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John Burkett
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Career Notes

1996
Traded by the Florida Marlins to the Texas Rangers for Ryan Dempster and a player to be named later (RicK Helling) on Aug. 8, 1996 ... Had an up-and-down stint with Florida, losing five of his first six decision, then winning five of eight with a 2.89 ERA, before dropping his final two decisions ... Tossed a career-best two-hitter on Apr. 12 at Los Angeles ... Won five of his seven decisions with Texas after the trade ... His first outing for Texas was a complete game shutout vs. Toronto on Aug. 10 ... Did not allow a run in his first 13 innings with Texas ... Pitched the first complete game victory in Division Series history in Game 1 at New York.

1995
Tied with Pat Rapp for the club lead with a club-record 14 wins and also established a club record and career high with four complete games ... Tied Pat Rapp in setting a club record for strikeouts in a season (126) by matching his single-game best with 10 strikeouts (in five innings) vs. Philadelphia on Sept. 30 ... Tied with Mike Mussina of Baltimore to lead the majors with 28 decisions ... Finished the season with 188.1 innings, the fifth time in six years Burkett's worked at least that many innings in a season ... Tied for second in the majors with a career-high 26 double plays induced ... Tied for second among the staff with seven base hits ... Signed by the Florida Marlins as a free agent on April 9, 1995.

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

1992
Giants went 19-13 on the year when he started and scored 151 runs in his 32 starts (4.7 per game) compared to the 423 in the other 130 games (3.25 per game) ... Run support of 4.70 per nine innings while he was in the game ranked fifth among NL pitchers ... Led the Giants pitching staff in wins, innings pitched and strikeouts ... Batting average of .018 was the eighth lowest all-time among players with at least 50 at-bats, and the lowest since Bill Hands was 1-for-57 (.018) for the 1972 Cubs ... Only hit was an RBI double off Jose DeLeon April 30 ... Finished the season hitless in his last 47 at-bats ... Was 1-0, 2.52 ERA in six spring training starts, including nine straight innings without allowing an earned run at the start of spring, giving him a streak of 25 exhibition innings without an earned run dating back to Spring 1991 ... Threw a four-hit shutout over the Braves at Candlestick July 30, the first of five straight victories over five starts ... Dropped three in a row from Aug. 26 - Sept. 5, then finished the season with wins in his last two decisions ... Made his 100th career appearance Sept. 5 vs. St. Louis.

1991
Tied for ninth in the NL with 34 starts ... ERA of 4.18 was the fifth highest among pitchers with at least 162 innings ... 10 hit batters led NL pitchers ... Opponents were caught stealing 16 times with him on the mound, the second-highest total in the NL ... Finished spring training with 16 consecutive scoreless innings ... 1.93 spring ERA ranked sixth among NL hurlers ... Was the Giants' opening night starting pitcher April 9 in San Diego ... With one year and 30 days of major league service, had less major league service than any 1991 opening day starter, and less than any Giants starter since Mark Davis in 1984 (1 year, 17 days) ... Surpassed the 200-inning mark for the second year in a row , teaming with Bud Black as the first pair of San Francisco pichers to log 200 innings since Mike Krukow and Mike LaCoss in 1986 ... Exceeded his rookie-year totals for games, starts, innings pitched, and strikeouts ... Pitched his first career shutout July 7 vs. San Diego, allowing just five hits and striking out nine ... Staggered to a 3-6 mark in his last 11 starts, including a career-high five straight losses from Aug. 13 - Sept. 10.

1990
14 victories were second only to John Montefusco's 15 in 1975 on the San Francisco rookie list ... Led 1990 major league rookies in wins (14), innings pitched (204), starts (32), and ranked third in both ERA (3.79) and strikeouts (118) ... Topped San Francisco staff in all those departments ... Began the season with Phoenix (AAA) ... Made three starts there, including two complete games and was recalled by the Giants April 26, returning to the majors after spending over two seasons in the minors between major league appearances ... Went seven innings for the win in his first major league start April 30 at Los Angeles ... Started the year 7-1, was 9-2, 3.49 ERA in 15 starts before the All-Star break ... Left 137 tickets, breaking Jeffrey Leonard's Giants record (89 at Philadelphia in 1986), for his first career appearance at Pittsburgh May 25 ... Went five innings and got the win in that game, starting a string of victories in five straight starts from May 25 - June 16 ... Streak included his first major complete game, a 10-1 win over the first-place Reds June 4 at Candlestick ... Earned his first career save Sept. 4 at San Diego, retiring nine of the 11 batters he faced over three scoreless innings as San Diego ... Won his final three decisions of the year.

1989
Spent the entire season with Phoenix without missing a start, leading the staff in wins, starts, innings pitched, and strikeouts ... Named PCL Pitcher of the Week for April 24-30.

1988
Started the year with Phoenix and went eight innings to pick up the victory in his Triple-A debut Aug. 9 vs. Edmonton ... Optioned back to Shreveport June 15 where he won five straight for the Captains before rejoining Phoenix, July 27, for the remainder of the season.

1987
Enjoyed a great year with Shreveport, leading the Texas League in innings pitched and tying for the lead in wins with 14 ... Finished second in the league with six complete games, fourth in strikeouts (126), and sixth in ERA (3.34) ... Received September call-up and made his major league debut Sept. 15 vs. San Diego.


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