SPORTS  :  Baseball  |  Football  |  Basketball  |  Hockey  |  Olympics  Support B-R: T-Shirts & Hats or Page Sponsorships
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > John Burkett

John Burkett
John David Burkett

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 211 lb.

Debut September 15, 1987
  vs. SDP 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER
Final Game September 26, 2003
Born November 28, 1964 in New Brighton, PA

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 6th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1983. (All Transactions)

 About biographical information

Minors.B-R: Minor League Stats
BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this person (what's this?)
Oracle: Find all of this player's teammates.

Diamond Jim's of Beaver, PA sponsor(s) this page.

You can sponsor a page.
Page Expires: 2009-04-13 Alert Me!
        A good friend and our hometown hero. Thanks for an unforgettable career.

Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1987 22 SFG NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    6.0    7    4    3   2    3    5   1   0    28   0   0  4.50  3.88   86 1.667
 1990 25 SFG NL  14   7  33  32   2   0   1  1  204.0  201   92   86  18   61  118   4   3   857   7   3  3.79  3.65   96 1.284 RoY-4
 1991 26 SFG NL  12  11  36  34   3   1   0  0  206.7  223  103   96  19   60  131  10   5   890   2   0  4.18  3.58   86 1.369
 1992 27 SFG NL  13   9  32  32   3   1   0  0  189.7  194   96   81  13   45  107   4   0   799   6   0  3.84  3.30   86 1.260
 1993 28 SFG NL  22   7  34  34   2   1   0  0  231.7  224  100   94  18   40  145  11   1   942   4   2  3.65  3.88  106 1.140 MVP-24,CYA-4,AS
 1994 29 SFG NL   6   8  25  25   0   0   0  0  159.3  176   72   64  14   36   85   7   2   676   7   0  3.62  3.97  110 1.331
 1995 30 FLA NL  14  14  30  30   4   0   0  0  188.3  208   95   90  22   57  126   6   2   810   5   1  4.30  4.23   98 1.407
 1996 31 TOT     11  12  34  34   2   1   0  0  222.7  229  117  105  19   58  155   5   0   934   4   0  4.24  4.45  105 1.289
         FLA NL   6  10  24  24   1   0   0  0  154.0  154   84   74  15   42  108   3   0   645   2   0  4.32  4.10   95 1.273
         TEX AL   5   2  10  10   1   1   0  0   68.7   75   33   31   4   16   47   2   0   289   2   0  4.06  5.25  129 1.325
 1997 32 TEX AL   9  12  30  30   2   0   0  0  189.3  240  106   96  20   30  139   4   1   828   1   0  4.56  4.80  105 1.426
 1998 33 TEX AL   9  13  32  32   0   0   0  0  195.0  230  131  123  19   46  131   8   3   854   1   0  5.68  4.80   84 1.415
 1999 34 TEX AL   9   8  30  25   0   0   1  0  147.3  184   95   92  18   46   96   3   4   656   1   0  5.62  5.12   91 1.561
 2000 35 ATL NL  10   6  31  22   0   0   4  0  134.3  162   79   73  13   51  110   4   2   603   2   0  4.89  4.59   94 1.586
 2001 36 ATL NL  12  12  34  34   1   1   0  0  219.3  187   83   74  17   70  187   6   5   902  13   1  3.04  4.45  147 1.172 AS
 2002 37 BOS AL  13   8  29  29   1   1   0  0  173.0  199   93   87  25   50  124   8   2   760   5   1  4.53  4.56  101 1.439
 2003 38 BOS AL  12   9  32  30   1   0   1  0  181.7  202  108  104  20   47  107   9   3   785   1   0  5.15  4.67   91 1.371
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 15 Yr WL% .550 166 136 445 423  21   6   8  1 2648.3 2866 1374 1268 257  700 1766  90  33 11324  59   8  4.31  4.26   99 1.347
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  10  34  33   1   0   0  0  207.3  224  107   99  20   54  138   7   2   887   4   0  4.31  4.26   99 1.347
 Career High     22  14  36  34   4   1   4  1  231.7  240  131  123  25   70  187  11   5   942  13   3  3.04  5.12  147 1.140
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 22 SFG NL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1990 25 SFG NL  33   63    1    3   0  0   0    3   0  0   5  35  .048  .118  .048  -52    3   8   0   0   0   0 RoY-4
 1991 26 SFG NL  36   55    0    5   1  0   0    1   0  0   3  26  .091  .138  .109  -28    6   9   0   0   0   0
 1992 27 SFG NL  32   55    2    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   4  24  .018  .085  .036  -63    2   8   0   0   0   1
