Britt Burns

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 215lb (196cm, 97kg)

Born: June 8, 1959 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Huffman HS (Birmingham, AL).

High School: Huffman HS (Birmingham, AL)

Debut: August 5, 1978 (Age 19-058d, 14,071st in major league history)
vs. DET 5.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: September 30, 1985 (Age 26-114d)
vs. MIN 5.0 IP, 10 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Full Name: Robert Britt Burns

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.8

ERA

3.66

193

161

1094.1

734

WHIP

1.286

Summary of 93 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 11 tying, 27 go ahead

1 Tm
CHW	93

Platoon
vs RHB	79
vs LHB	14

Home/Road
Away	55
Home	38

Outs
0	32
2	32
1	29

13 Opps
BAL	13
DET	12
BOS	9
SEA	9
NYY	8
TOR	8
MIN	7
OAK	7
CAL	6
MIL	6
KCR	3
TEX	3
CLE	2

61 Batters
Jesse Barfield	4
Lance Parrish	4
Gary Roenicke	4
Don Mattingly	3
Dwight Evans	3
Eddie Murray	3
Dave Engle	3
Cliff Johnson	3
John Wockenfuss	3
George Brett	2
Gary Allenson	2
Ben Oglivie	2
Tony Armas	2
Gary Ward	2
Dave Kingman	2
Rich Dauer	2
Don Baylor	2
Juan Beníquez	2
Roy Smalley	2
Tom Paciorek	2
Darrell Evans	1
Bill Almon	1
Tom Brunansky	1
Larry Parrish	1
Ruppert Jones	1
Reggie Jackson	1
Brian Downing	1
Willie Horton	1
Dave Edler	1
Mickey Klutts	1
Frank White	1
Gorman Thomas	1
George Bell	1
Aurelio Rodríguez	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Barry Bonnell	1
Jeff Burroughs	1
Dan Ford	1
Toby Harrah	1
Buck Martinez	1
George Wright	1
Lamar Johnson	1
Richie Zisk	1
Rick Cerone	1
Spike Owen	1
Chet Lemon	1
Ken Singleton	1
Steve Kemp	1
Bill Buckner	1
Mike Young	1
Carlos Ponce	1
Robin Yount	1
Jim Rice	1
Larry Hisle	1
Cecil Cooper	1
Fred Lynn	1
Larry Herndon	1
Steve Henderson	1
Alejandro Sánchez	1
Dave Henderson	1
Dave McKay	1

14 Parks
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	38
Tiger Stad (DET)	8
Memor. Stad (BAL)	8
Kingdome (SEA)	8
RingCentral Col (OAK)	5
Yankee Stad (NYC)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
County Stad (MIL)	4
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
7	53
9	15
8	8
89	3
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	59
2·HR gms	14
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	48
1--	17
-2-	11
12-	10
--3	3
1-3	3
123	1

153 Runs
RISP	28
0 on	48
1 on	31
2 on	13
3 on	1
Any on	45

Inning
1	10
2	3
3	10
4	16
5	15
6	19
7	9
8	8
9	3

1-3	23
4-6	50
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	4
+2	14
+1	12
Tied	26
-1	9
-2	7
-3	3
-4..	15

Ahead	33
Tied	26
Behind	34

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
DH	20
RF	15
LF	13
1B	12
C	11
3B	8
CF	7
SS	4
2B	2
PH	1

