#65 John Burkett, Starting Pitcher, 33 yrs, Houston Astros Thursday, 11/2/1998 |
| Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| John Burkett
11/28/1964 33 USA,PA,NEW BRIGHTON 6"2 216
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good Suffers Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 2,500,000 1998 11 Year(s), 72 Days (1964 total Days) 172 Day(s) 11 Year(s), 72 Days (1964 total Days) 11 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 4 | 7 | 6 | 88-91 Mph |
Versus LHB | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
Versus RHB | 4 | 7 | 6 | |
Talent | 5 | 6 | 6 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 46 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 3 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 7 (Range), .999 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
9/2 | SD | W 4-0 | * | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
9/7 | @CHN | L 6-7 | * | 4.1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
9/13 | @MON | W 8-2 | * | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
9/18 | SF | W 6-5 | * | 3.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
9/23 | LAN | L 1-7 | * | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | L | | | | |
9/28 | ATL | W 7-6 | * | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | W | | | | |
10/3 | @ATL | W 9-2 | * | 7.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | W | | | | |
10/8 | @NYM | W 3-2 | * | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
10/12 | NYM | L 9-11 | * | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
10/16 | @NYM | L 4-8 | * | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 36 | 36 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 4.14 | 230.2 | 225 | 113 | 106 | 85 | 123 | 3 | 8.3 | 2 | 22 | 61.1 |
Projected | 36 | 36 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 4.14 | 230.0 | 225 | 113 | 106 | 85 | 123 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 12.6 | 8.8 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 20 | 6 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.15 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 451 | 118 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 47 | 55 | 48 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .262 | .342 | .401 | .744 |
vs. RHB | 442 | 107 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 57 | 58 | 37 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .242 | .301 | .389 | .690 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4.42 | 120.0 | 111 | 60 | 59 | 46 | 64 |
Road | 18 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3.82 | 110.2 | 114 | 53 | 47 | 39 | 59 |
Postseason | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 18.0 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 11 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.70 | 30.2 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 18 |
May | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.19 | 43.0 | 38 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 24 |
June | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.08 | 39.2 | 40 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 24 |
July | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.86 | 38.2 | 36 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
August | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5.86 | 35.1 | 47 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 19 |
Sept./Oct. | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.36 | 43.1 | 36 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 20 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1987 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4.55 | 85.0 | 84 | 50 | 43 | 10 | 23 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1.26 | .262 | BOS |
1988 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 5.50 | 180.0 | 213 | 121 | 110 | 20 | 58 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 1.51 | .322 | BOS |
1989 | 32 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3.77 | 200.1 | 214 | 91 | 84 | 14 | 50 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 1.32 | .309 | BOS |
1990 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5.34 | 192.0 | 219 | 124 | 114 | 27 | 69 | 121 | 2 | 1 | 1.50 | .309 | BOS |
1991 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 4.75 | 208.1 | 245 | 126 | 110 | 27 | 45 | 108 | 3 | 1 | 1.39 | .308 | BOS |
1992 | 36 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 4.21 | 224.2 | 244 | 123 | 105 | 31 | 50 | 121 | 1 | 1 | 1.31 | .284 | BOS KC |
1993 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 5.34 | 195.2 | 249 | 121 | 116 | 18 | 68 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 1.62 | .343 | KC |
1994 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4.98 | 168.0 | 183 | 104 | 93 | 17 | 62 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 1.46 | .294 | KC |
1995 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6.32 | 88.1 | 104 | 66 | 62 | 11 | 36 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1.58 | .311 | KC MIL |
1996 | 59 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4.43 | 162.2 | 170 | 88 | 80 | 17 | 46 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 | .292 | HOU |
1997 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 4.72 | 221.1 | 221 | 126 | 116 | 29 | 69 | 137 | 4 | 1 | 1.31 | .281 | HOU |
1998 | 36 | 36 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 4.14 | 230.2 | 225 | 113 | 106 | 31 | 85 | 123 | 3 | 2 | 1.34 | .263 | HOU |
Total | 389 | 335 | 137 | 109 | 2 | 4.75 | 2157.0 | 2371 | 1253 | 1139 | 252 | 661 | 1232 | 16 | 6 | 1.41 | .299 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1987, AA | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1.96 | 55.0 | 40 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 0.95 | .271 |
1987, AAA | 15 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.85 | 87.2 | 93 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 26 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 1.36 | .336 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1990 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.24 | 25.0 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
1993 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
1994 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 5.2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1998 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 18.0 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3.90 | 57.2 | 61 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 31 | 2 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1987 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BOS |
1988 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BOS |
1989 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BOS |
1990 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BOS |
1991 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BOS |
1992 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BOS KC |
1993 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | KC |
1994 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | KC |
1995 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | KC MIL |
1996 | 59 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .163 | .182 | .233 | .414 | HOU |
1997 | 35 | 74 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | .122 | .156 | .149 | .304 | HOU |
1998 | 36 | 80 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .113 | .145 | .125 | .270 | HOU |
Total | 389 | 197 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 77 | 0 | 0 | .127 | .157 | .157 | .314 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 36 | 36 | 10 | 32 | 2 | 44 | 2 | .955 | 230.2 | 1.72 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Boston in 1987... Earned first career win on 8/9/1987... Injured on 9/29/1989 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks... Won World Championship with Boston in 1990... 2/3/1991: Gets a new one-year contract worth $871,429 through salary arbitration... 2/3/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,607,143 through salary arbitration... Traded from Boston to Kansas City on 3/5/1992 (Going to BOS: RF Chili Davis, C Orlando Merced. Going to KC: P John Burkett, P Sterling Hitchcock)... 2/3/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,121,429 through salary arbitration... 6/14/1993: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $6,750,000 per year, for 2 years. Traded from Kansas City to Milwaukee on 2/27/1995 (Going to MIL: P John Burkett. Going to KC: SS Bill Spiers)... Injured on 3/26/1995 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 5 weeks... Signed as a free agent by Houston on 2/6/1996 to a 3-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year... Had first career hit on 4/13/1996, off Jimmy Jones (STL)... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1998, going 4-1, 1.86...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1992 - 4.21 - 8th
| WHIP 1992 - 1.31 - 7th
| Wins 1989 - 17 - 4th 1992 - 16 - 6th
| IP 1992 - 224.2 - 7th
| CG 1997 - 4 - 2nd
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SHO 1991 - 1 - 7th 1997 - 1 - 6th
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