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, 15,431st 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

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
1983	18	SFG-min	Rk	2	6	.250	6.26	13	9	1	0	0	0	50.1	73	44	35	1	30	2	38	2	2	8				2.046	13.1	0.2	5.4	6.8	1.27	GRF PION
1984	19	SFG-min	A	7	6	.538	4.33	20	20	0	2	0	0	126.2	128	81	61	5	38	1	83	6	1	9				1.311	9.1	0.4	2.7	5.9	2.18	CLI MIDW
1985	20	SFG-min	A	7	4	.636	2.87	20	20	0	1	1	0	109.2	98	43	35	3	46	0	72	6	0	6				1.313	8.0	0.2	3.8	5.9	1.57	FRE CALL
1986	21	SFG-min	AA,A	10	9	.526	3.11	26	25	0	4	2	0	153.1	133	65	53	9	50	0	87	6	3	6				1.193	7.8	0.5	2.9	5.1	1.74	SHV,FRE TL,CALL
1987	22	SFG-min	AA	14	8	.636	3.34	27	27	0	6	1	0	177.2	181	75	66	11	53	2	126	7	1	3				1.317	9.2	0.6	2.7	6.4	2.38	SHV TL
1987	22	SFG	NL	0	0		4.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	7	4	3	2	3	0	5	1	0	0	28	92	7.54	1.667	10.5	3.0	4.5	7.5	1.67

