Jim Burton

Jim Scott Burton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 27, 1949 in Royal Oak, MI
High School: Rochester HS (Rochester Hills, MI)
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 1975
Team: RedSox 1975-1977

Final Game: September 17, 1977
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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
1971	21	BOS-min	AA	7	5	.583	2.83	14	14		5	4	0	89.0	64	31	28	5	35	1	71	1	0	8			1.112	6.5	0.5	3.5	7.2	2.03	PAW · EL
1972	22	BOS-min	AA,AAA	13	11	.542	3.36	27	26		9	3	0	182.0	166	79	68	12	73	1	130	3	0	12			1.313	8.2	0.6	3.6	6.4	1.78	PAW,LOU · EL,IL
1973	23	BOS-min	AA	4	11	.267	5.13	24	14					86.0	91	57	49	5	59								1.744	9.5	0.5	6.2			BRI · EL
1974	24	BOS-min	AAA	7	13	.350	3.50	24	22		8	3	0	149.0	109	61	58	8	68	4	46	6	0	4			1.188	6.6	0.5	4.1	2.8	0.68	PAW · IL
1975	25	BOS-min	AAA	8	2	.800	1.53	12	12		8	2	0	94.0	51	20	16	5	32	2	73	1	0	1			0.883	4.9	0.5	3.1	7.0	2.28	PAW · IL
1975	25	BOS	AL	1	2	.333	2.89	29	4	8	0	0	1	53.0	58	30	17	6	19	2	39	0	0	1	232	144	1.453	9.8	1.0	3.2	6.6	2.05

1976	26	BOS-min	AAA	11	7	.611	5.59	28	28		5	1	0	169.0	167	110	105	19	112	8	106	4	1	18			1.651	8.9	1.0	6.0	5.6	0.95	PAW · IL
1977	27	BOS-min	AAA	10	10	.500	3.77	26	26		9	2	0	160.0	143	84	67	20	84	3	101	2	1	5			1.419	8.0	1.1	4.7	5.7	1.20	PAW · IL
1977	27	BOS	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	11		1.125	6.8	0.0	3.4	10.1	3.00
1978	28	NYM-min	A,AAA	6	7	.462	3.44	25	13		3	1	0	115.0	104	52	44	11	60	3	99	1	2	8			1.426	8.1	0.9	4.7	7.7	1.65	LBG,TID · CARL,IL
2 Yrs				1	2	.333	2.75	30	4	9	0	0	1	55.2	60	30	17	6	20	2	42	0	0	1	243	153	1.437	9.7	1.0	3.2	6.8	2.10
162 Game Avg.				2	4	.333	2.75	60	8	18	0	0	2	111	120	60	34	12	40	4	84	0	0	2	486	153	1.437	9.7	1.0	3.2	6.8	2.10

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
1975	25	BOS	AL	53.0	29	4	30	5.09	4.06	0.40	-0.17	106.5	3.72	-8	-0.8	1.1	-0.1	-0.5	-3	.471	.495	$

1977	27	BOS	AL	2.2	1	0	0	0.00	4.80	0.10	-0.39	86.0	3.71	1	0.1	.0	-0.1	0.1	1	.622	.501	$
2 Seasons				55.2	30	4	30	4.85	4.10	0.38	-0.18	105.5	3.72	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.2	-0.4	-1	.476	.498	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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
1975	25	BOS	AL	WS	L	CIN	0	1	.000	9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	4.000	9.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
1 WS							0	1	.000	9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	4.000	9.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00

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
1975	25	BOS	AL	29	232	210	30	58	15	0	6	3	6	19	39	.276	.333	.433	.767	.311	91	3	0	1	2	2	5

1977	27	BOS	AL	1	11	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.273	.300	.573	.286	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				30	243	220	30	60	16	0	6	3	6	20	42	.273	.331	.427	.758	.310	94	3	0	1	2	2	5
162 Game Avg.				60	486	440	60	120	32	0	12	6	12	40	84	.273	.331	.427	.758	.310	188	6	0	2	4	4	10
MLB Averages																.259	.326	.379	.705	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1975	25	BOS	AL	2.6	0.3	241	-0.3	2.9	-3.1	.74	-0.3	0.0	-3.1	-0.3	0.74	-3.3	6	5	14

1977	27	BOS	AL	1.4	0.2	11	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0	-0.0	0.6	0.1	0.00	0.5	0	0	0
2 Yrs				4.0	0.4	252	-0.3	2.9	-3.1	.71	-0.3	-0.0	-2.5	-0.2	0.71	-2.8	6	5	14

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
1975	25	BOS	AL	29	4	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	.500	0	1	0	0	1	25%	46.0	68	34	20	6	2	2	3.7	1.4	4.8
1 Yr				29	4	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	.500	0	1	0	0	1	25%	46	68	34	20	6	2	2	3.7	1.4	4.8
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	105	-13					4.2	4.2	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1975	25	BOS	AL	29	25	8	1	0	2	1	1	50%	8	6	24	8	33%	8	.742	6	5	14	9	0	16	13	12	8	11	11	5	4.1

1977	27	BOS	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	6	.001	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	8.0
2 Yrs				30	26	9	1	0	2	1	1	50%	8	6	25	9	36%		.708	6	5	14	9	0	17	14	12	9	11	12	5	4.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1975	25	BOS	AL	232	32%	2.6%	16.8%	8.2%	9.1%	36%	0.88	72%	35	3	9%

1977	27	BOS	AL	11	27%	0.0%	27.3%	9.1%	9.1%	50%	0.00	64%	3	0	0%
2 Yrs				243	32%	2.5%	17.3%	8.2%	9.1%	37%	0.82	72%	38	3	8%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	13.1%	8.6%	6.3%	27%	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
1975	25	BOS	AL	232	58			6	0	3	6	0	0	6	9	7	2	78%	5	1	0	92	3	6	33%	3	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0

1977	27	BOS	AL	11	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0%	0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				243	60			6	0	3	6	0	0	6	10	7	3	70%	5	1	0	97	3	6	33%	3	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1975	25	1	2	.333	2.89	29	4	8	1	53.0	58	30	17	6	19	2	39	1	232	144	1.453	9.8	1.0	3.2	6.6	2.05	144
1976	26	1	2	.333	2.89	29	4	8	1	53.0	58	30	17	6	19	2	39	1	232	144	1.453	9.8	1.0	3.2	6.6	2.05	144
1977	27	1	2	.333	2.75	30	4	9	1	55.2	60	30	17	6	20	2	42	1	243	153	1.437	9.7	1.0	3.2	6.8	2.10	153

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1975	25	3	2	.600	2.94	52.0	59	19	17	6	19	38	0	1.500	10.2	3.3	6.6	2.00	1.0	29

1977	27	0	0		0.00	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	1.000	6.0	3.0	9.0	3.00	0.0	1
2 Yrs		3	2	.600	2.78	55.0	61	19	17	6	20	41	0	1.473	10.0		6.7	2.05	1.0	30

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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