John Burkett vs Justin Thompson

John BurkettJustin Thompson

John Burkett and Justin Thompson compared on their MLB careers: John Burkett played 15 seasons, 1987 to 2003, Justin Thompson 5 seasons, 1996 to 2005. John Burkett has 166 wins to Justin Thompson's 36.

Who has the better career numbers?

John Burkett and Justin Thompson career totals
445GP103
166W36
136L43
4.3ERA4.0
2648.1IP648.2
1,766K428
700BB235
1.4WHIP1.3
1SV0

Where each stands all time

John Burkett and Justin Thompson all-time places
135th (1,766)Strikeouts (pitching)—
196th (166)Wins (pitching)—

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • John Burkett: 0 championships; none on file
  • Justin Thompson: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

John Burkett and Justin Thompson season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st1987004.501996164.58
2nd19901473.79199715113.02
3rd199112114.18199811154.05
4th19921393.8419999115.11
5th19932273.6520050021.60
6th1994683.62————
7th199514144.30————
8th199611124.24————
9th19979124.56————
10th19989135.68————
11th1999985.62————
12th20001064.89————
13th200112123.04————
14th20021384.53————
15th20031295.15————

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA