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A.J. Burnett

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 205 lb.

Debut August 17, 1999

Born January 3, 1977 in North Little Rock, AR

Drafted by the New York Mets in the 8th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 1995. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1999 22 FLA NL   4   2   7   7   0   0   0  0   41.3   37   23   16   3   25   33   0   0   182   2   0  3.48  4.34  125 1.500
 2000 23 FLA NL   3   7  13  13   0   0   0  0   82.7   80   46   44   8   44   57   2   2   364   3   0  4.79  4.41   92 1.500
 2001 24 FLA NL  11  12  27  27   2   1   0  0  173.3  145   82   78  20   83  128   7   7   733   3   1  4.05  4.23  104 1.315
 2002 25 FLA NL  12   9  31  29   7   5   0  0  204.3  153   84   75  12   90  203   9  14   844   5   0  3.30  4.03  122 1.189
 2003 26 FLA NL   0   2   4   4   0   0   0  0   23.0   18   13   12   2   18   21   2   2   106   2   0  4.70  4.20   89 1.565
 2004 27 FLA NL   7   6  20  19   1   0   0  0  120.0  102   50   49   9   38  113   4   7   490   0   0  3.68  4.10  112 1.167
 2005 28 FLA NL  12  12  32  32   4   2   0  0  209.0  184   97   80  12   79  198   7  12   873   1   0  3.44  3.98  115 1.258
 2006 29 TOR AL  10   8  21  21   2   1   0  0  135.7  138   67   60  14   39  118   8   6   577   3   1  3.98  4.56  115 1.305
 2007 30 TOR AL  10   8  25  25   2   0   0  0  165.7  131   74   69  23   66  176  12   5   691   2   0  3.75  4.47  119 1.189
 2008 31 TOR AL  18  10  35  34   1   0   1  0  221.3  211  109  100  19   86  231   9  11   957   2   2  4.07  4.27  105 1.342
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .534  87  76 215 211  19   9   1  0 1376.3 1199  645  583 122  568 1278  60  66  5817  23   4  3.81  4.23  111 1.284
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  12  34  33   3   1   0  0  219.7  191  102   93  19   90  204   9  10   928   3   0  3.81  4.23  111 1.284
 Career High     18  12  35  34   7   5   1  0  221.3  211  109  100  23   90  231  12  14   957   5   2  3.30  4.56  125 1.167

