Jim Burton

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Full Name: Jim Scott Burton	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/195	First Game: June 10, 1975
Birthdate: October 27, 1949	Final Game: September 17, 1977
Birthplace: Royal Oak, Michigan	MLB Experience: 2 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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Born on October 27, 1949 in Royal Oak, Michigan, Jim Burton (Jim Scott Burton) played for the Boston Red Sox for his entire 2 year career. Burton broke into the bigs on June 10, 1975 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 2.89 ERA in 53 innings pitched in 1975, his rookie year.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1975	BOS	A	29	4	1	2	2.89	39	30	17	0	0	1	53	58	6	19	2	1	0
1977	BOS	A	1	0	0	0	.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	0	1	0	0	0
Total			30	4	1	2	2.75	42	30	17	0	0	1	55.2	60	6	20	2	1	0

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1975	BOS	A	P	29	4	53	2	7	0	1	0	0	3	6	1	1.000
1977	BOS	A	P	1	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	30	4	55.2	2	7	0	1	0	0	3	6	1	1.000

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1975	BOS	A	29	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	BOS	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			30	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 26th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1967).
Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (5th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 8, 1971).
Traded by Boston Red Sox to New York Mets in exchange for Leo Foster (March 29, 1978).

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