.025 74 34 61 76 26 68 84 86 92 45 101 18 4.9 25

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%
1988 24 OAK AL 425 56% 1.9% 13.4% 8.0% 5.7% 26% 0.54 0.68 76% 27% 7.2% 47% 81 4 5%
1989 25 OAK AL 374 40% 0.8% 13.1% 7.5% 4.0% 23% 0.71 0.93 76% 19% 2.4% 26% 83 10 12%
1990 26 OAK AL 337 43% 2.4% 12.8% 9.5% 8.6% 37% 0.60 0.79 74% 21% 6.6% 24% 61 9 15%
1991 27 OAK AL 57 46% 3.5% 5.3% 14.0% 8.8% 50% 0.80 1.18 75% 22% 8.7% 8% 10 2 20%
1992 28 TEX AL 433 43% 1.9% 12.7% 7.4% 8.3% 37% 0.50 0.60 77% 20% 4.3% 16% 86 7 8%
1993 29 TOT MLB 419 37% 3.3% 10.7% 9.8% 9.3% 41% 0.55 0.65 74% 19% 7.9% 14% 80 6 8%
1993 29 TEX AL 288 41% 2.1% 12.2% 11.1% 8.7% 40% 0.60 0.74 73% 20% 5.0% 10% 53 5 9%
1993 29 STL NL 131 28% 6.1% 7.6% 6.9% 10.7% 44% 0.45 0.50 77% 19% 14.0% 22% 27 1 4%
6 Seasons 2045 44% 2.1% 12.3% 8.6% 7.2% 34% 0.58 0.73 76% 22% 5.8% 25% 401 38 9%
MLB Averages

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
1988 24 OAK AL 425 1543 3.63 953 62% 26% 13% 27% 35% 74% 1% 46% 83% 58% 4% 17 9 17% 71 36 6 35% 8 7 0 4 0
1989 25 OAK AL 374 1347 3.60 824 61% 27% 14% 23% 36% 73% 3% 44% 81% 53% 5% 17 8 16% 61 36 3 35% 12 4 0 0 1
1990 26 OAK AL 324 1162 3.59 702 61% 26% 13% 25% 36% 74% 2% 45% 82% 54% 6% 18 8 16% 52 33 2 25% 12 6 13 12 0
1991 27 OAK AL 57 208 3.65 113 54% 30% 10% 19% 41% 70% 4% 38% 86% 42% 7% 4 0 11% 6 3 1 33% 0 3 0 0 0
1992 28 TEX AL 433 1584 3.66 963 61% 26% 12% 26% 35% 74% 1% 45% 84% 53% 6% 26 18 15% 63 25 2 29% 3 7 0 0 0
1993 29 TOT MLB 412 1470 3.57 897 61% 29% 11% 24% 36% 71% 6% 43% 85% 57% 6% 23 6 18% 73 39 4 45% 4 9 7 0 0
1993 29 TEX AL 288 1059 3.68 645 61% 29% 11% 26% 34% 71% 2% 43% 85% 58% 5% 15 6 19% 56 27 4 49% 4 7 0 0 0
1993 29 STL NL 124 411 3.31 252 61% 27% 12% 19% 42% 73% 15% 45% 84% 53% 6% 8 0 14% 17 12 0 33% 0 2 7 0 0
6 Seasons 2025 7314 3.61 4452 61% 27% 12% 25% 36% 73% 2% 45% 83% 55% 5% 105 49 16% 326 172 18 34% 39 36 20 16 1
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
1988 24 OAK AL 425 93 10 2 8 0 7 3 5 4 4 10 7 2 70% 3 3 0 154 5 6 45% 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1989 25 OAK AL 374 66 6 1 3 0 14 3 0 1 2 25 10 1 40% 6 4 0 137 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1990 26 OAK AL 337 78 5 0 8 0 11 5 3 5 3 15 8 1 53% 4 5 2 128 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 0
1991 27 OAK AL 57 10 2 0 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 8 4 0 50% 1 1 0 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1992 28 TEX AL 433 97 37 4 8 1 6 6 2 3 5 21 14 0 67% 8 5 0 166 1 7 13% 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 12 0
1993 29 TOT MLB 419 95 9 2 14 0 11 10 4 4 10 27 15 1 56% 7 3 0 165 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1993 29 TEX AL 288 63 6 1 6 0 6 4 2 4 2 16 9 1 56% 5 3 0 119 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1993 29 STL NL 131 32 3 1 8 0 5 6 2 0 8 11 6 0 55% 2 0 0 46 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Seasons 2045 439 69 9 43 1 53 29 14 19 24 106 58 5 55% 29 21 2 768 14 23 38% 12 21 2 1 0 1 2 1 63 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+
1988 24 8 2 .800 3.16 17 14 3 2 0 1 102.2 93 38 36 8 34 1 57 1 6 3 425 121 1.237 8.2 0.7 3.0 5.0 1.68 121
1989 25 14 7 .667 2.71 67 16 25 2 0 9 199.0 159 65 60 11 62 6 106 2 6 7 799 139 1.111 7.2 0.5 2.8 4.8 1.71 139
1990 26 17 10 .630 2.79 110 18 34 2 0 12 277.2 237 93 86 19 94 10 149 2 6 12 1136 134 1.192 7.7 0.6 3.0 4.8 1.59 134
1991 27 18 10 .643 2.81 119 18 39 2 0 12 291.0 247 98 91 21 102 11 152 2 6 13 1193 133 1.199 7.6 0.6 3.2 4.7 1.49 133
1992 28 21 15 .583 3.08 154 28 48 2 0 13 394.0 344 152 135 29 134 12 207 6 6 18 1626 122 1.213 7.9 0.7 3.1 4.7 1.54 122
1993 29 21 23 .477 3.47 203 33 61 2 0 13 489.2 439 209 189 43 175 21 252 8 9 21 2045 110 1.254 8.1 0.8 3.2 4.6 1.44 110

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
1988 24 5 5 .500 3.84 96.0 99 46 41 9 36 53 1 1.406 9.3 3.4 5.0 1.47 0.8 17
1989 25 7 3 .700 2.77 91.0 71 31 28 3 30 46 1 1.110 7.0 3.0 4.5 1.53 0.3 50
1990 26 4 4 .500 3.70 73.0 84 33 30 9 34 40 0 1.616 10.4 4.2 4.9 1.18 1.1 43
1991 27 0 1 .000 4.50 12.0 11 7 6 2 9 3 0 1.667 8.3 6.8 2.3 0.33 1.5 9
1992 28 4 6 .400 4.55 97.0 103 54 49 8 34 52 4 1.412 9.6 3.2 4.8 1.53 0.7 35
1993 29 3 7 .300 5.48 92.0 98 62 56 14 42 43 2 1.522 9.6 4.1 4.2 1.02 1.4 49
6 Seasons 23 26 .469 4.10 461.0 466 233 210 45 185 237 8 1.412 9.1 4.6 1.28 0.9 203

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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