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1999 22 FLA NL   7   17    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  10  .118  .118  .118  -38    2   0   0   0   0   0
 2000 23 FLA NL  13   25    3    7   1  1   1    3   0  0   3  10  .280  .357  .520  124   13   2   0   0   0   0
 2001 24 FLA NL  25   50    0    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   1  27  .080  .115  .100  -43    5   7   0   0   1   0
 2002 25 FLA NL  29   57    1    6   2  0   1    3   0  0   5  28  .105  .177  .193   -1   11   7   0   0   0   1
 2003 26 FLA NL   4    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   3  .143  .333  .143   32    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2004 27 FLA NL  18   29    4    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  11  .138  .138  .138  -26    4   8   0   0   0   1
 2005 28 FLA NL  31   68    3   10   2  2   1    2   0  0   1  34  .147  .171  .279   19   19   9   0   0   1   1
 2006 29 TOR AL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 30 TOR AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2008 31 TOR AL   2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     131  261   12   34   6  3   3    9   0  0  12 125  .130  .175  .211    2   55  34   0   0   2   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        323   15   42   7  4   4   11   0  0  15 155  .130  .175  .211    2   68  42   0   0   2   4
 Career High     31   68    4   10   2  2   1    3   0  0   5  34                          19   9   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1999 22 FLA NL   17   15    0   0.0   109| .118  .267| .118  .341| .118  .430| .236  .771| -38  .000  -3.5  -0.3   0%
 2000 23 FLA NL   30   20    5   6.7   111| .280  .266| .357  .342| .520  .434| .877  .777| 124  .602   0.8   0.1   0%
 2001 24 FLA NL   59   53    1   0.5   109| .080  .265| .115  .336| .100  .434| .215  .770| -43  .014 -10.7  -1.0   0%
 2002 25 FLA NL   69   59    2   0.9   105| .105  .262| .177  .336| .193  .417| .370  .753|  -1  .046  -8.5  -0.8   0%
 2003 26 FLA NL    9    6    1   4.5   108| .143  .266| .333  .338| .143  .427| .476  .765|  32  .454  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2004 27 FLA NL   37   34    1   0.8   107| .138  .264| .138  .334| .138  .427| .276  .762| -26  .033  -5.4  -0.5   0%
 2005 28 FLA NL   79   68    3   1.2   103| .147  .261| .171  .331| .279  .416| .450  .747|  19  .071  -8.3  -0.8   0%
 2006 29 TOR AL    3    3    0   0.0   111| .000  .275| .000  .340| .000  .438| .000  .778|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 2007 30 TOR AL    2    2    0   0.0   107| .000  .271| .000  .338| .000  .424| .000  .762|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2008 31 TOR AL    4    4    0   0.0   105| .000  .267| .000  .335| .000  .419| .000  .754|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      309  264   13   1.3   106| .130  .264| .175  .335| .211  .424| .386  .760|   2  .081 -38.6  -3.7   0%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1999 22 FLA NL P 7 2 5 1 0 .875 .946 1.00 0.49 1.53 1.72 7 41.3 2000 23 FLA NL P 13 2 8 1 1 .909 .962 0.77 0.48 1.09 1.74 13 82.7 2001 24 FLA NL P 27 11 27 2 0 .950 .960 1.41 0.46 1.97 1.75 27 173.3 2002 25 FLA NL P 31 12 19 4 3 .886 .963 1.00 0.48 1.37 1.83 29 204.3 2003 26 FLA NL P 4 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 1.75 0.47 2.74 1.84 4 23.0 2004 27 FLA NL P 20 10 18 0 0 1.000 .966 1.40 0.47 2.10 1.84 19 120.0 2005 28 FLA NL P 32 11 18 2 1 .935 .960 0.91 0.46 1.25 1.75 32 209.0 2006 29 TOR AL P 21 6 16 1 2 .957 .957 1.05 0.41 1.46 1.56 21 135.7 2007 30 TOR AL P 25 17 15 2 2 .941 .955 1.28 0.42 1.74 1.60 25 165.7 2008 31 TOR AL P 35 18 29 7 1 .870 .951 1.34 0.42 1.91 1.60 34 221.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1999 22 FLA NL P 7 2 5 1 0 .875 .946 1.00 0.49 1.53 1.72 7 41.3 2000 23 FLA NL P 13 2 8 1 1 .909 .962 0.77 0.48 1.09 1.74 13 82.7 2001 24 FLA NL P 27 11 27 2 0 .950 .960 1.41 0.46 1.97 1.75 27 173.3 2002 25 FLA NL P 31 12 19 4 3 .886 .963 1.00 0.48 1.37 1.83 29 204.3 2003 26 FLA NL P 4 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 1.75 0.47 2.74 1.84 4 23.0 2004 27 FLA NL P 20 10 18 0 0 1.000 .966 1.40 0.47 2.10 1.84 19 120.0 2005 28 FLA NL P 32 11 18 2 1 .935 .960 0.91 0.46 1.25 1.75 32 209.0 2006 29 TOR AL P 21 6 16 1 2 .957 .957 1.05 0.41 1.46 1.56 21 135.7 2007 30 TOR AL P 25 17 15 2 2 .941 .955 1.28 0.42 1.74 1.60 25 165.7 2008 31 TOR AL P 35 18 29 7 1 .870 .951 1.34 0.42 1.91 1.60 34 221.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 215 92 159 20 10 .926 .958 1.17 0.45 1.64 1.71 211 1376.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 215 92 159 20 10 .926 .958 1.17 0.45 1.64 1.71 211 1376
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

ERA
Act-3.81-25

Wins
2008 AL-18-4

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
2002 NL-1.189-7
2007 AL-1.189-7
Act-1.284-25

Hits Allowed/9IP
2001 NL-7.53-4
2002 NL-6.74-1
2007 AL-7.12-2
Act-7.84-8
Car-7.84-73

Strikeouts/9IP
2002 NL-8.94-7
2005 NL-8.53-6
2007 AL-9.56-4
2008 AL-9.39-1
Act-8.36-8
Car-8.36-19

Innings
2008 AL-221.3-3

Strikeouts
2002 NL-203-6
2005 NL-198-7
2008 AL-231-1

Games Started
2008 AL-34-1

Comp. Games
2002 NL-7-2
2005 NL-4-3
2006 AL-2-6
2007 AL-2-7
Act-19-26

Shutouts
2001 NL-1-7
2002 NL-5-1
2005 NL-2-4
2006 AL-1-5
Act-9-13

Bases On Balls Allow.
2002 NL-90-7
2005 NL-79-8
2008 AL-86-5

Earned Runs Allow.
2008 AL-100-10

Wild Pitches
2002 NL-14-1
2005 NL-12-2
2008 AL-11-4
Act-66-18

Hit Batsmen
2007 AL-12-5

Batters Faced
2008 AL-957-2

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 8 (288) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 38 (629) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (801) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 10.0 (908) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 8th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 1995.

February 6, 1998: Traded by the New York Mets with Robert Stratton (minors) and Jesus Sanchez to the Florida Marlins for Al Leiter and Ralph Milliard.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1999Florida Marlins$200,000
2000Florida Marlins$204,000
2001Florida Marlins$250,000
2002Florida Marlins$367,500
2003Florida Marlins$2,500,000
2004Florida Marlins$2,500,000
2005Florida Marlins$3,650,000
2006Toronto Blue Jays$2,200,000
2007Toronto Blue Jays$13,200,000
2008Toronto Blue Jays$13,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$38,271,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
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