{"id":11588,"date":"2017-01-14T02:55:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T08:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=11588"},"modified":"2016-12-31T17:42:58","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T23:42:58","slug":"45-britt-burns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/45-britt-burns\/","title":{"rendered":"#45 – Britt Burns"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Britt Burns<\/p>\n

Rank:<\/strong>\u00a045<\/p>\n

Position:<\/strong>\u00a0P<\/p>\n

Years With White Sox:<\/strong>\u00a01978-1985<\/p>\n

Britt Burns was selected by\u00a0the White Sox in the third round of the 1978 draft.\u00a0 Less than 2 months later, Burns made his major league debut, going 5 innings in a losing start against the Tigers in Detroit.\u00a0 He made one other start, another loss, before returning to the minor leagues.\u00a0 He finished the year 0-2 with a 12.91 ERA.<\/p>\n

Burns spent most of 1979 starting in Double A, before getting promoted to Triple A and then, briefly, back to Chicago.\u00a0 He made 6 relief appearances, giving up 10 hits in only 5 innings and finishing with a 5.40 ERA.<\/p>\n

Burns found himself in the major leagues to stay in 1980 as he moved in to the rotation for the White Sox.\u00a0 He found his first bit of success at the big league level, going 15-13 with a 2.84 ERA in 34 appearances, 32 of them starts.\u00a0 He finished 5th in Rookie of the Year voting, earning 4 first place votes.<\/p>\n

1981 saw Burns putting up a repeat performance, despite the strike that split the season.\u00a0 He earned his first, and only, All Star nod and tied for 7th in Cy Young Award voting.\u00a0 He finished the year 10-6 with a 2.64 ERA.<\/p>\n

Burns regressed a bit in 1982.\u00a0 His record held steady at 13-5, but his ERA rose to 4.04 in only 28 starts.<\/p>\n

In 1983, Burns went 10-11 with a 3.58 ERA as the White Sox ran away with the AL West, earning their first division title.\u00a0 Burns took the mound in game 4 of the ALCS, with the Orioles looking to clinch the series, and threw the game of his life.\u00a0 Burns threw 9 scoreless innings, but Oriole pitchers Storm Davis and Tippy Martinez stymied\u00a0the White Sox offense.\u00a0 With one out in the 10th, Burns gave up a solo home run to Tito Landrum.\u00a0 He was replaced and the Orioles tacked on 2 additional runs, ending the White Sox season.<\/p>\n

Injuries and ineffectiveness led Burns to split time between the rotation and bullpen in 1984.\u00a0 He went 4-12 with a 5.00 ERA in 34 appearances, 16 of them starts.\u00a0 He also earned the only 3 saves of his career.<\/p>\n

After an offseason conditioning program improved his physical state, Burns bounced back in 1985.\u00a0 He 18-11 with a 3.96 ERA in 36 appearances, 34 of them starts, both career highs.\u00a0 He finished tied for 7th in Cy Young Award voting.\u00a0 Following the year, he was traded to the Yankees, along with 2 minor leaguers, for Joe Cowley and Ron Hassey.<\/p>\n

Burns returned to the White Sox\u00a0organization in 2013 as pitching coach for Double A Birmingham, a position he held through 2015.<\/p>\n

Burns’ numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:<\/p>\n

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Career Pitching<\/b><\/caption>\n
Wins<\/span><\/th>\nLosses<\/span><\/th>\nERA<\/span><\/th>\nSaves<\/span><\/th>\nIP<\/span><\/th>\nHits<\/span><\/th>\nRuns<\/span><\/th>\nER<\/span><\/th>\nWalks<\/span><\/th>\nStrike Outs<\/span><\/th>\nHR<\/span><\/th>\nHBP<\/span><\/th>\nAppearances<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n3.86<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n16.333<\/span><\/td>\n13<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n12<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/span><\/td>\n60<\/span><\/td>\n3.66<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n1094.333<\/span><\/td>\n1045<\/span><\/td>\n499<\/span><\/td>\n445<\/span><\/td>\n362<\/span><\/td>\n734<\/span><\/td>\n93<\/span><\/td>\n24<\/span><\/td>\n193<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n