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Adam
Burton		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: April 24, 1984 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2015    2017   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 22 TN FF     0 0 2 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 4 4
2007 23 TN FF     0 1 3 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6
2008 24 TN FF     0 1 3 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 2 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings     0 1 3 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 25 TN FF $ 300,000 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 7 8 7
2010 26 TN FF $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 8 8 8
2011 27 TN FF $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 7 8 8 7 8 8
2012 28 TN FF $ 300,000 7 10 10 10 7 8 8 8 8 8
2013 29 TN FF $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 7 8 8 7 8 8
2014 30 KS GE $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 7 8 8 7 8 8
2015 31 KS GE $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 7 8 8 7 8 8
2016 32 KS GE $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 7 8 8 8 8 8
2017 33 MN GE $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 7 8 8 7 8 8
2018 34 MN GE $ 300,000 5 10 10 10 7 8 8 7 8 8
2019 35 MN GE $ 300,000 5 10 10 10 7 8 7 7 7 7
2020 36 MN GE $ 300,000 4 9 9 9 6 7 7 7 7 7
2021 37 MN GE $ 300,000 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 3
2022 38 MN GE $ 300,000 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 10 10 10 7 8 8 8 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 22 TN FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 23 TN FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2008 24 TN FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 25 TN FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 26 TN FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2011 27 TN FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2012 28 TN FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2013 29 TN FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2014 30 KS GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2015 31 KS GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2016 32 KS GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2017 33 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2018 34 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2019 35 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2020 36 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 37 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2022 38 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2006 22 A   8 5 .615 25 25 0 0 0 157.3 148 55 11 36 116 3.15 .248 .291 .361 .652  
2007 23 AA   2 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 24.0 28 7 1 7 31 2.63 .292 .340 .385 .725  
    A   6 8 .429 21 21 0 0 0 132.0 130 45 2 29 115 3.07 .256 .297 .321 .618  
2008 24 AAA   2 6 .250 13 13 0 0 0 74.0 94 34 6 14 68 4.14 .306 .336 .463 .799  
    AA   7 2 .778 12 12 0 0 0 76.3 63 19 1 17 84 2.24 .222 .266 .271 .537  
2009 25 TN FF 2 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 28.0 23 9 2 9 9 2.89 .225 .298 .333 .632 2.7
    AAA   13 8 .619 26 26 5 0 0 200.3 179 68 16 59 93 3.05 .239 .295 .364 .659  
2010 26 TN FF 12 11 .522 28 28 1 0 0 190.3 176 80 13 63 39 3.78 .241 .314 .350 .663 6.1
2011 27 TN FF 10 15 .400 30 30 1 0 0 174.7 191 76 20 43 60 3.92 .276 .329 .412 .742 3.0
