John Burkett vs Kevin Tapani

John Burkett Kevin Tapani

John Burkett and Kevin Tapani compared on their MLB careers: John Burkett played 15 seasons, 1987 to 2003, Kevin Tapani 13 seasons, 1989 to 2001. John Burkett has 166 wins to Kevin Tapani's 143. Kevin Tapani won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

John Burkett and Kevin Tapani career totals

445	GP	361
166	W	143
136	L	125
4.3	ERA	4.3
2648.1	IP	2,265
1,766	K	1,482
700	BB	554
1.4	WHIP	1.3
1	SV	0

How do they compare in the postseason?

John Burkett and Kevin Tapani postseason

6	GP	7
19	R	19
40	H	34

Where each stands all time

John Burkett and Kevin Tapani all-time places

135th (1,766)	Strikeouts (pitching)	241st (1,482)
196th (166)	Wins (pitching)	280th (143)

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
Kevin Tapani: 1 championship; 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 Kevin Tapani season by season

1st	1987	0	0	4.50	1989	2	2	3.83
2nd	1990	14	7	3.79	1990	12	8	4.07
3rd	1991	12	11	4.18	1991	16	9	2.99
4th	1992	13	9	3.84	1992	16	11	3.97
5th	1993	22	7	3.65	1993	12	15	4.43
6th	1994	6	8	3.62	1994	11	7	4.62
7th	1995	14	14	4.30	1995	10	13	4.96
8th	1996	11	12	4.24	1996	13	10	4.59
9th	1997	9	12	4.56	1997	9	3	3.39
10th	1998	9	13	5.68	1998	19	9	4.85
11th	1999	9	8	5.62	1999	6	12	4.83
12th	2000	10	6	4.89	2000	8	12	5.01
13th	2001	12	12	3.04	2001	9	14	4.49
14th	2002	13	8	4.53	—	—	—	—
15th	2003	12	9	5.15	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA