John Burkett

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1983	18	-2.6	Great Falls	PION	Rk	SFG	2	6	.250	6.26	7.87	13	9	1	0	0	0	50.1	73	44	35	1	30	2	38	2	2	8		2.046	13.1	0.2	5.4	6.8	1.27
1984	19	-2.9	Clinton	MIDW	A	SFG	7	6	.538	4.33	5.76	20	20	0	2	0	0	126.2	128	81	61	5	38	1	83	6	1	9		1.311	9.1	0.4	2.7	5.9	2.18
1985	20	-2.6	Fresno	CALL	A	SFG	7	4	.636	2.87	3.53	20	20	0	1	1	0	109.2	98	43	35	3	46	0	72	6	0	6		1.313	8.0	0.2	3.8	5.9	1.57
1986	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	SFG	10	9	.526	3.11	3.82	26	25	0	4	2	0	153.1	133	65	53	9	50	0	87	6	3	6		1.193	7.8	0.5	2.9	5.1	1.74
1986	21	-2.5	Shreveport	TL	AA	SFG	10	6	.625	2.66	3.22	22	21	0	4	2	0	128.2	99	46	38	7	42	0	73	4	3	3		1.096	6.9	0.5	2.9	5.1	1.74
1986	21	-1.7	Fresno	CALL	A	SFG	0	3	.000	5.47	6.93	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.2	34	19	15	2	8	0	14	2	0	3		1.703	12.4	0.7	2.9	5.1	1.75
1987	22	-2.0	Shreveport	TL	AA	SFG	14	8	.636	3.34	3.80	27	27	0	6	1	0	177.2	181	75	66	11	53	2	126	7	1	3		1.317	9.2	0.6	2.7	6.4	2.38
1987	22	-6.2	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	0	0		4.50	6.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	7	4	3	2	3	0	5	1	0	0	28	1.667	10.5	3.0	4.5	7.5	1.67
1988	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	SFG	10	12	.455	4.26	5.14	28	28	0	2	1	0	164.2	174	94	78	10	67	4	108	7	3	2		1.464	9.5	0.5	3.7	5.9	1.61
1988	23	-3.3	Phoenix	PCL	AAA	SFG	5	11	.313	5.21	6.24	21	21	0	0	0	0	114.0	141	79	66	7	49	3	74	5	2	1		1.667	11.1	0.6	3.9	5.8	1.51
1988	23	-1.2	Shreveport	TL	AA	SFG	5	1	.833	2.13	2.66	7	7	0	2	1	0	50.2	33	15	12	3	18	1	34	2	1	1		1.007	5.9	0.5	3.2	6.0	1.89
1989	24	-2.0	Phoenix	PCL	AAA	SFG	10	11	.476	5.05	5.96	28	28	0	2	1	0	167.2	197	111	94	19	59	3	105	8	2	2		1.527	10.6	1.0	3.2	5.6	1.78
1990	25	-0.9	Phoenix	PCL	AAA	SFG	2	1	.667	2.74	3.13	3	3	0	2	1	0	23.0	18	8	7	2	3	0	9	0	0	0		0.913	7.0	0.8	1.2	3.5	3.00
1990	25	-3.4	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	14	7	.667	3.79	4.06	33	32	1	2	0	1	204.0	201	92	86	18	61	7	118	4	3	3	857	1.284	8.9	0.8	2.7	5.2	1.93
1991	26	-2.1	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	12	11	.522	4.18	4.49	36	34	0	3	1	0	206.2	223	103	96	19	60	2	131	10	0	5	890	1.369	9.7	0.8	2.6	5.7	2.18
1992	27	-1.3	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	13	9	.591	3.84	4.56	32	32	0	3	1	0	189.2	194	96	81	13	45	6	107	4	0	0	799	1.260	9.2	0.6	2.1	5.1	2.38
1993	28	-0.2	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	22	7	.759	3.65	3.88	34	34	0	2	1	0	231.2	224	100	94	18	40	4	145	11	2	1	942	1.140	8.7	0.7	1.6	5.6	3.63
1994	29	0.9	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	6	8	.429	3.62	4.07	25	25	0	0	0	0	159.1	176	72	64	14	36	7	85	7	0	2	676	1.331	9.9	0.8	2.0	4.8	2.36
1995	30	2.1	FLA	NL	Maj	FLA	14	14	.500	4.30	4.54	30	30	0	4	0	0	188.1	208	95	90	22	57	5	126	6	1	2	810	1.407	9.9	1.1	2.7	6.0	2.21
1996	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	TEX	11	12	.478	4.24	4.73	34	34	0	2	1	0	222.2	229	117	105	19	58	4	155	5	0	0	934	1.289	9.3	0.8	2.3	6.3	2.67
