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Alex Burnett P

Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
9	177	172.3	8	11	0	4.70	-1.7

Birth Date	7-26-1987
Height	6' 0"
Weight	220 lbs

Age	36 years, 9 months, 17 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2010	MIN	MLB	41	47.7	2	2	52	23	37	6	108	9.8	4.3	1.1	7.0	0%	.322	1.57	4.70	5.29	103	5.36	121.0	-0.3
2011	MIN	MLB	66	50.7	2	5	50	21	33	4	104	8.9	3.7	0.7	5.9	0%	.289	1.40	4.50	5.51	117	6.33	147.2	-0.9
2012	MIN	MLB	67	71.7	4	4	71	26	36	4	105	8.9	3.3	0.5	4.5	0%	.279	1.35	3.97	3.52	113	5.31	121.6	-0.4
2013	BAL	0	2	1.3	0	0	4	2	2	0	99	27.0	13.5	0.0	13.5	0%	.667	4.50	4.57	20.25	175	9.53	228.1	-0.1
2013	CHN	0	1	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	108	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.250	1.00	3.02	0.00	171	5.55	133.0	0.0
2013	TOT	MLB	3	2.3	0	0	5	2	2	0	103	19.3	7.7	0.0	7.7	0%	.000	3.00	3.90	11.57	174	7.82	187.3	-0.1
Career		MLB	177	172.3	8	11	178	72	108	14	106	9.3	3.8	0.7	5.6	50%	.297	1.45	4.33	4.70	113	5.66	129.8	-1.7

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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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-
2006	ELZ	Rk	APL	13	13	71.0	4	3	0	66	13	71	6		8.4	1.6	0.8	9.0	0%	.303	1.11	3.44	4.06	0	0.00	0.0
2007	BLT	A	MDW	27	27	155.0	9	8	0	140	38	117	9	93	8.1	2.2	0.5	6.8	0%	.281	1.15	3.46	3.02	97	3.93	80.6
2008	FTM	A+	FSL	28	25	143.7	8	6	0	151	36	84	12	97	9.5	2.3	0.8	5.3	0%	.295	1.30	3.98	3.76	105	5.01	102.4
2009	FTM	A+	FSL	18	0	22.7	2	1	4	14	7	26	0	96	5.6	2.8	0.0	10.3	0%	.246	0.93	1.96	1.98	73	2.52	53.1
2009	NBR	AA	EAS	40	0	55.3	1	2	9	36	19	52	2	92	5.9	3.1	0.3	8.5	0%	.241	0.99	2.91	1.79	76	2.19	46.0
2009	MSS	Wnt	AFL	10	0	10.7	0	0	3	6	10	11	0		5.0	8.4	0.0	9.3	0%	.231	1.50	5.55	3.36	0	0.00	0.0
2010	MIN	MLB	AL	41	0	47.7	2	2	0	52	23	37	6	108	9.8	4.3	1.1	7.0	0%	.322	1.57	4.70	5.29	103	5.36	121.0
2010	ROC	AAA	INT	14	0	19.7	0	2	2	26	8	18	1		11.9	3.7	0.5	8.2	0%	.391	1.73	3.34	5.48	0	0.00	0.0
2011	MIN	MLB	AL	66	0	50.7	2	5	0	50	21	33	4	104	8.9	3.7	0.7	5.9	0%	.289	1.40	4.50	5.51	117	6.33	147.2
2011	ROC	AAA	INT	4	0	3.7	0	0	1	5	1	3	1		12.3	2.5	2.5	7.4	0%	.364	1.64	5.96	7.36	97	5.62	114.8
2012	MIN	MLB	AL	67	0	71.7	4	4	0	71	26	36	4	105	8.9	3.3	0.5	4.5	0%	.279	1.35	3.97	3.52	113	5.31	121.6
2013	BAL	MLB	AL	2	0	1.3	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	99	27.0	13.5	0.0	13.5	0%	.667	4.50	4.57	20.25	175	9.53	228.1
2013	CHN	MLB	NL	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	108	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.250	1.00	3.02	0.00	171	5.55	133.0
2013	BUF	AAA	INT	2	0	2.3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		3.9	3.9	0.0	0.0	0%	.125	0.86	4.48	0.00	90	5.40	117.3
2013	IOW	AAA	PCL	3	0	3.3	1	0	0	5	3	1	0		13.5	8.1	0.0	2.7	0%	.357	2.40	5.66	8.10	128	7.25	157.5
2013	NOR	AAA	INT	7	0	9.7	1	0	0	10	1	8	0		9.3	0.9	0.0	7.4	0%	.323	1.14	2.16	1.86	91	4.04	87.8
2015	OAX	AAA	MEX	7	0	8.7	1	0	0	10	3	12	1		10.4	3.1	1.0	12.5	0%	.429	1.50	3.99	6.23	0	0.00	0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2010	828	0.4867	0.4722	0.8210	0.6650	0.2894	0.8918	0.6667	0.1790
2011	851	0.5311	0.4583	0.8590	0.6106	0.2857	0.8877	0.7895	0.1410
2012	1118	0.5027	0.4884	0.8462	0.6495	0.3255	0.9014	0.7348	0.1538
2013	51	0.5294	0.3333	0.8824	0.5185	0.1250	0.9286	0.6667	0.1176
Career	2848	0.5070	0.4719	0.8433	0.6400	0.2995	0.8950	0.7301	0.1567

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	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2013-06-12	-	Minors	-	-	Right	Elbow	Strain	-	-
2012-05-24	2012-05-28	DTD	4	4	Right	Elbow	Soreness	-	-
2009-08-04	2009-08-11	Minors	7	0	Left	Hand	Not Disclosed	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2014	CHN	$
2013	BAL	$
2012	MIN	$490,000
2010	MIN	$400,000

Years	Description	Salary
3 yr	Previous	$890,000
3 yr	Total	$890,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
2 y 135 d	Sparta Group	1 year/$0.51M (2013)

Details

1 year/$0.51M (2013). Re-signed by Minnesota 2/21/13. Claimed by Toronto off waivers from Minnesota 3/29/13. Claimed by Baltimore off waivers 4/12/13 after being DFA by Toronto 4/10/13. Claimed by Chicago Cubs off waivers 5/27/13 after being DFA by Baltimore 5/23/13. DFA by Chicago Cubs 6/1/13.
1 year/$0.49M (2012). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/3/12.
1 year (2011). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/11.
1 year (2010). Contract purchased by Minnesota 11/20/09. Re-signed by Minnesota 3/7/10.
Drafted by Minnesota 2005 (12-375) (Oceanview HS, Huntington Beach, Calif.).

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Alex Burnett threw 2,848 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2013, including pitches thrown in . In 2013, he relied primarily on his Sinker (91mph), also mixing in a Slider (84mph), Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Change (84mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (76mph).