OrderPos
4th	21
5th	15
6th	13
2nd	12
3rd	10
7th	8
8th	7
1st	4
9th	3

Leverage
High Lev	22
Medium Lev	35
Low Lev	36

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1978-08-05	Lance Parrish	DET		CHW	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	1--	2	6	2	10%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); S. Kemp Scores
2	2	2	2	1978-08-05	Lance Parrish	DET		CHW	ahead 4-0	b 6	0	1--	2	6	2	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Kemp Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1979-09-27	Roy Smalley	MIN		CHW	behind 1-2	b 8	1	---	1	1	6	31%	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1980-04-17	Ruppert Jones	NYY	@	CHW	behind 1-5	t 8	2	12-	3	2	8	13%	16%		Home Run; R. Cerone Scores/unER; W. Randolph Scores/unER; R. Jones Scores/unER
5	5	2	1	1980-05-03	Ben Oglivie	MIL	@	CHW	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	1--	2	5	7	19%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Hisle Scores
6	6	3	1	1980-05-08	Frank White	KCR	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	7	4	11%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	4	1	1980-05-13	Robin Yount	MIL		CHW	behind 4-5	b 9	1	---	1	2	6	47%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	5	1	1980-05-23	Willie Horton	SEA		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	DH	17%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Meyer Scores
9	9	6	2	1980-05-23	Tom Paciorek	SEA		CHW	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	1--	2	5	3	13%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Meyer Scores
10	10	7	1	1980-06-14	John Wockenfuss	DET		CHW	ahead 2-0	b 7	1	---	1	6	3	6%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	8	1	1980-06-20	Lance Parrish	DET	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	DH	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	9	2	1980-06-20	John Wockenfuss	DET	@	CHW	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	---	1	5	2	9%	85%		Home Run (Deep CF)
13	13	10	1	1980-07-10	Eddie Murray	BAL	@	CHW	ahead 5-0	t 2	1	1--	2	4	3	6%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Singleton Scores
14	14	11	1	1980-08-06	Ken Singleton	BAL		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	-2-	2	3	9	12%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Dauer Scores
15	15	12	2	1980-08-06	Eddie Murray	BAL		CHW	ahead 3-1	b 5	2	---	1	4	3	8%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	13	1	1980-08-11	Reggie Jackson	NYY		CHW	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	4	9	14%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	14	2	1980-08-11	Aurelio Rodríguez	NYY		CHW	tied 1-1	b 9	1	-2-	2	8	5	30%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); L. Piniella Scores
18	18	15	1	1980-08-18 (1)	Toby Harrah	CLE	@	CHW	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	---	1	5	5	9%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	16	1	1980-09-01	Steve Kemp	DET		CHW	behind 0-9	b 5	2	1--	2	3	DH	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Trammell Scores
20	20	17	1	1980-09-17	Dave Edler	SEA		CHW	ahead 2-0	b 7	1	---	1	7	5	6%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1981-04-10	Dwight Evans	BOS		CHW	tied 0-0	b 5	2	---	1	1	9	16%	68%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
22	22	2	2	1981-04-10	Gary Allenson	BOS		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	11%	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF)
23	23	3	1	1981-04-15	Larry Hisle	MIL	@	CHW	behind 3-4	t 6	1	---	1	4	DH	18%	47%		Home Run (CF-RF)
24	24	4	1	1981-04-26	Lance Parrish	DET		CHW	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	1	4	2	14%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	5	1	1981-05-22	Don Baylor	CAL		CHW	behind 0-2	b 4	1	---	1	5	DH	12%	38%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	6	1	1981-05-26	Dave McKay	OAK		CHW	behind 0-4	b 9	0	---	1	8	5	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep CF)
27	27	7	1	1981-06-05	Rick Cerone	NYY		CHW	tied 3-3	b 5	1	-2-	2	8	2	22%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Nettles Scores
28	28	8	1	1981-08-12	Dwight Evans	BOS		CHW	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	1	1	9	12%	55%		Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF)
29	29	9	1	1981-09-06	George Bell	TOR	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	4	7	14%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	10	2	1981-09-06	Jesse Barfield	TOR	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	-2-	2	8	9	14%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Wells Scores
