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Ray Burris

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 200lb (196cm, 90kg)

Born: August 22, 1950 in Idabel, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 17th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Southwestern Oklahoma State University (Weatherford, OK).

High School: Duke HS (Duke, OK)

School: Southwestern Oklahoma State University (Weatherford, OK)

Debut: April 8, 1973 (Age 22-229d, 13,335th in major league history)
vs. MON 3.1 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1987 (Age 37-036d)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Full Name: Bertram Ray Burris

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.9

108

134

ERA

4.17

480

302

2188.2

1065

WHIP

1.405

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Team Record in Appearances: 19-15 / in Starts: 16-12

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: 4

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	2	Apr 4	OAK		MIL	W,4-3	2-8	W(1-0)	99	6.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	2.10	22	7	8	0	0	5		0	0	0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.308	1.15	0.23%	2.61	2t --- 2 out d3	8t 1-- 2 out a1
2	386	7	Apr 10	OAK		TOR	L,0-3	8-GF		5	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.38	6	2	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.028	.54	0.03%	1.31	8t 12- 1 out d3	9t end d 3
3	387	9	Apr 13	OAK		CAL	W,2-1	6-7	H(1)	2	2.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	1.84	9	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.169	2.46	0.16%	0.91	6t --- 0 out a1	7t 3 out a1
4	388	12	Apr 16	OAK	@	SEA	W,9-6	7-8		2	1.0	3	2	2	3	0	0	0	1.69	2.77	8	1	1	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	.47	-0.041	.88	-0.05%	-1.52	7b 123 2 out a6	8b 123 2 out a4
5	389	15	Apr 20	OAK	@	BOS	L,1-3	4-GF(8)		3	4.1	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.20	2.77	18	4	5	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.032	.79	0.03%	1.52	4b 12- 2 out d1	8b end d 2
6	390	18	Apr 24	OAK	@	MIL	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		3	1.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.10	3.14	6	2	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.063	1.19	0.06%	0.82	7b --3 2 out d1	8b end d 1
7	391	22	Apr 28	OAK		MIN	W,7-0	SHO	W(2-0)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	0	0.71	2.69	33	5	15	0	0	4	84			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.133	.34	0.15%	4.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
8	392	27	May 4	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-3	GS-6	L(2-1)	5	6.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	2	1.15	2.77	27	5	8	0	0	5	57			1	0	0	23	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.36	0.044	2.75	0.05%	1.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
9	393	32	May 9	OAK		SEA	L,1-4	GS-8		4	7.1	3	1	1	4	5	0	1	1.16	2.90	28	6	9	0	0	3	69			1	1	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.081	2.76	0.10%	1.28	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out d1
10	394	37	May 15	OAK	@	NYY	L,6-9	GS-5	L(2-2)	5	4.1	7	4	3	3	4	0	0	1.67	2.91	22	1	8	1	0	6	36			0	0	0	19	0	2	0	1	0	1	1.43	-0.359	2.14	-0.32%	-2.55	1b start tie	5b --3 1 out d1
11	395	42	May 22	OAK		BAL	W,6-4	GS-7	W(3-2)	6	6.2	5	3	3	3	1	1	0	1.99	3.29	28	4	15	0	0	5	50			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.021	1.10	-0.01%	-0.03	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a2
12	396	47	May 27	OAK		NYY	W,7-1	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	3	0	0	1.84	3.26	36	9	14	0	0	7	69			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.253	.83	0.18%	3.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
13	397	52	Jun 2	OAK	@	CHW	W,6-3	GS-6	W(5-2)	5	5.1	6	2	2	0	4	1	0	1.97	3.30	21	5	6	0	0	6	52			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.039	1.44	0.03%	0.57	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 1 out a1
14	398	57	Jun 8	OAK	@	TEX	L,4-8	GS-6	L(5-3)	5	5.1	6	6	4	6	1	0	1	2.34	3.53	29	4	11	0	0	6	31			0	1	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.234	1.50	-0.18%	-1.87	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d2
15	399	62	Jun 13	OAK		CLE	W,3-1	GS-7		4	7.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.24	3.37	27	5	10	0	0	6	65			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	0.281	.78	0.12%	2.18	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
