Dave Burba

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 220lb (193cm, 99kg)

Born: July 7, 1966 in Dayton, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH).

High School: Kenton Ridge HS (Springfield, OH)

School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)

Debut: September 8, 1990 (Age 24-063d, 15,870th in major league history)
vs. BOS 0.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 19, 2004 (Age 38-074d)
vs. SDP 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Agents: Myles Shoda

Full Name: David Allen Burba

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Relatives: Nephew of Ray Hathaway

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.5

115

ERA

4.49

511

234

1777.2

1398

WHIP

1.428

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1987	20	SEA-min	A,A-	4	7	.364	3.81	14	14	0	0	0	0	78.0	73	41	33	3	32	0	70	2	0	7				1.346	8.4	0.3	3.7	8.1	2.19	SLS,BLH CALL,NORW
1988	21	SEA-min	A	5	7	.417	2.68	20	20	0	1	0	0	114.0	106	41	34	4	54	1	102	4	2	5				1.404	8.4	0.3	4.3	8.1	1.89	SBR CALL
1989	22	SEA-min	AA	11	7	.611	3.16	25	25	0	5	1	0	156.2	138	69	55	7	55	0	89	3	5	4				1.232	7.9	0.4	3.2	5.1	1.62	WPT EL
1990	23	SEA-min	AAA	10	6	.625	4.67	31	18	8	1	0	2	113.2	124	64	59	11	45	0	47	2	3	5				1.487	9.8	0.9	3.6	3.7	1.04	CGY PCL
1990	23	SEA	AL	0	0		4.50	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	8	6	4	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	35	91	2.93	1.250	9.0	0.0	2.3	4.5	2.00
1991	24	SEA-min	AAA	6	4	.600	3.53	23	9	9	0	0	4	71.1	82	35	28	4	27	0	42	4	2	3	315			1.528	10.3	0.5	3.4	5.3	1.56	CGY PCL
1991	24	SEA	AL	2	2	.500	3.68	22	2	11	0	0	1	36.2	34	16	15	6	14	3	16	0	0	1	153	113	5.26	1.309	8.3	1.5	3.4	3.9	1.14
1992	25	SFG-min	AAA	5	5	.500	4.72	13	13	0	0	0	0	74.1	86	40	39	5	24	2	44	3	2	3	324			1.480	10.4	0.6	2.9	5.3	1.83	PHX PCL
1992	25	SFG	NL	2	7	.222	4.97	23	11	4	0	0	0	70.2	80	43	39	4	31	2	47	2	1	1	318	68	3.59	1.571	10.2	0.5	3.9	6.0	1.52
1993	26	SFG	NL	10	3	.769	4.25	54	5	9	0	0	0	95.1	95	49	45	14	37	5	88	3	0	4	408	92	4.31	1.385	9.0	1.3	3.5	8.3	2.38
1994	27	SFG	NL	3	6	.333	4.38	57	0	13	0	0	0	74.0	59	39	36	5	45	3	84	6	0	3	322	91	3.81	1.405	7.2	0.6	5.5	10.2	1.87
1995	28	TOT	NL	10	4	.714	3.97	52	9	7	1	1	0	106.2	90	50	47	9	51	3	96	0	0	5	451	103	3.83	1.322	7.6	0.8	4.3	8.1	1.88
1995	28	SFG	NL	4	2	.667	4.98	37	0	7	0	0	0	43.1	38	26	24	5	25	2	46	0	0	2	191	81	4.21	1.454	7.9	1.0	5.2	9.6	1.84
1995	28	CIN	NL	6	2	.750	3.27	15	9	0	1	1	0	63.1	52	24	23	4	26	1	50	0	0	3	260	126	3.58	1.232	7.4	0.6	3.7	7.1	1.92
1996	29	CIN	NL	11	13	.458	3.83	34	33	0	0	0	0	195.0	179	96	83	18	97	9	148	2	1	9	849	110	4.38	1.415	8.3	0.8	4.5	6.8	1.53
1997	30	CIN	NL	11	10	.524	4.73	30	27	1	2	0	0	160.0	157	88	84	22	73	10	131	9	0	6	706	91	4.80	1.438	8.8	1.2	4.1	7.4	1.79
1998	31	CLE	AL	15	10	.600	4.11	32	31	0	0	0	0	203.2	210	100	93	30	69	4	132	7	0	6	870	116	4.88	1.370	9.3	1.3	3.0	5.8	1.91
