John Burkett

Full Name: John David Burkett	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/175	First Game: September 15, 1987
Birthdate: November 28, 1964	Final Game: September 26, 2003
Birthplace: New Brighton, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on November 28, 1964 in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, John Burkett (John David Burkett) played for the San Francisco Giants, Florida Marlins, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 15 year career. Burkett broke into the bigs on September 15, 1987 with the San Francisco Giants, and put up a 3.79 ERA in 204 innings pitched in 1990, his rookie year.

Most people believe that John Burkett's best season was 1993, when he posted a 3.65 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 145 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1987	SF	N	3	0	0	0	4.50	5	4	3	0	0	0	6	7	2	3	0	0	1
1990	SF	N	33	32	14	7	3.79	118	92	86	2	0	1	204	201	18	61	7	3	4
1991	SF	N	36	34	12	11	4.18	131	103	96	3	1	0	206.2	223	19	60	2	5	10
1992	SF	N	32	32	13	9	3.84	107	96	81	3	1	0	189.2	194	13	45	6	0	4
1993	SF	N	34	34	22	7	3.65	145	100	94	2	1	0	231.2	224	18	40	4	1	11
1994	SF	N	25	25	6	8	3.62	85	72	64	0	0	0	159.1	176	14	36	7	2	7
1995	FLA	N	30	30	14	14	4.30	126	95	90	4	0	0	188.1	208	22	57	5	2	6
1996	TEX	A	10	10	5	2	4.06	47	33	31	1	1	0	68.2	75	4	16	2	0	2
1996	FLA	N	24	24	6	10	4.32	108	84	74	1	0	0	154	154	15	42	2	0	3
1996	Total		34	34	11	12	4.24	155	117	105	2	1	0	222.2	229	19	58	4	0	5
1997	TEX	A	30	30	9	12	4.56	139	106	96	2	0	0	189.1	240	20	30	1	1	4
1998	TEX	A	32	32	9	13	5.68	131	131	123	0	0	0	195	230	19	46	1	3	8
1999	TEX	A	30	25	9	8	5.62	96	95	92	0	0	0	147.1	184	18	46	1	4	3
2000	ATL	N	31	22	10	6	4.89	110	79	73	0	0	0	134.1	162	13	51	2	2	4
2001	ATL	N	34	34	12	12	3.04	187	83	74	1	1	0	219.1	187	17	70	13	5	6
2002	BOS	A	29	29	13	8	4.53	124	93	87	1	1	0	173	199	25	50	5	2	8
2003	BOS	A	32	30	12	9	5.15	107	108	104	1	0	0	181.2	202	20	47	1	3	9
Total	NL		282	267	109	84	3.91	1122	808	735	16	4	1	1693.1	1736	151	465	48	20	56
Total	AL		163	156	57	52	5.02	644	566	533	5	2	0	955	1130	106	235	11	13	34
Total			445	423	166	136	4.31	1766	1374	1268	21	6	1	2648.1	2866	257	700	59	33	90

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1987	SF	N	P	3	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1990	SF	N	P	33	32	204	11	25	1	4	0	18	7	2	.973
1991	SF	N	P	36	34	206.2	13	25	1	2	0	17	16	3	.974
1992	SF	N	P	32	32	189.2	11	18	1	0	3	17	7	0	.967
1993	SF	N	P	34	34	231.2	21	36	0	2	2	14	14	3	1.000
1994	SF	N	P	25	25	159.1	14	23	0	1	0	13	6	4	1.000
1995	FLA	N	P	30	30	188.1	18	26	0	0	1	8	4	1	1.000
1996	TEX	A	P	10	10	68.2	7	4	0	0	0	3	1	0	1.000
1996	FLA	N	P	24	24	154	12	21	1	1	0	12	7	1	.971
1996	Total		P	34	34	222.2	19	25	1	1	0	15	8	1	.978
1997	TEX	A	P	30	30	189.1	12	28	1	1	0	9	8	2	.976
1998	TEX	A	P	32	32	195	11	18	1	0	2	9	7	1	.967
1999	TEX	A	P	30	25	147.1	7	18	0	2	0	5	5	0	1.000
2000	ATL	N	P	31	22	134.1	10	15	1	1	2	7	2	2	.962
2001	ATL	N	P	34	34	219.1	15	26	0	1	1	13	9	3	1.000
2002	BOS	A	P	29	29	173	8	11	1	0	0	11	6	1	.950
2003	BOS	A	P	32	30	181.2	7	19	1	4	2	6	7	0	.963
Total			P	445	423	2648.1	177	314	9	20	13	162	106	23	.982

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1987	SF	N	3	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0
1990	SF	N	33	63	1	3	3	.048	.118	.048	0	5	35	0	8	0
1991	SF	N	36	55	0	5	1	.091	.138	.109	1	3	26	0	9	0
1992	SF	N	32	55	2	1	2	.018	.085	.036	1	4	24	0	8	1
1993	SF	N	34	76	7	9	4	.118	.173	.118	0	5	31	0	12	4
1994	SF	N	25	51	1	3	0	.059	.077	.059	0	1	21	0	3	1
1995	FLA	N	31	66	3	7	3	.106	.145	.121	1	2	23	1	4	1
1996	TEX	A	10	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	FLA	N	24	52	2	9	1	.173	.173	.212	2	0	17	0	3	0
1996	Total		34	52	2	9	1	.173	.173	.212	2	0	17	0	3	0
1997	TEX	A	30	5	1	1	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	1	0	0	0
1998	TEX	A	32	3	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	TEX	A	30	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	0	0
2000	ATL	N	31	42	2	6	3	.143	.200	.167	1	3	15	0	6	0
2001	ATL	N	34	65	2	6	1	.092	.132	.092	0	3	29	0	7	5
2002	BOS	A	29	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	1	0
2003	BOS	A	32	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total	NL		283	526	20	49	18	.093	.137	.105	6	26	222	1	60	12
Total	AL		163	14	2	1	0	.071	.071	.071	0	0	4	0	2	0
Total			446	540	22	50	18	.093	.136	.104	6	26	226	1	62	12

[edit] Transactions

Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 6th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1983 - signed June 18, 1983).
Traded by San Francisco Giants to Texas Rangers in exchange for Rich Aurilia and Desi Wilson (December 22, 1994).
Granted free agency (April 7, 1995).
Signed by Florida Marlins (April 9, 1995).
Traded by Florida Marlins to Texas Rangers in exchange for Ryan Dempster and a player to be named later (August 8, 1996); Florida Marlins received Rick Helling (September 3, 1996).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1999).
Signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (January 17, 2000).
Released by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (March 29, 2000).
Signed by Atlanta Braves (April 2, 2000).
Granted free agency (October 31, 2000).
Signed by Atlanta Braves (December 20, 2000).
Granted free agency (November 6, 2001).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 19, 2001).

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