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: 14-16 / in Starts: 14-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1997 Pitching Game Log

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1997 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	228	2	Apr 4	TEX		BAL	L,4-5	GS-6		99	5.2	6	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.18	1.87	23	85	55	15	7	5	12	9	0	0	53			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	1	0	.93	0.079	1.01	0.05%	1.01	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a2
2	229	7	Apr 11	TEX	@	BAL	L,3-9	GS-6	L(0-1)	6	5.1	10	4	3	2	6	0	0	4.09	1.93	27	109	67	21	3	9	10	7	0	0	38			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.76	-0.196	.80	-0.12%	-1.72	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d3
3	230	11	Apr 16	TEX	@	KCR	W,2-0	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	7.2	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.41	1.98	29	112	78	18	10	15	10	6	1	0	65			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.30	0.481	1.35	0.30%	4.01	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a2
4	231	16	Apr 21	TEX		DET	L,6-7	GS-8		4	7.0	9	4	3	0	4	1	0	2.81	2.49	30	97	67	25	4	13	13	3	4	0	49			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.66	0.088	1.79	0.06%	1.05	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a3
5	232	21	Apr 27	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-3	GS-7		5	6.0	6	3	3	1	7	0	0	3.13	2.26	24	81	53	20	8	3	13	4	2	0	54			0	1	1	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.190	1.63	-0.14%	-0.17	1b start tie	7b -23 0 out tie
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
6	233	25	May 2	TEX		BOS	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.0	11	4	4	2	4	1	0	3.58	2.68	29	100	65	21	7	9	14	10	2	0	36			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.072	1.29	-0.05%	0.09	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out tie
7	234	29	May 7	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	8	5	5	1	4	1	0	4.03	2.93	29	112	63	19	5	14	10	4	1	0	44			1	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	1	0	.72	-0.242	.90	-0.18%	-1.12	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
8	235	34	May 12	TEX		CLE	W,4-2	GS-8	W(2-2)	4	8.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.59	2.90	30	113	69	14	7	12	14	12	0	0	66			0	1	1	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.421	1.57	0.33%	3.66	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
9	236	39	May 17	TEX		NYY	L,5-11	GS-2	L(2-3)	4	1.2	9	6	6	1	0	2	0	4.47	3.44	15	56	34	9	1	3	11	7	0	0	12			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	1	.61	-0.382	.83	-0.31%	-5.32	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d5
10	237	43	May 22	TEX		OAK	W,10-7	GS-5	W(3-3)	4	5.0	9	6	6	3	5	2	0	5.01	3.83	27	105	67	22	9	5	14	7	0	0	27			2	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.222	1.57	-0.18%	-3.09	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
11	238	48	May 27	TEX	@	TOR	W,15-5	GS-7	W(4-3)	4	7.0	7	2	2	0	6	0	0	4.75	3.58	28	116	78	25	9	9	13	5	6	0	61			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	.52	0.113	.71	0.09%	1.85	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a9
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	239	53	Jun 1	TEX		KCR	L,2-6	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	7.0	12	5	5	1	7	2	0	4.91	3.74	32	115	76	22	13	9	15	10	2	0	39			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	1	0	.67	-0.173	.91	-0.14%	-0.92	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
13	240	57	Jun 6	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(4-5)	4	8.0	7	2	1	2	4	0	0	4.54	3.65	34	116	74	14	17	14	14	5	5	0	64			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.182	1.54	0.15%	2.48	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
14	241	61	Jun 11	TEX	@	MIN	W,9-6	GS-7	W(5-5)	4	6.1	12	6	5	1	4	0	1	4.72	3.59	34	119	78	25	5	10	18	4	6	0	30			0	0	0	30	4	1	0	0	2	1	1.05	-0.111	1.28	-0.08%	-2.69	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a3
15	242	66	Jun 17	TEX	@	COL	W,10-8	GS-8		5	7.0	12	5	5	0	4	1	0	4.85	3.61	33	116	76	16	7	10	19	11	3	0	37			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.033	1.09	0.03%	-0.61	1b start a 3	8b --- 0 out a3
