A. J. Burnett

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1999-2015)

W–L 164–157
ERA 3.99
WHIP 1.32
SO 2,513
Pitcher PIV 24536.6
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'4" / 230 lb
Born
1/3/1977 in North Little Rock, AR, USA
MLB Debut
1999-08-17
Last Game
2015-10-03
Awards
All-Star

Full name: Allan James Burnett

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
164 157 435 430 24 10 0 2731.3 2,519 1,210 263 1,100 2,513 3.99 24536.6

Career ERA 3.99 vs. league average 4.27 across their career seasons — 6.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1999 FLO NL 4 2 7 7 0 0 0 41.3 37 16 25 33 3.48 4.71 (+26%) 430.6
2000 FLO NL 3 7 13 13 0 0 0 82.7 80 44 44 57 4.79 4.77 (avg) 182.8
2001 FLO NL 11 12 27 27 2 1 0 173.3 145 78 83 128 4.05 4.42 (+8%) -920.3
2002 FLO NL 12 9 31 29 7 5 0 204.3 153 75 90 203 3.30 4.28 (+23%) 5780.8
2003 FLO NL 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 23.0 18 12 18 21 4.70 4.40 (-7%) -313.3
2004 FLO NL 7 6 20 19 1 0 0 120.0 102 49 38 113 3.67 4.46 (+18%) 3915.6
2005 FLO NL 12 12 32 32 4 2 0 209.0 184 80 79 198 3.44 4.29 (+20%) 6456.8
2006 TOR AL 10 8 21 21 2 1 0 135.7 138 60 39 118 3.98 4.53 (+12%) 2575.8
2007 TOR AL 10 8 25 25 2 0 0 165.7 131 69 66 176 3.75 4.47 (+16%) 603.6
2008 TOR AL 18 10 35 34 1 0 0 221.3 211 100 86 231 4.07 4.32 (+6%) 5065.2
2009 NYA AL 13 9 33 33 1 0 0 207.0 193 93 97 195 4.04 4.32 (+6%) -62.3
2010 NYA AL 10 15 33 33 1 0 0 186.7 204 109 78 145 5.26 4.08 (-29%) -3479.8
2011 NYA AL 11 11 33 32 0 0 0 190.3 190 109 83 173 5.15 3.94 (-31%) -3961.4
2012 PIT NL 16 10 31 31 1 1 0 202.3 189 79 62 180 3.51 4.01 (+12%) 2581.4
2013 PIT NL 10 11 30 30 1 0 0 191.0 165 70 67 209 3.30 3.87 (+15%) 5278.8
2014 PHI NL 8 18 34 34 1 0 0 213.7 205 109 96 190 4.59 3.74 (-23%) -2150.2
2015 PIT NL 9 7 26 26 0 0 0 164.0 174 58 49 143 3.18 3.96 (+20%) 2552.7
Career · 17 seasons 164 157 435 430 24 10 0 2,731.1 2,519 1,210 1,100 2,513 3.99 — 24,537

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
436 493 20 56 8 3 4 19 0 20 241 .114 .151 .166 .317 -3,489

Career AVG .114 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — 56.6% below league average.

Career OBP .151 vs. league average .330 across their career seasons — 54.1% below league average.

Career SLG .166 vs. league average .416 across their career seasons — 60.0% below league average.

Career OPS .317 vs. league average .745 across their career seasons — 57.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1999 FLO NL 7 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .118 — — — — 0.0
2000 FLO NL 13 25 3 7 1 1 1 3 0 3 10 .280 — — — — 0.0
2001 FLO NL 27 50 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 27 .080 .263 (-70%) .332 (-65%) .426 (-77%) .758 (-72%) -594.4
2002 FLO NL 31 57 1 6 2 0 1 3 0 5 28 .105 .261 (-60%) .331 (-46%) .416 (-54%) .747 (-50%) -479.3
2003 FLO NL 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .143 — — — — 0.0
2004 FLO NL 20 29 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 .138 — — — — 0.0
2005 FLO NL 32 68 3 10 2 2 1 2 0 1 34 .147 .264 (-44%) .330 (-48%) .418 (-33%) .749 (-40%) -468.7
2006 TOR AL 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2007 TOR AL 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2008 TOR AL 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 NYA AL 33 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 — — — — 0.0
2010 NYA AL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2011 NYA AL 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2012 PIT NL 31 63 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 3 36 .063 .254 (-75%) .318 (-67%) .405 (-84%) .724 (-77%) -764.0
2013 PIT NL 30 59 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 33 .068 .253 (-73%) .317 (-69%) .396 (-83%) .714 (-77%) -708.0
2014 PHI NL 34 60 5 8 2 0 0 1 0 3 23 .133 .251 (-47%) .313 (-44%) .386 (-57%) .700 (-51%) -474.7
2015 PIT NL 26 42 1 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 20 .119 — — — — 0.0
Career · 17 seasons 436 493 20 56 8 3 4 19 0 20 241 .114 — — — — -3,489