2012 28 TN FF 9 13 .409 32 32 2 2 0 201.7 173 69 19 47 105 3.08 .229 .285 .350 .635 10.0
2013 29 TN FF 14 9 .609 32 32 0 0 0 205.7 153 55 11 43 157 2.41 .205 .261 .301 .562 19.6
2014 30 TN FF 9 6 .600 23 23 0 0 0 145.7 111 41 9 33 106 2.53 .211 .268 .313 .581 15.2
  KS GE 6 2 .750 10 10 0 0 0 64.3 53 20 4 13 55 2.80 .223 .273 .324 .597 4.5
  TOT   15 8 .652 33 33 0 0 0 210.0 164 61 13 46 161 2.61 .214 .270 .316 .586 19.8
2015 31 KS GE 14 6 .700 36 35 1 1 0 206.7 173 78 17 62 183 3.40 .223 .288 .345 .633 11.8
2016 32 KS GE 15 2 .882 25 25 1 1 0 164.7 131 34 8 32 140 1.86 .216 .259 .307 .566 16.4
2017 33 KS GE 12 5 .706 23 23 0 0 0 140.0 103 38 7 25 100 2.44 .198 .247 .290 .537 12.7
  MN GE 2 1 .667 5 5 0 0 0 28.3 28 5 2 7 18 1.59 .252 .308 .360 .669 3.4
  TOT   14 6 .700 28 28 0 0 0 168.3 131 43 9 32 118 2.30 .208 .258 .303 .560 16.1
2018 34 MN GE 11 8 .579 35 35 1 1 0 212.3 169 67 16 50 181 2.84 .217 .273 .322 .595 17.5
2019 35 MN GE 14 8 .636 36 36 0 0 0 200.0 184 84 18 56 172 3.78 .241 .305 .367 .672 9.3
2020 36 MN GE 1 6 .143 40 29 0 0 0 111.3 93 42 14 30 98 3.40 .221 .279 .371 .650 5.7
2021 37 MN GE 1 12 .077 35 29 0 0 0 90.0 109 53 13 34 58 5.30 .300 .362 .463 .824 0.0
2022 38 MN GE 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 1 2 1 2 0 13.53 .250 .429 1.000 1.429 0.0
    AAA   0 5 .000 25 25 0 0 0 56.0 70 37 9 31 33 5.95 .295 .377 .468 .845  
14 Years Sim 132 104 .559 396 376 7 5 0 2164.9 1871 753 174 549 1481 3.13 .230 .288 .345 .634 137.8
3 Years AAA 15 19 .441 64 64 5 0 0 330.3 343 139 31 104 194 3.79 .265 .320 .407 .727  
2 Years AA 9 2 .818 16 16 0 0 0 100.3 91 26 2 24 115 2.33 .239 .285 .300 .585  
2 Years A 14 13 .519 46 46 0 0 0 289.3 278 100 13 65 231 3.11 .252 .294 .343 .636  
7 Years Minors 38 34 .528 126 126 5 0 0 720.0 712 265 46 193 540 3.31 .256 .305 .367 .672  
Season Average 9 7 .563 28 26 0 0 0 154.6 133 53 12 39 105 3.13 .230 .288 .345 .634  
Career Highs 15 15 1.000 40 36 2 2 0 212.3 191 84 20 63 183 13.53 .300 .429 1.000 1.429  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1125 472 101 321 914   .226 .273 .338 .610
vs LH   746 281 73 228 567   .237 .288 .358 .646
Home 64 49 .566 197 186 4 4 0 1092.6 948 358 80 263 765 2.95 .231 .277 .343 .620
Away 68 55 .553 199 190 3 1 0 1072.3 923 395 94 286 716 3.32 .230 .281 .348 .629
Mar/Apr 16 18 .471 58 58 0 0 0 327.9 274 116 30 89 214 3.18 .224 .277 .350 .627
May 14 20 .412 58 58 1 0 0 321.3 281 127 21 93 209 3.56 .231 .285 .344 .630
June 28 23 .549 71 71 2 1 0 411.3 336 132 40 95 288 2.89 .221 .267 .345 .612
July 22 19 .537 63 59 1 1 0 322.3 298 127 33 84 241 3.55 .240 .288 .374 .662
August 27 12 .692 65 65 2 2 0 375.6 319 113 22 89 261 2.71 .228 .274 .325 .599
Sep/Oct 25 12 .676 81 65 1 1 0 406.3 363 138 28 99 268 3.06 .238 .284 .338 .622
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2009 25 TN FF 4 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .182 .273 -0.2 0.0
2010 26 TN FF 28 69 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 19 .072 .123 .087 .210 -2.9 0.0
2011 27 TN FF 30 62 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 24 .048 .092 .097 .189 -2.3 0.0
2012 28 TN FF 32 65 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 22 .046 .088 .062 .150 -3.3 0.0
2013 29 TN FF 32 66 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .045 .072 .076 .148 -3.1 0.0
2014 30 TN FF 23 48 1 4 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 21 .083 .100 .208 .308 0.0 0.0