 1993 28 SFG NL  34   76    7    9   0  0   0    4   0  0   5  31  .118  .173  .118  -19    9  12   0   0   0   4 MVP-24,AS
 1994 29 SFG NL  25   51    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  21  .059  .077  .059  -63    3   3   0   0   0   1
 1995 30 FLA NL  31   66    3    7   1  0   0    3   0  0   2  23  .106  .145  .121  -29    8   4   0   0   1   1
 1996 31 TOT     34   52    2    9   2  0   0    1   0  0   0  17  .173  .173  .212    2   11   3   0   0   0   0
         FLA NL  24   52    2    9   2  0   0    1   0  0   0  17  .173  .173  .212    2   11   3   0   0   0   0
 1997 32 TEX AL   2    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .200  .200  .200    3    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1998 33 TEX AL   1    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1999 34 TEX AL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2000 35 ATL NL  30   42    2    6   1  0   0    3   0  0   3  15  .143  .200  .167   -6    7   6   0   0   0   0
 2001 36 ATL NL  32   65    2    6   0  0   0    1   0  0   3  29  .092  .132  .092  -41    6   7   0   0   0   5 AS
 2002 37 BOS AL   2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 2003 38 BOS AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     299  540   22   50   6  0   0   18   0  0  26 226  .093  .136  .104  -34   56  62   0   0   1  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        293   12   27   3  0   0   10   0  0  14 122  .093  .136  .104  -34   30  34   0   0   1   7
 Career High     36   76    7    9   2  0   0    4   0  0   5  35                          11  12   0   0   1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1987 22 SFG NL    1    1    0   0.0   102| .000  .264| .000  .333| .000  .412| .000  .745|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1990 25 SFG NL   76   68    1   0.4    95| .048  .260| .118  .325| .048  .390| .166  .715| -52  .012 -13.1  -1.3   0%
 1991 26 SFG NL   67   59    1   0.5    90| .091  .253| .138  .320| .109  .379| .247  .699| -28  .017  -9.3  -1.0   0%
 1992 27 SFG NL   67   63    0   0.0    87| .018  .252| .085  .317| .036  .371| .121  .688| -63  .000 -11.6  -1.2   0%
 1993 28 SFG NL   93   83    2   0.6   101| .118  .267| .173  .332| .118  .407| .291  .739| -19  .027 -12.9  -1.3   0%
 1994 29 SFG NL   55   52    0   0.0   104| .059  .267| .077  .333| .059  .418| .136  .751| -63  .000 -12.0  -1.2   0%
 1995 30 FLA NL   73   64    1   0.4   108| .106  .272| .145  .341| .121  .423| .266  .764| -29  .011 -12.7  -1.2   0%
 1996 31 TOT      55   46    2   1.2   104| .173  .266| .173  .335| .212  .417| .385  .752|   2  .069  -7.3  -0.7   0%
         FLA NL   55   46    2   1.2   104| .173  .266| .173  .335| .212  .417| .385  .752|   2  .069  -7.3  -0.7   0%
 1997 32 TEX AL    5    4    0   0.0   113| .200  .277| .200  .347| .200  .438| .400  .786|   3  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1998 33 TEX AL    3    3    0   0.0   113| .000  .277| .000  .346| .000  .440| .000  .786|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1999 34 TEX AL    2    2    0   0.0   118| .000  .281| .000  .354| .000  .450| .000  .804|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2000 35 ATL NL   51   42    2   1.3   117| .143  .274| .200  .352| .167  .448| .367  .800|  -6  .068  -7.1  -0.7   0%
 2001 36 ATL NL   75   71    1   0.4   114| .092  .272| .132  .344| .092  .446| .224  .789| -41  .009 -14.2  -1.4   0%
 2002 37 BOS AL    4    4    0   0.0   108| .000  .268| .000  .336| .000  .431| .000  .766|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 2003 38 BOS AL    2    2    0   0.0   111| .000  .274| .000  .340| .000  .438| .000  .778|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons      629  564   10   0.5   102| .093  .265| .136  .333| .104  .411| .240  .744| -34  .015 -104.0 -10.