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Birth Date	9-17-1982
Height	5' 11"
Weight	185 lbs

Age	41 years, 7 months, 1 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

: 2015
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: 2017
: 2018
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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2004	PIT	MLB	13	13	71.7	5	5	0	86	28	30	9	91	10.8	3.5	1.1	3.8	0%	.308	1.59	4.95	5.02	110	5.48	112.9	0.3
2008	PIT	MLB	58	0	56.7	1	1	0	57	34	42	7	99	9.1	5.4	1.1	6.7	0%	.298	1.61	5.13	4.76	113	5.83	124.3	-0.3
2009	PIT	0	38	0	32.3	1	2	1	22	15	23	3	95	6.1	4.2	0.8	6.4	0%	.213	1.14	4.50	3.06	116	4.97	106.5	0.1
2009	WAS	0	33	0	25.3	1	1	0	14	13	20	3	96	5.0	4.6	1.1	7.1	0%	.162	1.07	4.55	3.20	113	5.22	112.0	0.0
2010	WAS	MLB	73	0	63.0	1	7	3	52	20	62	3	92	7.4	2.9	0.4	8.9	0%	.280	1.14	2.75	2.14	88	3.61	81.6	0.9
2011	WAS	MLB	69	0	56.7	5	5	4	54	21	33	6	97	8.6	3.3	1.0	5.2	0%	.268	1.32	4.47	3.81	111	5.09	118.3	-0.2
2012	WAS	MLB	70	0	56.7	1	2	2	58	12	57	4	100	9.2	1.9	0.6	9.1	0%	.331	1.24	2.83	2.38	83	3.37	77.2	1.0
2013	ANA	MLB	13	0	9.7	0	0	0	9	4	7	1	95	8.4	3.7	0.9	6.5	0%	.286	1.34	4.21	0.93	115	5.64	135.1	-0.1
2014	ANA	MLB	3	0	0.7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	87	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.333	1.50	3.16	13.50	95	3.52	86.4	0.0
2016	WAS	MLB	10	0	5.7	0	0	0	5	1	3	1	87	7.9	1.6	1.6	4.8	44%	.235	1.06	4.94	3.18	129	7.09	156.9	-0.1
2009	TOT	MLB	71	0	57.7	2	3	1	36	28	43	6	96	5.6	4.4	0.9	6.7	0%	.000	1.11	4.52	3.12	114	5.08	108.9	0.1
Career		MLB	380	13	378.3	15	23	10	358	148	277	37	95	8.5	3.5	0.9	6.6	55%	.282	1.34	4.13	3.52	104	4.81	105.4	1.4