16	400	67	Jun 18	OAK		KCR	W,10-2	GS-8	W(6-3)	4	7.0	8	2	2	4	0	0	0	2.27	3.46	30	9	10	0	0	7	49			0	1	0	26	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.02	0.305	1.03	0.19%	1.21	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a6
17	401	72	Jun 24	OAK		TEX	W,4-2	GS-7		5	7.0	4	1	1	2	2	1	0	2.19	3.58	27	8	11	0	0	4	65			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	0.324	1.65	0.26%	2.18	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
18	402	78	Jun 29	OAK	@	TOR	W,2-1	GS-7	W(7-3)	4	7.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	0	2.13	3.60	28	1	16	0	0	5	61			0	1	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.310	2.03	0.30%	2.60	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	85	Jul 6(1)	OAK	@	MIL	W,7-6	GS-7	W(8-3)	6	7.0	7	6	6	2	2	1	0	2.50	3.69	30	4	15	0	0	7	39			0	1	0	27	0	2	0	0	1	1	1.04	-0.479	1.11	-0.31%	-2.68	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
20	404	90	Jul 13	OAK		TOR	L,3-6	GS-4	L(8-4)	6	3.1	7	4	4	3	1	1	0	2.76	3.85	20	3	6	0	0	7	28			0	0	0	15	4	0	0	0	2	0	1.48	-0.352	2.71	-0.39%	-3.04	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d2
21	405	95	Jul 18	OAK		BOS	W,7-2	CG	W(9-4)	4	9.0	4	2	2	3	4	1	0	2.70	3.88	33	7	15	0	0	4	72			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.131	.24	0.08%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
22	406	100	Jul 23	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-14	GS-5	L(9-5)	4	4.0	7	7	4	3	1	0	0	2.91	3.90	22	6	5	0	0	7	24			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	-0.311	1.86	-0.34%	-3.94	1b start a 1	5b 12- 0 out d4
23	407	104	Jul 28	OAK	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(9-6)	4	8.0	2	2	1	6	2	1	0	2.80	4.04	32	7	15	0	0	2	68			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.79	0.067	1.02	0.05%	1.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	408	109	Aug 3(1)	OAK		SEA	W,5-3	GS-9	W(10-6)	5	8.2	7	3	3	1	5	0	0	2.82	3.91	34	13	8	0	0	7	62			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	.38	0.150	.11	0.03%	0.75	1t start tie	9t --3 2 out a2
25	409	115	Aug 8	OAK		MIN	W,5-0	GS-8	W(11-6)	4	7.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.68	3.87	25	3	14	0	0	4	69			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.231	.25	0.03%	2.21	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a2
26	410	120	Aug 14	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-8		5	7.1	6	3	3	5	1	1	0	2.73	3.99	30	6	12	0	0	6	50			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.32	-0.051	.76	-0.02%	0.18	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out tie
27	411	125	Aug 19	OAK	@	NYY	L,6-9	GS-6		4	5.2	11	4	3	1	2	2	0	2.80	4.10	29	5	10	0	0	11	34			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.182	1.35	-0.12%	-0.64	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out tie
28	412	130	Aug 25	OAK		BAL	L,2-4	GS-7	L(11-7)	5	6.2	10	4	4	5	1	1	0	2.91	4.21	34	6	12	0	0	10	34			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.76	-0.232	.53	-0.04%	-1.29	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d3
29	413	135	Aug 31	OAK		DET	W,7-6	GS-9		5	8.0	8	6	6	3	3	2	2	3.09	4.34	35	9	10	0	0	8	42			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.161	.13	-0.01%	-1.74	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
30	414	140	Sep 5	OAK	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-8	W(12-7)	4	8.0	10	3	2	3	3	0	0	3.05	4.29	36	5	15	0	0	10	52			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.092	.22	0.01%	1.15	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
31	415	145	Sep 10	OAK		CHW	W,1-0	GS-9	W(13-7)	4	8.2	3	0	0	2	6	0	1	2.91	4.20	31	7	12	0	0	3	82			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.637	.02	0.01%	3.88	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a1
32	416	149	Sep 15	OAK		CLE	L,3-6	GS-9	L(13-8)	4	8.1	9	4	4	1	2	0	1	2.97	4.15	35	6	16	0	0	9	50			1	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.42	0.093	.02	0.00%	0.45	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out tie
33	417	155	Sep 22	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(13-9)	6	8.0	6	4	4	5	8	0	0	3.03	4.09	35	8	8	0	0	6	57			0	1	0	29	3	1	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-0.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
34	418	160	Sep 28	OAK		KCR	L,5-6	GS-7	L(13-10)	5	6.2	11	6	5	3	2	2	0	3.15	4.20	34	6	12	0	0	11	29			0	1	0	30	0	1	0	0	1	1	.94	-0.360	.00	0.00%	-3.16	1t start tie	7t --3 2 out d4
							19-15		W-L:13-10,Hld:1	4.4	211.2	193	84	74	90	93	15	8	3.15	4.20	900	0.53		0%	0%	191	53	8	13%	4	12	0	792	34	10	1	18	6	10	1.03	0.870	.95	0.31%	15.52

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