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1987 22 SFG NL P 3 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.63 1.50 1.95 0 6.0 1990 25 SFG NL P 33 11 25 1 4 .973 .957 1.09 0.58 1.59 1.80 32 204.0 1991 26 SFG NL P 36 13 25 1 2 .974 .955 1.06 0.59 1.65 1.86 34 206.7 1992 27 SFG NL P 32 11 18 1 0 .967 .954 0.91 0.60 1.38 1.94 32 189.7 1993 28 SFG NL P 34 21 36 0 2 1.000 .953 1.68 0.54 2.21 1.84 34 231.7 AS 1994 29 SFG NL P 25 14 23 0 1 1.000 .959 1.48 0.54 2.09 1.86 25 159.3 1995 30 FLA NL P 30 18 26 0 0 1.000 .957 1.47 0.51 2.10 1.84 30 188.3 1996 31 TOT P 34 19 25 1 1 .978 .954 1.29 0.52 1.78 1.82 34 222.7 FLA NL P 24 12 21 1 1 .971 .954 1.38 0.52 1.93 1.84 24 154.0 TEX AL P 10 7 4 0 0 1.000 .957 1.10 0.52 1.44 1.77 10 68.7 1997 32 TEX AL P 30 12 28 1 1 .976 .955 1.33 0.49 1.90 1.71 30 189.3 1998 33 TEX AL P 32 11 18 1 0 .967 .957 0.91 0.50 1.34 1.78 32 195.0 1999 34 TEX AL P 30 7 18 0 2 1.000 .951 0.83 0.47 1.53 1.69 25 147.3 2000 35 ATL NL P 31 10 15 1 1 .962 .962 0.81 0.48 1.68 1.74 22 134.3 2001 36 ATL NL P 34 15 26 0 1 1.000 .958 1.21 0.46 1.68 1.75 34 219.3 AS 2002 37 BOS AL P 29 8 11 1 0 .950 .955 0.66 0.48 0.99 1.69 29 173.0 2003 38 BOS AL P 32 7 19 1 4 .963 .956 0.81 0.49 1.29 1.73 30 181.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 22 SFG NL P 3 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.63 1.50 1.95 0 6.0 1990 25 SFG NL P 33 11 25 1 4 .973 .957 1.09 0.58 1.59 1.80 32 204.0 1991 26 SFG NL P 36 13 25 1 2 .974 .955 1.06 0.59 1.65 1.86 34 206.7 1992 27 SFG NL P 32 11 18 1 0 .967 .954 0.91 0.60 1.38 1.94 32 189.7 1993 28 SFG NL P 34 21 36 0 2 1.000 .953 1.68 0.54 2.21 1.84 34 231.7 1994 29 SFG NL P 25 14 23 0 1 1.000 .959 1.48 0.54 2.09 1.86 25 159.3 1995 30 FLA NL P 30 18 26 0 0 1.000 .957 1.47 0.51 2.10 1.84 30 188.3 1996 31 TOT P 34 19 25 1 1 .978 .954 1.29 0.52 1.78 1.82 34 222.7 FLA NL P 24 12 21 1 1 .971 .954 1.38 0.52 1.93 1.84 24 154.0 TEX AL P 10 7 4 0 0 1.000 .957 1.10 0.52 1.44 1.77 10 68.7 1997 32 TEX AL P 30 12 28 1 1 .976 .955 1.33 0.49 1.90 1.71 30 189.3 1998 33 TEX AL P 32 11 18 1 0 .967 .957 0.91 0.50 1.34 1.78 32 195.0 1999 34 TEX AL P 30 7 18 0 2 1.000 .951 0.83 0.47 1.53 1.69 25 147.3 2000 35 ATL NL P 31 10 15 1 1 .962 .962 0.81 0.48 1.68 1.74 22 134.3 2001 36 ATL NL P 34 15 26 0 1 1.000 .958 1.21 0.46 1.68 1.75 34 219.3 2002 37 BOS AL P 29 8 11 1 0 .950 .955 0.66 0.48 0.99 1.69 29 173.0 2003 38 BOS AL P 32 7 19 1 4 .963 .956 0.81 0.49 1.29 1.73 30 181.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 445 177 314 9 20 .982 .956 1.10 0.52 1.67 1.79 423 2648.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 445 177 314 9 20 .982 .956 1.10 0.52 1.67 1.79 423 2648
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1996   ALDS  TEX NYY     L   1   1   2.00  1  0  0  1   9    10   2   1   7 
 2000   NLDS  ATL STL     L   1   0   6.75  0  0  0  0   1.1   1   1   0   0 
 2001   NLDS  ATL HOU     W   1   1   2.84  1  0  0  0   6.1   6   2   2   4 
        NLCS  ATL ARI     L   1   1   8.31  0  1  0  0   4.1   7   4   2   2 
 2003   ALDS  BOS OAK     W   1   1   6.75  0  0  0  0   5.1   9   4   2   1 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     L   1   1   7.36  0  0  0  0   3.2   7   3   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Div Series       2-2   4   3   3.68  2  0  0  1  22    26   9   5  12 
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   2   2   7.88  0  1  0  0   8    14   7   2   3 
  6 Postseason Ser      2-4   6   5   4.80  2  1  0  1  30    40  16   7  15 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1996   ALDS  TEX NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2000   NLDS  ATL STL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2001   NLDS  ATL HOU     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ATL ARI     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 2003   ALDS  BOS OAK     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Div Series       2-2   4   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   2-4   6   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1993   SFG NL      0  1  0   0.2   4   3   3   0   1  0   1  0   0  0  2  0  0 
 2001   ATL NL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/2      0  0  1  0   1.2   4   3   3   0   2  0   1  0   0  0  2  0  0  16.20 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1993   SFG NL       Replaced by designated hitter.
 2001   ATL NL       Replaced by designated hitter.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2                                                                              
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1993 *
2001 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1993-NL-24-0.00

