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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 (Age 25)
Team: RedSox 1975-1977

Final Game: September 17, 1977 (Age 27)
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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
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
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
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 (v2.2): 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
1975 25 BOS AL 53.0 29 4 30 5.09 4.05 0.40 -0.17 106.9 3.72 -8 -0.8 1.1 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .471 .495
1977 27 BOS AL 2.2 1 0 0 0.00 4.80 0.10 -0.39 88.0 3.80 1 0.1 .0 -0.1 0.1 1 .625 .501
2 Seasons 55.2 30 4 30 4.85 4.09 0.38 -0.18 106.0 3.73 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.2 -0.3 -2 .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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1975 25 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 27 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2 Yrs 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1975 25 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1977 27 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
2 Seasons 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 25 BOS AL WS CIN L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1975 BOS AL 25 P 29 4 0 53.0 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.53 0.31 .940 1.87 1.86 3 6 67% 38% 1
1977 BOS AL 27 P 1 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.90 0 0 0
2 Seasons P 30 4 0 55.2 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.46 0.30 .940 1.88 1.86 3 6 67% 38% 1
2 Seasons TOT 30 4 0 55.2 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.46 0.30 .940 1.88 1.86 3 6 67% 38% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1725), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (3514th), -0.3 career WAR/-0.3 7yr-peak WAR/-0.3 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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