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2001	HIC	A	SAL	26	26	161.3	11	8	0	164	33	134	11		9.2	1.8	0.6	7.5	0%	-.860	1.22	3.10	2.62	0	0.00	0.0
2002	LYN	A+	CRL	26	26	155.3	13	4	0	118	33	96	4		6.8	1.9	0.2	5.6	0%	.242	0.97	2.90	1.80	0	0.00	0.0
2003	ALT	AA	EAS	27	27	159.7	14	6	0	158	29	86	2		8.9	1.6	0.1	4.8	0%	.297	1.17	3.03	3.21	0	0.00	0.0
2004	PIT	MLB	NL	13	13	71.7	5	5	0	86	28	30	9	91	10.8	3.5	1.1	3.8	0%	.308	1.59	4.95	5.02	110	5.48	112.9
2004	NAS	AAA	PCL	10	10	47.0	1	5	0	58	17	25	5		11.1	3.3	1.0	4.8	0%	.338	1.60	5.04	5.36	0	0.00	0.0
2006	IND	AAA	INT	25	24	120.0	8	11	0	136	46	46	13	93	10.2	3.5	1.0	3.5	0%	.290	1.52	4.92	5.18	124	6.68	140.1
2007	IND	AAA	INT	15	15	70.3	4	5	0	83	39	31	4	92	10.6	5.0	0.5	4.0	0%	.325	1.74	4.82	4.48	119	6.93	142.1
2007	ZUL	Wnt	VWL	6	4	25.7	1	1	0	18	8	11	3		6.3	2.8	1.1	3.9	0%	.190	1.01	4.66	2.45	0	0.00	0.0
2008	PIT	MLB	NL	58	0	56.7	1	1	0	57	34	42	7	99	9.1	5.4	1.1	6.7	0%	.298	1.61	5.13	4.76	113	5.83	124.3
2008	IND	AAA	INT	12	0	17.3	1	1	3	9	8	15	1	86	4.7	4.2	0.5	7.8	0%	.186	0.98	3.72	1.04	95	2.71	55.5
2009	PIT	MLB	NL	38	0	32.3	1	2	1	22	15	23	3	95	6.1	4.2	0.8	6.4	0%	.213	1.14	4.50	3.06	116	4.97	106.5
2009	WAS	MLB	NL	33	0	25.3	1	1	0	14	13	20	3	96	5.0	4.6	1.1	7.1	0%	.162	1.07	4.55	3.20	113	5.22	112.0
2010	WAS	MLB	NL	73	0	63.0	1	7	3	52	20	62	3	92	7.4	2.9	0.4	8.9	0%	.280	1.14	2.75	2.14	88	3.61	81.6
2011	WAS	MLB	NL	69	0	56.7	5	5	4	54	21	33	6	97	8.6	3.3	1.0	5.2	0%	.268	1.32	4.47	3.81	111	5.09	118.3
2012	WAS	MLB	NL	70	0	56.7	1	2	2	58	12	57	4	100	9.2	1.9	0.6	9.1	0%	.331	1.24	2.83	2.38	83	3.37	77.2
2013	ANA	MLB	AL	13	0	9.7	0	0	0	9	4	7	1	95	8.4	3.7	0.9	6.5	0%	.286	1.34	4.21	0.93	115	5.64	135.1
2013	SBR	A+	CAL	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1		9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0%	.000	1.00	16.76	9.00	0	0.00	0.0
2014	ANA	MLB	AL	3	0	0.7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	87	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.333	1.50	3.16	13.50	95	3.52	86.4
2014	ARK	AA	TEX	6	0	5.3	0	0	0	6	3	7	0		10.1	5.1	0.0	11.8	0%	.400	1.69	2.18	5.06	87	5.78	122.3
2016	WAS	MLB	NL	10	0	5.7	0	0	0	5	1	3	1	87	7.9	1.6	1.6	4.8	44%	.235	1.06	4.94	3.18	129	7.09	156.9
2016	GWN	AAA	INT	6	0	5.3	0	0	0	3	1	5	0		5.1	1.7	0.0	8.4	71%	.214	0.75	1.85	0.00	96	5.51	121.6
2016	OKL	AAA	PCL	7	0	7.7	0	0	0	8	6	5	1		9.4	7.0	1.2	5.9	65%	.280	1.83	7.24	2.35	125	5.62	124.2
2016	ROC	AAA	INT	29	0	29.3	0	3	3	20	7	18	1		6.1	2.1	0.3	5.5	66%	.218	0.92	3.10	2.15	91	3.71	82.0
2016	SYR	AAA	INT	5	0	5.0	0	0	0	7	0	4	1		12.6	0.0	1.8	7.2	33%	.353	1.40	4.17	5.40	95	5.46	120.6
2018	JUP	A+	FSL	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	67%	.333	1.00	1.47	0.00	89	4.17	88.2
2018	NWO	AAA	PCL	17	0	19.7	1	2	0	30	5	23	2		13.7	2.3	0.9	10.5	50%	.452	1.78	3.64	5.49	87	6.69	141.4
2019	SYR	AAA	INT	5	0	6.3	0	0	0	12	6	2	3		17.1	8.5	4.3	2.8	41%	.346	2.84	11.99	15.63	146	9.11	187.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	872	0.4037	0.4266	0.7473	0.5824	0.3212	0.8634	0.6048	0.2527
2009	950	0.4526	0.4032	0.7650	0.5605	0.2731	0.8465	0.6268	0.2350
2010	1050	0.4238	0.4248	0.7803	0.5775	0.3124	0.8482	0.6878	0.2197
2011	923	0.4464	0.4496	0.8217	0.6189	0.3131	0.8941	0.7063	0.1783
2012	942	0.3344	0.4639	0.7483	0.5714	0.4099	0.8778	0.6576	0.2517
2013	159	0.3962	0.3836	0.7377	0.5397	0.2813	0.8824	0.5556	0.2623
2014	18	0.5000	0.5000	1.0000	0.6667	0.3333	1.0000	1.0000	0.0000
2016	88	0.5682	0.4205	0.8649	0.5200	0.2895	0.9615	0.6364	0.1351
Career	5002	0.4150	0.4318	0.7742	0.5797	0.3236	0.8682	0.6555	0.2258

