Ellis Burks stats

Last played for the Boston Red Sox, 2004

Designated Hitter · #25

Age 62 · 6' 2"

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Ellis Burks played 18 MLB seasons, 1987 to 2004.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
2,000
AB
7,232
R
1,253
H
2,107
HR
352
RBI
1,206
SB
181
AVG
.291

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1987BOS13355894152205927.272
1988BOS14454093159189225.294
1989BOS9739973121126121.303
1990BOS1525888917421899.296
1991BOS1304745611914566.251
1992BOS6623535608305.255
1993CHW1464997513717746.275
1994COL42149334813243.322
1995COL103278417414497.266
1996COL1566131422114012832.344
1997COL1194249112332827.290
1998SF/COL14250476147217611.292
1999SF1203907311031967.282
2000SF1223937413524965.344
2001CLE1244398312328745.280
2002CLE1385189215632912.301
2003CLE5519827526281.263
2004BOS113366112.182

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
25
AB
93
R
14
H
26
HR
3
RBI
11
SB
1
AVG
.280

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
8,177
TB
3,691
XBH
817
HBP
60
IBB
33
GIDP
171
P/PA
0.39

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1987BOS606246522010
1988BOS615260603180
1989BOS446188375280
1990BOS6412866214180
1991BOS524200506270
1992BOS26398191250
1993CHW5742204542110
1994COL165101240330
1995COL321138302070
1996COL6853929362190
1997COL4782425330170
1998SF/COL5822505551120
1999SF4692225062110
2000SF4582385015100
2001CLE5152385852160
2002CLE5702806063133.9
2003CLE22883183243.9
2004BOS37911014.2

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
46.3
RC
1,308.9
RC/27
6.50
ISOP
.219
SECA
.342
BB/K
0.59
AB/HR
20.5
GO/FO
0.80

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1987BOS2.784.65.5.1680.30.427.90
1988BOS5.197.46.4.1870.30.7300
1989BOS3.4706.4.1680.30.733.30
1990BOS3.191.95.6.1900.30.6280
1991BOS2.360.54.3.1710.20.533.90
1992BOS1.032.34.7.1620.30.529.40
1993CHW2.676.45.2.1660.30.629.40
1994COL1.3369.3.3560.50.411.50
1995COL-0.5496.1.2300.40.519.90
1996COL7.7147.99.2.2950.40.515.30
1997COL1.881.96.8.2810.40.613.30
1998SF/COL1.789.46.2.2040.30.5240
1999SF2.684.77.6.2870.50.812.60
2000SF4.894.99.3.2620.41.116.40
2001CLE2.785.56.7.2620.40.715.70
2002CLE3.6956.8.2390.30.416.20
2003CLE0.530.35.4.1570.30.6330
2004BOS-0.12.62.5.0910.20.4330.8

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
62 yearsSep 11, 1964
Height
6' 2"
Debut
1987
Birthplace
Vicksburg, MS
AL Gold Glove
1990
AL Silver Slugger
1990
NL Silver Slugger
1996

Latest performance

Ellis Burks

Oct 02 · @ BAL · W 7-5

AB
2
R
1
H
1
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
0
AVG
.182

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Sat, Oct 02atBALW 7-521100
Thu, Sep 23vsBALL 9-710100
Sat, Apr 24atNYYW 3-2 F/1200000
Fri, Apr 23atNYYW 11-242100
Wed, Apr 21atTORW 4-240100
Sun, Apr 18vsNYYL 7-3 F/1040000

What were Ellis Burks's career stats?

Ellis Burks played 18 seasons for the Red Sox, the White Sox, the Rockies, the Giants and the Guardians. He was a career .291 hitter with 2,107 hits, 352 home runs and 1,206 RBI. His best season was 1996: a .344 batting average, 40 home runs and 128 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

18 seasons, 6 postseasons, 1987 to 2004

Ellis Burks finished top 10 in a stat 4 times.

Championships

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 102nd in home runs (352)
  • 231st in hits (2,107)
  • 139th in rbi (1,206)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Ellis Burks

Playoff series

Ellis Burks played 5 games across 1 MLB postseason in one series — 0 won, 1 lost.

Ellis Burks's line in each playoff series
SeasonOppSeriesGABAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.HH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HRHR: Home runs hit.RBIRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2001SEALost 2-3519611

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.