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: 17-12 / in Starts: 17-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2002 Pitching Game Log

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2002 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	385	15	Apr 21(1)	BOS	@	KCR	W,12-2	GS-5	W(1-0)	99	5.0	7	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.60	5.36	22	88	53	16	4	5	14	7	4	0	46			1	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.125	1.53	0.09%	0.99	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
2	386	20	Apr 26	BOS		TBD	W,4-2	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	6.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	1.64	3.23	23	77	53	16	10	8	8	2	0	0	71			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.327	1.35	0.27%	3.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
May				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	387	25	May 3	BOS	@	TBD	W,3-2	GS-7		6	7.0	6	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.00	3.63	28	87	56	16	5	6	15	5	2	0	60			1	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.107	.99	0.08%	1.69	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
4	388	30	May 8	BOS	@	OAK	W,12-6	GS-6	W(3-0)	4	6.0	4	3	3	2	5	2	0	2.63	4.38	23	99	54	24	7	7	9	1	0	0	55			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.43	-0.048	.48	-0.03%	0.20	1b start tie	6b 3 out a7
5	389	35	May 14	BOS		OAK	W,6-2	GS-6	W(4-0)	5	6.0	9	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.40	3.70	27	95	59	26	5	8	13	8	1	0	56			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.240	1.44	0.16%	2.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
6	390	40	May 19	BOS		SEA	W,3-2	GS-5	W(5-0)	4	5.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	1	2.57	3.68	24	100	64	21	0	8	10	6	2	0	50			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.40	0.092	1.57	0.06%	0.80	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
7	391	45	May 24	BOS		NYY	W,9-8	GS-7		4	6.0	11	4	4	1	7	2	0	3.07	3.94	29	97	62	20	10	8	13	8	2	0	40			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.111	.69	0.08%	-0.04	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a5
8	392	50	May 29	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-4	GS-7	W(6-0)	4	6.2	7	4	4	2	3	2	1	3.40	4.41	30	98	62	25	5	10	14	6	2	0	45			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.136	.97	-0.08%	-0.51	1b start a 2	7b 12- 2 out a3
Jun				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
9	393	55	Jun 4	BOS	@	DET	W,10-5	GS-6	W(7-0)	5	6.0	10	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.86	4.49	28	92	58	18	7	5	18	9	2	0	33			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.02	-0.146	.95	-0.08%	-2.00	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a4
10	394	60	Jun 9	BOS		ARI	L,3-7	GS-6	L(7-1)	4	5.2	9	4	3	2	5	1	1	3.94	4.55	28	103	60	21	3	8	12	9	0	0	40			1	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.137	.82	-0.07%	-0.99	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d3
11	395	65	Jun 15	BOS	@	ATL	L,2-4	GS-6	L(7-2)	5	6.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.99	4.42	26	109	69	18	11	5	14	6	2	0	47			0	1	0	22	2	1	1	1	1	0	.68	-0.098	.73	-0.06%	0.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
12	396	70	Jun 21	BOS	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-6	L(7-3)	5	6.0	5	3	3	0	4	1	0	4.04	4.36	23	90	61	21	5	9	10	3	1	0	54			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.075	.67	-0.04%	-0.27	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
13	397	75	Jun 28	BOS		ATL	L,2-4	GS-7		6	7.0	8	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.91	4.25	32	110	66	20	9	11	14	6	2	0	54			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.37	0.161	1.79	0.13%	1.92	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
Jul				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
14	398	81	Jul 3	BOS		TOR	W,5-2	GS-7		4	7.0	10	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.80	4.15	32	104	69	22	2	6	21	12	0	0	50			0	0	0	30	3	0	2	1	0	0	1.36	0.177	1.92	0.15%	1.92	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
