Kurt Birkins

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 188lb (188cm, 85kg)

Born: August 11, 1980 in West Hills, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 33rd round of the 2000 MLB June Amateur Draft from Los Angeles Pierce College (Woodland Hills, CA).

High School: El Camino Real HS (Woodland Hills, CA)

Schools: Los Angeles Pierce College (Woodland Hills, CA), University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Last Game: May 4, 2008 (Age 27-267d)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

Full Name: Kurt Daniel Birkins

Pronunciation: \BURK-ins\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

ERA

5.85

75.1

WHIP

1.553

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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
2001	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk	BAL	6	2	.750	2.59	2.90	11	10	1	0	0	0	59.0	41	19	17	4	8	0	66	6	0	4	229	0.831	6.3	0.6	1.2	10.1	8.25
2001	20	0.0	Bluefield	APPY	Rk	BAL	4	1	.800	2.92	3.41	6	6	0	0	0	0	37.0	28	14	12	2	5	0	42	2	0	3	144	0.892	6.8	0.5	1.2	10.2	8.40
2001	20	0.4	Orioles	GULF	Rk	BAL	2	1	.667	2.05	2.05	5	4	1	0	0	0	22.0	13	5	5	2	3	0	24	4	0	1	85	0.727	5.3	0.8	1.2	9.8	8.00
2002	21	-0.4	Delmarva	SALL	A	BAL	9	7	.563	3.51	4.13	27	25	0	3	0	0	143.2	140	66	56	10	46	1	102	10	0	7	607	1.295	8.8	0.6	2.9	6.4	2.22
2003	22	-0.8	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	8	11	.421	4.70	5.84	25	25	0	0	0	0	126.1	152	82	66	10	40	0	79	13	0	12	576	1.520	10.8	0.7	2.8	5.6	1.98
2004	23	0.0	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	5	2	.714	4.50	4.76	27	6	8	0	0	2	68.0	70	36	34	9	22	1	55	2	0	3	291	1.353	9.3	1.2	2.9	7.3	2.50
2005	24	-0.7	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	7	11	.389	3.91	4.81	26	24	0	0	0	0	129.0	134	69	56	8	42	0	114	11	0	10	557	1.364	9.3	0.6	2.9	8.0	2.71
2006	25		4 Teams	4 Lgs	AAA-AA-A--A+	BAL	2	5	.286	3.82	4.09	10	5	0	0	0	0	33.0	28	15	14	4	13	0	27	2	0	0	132	1.242	7.6	1.1	3.5	7.4	2.08
2006	25	-2.1	Ottawa	IL	AAA	BAL	1	3	.250	3.20	3.55	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.1	20	10	9	2	11	0	19	1	0	0	101	1.224	7.1	0.7	3.9	6.8	1.73
2006	25	0.2	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	0	1	.000	9.00	9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	4	4	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	17	1.500	11.3	4.5	2.3	11.3	5.00
2006	25	2.1	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2006	25	3.5	Aberdeen	NYPL	A-	BAL	1	1	.500	3.38	3.38	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	10	1.125	10.1	0.0	0.0	6.8
2006	25	-3.4	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	5	2	.714	4.94	5.52	35	0	4	0	0	0	31.0	25	19	17	4	16	0	27	3	0	3	136	1.323	7.3	1.2	4.6	7.8	1.69
2007	26	-0.8	Norfolk	IL	AAA	BAL	8	4	.667	3.07	3.32	20	19	0	0	0	0	105.2	102	39	36	6	38	2	98	5	1	7	449	1.325	8.7	0.5	3.2	8.3	2.58
2007	26	-2.4	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	1	2	.333	8.13	8.13	19	2	7	0	0	0	34.1	52	31	31	3	14	0	30	3	0	1	170	1.922	13.6	0.8	3.7	7.9	2.14
2008	27	-0.1	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	2	3	.400	7.52	7.52	36	1	6	0	0	0	40.2	57	34	34	4	28	0	29	2	0	2	207	2.090	12.6	0.9	6.2	6.4	1.04
2008	27	-1.3	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	0	0		0.90	0.90	6	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	7	0	0	0	37	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	6.3	1.40
2009	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	COL	3	3	.500	3.79	4.38	27	14	3	0	0	0	76.0	79	37	32	9	29	1	62	3	0	0	327	1.421	9.4	1.1	3.4	7.3	2.14
2009	28	1.0	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	3	2	.600	3.49	3.90	25	12	3	0	0	0	67.0	68	29	26	8	27	1	58	1	0	0	287	1.418	9.1	1.1	3.6	7.8	2.15
2009	28	4.0	Tulsa	TL	AA	COL	0	1	.000	6.00	8.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	11	8	6	1	2	0	4	2	0	0	40	1.444	11.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	2.00
2010	29	2.3	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	5	8	.385	5.71	6.50	23	15	0	1	0	0	80.1	101	58	51	9	22	0	58	1	0	3	362	1.531	11.3	1.0	2.5	6.5	2.64
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 (3 seasons)					Majors		6	4	.600	5.85	6.09	60	2	13	0	0	0	75.1	82	51	49	7	35	0	64	6	0	4	343	1.553	9.8	0.8	4.2	7.6	1.83
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		55	56	.495	4.14	4.75	232	144	18	4	0	2	861.2	904	455	396	73	288	5	690	55	1	48	3737	1.383	9.4	0.8	3.0	7.2	2.40
All Levels (10 Seasons)							61	60	.504	4.27	4.86	292	146	31	4	0	2	937.0	986	506	445	80	323	5	754	61	1	52	4080	1.397	9.5	0.8	3.1	7.2	2.33

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		19	20	.487	4.40	4.80	109	52	9	1	0	0	319.0	348	170	156	29	126	3	262	10	1	12	1406	1.486	9.8	0.8	3.6	7.4	2.08
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		7	13	.350	4.18	5.13	30	26	0	0	0	0	142.0	150	81	66	11	45	0	123	13	0	10	614	1.373	9.5	0.7	2.9	7.8	2.73
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		13	13	.500	4.61	5.44	53	31	8	0	0	2	195.1	222	118	100	19	63	1	135	15	0	15	871	1.459	10.2	0.9	2.9	6.2	2.14
A (1 season)					Minors		9	7	.563	3.51	4.13	27	25	0	3	0	0	143.2	140	66	56	10	46	1	102	10	0	7	607	1.295	8.8	0.6	2.9	6.4	2.22
A- (1 season)					Minors		1	1	.500	3.38	3.38	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	10	1.125	10.1	0.0	0.0	6.8
Rk (1 season)					Minors		6	2	.750	2.59	2.90	11	10	1	0	0	0	59.0	41	19	17	4	8	0	66	6	0	4	229	0.831	6.3	0.6	1.2	10.1	8.25