Todd Burns

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Todd Burns

Pitcher

Born: July 6, 1963
Maywood, California

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

May 31, 1988, for the Oakland Athletics

Last MLB appearance

September 17, 1993, for the St. Louis Cardinals

MLB statistics

21–23

3.47

252

Teams

Todd Edward Burns (born July 6, 1963) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher.

Burns attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, earning first-team All-America honors before being drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 7th round of the 1984 MLB amateur draft. He played for the A's from 1988 to 1991, and would also play for the Texas Rangers (1992–1993), and St. Louis Cardinals (1993). He was nicknamed "The Mad Hatter" because of his habit of frantically tugging at the bill of his cap and re-adjusting it prior to every pitch as well as "Third Degree" for his penchant of giving up runs near the end of his career.

Burns made his Major League Baseball debut on May 31, 1988, and during that season was a reliably effective starter at the back end of the A's rotation. He compiled an 8–2 record over 14 starts and three relief appearances as the A's won the AL pennant but then lost the World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Burns switched to an almost exclusively relief role in following seasons. He helped the A's win two more pennants in 1989 and 1990, and a World Series in 1989, when the A's swept their cross-bay rivals, the San Francisco Giants. He left the A's following the 1991 season to sign with the Texas Rangers, then finished his career on September 17, 1993, with the St. Louis Cardinals. Burns posted a regular season won-loss record of 21–23 with a 3.47 earned run average and 13 saves in 203 games pitched. In 3 postseason series, Burns compiled a 0–0 won-loss record with a 7.36 earned run average.

Burns now runs the Todd Burns School of Baseball in Huntsville, Alabama.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

Oakland Athletics 1989 World Series Champions

2 Tony Phillips 4 Carney Lansford 7 Walt Weiss 9 Mike Gallego 12 Lance Blankenship 14 Storm Davis 19 Gene Nelson 20 Matt Young 21 Mike Moore 24 Rickey Henderson (ALCS MVP) 25 Mark McGwire 27 Ron Hassey 28 Stan Javier 33 Jose Canseco 34 Dave Stewart (World Series MVP) 35 Bob Welch 36 Terry Steinbach 39 Dave Parker 40 Rick Honeycutt 42 Dave Henderson 43 Dennis Eckersley 44 Ken Phelps 54 Todd Burns

Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches 5 Art Kusnyer (Bullpen) 8 Dave McKay (First Base) 15 Rene Lachemann (Third Base) 18 Dave Duncan (Pitching) 45 Merv Rettenmund (Hitting) 46 Tommie Reynolds (Bench)

Regular season American League Championship Series Bay Bridge Series

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