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2021 Hall of Fame Ballot Series: A.J. Burnett

Five facts about A.J. Burnett:

A.J. Burnett was originally drafted by the New York Mets. He was acquired by the Florida Marlins in a trade for Al Leiter as part of the Marlins' big sell-off of their 1997 championship team.

Burnett threw a no-hitter on May 12, 2001. It was one of the wilder no-hitters in history, as Burnett walked nine batters, hit one batter, and threw a wild pitch.

Burnett was named to one All-Star team. His All-Star selection came in the 17th and final season of his career.

Burnett led his league in games started twice (2008 and 2014); in strikeouts once (2008 with 231); in shutouts, fewest hits allowed per nine innings, and fewest home runs allowed per nine innings once each (all in 2002); and in strikeouts per nine innings twice (in 2008 and 2013).

From 2002 through 2014, Burnett had 2,152 strikeouts in 2,270 innings pitched. This was the second-most strikeouts in baseball over these 13 seasons.

The first two tables below present A.J. Burnett's career as measured by Player won-lost records, in and out of context.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWORL	pWOPA

Basic Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1999	FLO	22	7	2.9	2.7	0.8	0.4
2000	FLO	23	13	5.0	6.1	-0.1	-0.8
2001	FLO	24	27	12.0	13.2	1.3	-0.4
2002	FLO	25	31	13.0	12.5	3.1	1.5
2003	FLO	26	4	1.2	1.6	-0.1	-0.3
2004	FLO	27	20	7.4	6.6	2.1	1.2
2005	FLO	28	32	12.8	12.5	3.0	1.3
2006	TOR	29	21	8.1	7.2	2.1	1.1
2007	TOR	30	25	9.7	9.9	1.4	0.0
2008	TOR	31	35	13.2	11.4	3.7	2.0
2009	NYA	32	33	13.0	12.3	2.7	1.0
2010	NYA	33	33	10.9	13.7	-0.9	-2.5
2011	NYA	34	33	10.6	12.9	-0.6	-2.2
2012	PIT	35	31	13.2	12.2	3.6	2.0
2013	PIT	36	30	11.8	11.4	2.7	1.3
2014	PHI	37	34	12.5	16.9	-1.4	-3.3
2015	PIT	38	26	9.9	9.2	2.7	1.4
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CAREER (reg. season)			435	167.1	172.2	26.1	3.8
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PostSeason (career)			8	2.4	3.4	-0.5	-0.9
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COMBINED			443	169.5	175.5	25.6	2.9

Season	Team	Age	Games	eWins	eLosses	eWORL	eWOPA

Expected Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1999	FLO	22	7	2.7	2.9	0.4	0.0
2000	FLO	23	13	5.6	5.4	1.2	0.5
2001	FLO	24	27	12.1	13.1	1.8	0.1
2002	FLO	25	31	13.9	11.7	4.9	3.2
2003	FLO	26	4	1.4	1.4	0.2	0.0
2004	FLO	27	20	7.8	6.2	3.0	2.2
2005	FLO	28	32	13.7	11.6	4.7	3.1
2006	TOR	29	21	8.1	7.2	2.1	1.1
2007	TOR	30	25	9.8	9.8	1.6	0.2
2008	TOR	31	35	12.8	11.8	3.0	1.3
2009	NYA	32	33	12.6	12.7	1.9	0.1
2010	NYA	33	33	11.3	13.3	-0.1	-1.7
2011	NYA	34	33	10.3	13.2	-1.0	-2.6
2012	PIT	35	31	12.5	12.9	2.2	0.6
2013	PIT	36	30	11.9	11.2	3.2	1.7
2014	PHI	37	34	13.4	16.0	0.3	-1.5
2015	PIT	38	26	9.6	9.5	2.1	0.8
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CAREER (reg. season)			435	169.5	169.8	31.4	9.1
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			8	2.4	3.3	-0.4	-0.8
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			443	171.9	173.1	31.1	8.3

This is A.J. Burnett's first year on the Hall-of-Fame ballot.

Vote Prediction

It is simply an honor for A.J. Burnett to appear on a Hall-of-Fame ballot.

Player Won-Lost Records and A.J. Burnett

A.J. Burnett broke in with the Florida Marlins, with whom he spent his first seven seasons. Unfortunately for him, he was injured and missed most of the Marlins' World Champion 2003 season. But he had seasons with 11, 12, and 12 wins as a Marlin and even led the National League in shutouts in 2002 (with 5).

The next table shows the top 10 players in Marlins history, ranked by eWins over replacement level, as a Marlin.

	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
1	Giancarlo Stanton	142.6	112.7	23.2	35.5
2	Hanley Ramirez	126.8	109.7	19.2	30.4
3	Miguel Cabrera	98.6	82.6	11.5	20.2
4	Josh M. Johnson	60.6	51.9	13.1	20.2
5	Luis A. Castillo	139.0	134.1	6.5	19.9
6	Dan Uggla	99.5	89.8	10.0	18.9
7	Gary Sheffield	81.4	65.8	11.5	18.7
8	A.J. Burnett	57.2	52.3	9.1	16.2
9	Dontrelle Willis	68.1	65.5	7.5	15.9
10	J. Kevin Brown	30.9	21.0	12.2	15.4

To be perfectly honest, Burnett's ranking here probably says as much about the Marlins' history as it says about Burnett's career. But still, A.J. Burnett was very good for a fairly long time and his career deserves to be remembered fondly by fans of the teams for whom he pitched.

Article last updated: November 21, 2020

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