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-05-28	-	60-DL	-	-	Left	Elbow	Surgery	Revision Tommy John Surgery	2014-06-05
2014-03-21	2014-05-23	15-DL	63	46	Left	Elbow	Soreness	After Viscosupplementation Injection	-	-
2013-05-27	2013-09-30	60-DL	126	112	Left	Elbow	Surgery	Flexor Mass Tendon	2013-08-07	-
2013-04-28	2013-05-21	15-DL	23	21	Left	Forearm	Inflammation	and Nerve Irritation	-	-
2013-04-24	2013-04-25	DTD	1	1	Left	Forearm	Tightness		-	-
2013-02-17	2013-03-13	Camp	24	0	-	Low Back	Stiffness		-	-
2012-10-18	2012-10-18	Off	0	0	Left	Elbow	Surgery	Bone Spurs	2012-10-18	-
2012-09-03	2012-09-12	DTD	9	9	Left	Elbow	Inflammation	Ulnar Neuritis	-	-
2012-07-14	2012-07-15	DTD	1	1	Left	Elbow	Soreness		-	-
2012-04-12	2012-04-16	DTD	4	4	-	Low Back	Soreness		-	-
2012-03-19	2012-03-29	Camp	10	0	-	Low Back	Soreness		-	-
2011-03-17	2011-03-18	Camp	1	0	Left	Knee	Contusion	Foul Ball	-
2009-08-24	2009-08-27	DTD	3	2	Left	Thumb	Contusion	Thumb	-
2007-07-04	2007-09-04	Minors	62	0	Left	Elbow	Inflammation		-	-
2007-06-01	2007-06-18	Minors	17	0	Left	Elbow	Inflammation	Lateral	-
2005-05-24	2005-05-24	On-Alr	0	0	Left	Shoulder	Surgery	Labrum	2005-05-24
2005-04-02	2005-10-03	60-DL	184	162	Left	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2004-09-22
2004-08-22	2004-10-04	15-DL	43	39	Left	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2004-09-22
2004-06-19	2004-06-19	DTD	0	0	Left	Elbow	Contusion	Batted Ball	-	-
2003-09-01	2003-09-05	Minors	4	0	Left	Elbow	Soreness		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2019	NYN	$
2018	MIA	$
2017	MIA	$
2016	ATL	$
2015	ANA	$
2014	ANA	$3,875,000
2013	ANA	$3,625,000
2012	WAS	$2,300,000
2011	WAS	$1,400,000
2010	WAS	$775,000
2009	PIT	$408,500
2005	PIT	$321,000

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$12,704,500
7 yr	Total	$12,704,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
8 y 116 d	Jim Munsey	1 year (2019)