1988	23	SFG-min	AAA,AA	10	12	.455	4.26	28	28	0	2	1	0	164.2	174	94	78	10	67	4	108	7	3	2				1.464	9.5	0.5	3.7	5.9	1.61	PHX,SHV PCL,TL
1989	24	SFG-min	AAA	10	11	.476	5.05	28	28	0	2	1	0	167.2	197	111	94	19	59	3	105	8	2	2				1.527	10.6	1.0	3.2	5.6	1.78	PHX PCL
1990	25	SFG-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.74	3	3	0	2	1	0	23.0	18	8	7	2	3	0	9	0	0	0				0.913	7.0	0.8	1.2	3.5	3.00	PHX PCL
1990	25	SFG	NL	14	7	.667	3.79	33	32	1	2	0	1	204.0	201	92	86	18	61	7	118	4	3	3	857	96	3.75	1.284	8.9	0.8	2.7	5.2	1.93	RoY-4
1991	26	SFG	NL	12	11	.522	4.18	36	34	0	3	1	0	206.2	223	103	96	19	60	2	131	10	0	5	890	86	3.80	1.369	9.7	0.8	2.6	5.7	2.18
1992	27	SFG	NL	13	9	.591	3.84	32	32	0	3	1	0	189.2	194	96	81	13	45	6	107	4	0	0	799	87	3.32	1.260	9.2	0.6	2.1	5.1	2.38
1993	28	SFG	NL	22	7	.759	3.65	34	34	0	2	1	0	231.2	224	100	94	18	40	4	145	11	2	1	942	107	3.41	1.140	8.7	0.7	1.6	5.6	3.63	AS,CYA-4,MVP-24
1994	29	SFG	NL	6	8	.429	3.62	25	25	0	0	0	0	159.1	176	72	64	14	36	7	85	7	0	2	676	110	4.02	1.331	9.9	0.8	2.0	4.8	2.36
1995	30	FLA	NL	14	14	.500	4.30	30	30	0	4	0	0	188.1	208	95	90	22	57	5	126	6	1	2	810	97	4.29	1.407	9.9	1.1	2.7	6.0	2.21
1996	31	TOT	MLB	11	12	.478	4.24	34	34	0	2	1	0	222.2	229	117	105	19	58	4	155	5	0	0	934	105	3.74	1.289	9.3	0.8	2.3	6.3	2.67
1996	31	FLA	NL	6	10	.375	4.32	24	24	0	1	0	0	154.0	154	84	74	15	42	2	108	3	0	0	645	94	3.91	1.273	9.0	0.9	2.5	6.3	2.57
1996	31	TEX	AL	5	2	.714	4.06	10	10	0	1	1	0	68.2	75	33	31	4	16	2	47	2	0	0	289	130	3.35	1.325	9.8	0.5	2.1	6.2	2.94
1997	32	TEX-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	23			1.600	10.8	1.8	3.6	5.4	1.50	OKC AA
1997	32	TEX	AL	9	12	.429	4.56	30	30	0	2	0	0	189.1	240	106	96	20	30	1	139	4	0	1	828	105	3.55	1.426	11.4	1.0	1.4	6.6	4.63
1998	33	TEX	AL	9	13	.409	5.68	32	32	0	0	0	0	195.0	230	131	123	19	46	1	131	8	0	3	854	85	3.89	1.415	10.6	0.9	2.1	6.0	2.85
1999	34	TEX-min	AA	0	1	.000	2.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	7	5	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	2	32			1.500	9.5	0.0	4.1	4.1	1.00	TUL TL
1999	34	TEX	AL	9	8	.529	5.62	30	25	1	0	0	0	147.1	184	95	92	18	46	1	96	3	0	4	656	90	4.42	1.561	11.2	1.1	2.8	5.9	2.09
2000	35	ATL	NL	10	6	.625	4.89	31	22	4	0	0	0	134.1	162	79	73	13	51	2	110	4	0	2	603	94	3.98	1.586	10.9	0.9	3.4	7.4	2.16
2001	36	ATL	NL	12	12	.500	3.04	34	34	0	1	1	0	219.1	187	83	74	17	70	13	187	6	1	5	902	147	3.39	1.172	7.7	0.7	2.9	7.7	2.67	AS
2002	37	BOS-min	AAA	0	1	.000	11.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	11			2.143	15.4	0.0	3.9	7.7	2.00	PAW IL
2002	37	BOS	AL	13	8	.619	4.53	29	29	0	1	1	0	173.0	199	93	87	25	50	5	124	8	1	2	760	101	4.41	1.439	10.4	1.3	2.6	6.5	2.48
2003	38	BOS	AL	12	9	.571	5.15	32	30	1	1	0	0	181.2	202	108	104	20	47	1	107	9	0	3	785	91	4.21	1.371	10.0	1.0	2.3	5.3	2.28
15 Yrs				166	136	.550	4.31	445	423	8	21	6	1	2648.1	2866	1374	1268	257	700	59	1766	90	8	33	11324	99	3.85	1.347	9.7	0.9	2.4	6.0	2.52
162 Game Avg.				13	11	.550	4.31	35	33	1	2	0	0	207	225	108	99	20	55	5	138	7	1	3	887	99	3.85	1.347	9.7	0.9	2.4	6.0	2.52
				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 (6 yrs)				67	42	.615	3.83	163	157	2	10	3	1	997.1	1025	467	424	84	245	26	591	37	5	11	4192	96	3.67	1.273	9.2	0.8	2.2	5.3	2.41
TEX (4 yrs)				32	35	.478	5.13	102	97	1	3	1	0	600.1	729	365	342	61	138	5	413	17	0	8	2627	96	3.85	1.444	10.9	0.9	2.1	6.2	2.99
ATL (2 yrs)				22	18	.550	3.74	65	56	4	1	1	0	353.2	349	162	147	30	121	15	297	10	1	7	1505	121	3.62	1.329	8.9	0.8	3.1	7.6	2.45
BOS (2 yrs)				25	17	.595	4.85	61	59	1	2	1	0	354.2	401	201	191	45	97	6	231	17	1	5	1545	95	4.31	1.404	10.2	1.1	2.5	5.9	2.38
FLA (2 yrs)				20	24	.455	4.31	54	54	0	5	0	0	342.1	362	179	164	37	99	7	234	9	1	2	1455	96	4.12	1.347	9.5	1.0	2.6	6.2	2.36

NL (10 yrs)				109	84	.565	3.91	282	267	6	16	4	1	1693.1	1736	808	735	151	465	48	1122	56	7	20	7152	101	3.75	1.300	9.2	0.8	2.5	6.0	2.41
AL (6 yrs)				57	52	.523	5.02	163	156	2	5	2	0	955.0	1130	566	533	106	235	11	644	34	1	13	4172	96	4.02	1.429	10.6	1.0	2.2	6.1	2.74

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