John Burkett vs Tim Belcher

John Burkett Tim Belcher

John Burkett and Tim Belcher compared on their MLB careers: John Burkett played 15 seasons, 1987 to 2003, Tim Belcher 14 seasons, 1987 to 2000. John Burkett has 166 wins to Tim Belcher's 146. Tim Belcher won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

John Burkett and Tim Belcher career totals

445	GP	394
166	W	146
136	L	140
4.3	ERA	4.2
2648.1	IP	2442.2
1,766	K	1,519
700	BB	860
1.4	WHIP	1.3
1	SV	5

How do they compare in the postseason?

John Burkett and Tim Belcher postseason

6	GP	8
19	R	22
40	H	38

Where each stands all time

John Burkett and Tim Belcher all-time places

135th (1,766)	Strikeouts (pitching)	224th (1,519)
196th (166)	Wins (pitching)	267th (146)

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
Tim Belcher: 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 Tim Belcher season by season

1st	1987	0	0	4.50	1987	4	2	2.38
2nd	1990	14	7	3.79	1988	12	6	2.91
3rd	1991	12	11	4.18	1989	15	12	2.82
4th	1992	13	9	3.84	1990	9	9	4.00
5th	1993	22	7	3.65	1991	10	9	2.62
6th	1994	6	8	3.62	1992	15	14	3.91
7th	1995	14	14	4.30	1993	12	11	4.44
8th	1996	11	12	4.24	1994	7	15	5.89
9th	1997	9	12	4.56	1995	10	12	4.52
10th	1998	9	13	5.68	1996	15	11	3.92
11th	1999	9	8	5.62	1997	13	12	5.02
12th	2000	10	6	4.89	1998	14	14	4.27
13th	2001	12	12	3.04	1999	6	8	6.73
14th	2002	13	8	4.53	2000	4	5	6.86
15th	2003	12	9	5.15	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA