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: 12-20 / in Starts: 12-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1998 Pitching Game Log

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1998 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	258	1	Mar 31	TEX		CHW	L,2-9	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.2	6	7	7	2	2	1	0	13.50	6.35	22	66	36	8	7	8	10	4	0	0	24			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.240	.97	-0.15%	-4.32	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d7
2	259	5	Apr 5	TEX	@	TOR	W,6-5	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	7.2	6	5	5	3	6	3	0	8.76	7.27	31	115	71	22	5	13	9	4	0	0	50			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.036	1.13	-0.02%	-0.64	1b start tie	8b --- 2 out a1
3	260	10	Apr 12	TEX		TOR	W,3-1	GS-8		6	8.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	1	5.75	5.70	34	112	72	20	10	10	17	8	4	0	66			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.489	1.46	0.33%	3.70	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
4	261	15	Apr 18	TEX		BAL	L,8-10	GS-5	L(1-2)	5	4.0	11	6	6	2	4	0	0	7.03	5.19	24	77	51	15	6	10	8	5	0	0	18			2	1	1	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	-0.363	1.92	-0.26%	-3.50	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out d1
5	262	20	Apr 24	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-11	GS-5	L(1-3)	5	4.2	11	11	11	2	6	1	0	9.31	5.10	27	89	55	15	7	8	11	7	1	0	2			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.434	.89	-0.31%	-7.54	1b start tie	5b --3 2 out d7
6	263	25	Apr 29	TEX	@	DET	W,4-1	GS-8	W(2-3)	4	7.0	4	1	1	0	4	1	0	7.75	4.86	24	85	56	14	9	11	9	2	5	0	69			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.269	1.16	0.19%	2.56	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out a2
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
7	264	30	May 5	TEX		NYY	L,2-7	GS-5	L(2-4)	5	4.1	7	6	5	2	4	1	0	8.03	4.95	20	70	45	13	5	4	10	5	2	0	29			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.239	1.02	-0.19%	-3.06	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d4
8	265	35	May 10	TEX		CLE	W,5-3	GS-9	W(3-4)	4	8.0	4	3	3	1	5	0	0	7.26	4.50	29	112	73	23	10	10	13	8	2	0	66			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.310	.69	0.23%	2.85	1t start tie	9t 123 0 out a5
9	266	40	May 15	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	3	5	1	0	6.67	4.55	29	108	67	19	5	11	10	5	1	0	59			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.239	1.19	0.17%	2.08	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
10	267	45	May 21	TEX		SEA	W,9-8	GS-5		5	4.0	8	7	7	3	2	1	1	7.28	4.81	24	84	53	13	8	5	13	7	1	0	17			0	0	0	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.386	1.51	-0.32%	-4.29	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out d4
11	268	50	May 27	TEX		MIN	L,5-6	GS-6		5	5.2	9	5	4	1	3	0	0	7.20	4.62	25	86	52	10	8	9	12	5	3	0	35			0	1	0	23	1	1	0	1	1	0	.92	-0.249	.96	-0.16%	-1.87	1t start tie	6t --3 2 out tie
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	269	55	Jun 1	TEX	@	TBD	L,1-4	GS-8	L(3-5)	4	7.0	7	4	4	0	6	1	0	7.00	4.49	27	99	65	22	12	8	13	6	3	0	53			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.001	1.06	0.00%	0.60	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out d2
13	270	60	Jun 6	TEX		SDP	W,3-0	GS-8	W(4-5)	4	8.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	6.30	4.29	31	118	74	24	9	11	15	6	2	0	75			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.35	0.502	1.56	0.35%	4.70	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
14	271	65	Jun 12	TEX		ANA	L,1-5	GS-8	L(4-6)	5	7.2	7	5	5	1	6	3	1	6.26	4.56	32	104	73	20	11	9	15	5	2	0	50			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.84	-0.130	1.42	-0.13%	-0.42	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out d4
15	272	70	Jun 17	TEX		OAK	L,2-3	GS-8	L(4-7)	4	7.2	11	3	1	1	4	0	0	5.85	4.40	34	116	74	20	6	14	15	8	2	0	52			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	3	0	1	.88	0.140	1.35	0.13%	2.15	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out d2
16	273	75	Jun 22	TEX		ARI	L,0-6	GS-8	L(4-8)	4	7.1	9	5	5	0	4	0	0	5.87	4.23	31	99	66	11	12	11	16	5	4	0	44			0	0	0	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	.90	0.051	1.24	0.04%	0.44	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out d3
17	274	80	Jun 27	TEX	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	2	3	7	0	1	5.71	4.15	27	98	58	18	5	7	9	3	2	0	56			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	0.022	1.70	0.02%	-0.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
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	275	85	Jul 3	TEX		SEA	L,2-8	GS-7	L(4-9)	5	6.1	10	7	7	1	4	1	0	5.95	4.17	29	108	74	21	9	9	15	7	2	0	28			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	0	.58	-0.219	.81	-0.18%	-3.15	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d6
19	276	88	Jul 9	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-1	GS-8	W(5-9)	5	8.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	5.63	4.02	27	99	69	24	6	7	15	4	1	0	75			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	0.416	2.11	0.41%	3.35	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
20	277	93	Jul 14	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-6	GS-7	L(5-10)	4	6.0	9	5	5	1	4	1	0	5.72	4.04	29	111	70	20	9	10	14	9	1	0	37			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	1	.59	-0.185	.93	-0.18%	-1.04	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d1
21	278	98	Jul 19	TEX		TBD	W,7-4	GS-7	W(6-10)	4	7.0	10	4	4	1	4	0	0	5.69	3.96	30	110	65	25	8	14	11	3	1	0	44			0	0	0	28	3	1	0	1	1	0	1.06	-0.018	1.63	-0.02%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
22	279	103	Jul 25	TEX	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS-6		5	5.0	6	5	5	3	4	0	0	5.81	3.93	25	84	52	14	5	10	8	2	2	0	36			1	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	2	1.14	-0.155	1.82	-0.15%	-1.49	1b start a 3	6b 1-3 0 out a2
23	280	108	Jul 31	TEX		CHW	L,2-10	GS-6	L(6-11)	5	5.2	8	6	5	0	7	1	0	5.89	3.90	26	102	66	16	18	7	12	6	6	0	38			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.280	1.64	-0.27%	-2.96	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d5
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
24	281	113	Aug 6	TEX		BOS	W,7-4	GS-7	W(7-11)	5	6.1	6	3	3	2	3	2	1	5.82	4.05	27	83	53	14	5	9	12	3	1	0	50			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.090	1.67	0.09%	0.85	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a3
25	282	118	Aug 12	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-6	L(7-12)	5	5.0	11	5	5	2	1	0	1	5.92	4.07	28	91	54	11	4	10	14	7	3	0	24			1	0	0	24	5	0	0	1	1	0	1.28	-0.318	2.11	-0.32%	-3.59	1b start tie	6b -23 0 out d2
26	283	123	Aug 18(1)	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-6	L(7-13)	5	5.2	5	4	4	1	6	0	2	5.94	4.02	24	85	53	16	5	8	7	4	0	0	48			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	-0.016	2.72	-0.02%	0.64	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out d1
27	284	128	Aug 22	TEX		NYY	L,9-12	GS-6		3	5.0	10	5	3	2	3	0	0	5.92	3.99	27	100	57	12	11	12	10	6	0	0	32			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	2	0	2	1.26	-0.274	2.29	-0.30%	-1.98	1t start tie	6t --3 0 out tie
28	285	134	Aug 28(2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS-5		5	5.0	8	3	3	0	2	1	0	5.91	4.02	23	75	49	12	5	12	9	6	0	0	41			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.032	1.99	0.03%	-0.25	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a2
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
29	286	138	Sep 1	TEX	@	DET	L,8-12	GS-1		3	0.2	5	4	4	2	0	0	0	6.09	4.05	9	22	10	2	0	4	3	1	0	0	24			0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.65	-0.377	2.93	-0.40%	-4.25	1b start a 3	1b 123 2 out d1
30	287	144	Sep 8	TEX		KCR	W,7-6	GS-5		6	4.2	9	3	3	3	4	0	0	6.08	4.03	24	93	56	15	8	8	9	5	0	0	35			0	1	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.186	2.12	0.19%	2.11	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out a3
31	288	153	Sep 18	TEX		OAK	W,3-1	GS-8	W(8-13)	9	8.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.87	3.98	28	89	60	18	3	14	13	4	6	0	71			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.417	3.38	0.77%	3.70	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
32	289	158	Sep 23	TEX	@	ANA	W,7-1	GS-8	W(9-13)	4	8.0	2	1	1	1	7	0	0	5.68	3.89	27	109	68	25	7	9	10	1	2	0	80			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.409	4.51	1.19%	3.62	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a5
							12-20		W-L:9-13	4.7	195.0	230	131	123	46	131	19	8	5.68	3.89	854	2999	63%	18%	8%	0.82		24%	9%	0	45		---%	9	7	1	788	45	7	1	17	5	12	1.04	-0.348	1.65	0.77%	-10.98

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