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: 18-18 / in Starts: 17-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 2

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 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	37	1	Apr 9	SFG	@	SDP	L,4-7	GS-7		99	7.0	9	3	3	0	3	0	1	3.86	2.43	27	88	59	15	6	15	8	4	0	0	50			0	1	2	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.069	1.89	-0.06%	0.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
2	38	6	Apr 14	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-7	GS-4	L(0-1)	4	4.0	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	5.73	2.77	18	65	41	9	8	7	7	4	1	0	34			0	2	0	15	2	1	1	0	1	0	1.03	-0.218	1.54	-0.19%	-2.30	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
3	39	10	Apr 19	SFG		HOU	W,5-2	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	8.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.26	2.65	31	110	72	22	7	9	18	7	4	0	64			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	0	.85	0.232	1.10	0.18%	1.52	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
4	40	15	Apr 24	SFG		SDP	W,6-1	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.21	2.50	34	126	83	16	14	13	13	5	2	0	75			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.286	1.38	0.25%	2.96	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
5	41	19	Apr 28	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-7	GS-4	L(2-2)	3	4.0	6	5	3	4	4	1	0	3.66	3.07	23	107	63	17	9	10	5	1	1	0	34			1	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	2	.84	-0.305	1.17	-0.25%	-3.21	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
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
6	42	23	May 4	SFG	@	NYM	L,4-6	GS-7		5	7.0	7	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.46	3.19	30	106	71	15	4	13	15	6	2	0	53			2	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.37	0.151	1.28	0.09%	1.17	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a2
7	43	27	May 8	SFG	@	MON	L,4-5	GS-5		3	5.0	7	4	4	3	8	0	0	3.89	2.99	24	107	58	19	7	6	7	4	0	0	42			2	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.193	.65	-0.09%	-1.74	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
8	44	31	May 13	SFG		PHI	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	4	2	2	2	10	1	0	3.63	2.95	29	113	72	20	12	7	10	4	3	0	74			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.065	.46	0.02%	1.52	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
9	45	36	May 18	SFG		MON	L,1-3	GS-6	L(2-3)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.72	2.91	27	90	57	13	9	9	12	3	3	0	48			0	1	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	1	.68	-0.135	.34	-0.04%	-0.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
10	46	41	May 24	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS-6		5	5.0	9	2	2	2	4	1	1	3.71	3.13	24	89	54	18	5	8	9	3	2	0	43			1	2	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	-0.206	.38	-0.03%	-0.92	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out tie
11	47	46	May 29	SFG		CIN	W,6-1	GS-5		4	5.0	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	3.57	3.36	21	70	47	13	3	5	13	7	3	0	53			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.108	.28	0.02%	1.20	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
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
12	48	51	Jun 4	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS-6	W(3-3)	5	5.2	5	3	3	5	4	1	0	3.67	3.59	26	103	64	22	5	7	10	3	2	0	46			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.105	.34	-0.02%	-1.02	1b start a 3	6b 123 2 out a2
13	49	56	Jun 9	SFG	@	STL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(4-3)	4	8.0	3	1	1	5	3	1	0	3.42	3.79	28	85	51	14	8	10	10	1	3	0	70			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.35	0.295	.34	0.04%	2.66	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
14	50	58	Jun 11	SFG	@	CHC	W,8-6	7-7		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.39	3.78	3	9	7	1	0	2	1	0	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.10	-0.048	.43	-0.01%	0.16	7b 1-3 1 out tie	7b 3 out d1
15	51	61	Jun 14	SFG		PIT	W,3-2	GS-7		2	7.0	4	2	2	2	4	0	1	3.32	3.72	28	99	62	18	6	9	12	3	2	0	63			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.166	.21	0.02%	1.08	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
16	52	66	Jun 19	SFG		STL	L,2-3	GS-8	L(4-4)	4	8.0	7	3	3	1	6	1	0	3.33	3.69	31	87	60	21	6	12	12	5	2	0	61			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.117	.12	-0.01%	0.52	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
17	53	70	Jun 23	SFG		CHC	W,2-1	GS-8		3	8.0	6	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.16	3.76	27	93	58	21	3	16	9	2	2	0	66			0	2	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	1	.88	0.254	.10	0.02%	2.52	1t start tie	8t 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
18	54	77	Jul 3	SFG		HOU	L,0-9	GS-5	L(4-5)	9	5.0	6	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.34	3.79	23	87	53	8	9	9	9	3	1	0	42			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	1	.86	-0.193	.12	-0.02%	-1.80	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