31	31	11	1	1981-09-11	Dave Engle	MIN		CHW	tied 2-2	b 7	2	-2-	2	2	9	31%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Ward Scores
32	32	12	1	1981-09-16	Tom Paciorek	SEA		CHW	behind 0-1	b 6	2	---	1	3	8	20%	52%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	13	1	1981-09-21	Don Baylor	CAL		CHW	ahead 4-3	b 8	0	---	1	4	DH	7%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	14	1	1981-09-26	Mickey Klutts	OAK		CHW	ahead 3-1	b 6	0	---	1	5	5	6%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1982-04-28	Ben Oglivie	MIL		CHW	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	4	7	14%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	2	1	1982-05-04	Jesse Barfield	TOR	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 4	2	12-	3	6	9	30%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Nordhagen Scores; B. Bonnell Scores
37	37	3	1	1982-06-10	Fred Lynn	CAL	@	CHW	behind 0-3	t 5	1	---	1	7	8	8%	22%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	4	1	1982-06-16	Cliff Johnson	OAK		CHW	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	3	DH	13%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	5	1	1982-07-01	Gary Ward	MIN		CHW	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	---	1	7	7	5%	91%		Home Run (Deep CF)
40	40	6	1	1982-07-11	Jesse Barfield	TOR		CHW	behind 0-5	b 1	0	12-	3	3	9	14%	36%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. García Scores; G. Iorg Scores
41	41	7	1	1982-07-27	Dan Ford	BAL		CHW	behind 2-3	b 6	0	---	1	6	9	18%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	8	1	1982-07-31	Dwight Evans	BOS	@	CHW	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	1	2	9	11%	37%		Home Run (Deep CF)
43	43	9	2	1982-07-31	Gary Allenson	BOS	@	CHW	behind 2-7	t 8	2	12-	3	8	2	6%	7%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Lansford Scores; W. Boggs Scores
44	44	10	1	1982-08-10	Gary Roenicke	BAL	@	CHW	behind 1-9	t 8	2	12-	3	6	7	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Murray Scores; C. Ripken Scores
45	45	11	1	1982-09-02	Lamar Johnson	TEX	@	CHW	tied 3-3	t 6	1	1--	2	6	DH	26%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Hostetler Scores
46	46	12	1	1982-09-21	Dave Henderson	SEA		CHW	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	6	8	13%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Cowens Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1983-05-09	Cliff Johnson	TOR	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 6	1	---	1	4	DH	17%	63%		Home Run
48	48	2	1	1983-05-20	George Brett	KCR		CHW	behind 3-7	b 5	2	--3	2	3	3	13%	23%		Home Run; W. Wilson Scores
49	49	3	1	1983-05-30	Tony Armas	BOS		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	DH	18%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Evans Scores
50	50	4	1	1983-06-04	George Brett	KCR	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	5	17%	67%		Home Run; U. Washington Scores
51	51	5	1	1983-06-24	Gary Ward	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	1--	2	4	7	18%	77%		Home Run; J. Castino Scores
52	52	6	1	1983-06-29	Richie Zisk	SEA		CHW	behind 1-3	b 6	1	-2-	2	4	DH	25%	54%		Home Run; T. Bernazard Scores
53	53	7	1	1983-07-11	Gorman Thomas	CLE	@	CHW	behind 1-6	t 5	0	---	1	6	8	4%	11%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	8	1	1983-07-16	Cliff Johnson	TOR	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	-2-	2	4	DH	15%	78%		Home Run; B. Bonnell Scores
55	55	9	1	1983-07-26 (1)	Jesse Barfield	TOR		CHW	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---	1	8	9	8%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	10	1	1983-07-31	Roy Smalley	NYY	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	5	10%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	11	1	1983-08-20	George Wright	TEX		CHW	ahead 4-1	b 8	1	1--	2	3	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bell Scores
58	58	12	1	1983-08-25	John Wockenfuss	DET		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3	5	2	25%	79%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Herndon Scores; L. Parrish Scores
59	59	13	2	1983-08-25	Chet Lemon	DET		CHW	ahead 4-0	b 4	0	---	1	7	8	3%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	14	1	1983-09-29	Jeff Burroughs	OAK		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	-2-	2	4	DH	17%	83%		Home Run; D. Lopes Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1984-04-28	Jim Rice	BOS	@	CHW	behind 4-6	t 8	2	--3	2	4	DH	31%	42%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Remy Scores