1996	31	2.6	FLA	NL	Maj	FLA	6	10	.375	4.32	4.91	24	24	0	1	0	0	154.0	154	84	74	15	42	2	108	3	0	0	645	1.273	9.0	0.9	2.5	6.3	2.57
1996	31	2.7	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	5	2	.714	4.06	4.33	10	10	0	1	1	0	68.2	75	33	31	4	16	2	47	2	0	0	289	1.325	9.8	0.5	2.1	6.2	2.94
1997	32	5.4	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	TEX	1	0	1.000	3.60	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	23	1.600	10.8	1.8	3.6	5.4	1.50
1997	32	3.2	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	9	12	.429	4.56	5.04	30	30	0	2	0	0	189.1	240	106	96	20	30	1	139	4	0	1	828	1.426	11.4	1.0	1.4	6.6	4.63
1998	33	3.7	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	9	13	.409	5.68	6.05	32	32	0	0	0	0	195.0	230	131	123	19	46	1	131	8	0	3	854	1.415	10.6	0.9	2.1	6.0	2.85
1999	34	10.2	Tulsa	TL	AA	TEX	0	1	.000	2.70	6.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	7	5	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	2	32	1.500	9.5	0.0	4.1	4.1	1.00
1999	34	4.8	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	9	8	.529	5.62	5.80	30	25	1	0	0	0	147.1	184	95	92	18	46	1	96	3	0	4	656	1.561	11.2	1.1	2.8	5.9	2.09
2000	35	6.3	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	10	6	.625	4.89	5.29	31	22	4	0	0	0	134.1	162	79	73	13	51	2	110	4	0	2	603	1.586	10.9	0.9	3.4	7.4	2.16
2001	36	7.1	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	12	12	.500	3.04	3.41	34	34	0	1	1	0	219.1	187	83	74	17	70	13	187	6	1	5	902	1.172	7.7	0.7	2.9	7.7	2.67
2002	37	10.6	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	1	.000	11.57	11.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	11	2.143	15.4	0.0	3.9	7.7	2.00
2002	37	8.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	13	8	.619	4.53	4.84	29	29	0	1	1	0	173.0	199	93	87	25	50	5	124	8	1	2	760	1.439	10.4	1.3	2.6	6.5	2.48
2003	38	9.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	12	9	.571	5.15	5.35	32	30	1	1	0	0	181.2	202	108	104	20	47	1	107	9	0	3	785	1.371	10.0	1.0	2.3	5.3	2.28
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (15 seasons)					Majors		166	136	.550	4.31	4.67	445	423	8	21	6	1	2648.1	2866	1374	1268	257	700	59	1766	90	8	33	11324	1.347	9.7	0.9	2.4	6.0	2.52
Minors (11 seasons)					Minors		63	59	.516	3.98	4.84	169	164	1	19	7	0	987.0	1019	531	436	61	352	12	636	42	12	38	66	1.389	9.3	0.6	3.2	5.8	1.81
All Levels (21 Seasons)							229	195	.540	4.22	4.72	614	587	9	40	13	1	3635.1	3885	1905	1704	318	1052	71	2402	132	20	71	11390	1.358	9.6	0.8	2.6	5.9	2.28

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		18	24	.429	4.96	5.86	54	54	0	4	2	0	312.0	366	203	172	29	114	6	193	13	4	3	34	1.538	10.6	0.8	3.3	5.6	1.69
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		29	16	.644	2.92	3.49	58	57	0	12	4	0	363.2	320	141	118	21	116	3	236	13	5	9	32	1.199	7.9	0.5	2.9	5.8	2.03
A (3 seasons)					Minors		14	13	.519	3.83	4.93	44	44	0	3	1	0	261.0	260	143	111	10	92	1	169	14	1	18		1.349	9.0	0.3	3.2	5.8	1.84
Rk (1 season)					Minors		2	6	.250	6.26	7.87	13	9	1	0	0	0	50.1	73	44	35	1	30	2	38	2	2	8		2.046	13.1	0.2	5.4	6.8	1.27