19	55	81	Jul 7	SFG		SDP	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-5)	3	9.0	5	0	0	4	9	0	0	3.09	3.67	36	143	90	19	15	10	13	6	5	0	82			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.453	.10	0.02%	3.96	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
20	56	84	Jul 13	SFG	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS-5		5	5.0	10	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.33	3.73	25	78	49	14	6	6	16	8	1	0	28			0	0	0	23	4	0	1	1	1	0	1.21	-0.370	.11	-0.02%	-2.74	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
21	57	88	Jul 17	SFG	@	NYM	L,5-6	7-7	H(1)	3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.30	3.73	4	16	9	1	2	0	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.43	0.133	1.09	0.02%	0.42	7b 12- 0 out a2	7b 3 out a1
22	58	90	Jul 20	SFG	@	MON	W,5-3	GS-6	W(6-5)	2	5.1	9	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.38	3.80	26	80	47	11	2	11	13	6	3	0	38			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.30	-0.111	.21	-0.01%	-1.14	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a2
23	59	93	Jul 24	SFG		NYM	W,8-4	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	8	4	2	1	3	0	0	3.29	3.72	36	108	71	19	3	16	16	5	3	0	61			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	1	.59	0.081	.16	0.01%	-0.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
24	60	98	Jul 29	SFG		MON	W,6-5	GS-5		4	5.0	6	5	3	0	3	1	1	3.36	3.76	24	80	53	14	7	11	9	2	2	0	42			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	3	.94	-0.354	.43	-0.10%	-2.80	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
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
25	61	102	Aug 3	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-3	GS-7	W(8-5)	4	7.0	9	3	3	0	6	0	0	3.38	3.64	30	101	64	23	6	11	13	2	3	0	53			1	0	0	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.202	.46	0.08%	0.33	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a4
26	62	107	Aug 8	SFG	@	ATL	W,8-1	GS-8	W(9-5)	4	8.0	8	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.27	3.56	31	99	65	18	12	15	10	5	1	0	66			2	0	1	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.217	.62	0.09%	2.88	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a7
27	63	112	Aug 13	SFG		ATL	L,2-9	GS-4	L(9-6)	4	3.0	7	6	5	1	3	1	0	3.49	3.61	19	58	41	12	4	5	10	7	1	0	25			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	2	.59	-0.372	.55	-0.21%	-5.64	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d6
28	64	116	Aug 17	SFG		CIN	L,0-7	GS-3	L(9-7)	3	2.1	6	6	6	1	0	2	1	3.76	3.79	15	49	27	6	1	6	7	3	0	0	20			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.349	.66	-0.15%	-4.91	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d6
29	65	121	Aug 23	SFG	@	PIT	L,0-8	GS-3	L(9-8)	5	2.2	7	5	5	1	2	0	0	3.97	3.77	16	61	38	11	2	6	7	4	1	0	25			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	.98	-0.292	.28	-0.05%	-4.05	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d5
30	66	125	Aug 27	SFG	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-6		3	6.0	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	4.04	3.84	25	84	52	12	6	8	12	4	2	0	43			1	2	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.248	.24	-0.03%	-1.26	1b start a 3	6b 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
31	67	130	Sep 1	SFG		STL	L,1-14	GS-3	L(9-9)	4	2.1	6	4	4	2	2	1	0	4.19	3.91	15	49	27	7	3	4	7	4	0	0	29			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.294	.07	-0.01%	-3.31	1t start tie	3t -2- 1 out d4
32	68	138	Sep 10	SFG	@	ATL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(9-10)	8	7.0	7	3	3	4	2	1	2	4.18	4.02	33	106	59	11	9	12	13	5	1	0	49			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.81	-0.074	.00	0.00%	0.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
33	69	143	Sep 15	SFG		SDP	W,7-2	GS-8	W(10-10)	4	8.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	0	4.05	3.90	31	99	67	21	8	8	14	5	3	0	73			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.145	.00	0.00%	2.52	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
34	70	148	Sep 20	SFG	@	SDP	L,5-10	GS-3	L(10-11)	4	3.0	7	6	6	0	2	1	0	4.27	3.93	16	49	35	14	0	8	6	3	0	0	23			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.392	.00	0.00%	-4.59	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d5
35	71	153	Sep 25	SFG	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS-6	W(11-11)	4	6.0	5	1	1	0	8	0	1	4.19	3.84	23	74	49	17	9	6	8	3	0	0	66			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.181	.00	0.00%	1.55	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
36	72	158	Oct 1	SFG		HOU	W,6-4	GS-7	W(12-11)	5	6.2	7	3	3	2	5	0	1	4.18	3.80	31	111	71	19	4	10	13	8	5	0	51			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.109	.00	0.00%	0.68	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a3
							18-18		W-L:12-11,Hld:1	4.0	206.2	223	103	96	60	131	19	10	4.18	3.80	890	3079	63%	17%	7%	0.87		21%	9%	0	50	4	50%	17	16	3	804	31	2	2	14	8	14	1.01	-1.367	.47	-0.44%	-13.50

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