Jim Burton
[edit] Biography
Born on October 27, 1949 in Royal Oak, Michigan, Jim Burton (Jim Scott Burton) played for the Boston Red Sox for his entire 2 year career. Burton broke into the bigs on June 10, 1975 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 2.89 ERA in 53 innings pitched in 1975, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1975
| BOS
| A
| 29
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 2.89
| 39
| 30
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 53
| 58
| 6
| 19
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| 1977
| BOS
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 30
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 2.75
| 42
| 30
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 55.2
| 60
| 6
| 20
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1975
| BOS
| A
| P
| 29
| 4
| 53
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| BOS
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 2.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 30
| 4
| 55.2
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 1.000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1975
| BOS
| A
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| BOS
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 26th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1967).
- Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (5th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 8, 1971).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to New York Mets in exchange for Leo Foster (March 29, 1978).
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