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Jim Burton
Jim Scott Burton

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 195 lb.
School University of Michigan

Debut June 10, 1975
  vs. TEX 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 17, 1977
Born October 27, 1949 in Royal Oak, MI

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1975 25 BOS AL   1   2  29   4   0   0   8  1   53.0   58   30   17   6   19   39   0   1   232   2   0  2.89  4.13  143 1.453
 1977 27 BOS AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.7    2    0    0   0    1    3   0   0    11   0   0  0.00  4.56  inf 1.125
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .333   1   2  30   4   0   0   9  1   55.7   60   30   17   6   20   42   0   1   243   2   0  2.75  4.15  151 1.437
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     2   4  60   8   0   0  18  2  111.3  120   60   34  12   40   84   0   2   486   4   0  2.75  4.15  151 1.437
 Career High      1   2  29   4   0   0   8  1   53.0   58   30   17   6   19   39   0   1   232   2   0  2.89  4.13  143 1.453

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1975 25 BOS AL P 29 2 7 0 1 1.000 .938 0.31 0.85 1.53 1.87 4 53.0 1977 27 BOS AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.00 0 2.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1975 25 BOS AL P 29 2 7 0 1 1.000 .938 0.31 0.85 1.53 1.87 4 53.0 1977 27 BOS AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.00 0 2.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 30 2 7 0 1 1.000 .938 0.30 0.85 1.45 1.87 4 55.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 30 2 7 0 1 1.000 .938 0.30 0.85 1.45 1.86 4 56
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1975   WS    BOS CIN     L   2   0   9.00  0  1  0  0   1     1   1   3   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1975   WS    BOS CIN     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.


Transactions 

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 26th round of the 1967 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

March 29, 1978: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Mets for Leo Foster.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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