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Britt Burns
Robert Britt Burns

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 5", Weight 218 lb.

Debut August 5, 1978
  vs. DET 5.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER, L
Final Game September 30, 1985
Born June 8, 1959 in Houston, TX

Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1978 19 CHW AL   0   2   2   2   0   0   0  0    7.7   14   12   11   2    3    3   0   0    41   0   0 12.91  3.85   30 2.217
 1979 20 CHW AL   0   0   6   0   0   0   0  0    5.0   10    5    3   1    1    2   0   0    26   0   0  5.40  4.27   79 2.200
 1980 21 CHW AL  15  13  34  32  11   1   1  0  238.0  213   83   75  17   63  133   4   1   970   2   4  2.84  4.04  143 1.160 RoY-5
 1981 22 CHW AL  10   6  24  23   5   1   0  0  156.7  139   52   46  14   49  108   6   1   651   1   1  2.64  3.59  136 1.200 CYA-7,AS
 1982 23 CHW AL  13   5  28  28   5   1   0  0  169.3  168   89   76  12   67  116   3   2   736   1   1  4.04  4.04  100 1.388
 1983 24 CHW AL  10  11  29  26   8   4   0  0  173.7  165   79   69  14   55  115   5   6   732   2   0  3.58  4.20  117 1.267
 1984 25 CHW AL   4  12  34  16   2   0   6  3  117.0  130   74   65   7   45   85   4   2   518   1   0  5.00  4.16   83 1.496
 1985 26 CHW AL  18  11  36  34   8   4   1  0  227.0  206  105  100  26   79  172   2   2   944   1   0  3.96  4.32  109 1.256 CYA-7
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .538  70  60 193 161  39  11   8  3 1094.3 1045  499  445  93  362  734  24  14  4618   8   6  3.66  4.07  111 1.286
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  11  37  30   7   2   1  0  210.0  200   95   85  17   69  140   4   2   887   1   1  3.66  4.07  111 1.286
 Career High     18  13  36  34  11   4   6  3  238.0  213  105  100  26   79  172   6   6   970   2   4  2.64  4.32  143 1.160

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1978 19 CHW AL P 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.85 2.34 1.87 2 7.7 1979 20 CHW AL P 6 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.82 0.00 1.98 0 5.0 1980 21 CHW AL P 34 6 34 1 0 .976 .957 1.18 0.77 1.51 1.85 32 238.0 1981 22 CHW AL P 24 0 8 1 0 .889 .964 0.33 0.81 0.46 1.98 23 156.7 AS 1982 23 CHW AL P 28 2 14 2 0 .889 .958 0.57 0.73 0.85 1.80 28 169.3 1983 24 CHW AL P 29 1 15 1 1 .941 .958 0.55 0.73 0.83 1.80 26 173.7 1984 25 CHW AL P 34 2 17 2 0 .905 .960 0.56 0.70 1.46 1.79 16 117.0 1985 26 CHW AL P 36 6 27 2 0 .943 .954 0.92 0.70 1.31 1.86 34 227.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1978 19 CHW AL P 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.85 2.34 1.87 2 7.7 1979 20 CHW AL P 6 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.82 0.00 1.98 0 5.0 1980 21 CHW AL P 34 6 34 1 0 .976 .957 1.18 0.77 1.51 1.85 32 238.0 1981 22 CHW AL P 24 0 8 1 0 .889 .964 0.33 0.81 0.46 1.98 23 156.7 1982 23 CHW AL P 28 2 14 2 0 .889 .958 0.57 0.73 0.85 1.80 28 169.3 1983 24 CHW AL P 29 1 15 1 1 .941 .958 0.55 0.73 0.83 1.80 26 173.7 1984 25 CHW AL P 34 2 17 2 0 .905 .960 0.56 0.70 1.46 1.79 16 117.0 1985 26 CHW AL P 36 6 27 2 0 .943 .954 0.92 0.70 1.31 1.86 34 227.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 193 17 117 9 1 .937 .957 0.69 0.74 1.10 1.85 161 1094.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 193 17 117 9 1 .937 .957 0.69 0.74 1.10 1.85 161 1094
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1983   ALCS  CHW BAL     L   1   1   0.96  0  1  0  0   9.1   6   1   5   8 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1983   ALCS  CHW BAL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1981   CHW AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1981

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1981-AL-7-0.01
1985-AL-7-0.01
Car-236-0.02 shares

ERA
1980 AL-2.84-3
1981 AL-2.64-6

Wins
1985 AL-18-3

Won-Loss %
1982 AL-.722-3

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1980 AL-1.160-3

Hits Allowed/9IP
1980 AL-8.05-8

Strikeouts/9IP
1981 AL-6.20-5
1982 AL-6.17-7
1983 AL-5.96-9
1985 AL-6.82-3

Strikeouts
1981 AL-108-2
1985 AL-172-6

Games Started
1981 AL-23-9

Shutouts
1983 AL-4-2
1985 AL-4-2

Home Runs Allow.
1981 AL-14-6

SO to Walk
1980 AL-2.11-10
1981 AL-2.20-8
1983 AL-2.09-8
1985 AL-2.18-8

Hit Batsmen
1981 AL-6-4

Adjusted ERA+
1980 AL-143-3
1981 AL-136-5
1983 AL-117-10

Youngest Player
1978 AL-19-4
1979 AL-20-4

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 28 (820) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (801) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 13.0 (789) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft.

December 12, 1985: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Glen Braxton (minors) and Mike Soper (minors) to the New York Yankees for Ron Hassey and Joe Cowley.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Chicago White Sox$727,500
1986New York Yankees$750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,477,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Britt Burns's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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