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1993-NL-4-0.06
Car-185-0.06 shares

Sac. Hits
1993 NL-12-9

ERA
2001 NL-3.04-3

Wins
1990 NL-14-7
1993 NL-22-1
1995 NL-14-5

Won-Loss %
1990 NL-.667-6
1993 NL-.759-4

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1993 NL-1.140-5
2001 NL-1.172-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
2001 NL-7.67-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1993 NL-1.55-3
1994 NL-2.03-9
1997 AL-1.43-1
1998 AL-2.12-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1997 AL-6.61-10
2002 AL-6.45-10

Innings
1993 NL-231.7-8
2001 NL-219.3-10

Strikeouts
2001 NL-187-6
Car-1766-87

Games Started
1991 NL-34-9
1993 NL-34-7
1994 NL-25-2
1995 NL-30-6
2001 NL-34-4
Car-423-93

Comp. Games
1995 NL-4-5

Shutouts
1996 AL-1-6
2001 NL-1-7
2002 AL-1-9

Home Runs Allow.
1991 NL-19-7
1995 NL-22-6
Car-257-84

Hits Allowed
1991 NL-223-7
1993 NL-224-7
1994 NL-176-4
1995 NL-208-4
1997 AL-240-6
1998 AL-230-8

SO to Walk
1993 NL-3.63-4
1997 AL-4.63-1
1998 AL-2.85-9
Car-2.52-75

Losses
1995 NL-14-2
1997 AL-12-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1991 NL-96-5
1995 NL-90-8
1998 AL-123-1
2003 AL-104-8
Car-1268-87

Hit Batsmen
1991 NL-10-1
1993 NL-11-2
1994 NL-7-6
Car-90-83

Batters Faced
1993 NL-942-10
1994 NL-676-10
1995 NL-810-10

Adjusted ERA+
2001 NL-147-3

Black Ink: Pitching - 6 (367) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 52 (478) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 19.0 (319) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 22.0 (551) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Similar Pitchers View in Pop-up

Compare Stats
  1. Bill Gullickson (934)
  2. Scott Sanderson (934)
  3. Tim Wakefield (928)
  4. Rick Sutcliffe (925)
  5. Doug Drabek (924)
  6. Kevin Appier (919)
  7. Bob Forsch (919)
  8. Jim Lonborg (914)
  9. Andy Benes (911)
  10. Paul Splittorff (911)
Most Similar by Age 
  1. Bob Muncrief (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mike Harkey (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Broaca (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. La Marr Hoyt (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kirk McCaskill (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bobby Jones (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Fred Hutchinson (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Chris Carpenter (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Charles Nagy (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Charles Nagy (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Charles Nagy (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Todd Stottlemyre (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Kevin Tapani (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Scott Sanderson (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Similar Batters  View in Pop-up

Compare Stats
  1. Al Leiter (983)
  2. Al Benton (981)
  3. Dick Ellsworth (979)
  4. Bill Monbouquette (978)
  5. Sandy Koufax (975) *
  6. Bob Buhl (971)
  7. Preacher Roe (967)
  8. Jack Billingham (959)
  9. Bob Veale (956)
  10. Vinegar Bend Mizell (954)
Most Similar by Age 

Click on C to compare their stats
Mouse over numbers to view names
  1. Bob Buhl (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bob Buhl (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Al Leiter (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 6, 1983: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 6th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1983.

December 22, 1994: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Texas Rangers for Rich Aurilia and Desi Wilson.

April 7, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

April 9, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

August 8, 1996: Traded by the Florida Marlins to the Texas Rangers for a player to be named later and Ryan Dempster. The Texas Rangers sent Rick Helling (September 3, 1996) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

November 1, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

January 17, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

March 29, 2000: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

April 2, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 31, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

December 20, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

November 6, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1990San Francisco Giants$100,000
1991San Francisco Giants$230,000
1992San Francisco Giants$375,000
1993San Francisco Giants$1,700,000
1994San Francisco Giants$3,550,000
1995Florida Marlins$3,350,000
1996Florida Marlins$3,550,000
1997Texas Rangers$3,550,000
1998Texas Rangers$4,000,000
1999Texas Rangers$4,000,000
2000Atlanta Braves$750,000
2001Atlanta Braves$1,750,000
2002Boston Red Sox$5,500,000
2003Boston Red Sox$5,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$37,905,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View John Burkett's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

Other References 
Error?     Compare     Search Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: John Burkett    

Viewed 82564 times through August 29, 2008.
Name and misspellings: jon james John jim jimmy jon John jimmy jim james David dave Burkett

Pages Updated through August 28,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > John Burkett
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page

Stats updated through August 28, 2008.


Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.