62	62	2	1	1984-06-10	Tom Brunansky	MIN	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	9	25%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Teufel Scores; D. Engle Scores
63	63	3	1	1984-06-14	Juan Beníquez	CAL		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	---	1	2	7	11%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	4	1	1984-06-19	Spike Owen	SEA		CHW	tied 2-2	b 6	1	-2-	2	9	6	23%	84%		Home Run; B. Kearney Scores
65	65	5	1	1984-06-25	Steve Henderson	SEA	@	CHW	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	---	1	5	DH	9%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
66	66	6	1	1984-09-12	Bill Almon	OAK		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	7	11%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	7	1	1984-09-28	Barry Bonnell	SEA		CHW	ahead 3-0	b 5	0	--3	2	2	7	3%	96%		Home Run; J. Perconte Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
68	68	1	1	1985-04-19	Bill Buckner	BOS	@	CHW	behind 0-5	t 5	0	---	1	6	3	4%	11%		Home Run (Deep RF)
69	69	2	1	1985-05-01	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL		CHW	tied 0-0	b 5	2	1--	2	3	6	26%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Dauer Scores
70	70	3	2	1985-05-01	Rich Dauer	BAL		CHW	ahead 2-1	b 7	0	---	1	2	4	10%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	4	1	1985-05-29	Buck Martinez	TOR	@	CHW	behind 2-6	t 6	2	1--	2	7	2	11%	17%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Burroughs Scores
72	72	5	1	1985-06-03	Larry Parrish	TEX		CHW	tied 2-2	b 8	1	1-3	3	4	9	22%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Harrah Scores; B. Bell Scores
73	73	6	1	1985-06-19	Dave Kingman	OAK	@	CHW	behind 0-1	t 3	2	12-	3	4	DH	29%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Lansford Scores/unER; M. Davis Scores/unER; D. Kingman Scores/unER
74	74	7	2	1985-06-19	Dave Kingman	OAK	@	CHW	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	12-	3	4	DH	17%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Lansford Scores; M. Davis Scores
75	75	8	1	1985-06-29	Dave Engle	MIN	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	6	2	12%	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
76	76	9	1	1985-07-09	Larry Herndon	DET		CHW	behind 1-4	b 6	0	---	1	5	7	10%	26%		Home Run (Deep LF)
77	77	10	1	1985-07-13	Gary Roenicke	BAL		CHW	behind 0-9	b 4	2	1--	2	5	7	1%	2%		Home Run; E. Murray Scores
78	78	11	2	1985-07-13	Mike Young	BAL		CHW	behind 2-9	b 4	2	---	1	6	DH	2%	4%		Home Run
79	79	12	3	1985-07-13	Gary Roenicke	BAL		CHW	behind 4-9	b 5	2	123	4	5	7	26%	35%		Home Run; R. Dauer Scores; C. Ripken Scores; E. Murray Scores
80	80	13	1	1985-07-23	Darrell Evans	DET	@	CHW	behind 0-4	t 7	0	---	1	7	3	5%	11%		Home Run (Deep RF)
81	81	14	2	1985-07-23	Alejandro Sánchez	DET	@	CHW	behind 1-4	t 7	0	1--	2	9	PH	16%	31%		Home Run (Deep CF); T. Brookens Scores
82	82	15	1	1985-07-28	Rich Dauer	BAL	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 6	0	---	1	9	5	16%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
83	83	16	2	1985-07-28	Eddie Murray	BAL	@	CHW	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	---	1	4	3	9%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
84	84	17	3	1985-07-28	Gary Roenicke	BAL	@	CHW	ahead 3-0	t 6	2	---	1	5	9	6%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
85	85	18	1	1985-08-02	Don Mattingly	NYY		CHW	behind 0-2	b 1	0	1--	2	2	3	16%	55%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Henderson Scores
86	86	19	2	1985-08-02	Don Mattingly	NYY		CHW	behind 2-3	b 6	0	---	1	2	3	18%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
87	87	20	1	1985-08-08 (1)	Tony Armas	BOS	@	CHW	behind 2-6	t 6	0	---	1	5	DH	6%	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
88	88	21	1	1985-08-13	Don Mattingly	NYY	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	1--	2	2	3	15%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Henderson Scores
89	89	22	1	1985-08-18	Cecil Cooper	MIL		CHW	tied 0-0	b 3	2	12-	3	3	3	27%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Romero Scores; R. Yount Scores
90	90	23	2	1985-08-18	Carlos Ponce	MIL		CHW	behind 3-5	b 7	1	---	1	7	DH	13%	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
91	91	24	1	1985-09-17	Brian Downing	CAL	@	CHW	behind 0-2	t 7	0	---	1	5	7	12%	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
92	92	25	1	1985-09-25	Juan Beníquez	CAL		CHW	ahead 3-1	b 4	1	1-3	3	2	9	11%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Schofield Scores; R. Carew Scores
93	93	26	1	1985-09-30	Dave Engle	MIN		CHW	ahead 3-1	b 6	0	1-3	3	6	2	6%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Brunansky Scores; M. Funderburk Scores