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: 15-19 / in Starts: 15-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1996 Pitching Game Log

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1996 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	194	2	Apr 2	FLA		PIT	L,1-4	GS-8		99	8.0	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	0.00	1.92	29	91	62	17	5	11	13	9	0	0	75			0	0	1	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.392	1.16	0.22%	3.06	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
2	195	6	Apr 7	FLA		SFG	L,7-14	GS-5	L(0-1)	4	4.1	8	8	7	3	3	1	0	5.11	3.66	23	92	55	13	8	7	10	5	1	0	17			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.71	-0.418	.69	-0.24%	-5.73	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d6
3	196	11	Apr 12	FLA	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	2	1	1	1	9	1	0	3.38	3.36	29	112	72	31	7	11	8	2	1	0	87			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.463	.70	0.23%	3.38	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
4	197	15	Apr 17	FLA	@	ATL	L,2-4	GS-8	L(1-2)	4	7.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.49	3.35	29	101	63	19	6	14	8	3	1	0	52			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.093	1.11	0.05%	1.84	1b start a 1	8b 12- 0 out a1
5	198	20	Apr 22	FLA		SDP	L,3-5	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	7.0	8	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.82	3.60	29	101	58	11	5	15	10	5	1	0	47			1	1	0	26	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.171	.90	-0.09%	-0.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
6	199	25	Apr 27	FLA	@	SFG	L,3-6	GS-5	L(1-4)	4	4.1	10	5	5	1	6	2	0	4.54	3.98	24	75	49	16	7	7	10	5	2	0	28			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.276	.53	-0.13%	-3.70	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d4
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	200	30	May 3	FLA	@	COL	L,5-9	GS-6	L(1-5)	5	5.2	8	7	7	2	7	1	1	5.36	4.05	27	84	52	15	11	6	11	7	0	0	30			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.547	.75	-0.19%	-3.52	1b start a 2	6b -2- 2 out d2
8	201	35	May 8	FLA		NYM	W,6-3	GS-7		4	6.2	5	3	1	5	3	0	0	4.85	4.11	30	124	64	16	5	14	8	6	0	0	54			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.30	-0.114	.66	-0.04%	-0.05	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out d1
9	202	40	May 13	FLA		STL	W,5-2	GS-7	W(2-5)	4	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	0	4.58	4.14	26	93	61	16	5	11	10	2	1	0	60			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	.94	0.178	.68	0.08%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
10	203	44	May 18	FLA	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS-8	W(3-5)	4	7.0	3	2	2	1	5	1	0	4.36	4.13	25	82	50	17	5	9	10	5	2	0	67			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.264	.78	0.11%	1.74	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out a1
11	204	49	May 24	FLA		STL	L,2-4	GS-7	L(3-6)	5	6.1	5	4	4	2	3	0	0	4.48	4.04	25	93	55	17	7	12	8	2	1	0	48			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.26	-0.289	1.10	-0.15%	-1.13	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d2
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	205	57	Jun 4	FLA		MON	W,5-0	GS-7	W(4-6)	10	7.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	1	4.08	3.87	26	88	61	17	10	9	8	1	3	0	73			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.321	.76	0.19%	3.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
13	206	61	Jun 9	FLA	@	NYM	L,0-3	GS-7	L(4-7)	4	7.0	5	3	3	1	5	1	0	4.07	3.88	25	91	57	11	14	11	8	3	1	0	59			0	1	0	23	2	0	1	1	1	1	.74	0.028	.69	0.02%	0.48	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
14	207	66	Jun 14	FLA	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.2	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.06	3.97	28	92	55	13	5	11	12	4	5	0	51			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.188	.98	0.10%	0.53	1b start a 3	7b 1-- 2 out a1
15	208	71	Jun 19	FLA	@	SFG	L,4-7	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.92	4.04	31	93	55	14	5	14	15	4	2	0	62			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.203	.91	0.08%	1.97	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
16	209	75	Jun 24	FLA		SFG	W,2-1	GS-7	W(5-7)	4	7.0	3	1	1	3	7	1	0	3.75	4.06	27	115	68	18	12	7	10	2	2	0	71			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.294	.40	0.08%	2.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
17	210	80	Jun 30	FLA		ATL	L,4-5	GS-7	L(5-8)	5	6.2	9	5	5	0	7	1	0	3.92	4.00	28	111	74	17	6	9	12	4	3	0	43			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.14	-0.364	1.02	-0.20%	-1.68	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d1