  KS GE 10 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.9 0.0
  TOT   33 69 1 4 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 26 .058 .070 .145 .215 -1.9 0.0
2015 31 KS GE 36 65 5 5 2 1 0 5 0 0 5 18 .077 .141 .138 .279 -0.2 0.0
2016 32 KS GE 25 51 7 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 .098 .148 .157 .305 -0.7 0.0
2017 33 KS GE 23 39 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 12 .103 .159 .128 .287 0.5 0.0
  MN GE 5 10 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .300 .500 0.5 0.1
  TOT   28 49 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 15 .122 .167 .163 .330 1.0 0.1
2018 34 MN GE 35 72 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 20 .014 .053 .014 .067 -5.4 0.0
2019 35 MN GE 36 67 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 18 .015 .043 .015 .058 -6.2 0.0
2020 36 MN GE 40 23 3 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 .174 .240 .261 .501 1.4 0.0
2021 37 MN GE 35 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .067 .000 .067 -0.9 0.0
13 Years Sim 394 683 33 41 18 2 1 28 0 0 32 212 .060 .101 .097 .198 -24.7 0.1
162 Game Average 280 13 16 7 0 0 11 0 0 13 87 .060 .101 .097 .198 -10.1  
Career Highs 40 72 7 6 3 1 1 5 0 0 5 26 .174 .240 .261 .501 1.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   520 21 29 11 2 1 21 0 0 20 171 .056 .090 .090 .180 -21.4
vs LH   163 12 12 7 0 0 7 0 0 12 41 .074 .136 .117 .253 -2.9
Home 196 312 15 20 10 1 0 14 0 0 10 95 .064 .092 .103 .195 -11.9
Away 198 371 18 21 8 1 1 14 0 0 22 117 .057 .109 .092 .201 -12.4
RISP   183 0 8 4 2 0 25 0 0 9 60 .044 .086 .087 .174 -7.8
Close/Late   13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .071 .000 .071 -0.9
Mar/Apr 58 106 5 8 4 0 0 4 0 0 6 27 .075 .125 .113 .238 -2.5
May 58 103 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 34 .039 .066 .068 .134 -5.8
June 71 124 8 8 3 0 0 4 0 0 8 47 .065 .119 .089 .208 -3.8
July 57 100 6 9 3 1 1 7 0 0 3 34 .090 .115 .170 .285 -1.1
August 65 130 8 7 3 1 0 7 0 0 6 42 .054 .095 .092 .187 -5.1
Sep/Oct 79 120 3 5 2 0 0 6 0 0 6 28 .042 .087 .058 .145 -6.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2009 25 TN FF P 4 4 28.0 2 6 1 1 .889 2.57    
2010 26 TN FF P 28 28 190.3 17 39 2 5 .966 2.65    
2011 27 TN FF P 30 30 174.7 16 42 2 3 .967 2.99    
2012 28 TN FF P 32 32 201.7 12 43 1 2 .982 2.45    
2013 29 TN FF P 32 32 205.7 20 37 2 3 .966 2.49    
2014 30 TN FF P 23 23 145.7 10 20 1 1 .968 1.85    
  KS GE P 10 10 64.3 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.82    
  TOT   P 33 33 210.0 14 29 1 1 .977 1.84    
2015 31 KS GE P 36 35 206.7 13 37 3 1 .943 2.18    
2016 32 KS GE P 25 25 164.7 11 17 3 1 .903 1.53    
2017 33 KS GE P 23 23 140.0 3 21 0 2 1.000 1.54    
  MN GE P 5 5 28.3 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.59    
  TOT   P 28 28 168.3 4 25 0 3 1.000 1.55    
2018 34 MN GE P 35 35 212.3 17 23 2 1 .952 1.70    
2019 35 MN GE P 36 36 200.0 13 32 3 2 .938 2.03    
2020 36 MN GE P 40 29 111.3 3 18 1 1 .955 1.70    
2021 37 MN GE P 35 29 90.0 7 14 0 2 1.000 2.10    
2022 38 MN GE P 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   396 376 2164.9 149 362 21 26 .961 2.12    
Career Highs   40 36 212.3 20 43 3 5 1.000 2.99    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2011 27 TN FF 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 2 2 4 6.00 .269 .321 .577 .898
2014 30 KS GE 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 10.7 14 6 0 4 6 5.07 .311 .367 .422 .790