16	243	71	Jun 22	TEX		SEA	L,4-6	GS-8	L(5-6)	4	8.0	11	5	4	1	3	1	0	4.82	3.66	36	110	72	16	9	13	19	14	0	0	44			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	2	.74	-0.161	1.15	-0.15%	-0.34	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
17	244	76	Jun 27	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-7	GS-6	L(5-7)	4	5.1	11	7	4	1	5	0	1	4.92	3.60	29	102	66	22	7	8	14	7	2	0	28			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.547	.98	-0.28%	-4.75	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d3
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	245	81	Jul 2	TEX		COL	W,9-1	CG	W(6-7)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	0	4.62	3.47	31	121	75	28	9	13	10	3	4	0	81			0	1	0	30	2	1	0	1	0	1	.56	0.219	.41	0.10%	4.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
19	246	88	Jul 12	TEX	@	SEA	W,9-2	GS-8	W(7-7)	9	8.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	4.39	3.36	31	123	74	20	12	15	8	2	2	0	72			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	.78	0.206	.87	0.14%	3.35	1b start a 3	8b 3 out a8
20	247	93	Jul 17	TEX		TOR	L,1-9	GS-7	L(7-8)	4	6.0	9	5	5	0	5	2	0	4.53	3.47	27	110	72	18	11	12	10	4	1	0	39			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.137	.52	-0.07%	-1.14	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out d3
21	248	98	Jul 22	TEX		BAL	L,3-9	GS-2	L(7-9)	4	1.2	9	6	6	0	0	1	0	4.88	3.56	14	37	27	5	1	3	11	5	0	0	13			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.361	.43	-0.10%	-5.39	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d6
22	249	101	Jul 25	TEX	@	CHW	W,8-5	GS-6		2	6.0	8	4	4	1	2	2	0	4.93	3.72	27	93	57	18	5	9	15	4	1	0	41			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.112	.27	-0.02%	-0.81	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
23	250	106	Jul 30	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-6	L(7-10)	4	6.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	1	4.85	3.72	25	113	69	21	4	6	13	5	1	0	55			0	1	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	0.066	.25	0.01%	1.23	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
24	251	110	Aug 4	TEX		BOS	L,5-11	GS-5		4	5.0	3	2	2	0	5	1	0	4.81	3.72	18	76	49	18	11	10	3	0	1	0	58			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.076	.05	0.00%	0.91	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
25	252	137	Aug 31	TEX	@	SDP	L,3-5	GS-4	L(7-11)	26	4.0	8	4	3	1	4	0	0	4.86	3.67	19	74	49	11	6	5	9	6	1	0	35			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.38	-0.271	.02	0.00%	-2.09	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d3
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
26	253	142	Sep 6	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-2	GS-6	L(7-12)	5	6.0	5	2	2	1	5	1	1	4.79	3.70	25	85	55	14	8	6	12	4	2	0	58			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	1	0	.71	0.061	.01	0.00%	1.30	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
27	254	147	Sep 12	TEX		MIN	W,6-5	GS-6		5	5.2	7	4	4	1	7	1	0	4.84	3.70	25	101	65	16	14	10	7	4	0	0	45			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.132	.00	0.00%	1.01	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a2
28	255	152	Sep 17	TEX		SEA	W,5-4	GS-8		4	8.0	8	4	3	0	7	0	0	4.78	3.59	32	118	72	20	14	13	12	6	2	0	59			0	0	0	32	4	0	0	1	0	2	1.03	-0.031	.00	0.00%	0.66	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
29	256	157	Sep 23	TEX	@	OAK	W,14-6	GS-8	W(8-12)	5	8.0	9	4	4	3	7	1	0	4.76	3.61	36	124	80	31	9	8	18	8	3	0	52			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.26	1b start a 4	8b 3 out a10
30	257	162	Sep 28	TEX	@	ANA	W,4-0	GS-9	W(9-12)	4	8.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	4.56	3.55	29	92	63	15	9	11	12	0	2	0	80			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.506	.00	0.00%	4.13	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a4
							14-16		W-L:9-12	4.4	189.1	240	106	96	30	139	20	4	4.56	3.55	828	3031	64%	18%	8%	0.76		27%	8%	0	48		---%	9	8	2	783	36	4	1	14	7	14	.95	-0.548	.81	-0.58%	1.10

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