15	399	86	Jul 11	BOS	@	TOR	W,10-3	GS-6	W(8-3)	7	6.0	5	1	1	4	2	1	0	3.65	4.30	26	96	60	20	5	9	11	6	1	0	56			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.150	1.07	0.13%	2.40	1b start tie	6b 3 out a8
16	400	91	Jul 16	BOS	@	DET	W,9-4	GS-7	W(9-3)	4	7.0	6	4	4	2	4	1	2	3.75	4.38	31	99	62	11	11	13	10	4	0	0	51			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	.87	-0.089	1.39	-0.09%	-0.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
17	401	96	Jul 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,8-9	GS-5		4	5.0	8	7	6	2	8	2	0	4.09	4.46	26	102	66	20	15	4	12	7	1	0	31			2	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.440	1.77	-0.56%	-4.28	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
18	402	102	Jul 27	BOS		BAL	W,4-0	SHO	W(10-3)	5	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.77	4.22	29	111	81	27	8	9	13	5	4	0	86			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.419	1.36	0.43%	5.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Aug				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
19	403	107	Aug 1	BOS	@	TEX	L,7-19	GS-2	L(10-4)	4	1.1	6	8	8	0	1	1	2	4.35	4.35	12	34	23	5	4	2	7	5	0	0	11			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.451	1.73	-0.48%	-6.44	1b start a 1	2b 1-- 1 out d6
20	404	112	Aug 7	BOS		OAK	L,2-3	GS-7	L(10-5)	5	6.2	6	3	1	3	5	1	0	4.19	4.37	30	101	62	27	10	10	12	4	0	0	56			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.065	2.54	-0.09%	0.39	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d2
21	405	117	Aug 13	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-10	GS-4	L(10-6)	5	3.0	9	6	6	2	4	0	0	4.52	4.32	19	61	39	18	6	2	11	10	0	0	19			0	0	0	17	3	1	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.364	2.35	-0.53%	-4.81	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d5
22	406	122	Aug 18	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-6	GS-8	L(10-7)	4	7.1	9	6	6	2	4	1	0	4.68	4.33	32	93	61	19	4	11	15	6	1	0	38			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.097	1.77	-0.12%	-0.88	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out d2
23	407	129	Aug 26	BOS		ANA	W,10-9	GS-6		7	5.2	11	4	3	1	3	0	0	4.69	4.25	29	101	64	18	4	5	20	11	0	0	35			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.36	-0.225	2.21	-0.22%	-1.28	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out d1
24	408	133	Aug 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS-5		4	4.0	8	7	6	2	3	1	1	4.94	4.33	22	66	41	13	4	3	13	7	1	0	21			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.329	.53	-0.21%	-4.90	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d4
Sept				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
25	409	138	Sep 5	BOS		TOR	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	6	2	2	3	5	2	0	4.86	4.44	27	104	62	23	7	11	8	3	0	0	54			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.120	.52	0.03%	1.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
26	410	143	Sep 10	BOS	@	TBD	W,12-1	GS-7	W(11-7)	4	7.0	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.70	4.44	24	80	54	13	11	9	13	5	0	0	63			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	.74	0.192	.09	0.01%	2.69	1b start tie	7b 3 out a10
27	411	148	Sep 15	BOS		BAL	L,3-8	GS-4	L(11-8)	4	3.2	7	6	6	1	3	2	0	4.93	4.55	19	70	46	12	4	7	8	5	1	0	25			0	0	1	18	3	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.394	.05	-0.01%	-4.01	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d4
28	412	154	Sep 21	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-0	GS-8	W(12-8)	5	8.0	2	0	0	3	7	0	0	4.69	4.44	29	113	75	24	6	9	10	4	0	0	82			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.544	.00	0.00%	4.13	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a2
29	413	160	Sep 27	BOS		TBD	W,6-1	GS-8	W(13-8)	5	8.0	5	1	1	2	6	1	0	4.53	4.41	30	111	71	19	12	9	13	3	2	0	72			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	.55	0.216	.00	0.00%	3.48	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
							17-12		W-L:13-8	4.7	173.0	199	93	87	50	124	25	8	4.53	4.41	760	2691	64%	21%	7%	0.60		30%	5%	0	48		---%	11	6	1	693	35	4	5	13	4	8	.96	-0.113	1.16	-1.05%	1.87

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