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2013 NLDS1 PIT 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2011 ALDS1 NYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2010 ALCS NYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2009 ALCS NYA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2009 ALDS1 NYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2009 WS NYA 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2 3 8 8 0 41.0 38 29 27 31 6.37

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2013 NLDS1 PIT 0 1 1 1 0 2.0 6 7 4 0 31.50
2011 ALDS1 NYA 1 0 1 1 0 5.7 4 1 4 3 1.59
2010 ALCS NYA 0 1 1 1 0 6.0 6 5 3 4 7.50
2009 ALCS NYA 0 0 2 2 0 12.3 11 8 5 7 5.84
2009 ALDS1 NYA 0 0 1 1 0 6.0 3 1 5 6 1.50
2009 WS NYA 1 1 2 2 0 9.0 8 7 6 11 7.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home211230925311.109
Away225263113118.118

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home2111373.2118252853813653.46
Away2241357.2133768256211484.52

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2015-10-03 PITCINL 200000001
2015-09-27 PITCHCL 200000000
2015-09-21 PITCOLW 200000000
2015-09-16 PITCHCL 100000000
2015-09-10 PITMILL 000000000
2015-07-30 PITCINL 100000000
2015-07-25 PITWASL 100000001
2015-07-20 PITKCRW 000000000
2015-07-11 PITSTLW 111001100
2015-07-06 PITSDPW 200000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2015-10-03 PITCIN L 6.2533491
2015-09-27 PITCHC L 6.0722251
2015-09-21 PITCOL W 5.2632451
2015-09-16 PITCHC — 5.1822170
2015-09-10 PITMIL — 5.0333231
2015-07-30 PITCIN L 4.11087241
2015-07-25 PITWAS L 5.21155080
2015-07-20 PITKCR W 6.01166122
2015-07-11 PITSTL — 6.1633361
2015-07-06 PITSDP — 7.2511340

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 435 430 169 318 39 16

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1999 FLO P 7 7 2 5 1 0
2000 FLO P 13 13 2 8 1 1
2001 FLO P 27 27 11 27 2 0
2002 FLO P 31 29 12 19 4 3
2003 FLO P 4 4 3 4 0 0
2004 FLO P 20 19 10 18 0 0
2005 FLO P 32 32 11 18 2 1
2006 TOR P 21 21 6 16 1 2
2007 TOR P 25 25 17 15 2 2
2008 TOR P 35 34 18 29 7 1
2009 NYA P 33 33 5 20 3 0
2010 NYA P 33 33 9 16 4 1
2011 NYA P 33 32 10 23 5 2
2012 PIT P 31 31 21 36 1 1
2013 PIT P 30 30 12 19 2 0
2014 PHI P 34 34 9 25 1 1
2015 PIT P 26 26 11 20 3 1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 435

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2012 Player of the Week Week of 2012-08-05
2005 Player of the Week Week of 2005-04-16
2002 Player of the Week Week of 2002-08-17
2001 Player of the Week Week of 2001-05-12

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2015 PIT NL $8,500,000
2014 PHI NL $15,000,000
2013 PIT NL $16,500,000
2012 PIT NL $16,500,000
2011 NYA AL $16,500,000
2010 NYA AL $16,500,000
2009 NYA AL $16,500,000
2008 TOR AL $13,200,000
2007 TOR AL $13,200,000
2006 TOR AL $2,200,000
2005 FLO NL $3,650,000
2004 FLO NL $2,500,000
2003 FLO NL $2,500,000
2002 FLO NL $367,500
2001 FLO NL $250,000
2000 FLO NL $204,000
1999 FLO NL $200,000
Total Career Earnings $144,271,500

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

A. J. Burnett (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Mark Langston
    179-158, 3.97 ERA
  2. 87
    Charlie Morton
    147-134, 4.13 ERA
  3. 82
    Andy Benes
    155-139, 3.97 ERA
  4. 79
    Barry Zito
    165-143, 4.04 ERA
  5. 76
    Chuck Finley
    200-173, 3.85 ERA
  6. 76
    Kevin Appier
    169-137, 3.74 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about A. J. Burnett

What years did A. J. Burnett play?
A. J. Burnett played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2015.
Was A. J. Burnett a pitcher?
Yes. A. J. Burnett pitched in the major leagues, recording 164 wins and 2513 strikeouts.
How many home runs did A. J. Burnett hit?
A. J. Burnett hit 4 career home runs with 56 hits.