1999	32	CLE	AL	15	9	.625	4.25	34	34	0	1	0	0	220.0	211	113	104	30	96	3	174	8	0	13	940	117	4.74	1.395	8.6	1.2	3.9	7.1	1.81
2000	33	CLE	AL	16	6	.727	4.47	32	32	0	0	0	0	191.1	199	99	95	19	91	2	180	2	0	7	848	110	4.00	1.516	9.4	0.9	4.3	8.5	1.98
2001	34	CLE	AL	10	10	.500	6.21	32	27	4	1	0	0	150.2	188	112	104	16	54	2	118	3	0	6	684	72	4.00	1.606	11.2	1.0	3.2	7.0	2.19
2002	35	CLE-min	AA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	16			0.643	3.9	0.0	1.9	1.9	1.00	AKR EL
2002	35	TOT	AL	5	5	.500	5.20	35	21	2	1	0	0	145.1	155	91	84	16	57	3	95	9	1	9	646	90	4.45	1.459	9.6	1.0	3.5	5.9	1.67
2002	35	TEX	AL	4	5	.444	5.42	23	18	2	1	0	0	111.1	125	71	67	13	40	3	70	7	1	9	499	88	4.49	1.482	10.1	1.1	3.2	5.7	1.75
2002	35	CLE	AL	1	0	1.000	4.50	12	3	0	0	0	0	34.0	30	20	17	3	17	0	25	2	0	0	147	98	4.31	1.382	7.9	0.8	4.5	6.6	1.47
2003	36	MIL-CLE-min	AAA	6	7	.462	4.33	14	13	0	0	0	0	72.2	83	43	35	6	21	0	44	2	0	4	311			1.431	10.3	0.7	2.6	5.4	2.10	INA,BFL IL
2003	36	MIL	NL	1	1	.500	3.53	17	2	2	0	0	0	43.1	42	19	17	5	19	2	35	4	0	2	193	122	4.51	1.408	8.7	1.0	3.9	7.3	1.84
2004	37	TOT	NL	4	1	.800	4.21	51	0	16	0	0	2	77.0	70	40	36	7	26	2	50	2	1	3	326	104	4.02	1.247	8.2	0.8	3.0	5.8	1.92
2004	37	MIL	NL	3	1	.750	4.08	45	0	15	0	0	2	70.2	63	36	32	6	24	2	47	2	1	2	299	107	3.93	1.231	8.0	0.8	3.1	6.0	1.96
2004	37	SFG	NL	1	0	1.000	5.68	6	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	7	4	4	1	2	0	3	0	0	1	27	81	5.10	1.421	9.9	1.4	2.8	4.3	1.50
2005	38	HOU-min	AAA	4	3	.571	4.58	18	1	4	0	0	0	35.1	46	19	18	1	10	1	22	0	1	1	160			1.585	11.7	0.3	2.5	5.6	2.20	RRK PCL
15 Yrs				115	87	.569	4.49	511	234	71	6	1	3	1777.2	1777	961	886	201	762	53	1398	58	4	75	7749	99	4.36	1.428	9.0	1.0	3.9	7.1	1.83
162 Game Avg.				10	8	.569	4.49	47	21	6	1	0	0	162	162	88	81	18	70	5	128	5	0	7	707	99	4.36	1.428	9.0	1.0	3.9	7.1	1.83
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
SFG (5 yrs)				20	18	.526	4.60	177	16	34	0	0	0	289.2	279	161	148	29	140	12	268	11	1	11	1266	83	4.01	1.446	8.7	0.9	4.3	8.3	1.91
CLE (5 yrs)				57	35	.620	4.65	142	127	4	2	0	0	799.2	838	444	413	98	327	11	629	22	0	32	3489	103	4.44	1.457	9.4	1.1	3.7	7.1	1.92
CIN (3 yrs)				28	25	.528	4.09	79	69	1	3	1	0	418.1	388	208	190	44	196	20	329	11	1	18	1815	104	4.42	1.396	8.3	0.9	4.2	7.1	1.68
SEA (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	3.83	28	2	13	0	0	1	44.2	42	22	19	6	16	3	20	1	0	1	188	108	4.84	1.299	8.5	1.2	3.2	4.0	1.25
MIL (2 yrs)				4	2	.667	3.87	62	2	17	0	0	2	114.0	105	55	49	11	43	4	82	6	1	4	492	113	4.15	1.298	8.3	0.9	3.4	6.5	1.91
TEX (1 yr)				4	5	.444	5.42	23	18	2	1	0	0	111.1	125	71	67	13	40	3	70	7	1	9	499	88	4.49	1.482	10.1	1.1	3.2	5.7	1.75

NL (8 yrs)				52	45	.536	4.24	318	87	52	3	1	2	822.0	772	424	387	84	379	36	679	28	3	33	3573	97	4.24	1.400	8.5	0.9	4.1	7.4	1.79
AL (7 yrs)				63	42	.600	4.70	193	147	19	3	0	1	955.2	1005	537	499	117	383	17	719	30	1	42	4176	101	4.47	1.452	9.5	1.1	3.6	6.8	1.88

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