John Burkett

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 175 lb

BornNovember 28, 1964 · New Brighton, PA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 15, 1987

Final gameSeptember 26, 2003

Seasons15 (1987–2003)

San Francisco Giants 1987; San Francisco Giants 1990–1994; Florida Marlins 1995–1996; Texas Rangers 1996–1999; Atlanta Braves 2000–2001; Boston Red Sox 2002–2003

Percentile snapshot

2003 season — qualified pitchers

27.5

20.9

34.1

62.6

19.8

SHO

202

39.6

104

79.1

107

17.6

62.6

181.7

20.9

ERA

5.15

WHIP

1.371

31.9

K/9

5.30

FIP

4.27

41.8

FIP-

91.8

64.8

ERA+

90.3

15.4

sWAR

0.8

12.1

of 92 qualified 2003 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

98.7

sWAR

22.4

94.5

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1987	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-119.4	-100.0	.000	0.0
1990	33	76	63	1	3	0	3	5	35	.048	.118	.048	.165	-57.3	-51.7	.096	1.4
1991	36	67	55	0	5	1	1	3	26	.091	.138	.109	.247	-36.1	-28.5	.125	0.4
1992	32	67	55	2	1	1	2	4	24	.018	.085	.036	.121	-77.8	-63.6	.073	0.3
1993	34	93	76	7	9	0	4	5	31	.118	.173	.118	.291	-21.0	-18.5	.147	2.8
1994	25	55	51	1	3	0	0	1	21	.059	.077	.059	.136	-76.9	-63.0	.067	2.0
1995	31	73	66	3	7	1	3	2	23	.106	.145	.121	.266	-37.2	-28.3	.130	1.3
1996	34	55	52	2	9	2	1	0	17	.173	.173	.212	.385	-5.4	2.8	.172	2.6
1997	30	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	-9.0	3.2	.181	2.3
1998	32	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124.0	-100.0	.000	0.1
1999	30	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124.5	-100.0	.000	0.6
2000	31	51	42	2	6	1	3	3	15	.143	.200	.167	.367	-8.4	-4.8	.178	0.9
2001	34	75	65	2	6	0	1	3	29	.092	.132	.092	.225	-51.3	-40.1	.111	5.1
2002	29	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-122.2	-100.0	.000	1.8
2003	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-123.0	-100.0	.000	0.8

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1987	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	3	5	2	6.0	4.50	1.667	7.50	7.53	192.9	86.8	0.0
1990	33	32	14	7	1	2	0	201	86	61	118	18	204.0	3.79	1.284	5.21	3.76	101.9	97.1	1.4
1991	36	34	12	11	0	3	1	223	96	60	131	19	206.7	4.18	1.369	5.70	3.74	103.8	86.1	0.4
1992	32	32	13	9	0	3	1	194	81	45	107	13	189.7	3.84	1.260	5.08	3.31	98.7	87.4	0.3
1993	34	34	22	7	0	2	1	224	94	40	145	18	231.7	3.65	1.140	5.63	3.39	86.9	107.0	2.8
1994	25	25	6	8	0	0	0	176	64	36	85	14	159.3	3.62	1.331	4.80	3.95	97.9	111.6	2.0
1995	30	30	14	14	0	4	0	208	90	57	126	22	188.3	4.30	1.407	6.02	4.25	102.4	96.5	1.3
1996	34	34	11	12	0	2	1	229	105	58	155	19	222.7	4.24	1.289	6.26	3.71	85.2	104.4	2.6
1997	30	30	9	12	0	2	0	240	96	30	139	20	189.3	4.56	1.426	6.61	3.59	75.4	104.3	2.3
1998	32	32	9	13	0	0	0	230	123	46	131	19	195.0	5.68	1.415	6.05	3.98	82.8	84.5	0.1
1999	30	25	9	8	0	0	0	184	92	46	96	18	147.3	5.62	1.561	5.86	4.49	88.9	89.8	0.6
2000	31	22	10	6	0	0	0	162	73	51	110	13	134.3	4.89	1.586	7.37	3.90	85.6	93.3	0.9
2001	34	34	12	12	0	1	1	187	74	70	187	17	219.3	3.04	1.172	7.67	3.35	76.6	144.0	5.1
2002	29	29	13	8	0	1	1	199	87	50	124	25	173.0	4.53	1.439	6.45	4.51	98.9	100.8	1.8
2003	32	30	12	9	0	1	0	202	104	47	107	20	181.7	5.15	1.371	5.30	4.27	91.8	90.3	0.8

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

446

629

540

RBI

226

.0926

OBP

.1358

SLG

.1037

OPS

.2395

Pitching

G (P)

445

423

109th-most career GS

166

206th-most career W

136

238th-most career L

SHO

2,648

215th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,766

135th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

700

393rd-most career BB allowed

ERA

4.309

WHIP

1.3465

K/9

6.00

377th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	TB
1993-04-11	SF @ PIT Gameday	3	1	2	2
1993-06-24	COL @ SF Gameday	3	2	2	2
1995-06-28	NYM @ MIA Gameday	2	0	2	2
1996-05-18	MIA @ CHC Gameday	4	0	2	2
2001-05-09	ATL @ SD Gameday	3	0	2	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2001-07-29	ATL @ WSH Gameday	7.1	4	1	1	0	11	0
2001-04-17	MIA @ ATL Gameday	7.0	6	3	2	0	11	1
1991-05-13	PHI @ SF Gameday	8.0	4	2	2	2	10	1
1995-09-30	PHI @ MIA Gameday	5.0	7	3	3	2	10	1
1990-09-23	SF @ LAD Gameday	9.0	8	2	2	2	9	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

2× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.