2015 31 KS GE 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0.7 5 5 0 1 0 68.18 .833 .857 1.000 1.857
2016 32 KS GE 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.3 7 5 1 1 2 10.39 .368 .400 .737 1.137
2017 33 MN GE 3 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 19.7 13 5 1 3 15 2.29 .194 .229 .373 .602
2018 34 MN GE 2 1 .667 3 3 0 0 0 14.7 8 6 1 7 13 3.68 .160 .263 .280 .543
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 3 .625 11 11 0 0 0 56.0 54 31 5 18 40 4.98 .254 .312 .437 .748
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2011 27 TN FF 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2014 30 KS GE 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2016 32 KS GE 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
2017 33 MN GE 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
2018 34 MN GE 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 10 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .059 .059 .118 .176
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2013-7-2.41
2016-2-1.86
2017-5-2.30
2018-6-2.84
 Wins
2017-10-14
2019-10-14
 Losses
2011-6-15
2012-9-13
 Winning Pct
2015-6-.700
2016-1-.882
2017-9-.700
2019-10-.636
 Games Started
2015-6-35
2018-7-35
2019-2-36
 Complete Games
2012-10-2
Shutouts
2012-6-2
2015-6-1
2016-9-1
2018-10-1
 Strikeouts
2013-9-157
2015-7-183
2018-6-181
2019-6-172
 Walks per 9IP
2016-10-1.7
2017-10-1.7
 Hits per 9IP
2013-8-6.7
2017-10-7.0
2018-3-7.2
 Strikeouts per 9IP
2013-7-6.9
2015-5-8.0
2016-2-7.7
2018-6-7.7
2019-4-7.7
 WHiP
2013-7-0.95
2016-8-0.99
2017-7-0.97
2018-7-1.03
OAVG
2013-8-.205
2017-8-.208
2018-3-.217
 OOBP
2016-8-.259
2017-9-.258
2018-7-.273
 OSLG
2013-7-.301
2016-9-.307
2018-8-.322
 OOPS
2013-7-.562
2016-9-.566
2017-6-.560
2018-5-.595
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 81    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 55)
 
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  1. Xalbador Laguna (965)
  2. Clemente Carrero (959)
  3. Joseph Bingman (950)
  4. Fred Washington (943)
  5. William Roberts (943)
  6. Curtis Yoo (938)
  7. Roberto Villagomez (936)
  8. Jonathan Alexander (929)
  9. Carmine Whittingham (927)
  10. Carlos Horizon (927)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. John Andujar (998)
  2. Fred Washington (997)
  3. Artur Sax (995)
  4. Joe O'Malley (994)
  5. Robert Ford (994)
  6. Samson Steele (992)
  7. Silverio Osuna (992)
  8. Leo Cleland (992)
  9. Ramon Quintana (991)
  10. Paul Knutson (991)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Tennessee in 2006
Earned first career win on 9/19/2009
Had first career hit (double) on 9/25/2009, off Michael Hesson (Con)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2012, going 4-0, 0.49
Named Tennessee Hounds MVP for the 2013 season
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2014, going 4-1, 0.84
Hit first career homerun on 7/10/2014, off Dennis Morelock (NY)
Traded from Tennessee to Kansas on 8/11/2014 (Going to Kan: P Adam Burton. Going to Ten: P Gary Balsa, 2B Ernest Meleschi)
Was selected to the 2015 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game
Traded from Kansas to Minnesota on 7/31/2017 (Going to MN: P Adam Burton, P Tobias Escobar. Going to KS: LF Keith Tracey, P Leroy Briscoe, 2B Bobby Whittaker, P Daniel Henry, RF Juan Zamora, P Alfonzo Saguaro, LF Ramon Granado, 3B Basilio Cos)
Injured on 8/25/2017 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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