Details

1 year (2019). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 2/6/19 (minor-league contract). Retired 5/28/19.
1 year (2018). Signed by Miami as a free agent 3/18 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2017). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 12/12/16 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.25M in majors. Released by Philadelphia 3/25/17.
1 year (2016). Signed by Washington as a free agent 11/15/15 (minor-league contract). May opt out of contract 4/1/16 if not on Major League roster. Released by Washington 4/3/16 after exercising opt-out clause. Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 4/10/16 (minor-league contract). Released by LA Dodgers 5/1/16 (exercised opt-out). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 5/3/16 (minor-league contract). Exercised right to opt out of contract with Atlanta 5/16. Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 5/23/16 (minor-league contract). Acquired by Washington in trade from Minnesota 8/19/16. Contract selected by Washington 9/2/16.
2 years/$8M (2013-14), plus 2015 club option. Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 12/5/12. $0.25M signing bonus. 13:$3.5M, 14:$3.75M, 15:$4.5M club option, $0.5M buyout. 2015 option guaranteed with total of 110 games in 2013-14. Annual performance bonuses: $0.625M based on games, up to 65 games. LA Angels declined 2015 option 10/30/14.
2 years/$3.95M (2011-12). Signed extension with Washington 12/23/10 (avoided arbitration). 11:$1.4M, 12:$2.3M, 13:$3.5M mutual option, $0.25M buyout. Burnett forfeits buyout if he declines option. Performance bonuses: $0.1M for 35 GF, $0.15M for 45 GF, $0.25M for 55 GF. Burnett declined 2013 option 11/1/12.
1 year/$0.775M (2010). Lost arbitration with Washington 2/20/10 (avoided arbitration, $0.925M-$0.775M).
1 year/$0.4085M (2009). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/2/09. Acquired by Washington in trade from Pittsburgh 6/30/09.
1 year (2008). Sent outright to Triple-A 2/7/08. Contract purchased by Pittsburgh 5/4/08.
1 year (2007). Renewed by Pittsburgh 3/07.
1 year (2006). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/06.
1 year/$0.321M (2005). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 2/05.
1 year/$0.3M (2004). Contract purchased by Pittsburgh 11/03.
Drafted by Pittsburgh 2000 (1-19). $1.65M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	SV	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	7.6	2.6	55	54.5	40	17	52	6	.242	1.05	3.07	3.48	-3.1	-0.3
80^o	6.4	2.2	48	47.4	38	16	45	5	.259	1.14	3.47	3.92	-4.9	-0.5
70^o	5.7	1.9	43	42.5	36	15	40	5	.271	1.22	3.77	4.26	-5.9	-0.6
60^o	5	1.7	39	38.4	35	15	36	5	.282	1.28	4.03	4.54	-6.5	-0.7
50^o	4.5	1.4	35	34.6	33	14	33	5	.291	1.35	4.28	4.82	-6.9	-0.7
40^o	3.9	1.3	31	31.0	31	13	29	4	.301	1.41	4.53	5.1	-7.1	-0.8
30^o	3.4	1.1	27	27.2	28	12	26	4	.312	1.49	4.80	5.41	-7.1	-0.8
20^o	2.8	0.9	23	22.9	25	11	22	3	.324	1.57	5.13	5.78	-6.9	-0.7
10^o	2	0.6	17	17.2	21	9	16	3	.341	1.70	5.60	6.3	-6.1	-0.7
Weighted Mean	4.4	1.4	34	33.6	31	13	32	4	.288	1.33	4.23	4.77	-6.5	-0.7

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2013-04-16 20:00:00 (link to chat)	If I dealt Strasburgh and Sean Burnett for Verladner, how do you think I did? (Brandon L. from Pittsburgh)	In a redraft league, you did well. Like Verlander better this year. (Bret Sayre)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Sean Burnett threw 5,097 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2016, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2016, he relied primarily on his Sinker (89mph) and Slider (79mph), also mixing in a Change (83mph) and Fourseam Fastball (88mph).