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	211	85	Jul 5	FLA	@	PHI	L,4-7	GS-6		4	6.0	8	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.80	3.91	25	81	54	12	8	13	9	3	2	0	55			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.260	.43	0.06%	2.11	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
19	212	88	Jul 11	FLA	@	ATL	W,9-8	GS-5	W(6-8)	5	5.0	8	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.87	3.86	25	83	48	13	6	10	9	5	1	0	41			0	0	0	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.065	.41	0.02%	-0.25	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a3
20	213	93	Jul 16	FLA		HOU	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	2	4	5	0	0	3.80	3.84	27	97	59	19	5	12	6	3	0	0	62			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.124	.38	0.02%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
21	214	98	Jul 21	FLA		PHI	L,3-12	GS-5	L(6-9)	4	5.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.92	3.93	23	84	53	12	5	5	14	8	5	0	37			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.195	.48	-0.07%	-1.46	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
22	215	103	Jul 27	FLA		SDP	L,12-20	GS-6		5	5.1	11	8	8	2	5	1	0	4.28	3.96	29	114	74	23	7	7	15	8	2	0	17			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.206	.28	-0.04%	-4.15	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a2
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
23	216	108	Aug 1	FLA	@	LAD	W,7-6	GS-6		4	6.0	6	5	1	4	2	0	0	4.17	3.98	28	112	61	19	5	15	7	2	2	0	46			6	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	2	.66	-0.278	.08	-0.02%	-2.08	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
24	217	113	Aug 6	FLA	@	COL	L,0-11	GS-5	L(6-10)	4	5.0	9	7	5	0	5	0	1	4.32	3.91	27	100	66	13	9	10	11	6	1	0	30			2	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	1	.54	-0.247	.07	-0.02%	-3.78	1b start tie	5b 3 out d7
				Player went from Florida Marlins to Texas Rangers
25	218	119	Aug 11	TEX	@	TOR	W,6-0	SHO	W(7-10)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	4.09	3.79	34	124	84	26	12	11	14	6	4	0	82			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.517	1.29	0.42%	5.37	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
26	219	123	Aug 16	TEX		KCR	W,5-3	GS-8	W(8-10)	4	7.1	5	2	2	4	4	0	0	4.02	3.79	29	125	76	27	7	11	10	4	4	0	60			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.290	.66	0.11%	2.42	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
27	220	128	Aug 21	TEX	@	CLE	W,10-8	GS-4		4	3.1	8	6	6	3	1	0	1	4.25	3.83	21	79	46	17	2	6	10	6	0	0	18			1	0	0	17	1	1	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.360	.40	-0.12%	-4.22	1b start a 1	4b 1-- 1 out d5
28	221	133	Aug 27	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-9		5	8.1	8	3	3	1	5	0	0	4.20	3.77	33	113	76	19	9	12	15	4	6	0	59			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.87	-0.105	.55	-0.02%	1.36	1b start a 1	9b 12- 1 out tie
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	222	137	Sep 1	TEX		CLE	L,2-8	GS-5	L(8-11)	4	5.0	10	7	7	1	5	1	0	4.43	3.78	25	81	53	17	3	6	13	10	1	0	23			0	0	0	23	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.01	-0.283	.33	-0.06%	-3.84	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
30	223	141	Sep 6	TEX	@	MIL	W,7-3	GS-9	W(9-11)	4	8.2	7	3	2	0	5	1	1	4.32	3.79	34	124	77	16	8	18	10	4	2	0	65			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.82	0.331	.43	0.11%	2.21	1b start tie	9b -2- 2 out a4
31	224	146	Sep 11	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-8	GS-6		4	6.0	8	1	1	2	6	0	0	4.24	3.74	27	114	75	11	16	8	11	6	4	0	56			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.296	.04	0.01%	2.58	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a2
32	225	151	Sep 16	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-6	GS-6	L(9-12)	4	5.1	9	5	4	3	3	0	0	4.30	3.74	26	99	55	15	5	9	11	4	2	0	32			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	0	.74	-0.110	.38	-0.03%	-2.43	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d5
33	226	156	Sep 21	TEX	@	CAL	W,7-1	GS-8	W(10-12)	4	8.0	7	1	1	1	7	0	0	4.19	3.67	30	129	81	28	3	11	11	6	2	0	70			1	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.356	2.42	0.66%	3.72	1b start tie	8b 3 out a6
34	227	160	Sep 26	TEX		CAL	W,6-5	GS-8	W(11-12)	4	7.2	7	5	5	0	3	2	0	4.24	3.74	30	114	79	24	8	11	16	9	2	0	48			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.046	.52	0.02%	-0.22	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a1
							15-19		W-L:11-12	4.2	222.2	229	117	105	58	155	19	5	4.24	3.74	934	3411	62%	17%	7%	0.97		23%	9%	0	51		---%	15	8	1	853	48	4	4	18	6	7	1.02	0.746	.69	1.16%	3.31

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