John Burkett

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 175lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: November 28, 1964 in New Brighton, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 6th round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from Beaver HS (Beaver, PA).

High School: Beaver HS (Beaver, PA)

Debut: September 15, 1987 (Age 22-291d, 15,424th in major league history)
vs. SDP 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 26, 2003 (Age 38-302d)
vs. TBD 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Agents: Tommy Tanzer

Full Name: John David Burkett

Pronunciation: \BURK-it\

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.1

166

136

ERA

4.31

445

423

2648.1

1766

WHIP

1.347

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Team Record in Appearances: 4-2 / in Starts: 4-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1996	ALDS g1	Oct 1	TEX	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	10	2	2	1	7	0	0	2.00	1.95	38	119	86	23	10	13	17	5	6	0	65			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.263	14.77	2.54%	3.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
2000 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2000	NLDS g2	Oct 5	ATL	@	STL	L,4-10	5-6		3	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	6.75	5.38	6	20	12	5	0	3	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.004	1.39	-0.03%	-0.86	5b --- 0 out d6	6b --3 1 out d7
2001 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	2001	NLDS g3	Oct 12	ATL		HOU	W,6-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	7	6.1	6	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.84	4.79	27	90	51	14	4	8	8	1	1	5	55			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.184	8.59	1.06%	1.50	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a2
4	2001	NLCS g3	Oct 19	ATL		ARI	L,1-5	GS-5	L(1-1)	6	4.1	7	5	4	2	2	0	0	5.06	4.27	21	80	50	17	4	4	7	1	0	6	31			0	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	-0.118	33.73	-2.67%	-0.91	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out d1
2003 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	2003	ALDS g4	Oct 5	BOS		OAK	W,5-4	GS-6		8	5.1	9	4	4	2	1	1	0	6.75	6.22	26	108	63	23	0	7	16	5	4	0	33			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.200	28.08	-2.56%	-0.87	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d2
6	2003	ALCS g6	Oct 15	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	GS-4		9	3.2	7	5	3	0	1	1	0	7.00	6.14	19	60	38	9	5	9	9	2	0	0	32			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.402	37.18	-9.34%	-3.20	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d1
											30.0	40	19	16	7	15	3	1	4.80		137																			1

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