Dave Burba
Dave Burba | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Dayton, Ohio, U.S. | July 7, 1966|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 8, 1990, for the Seattle Mariners | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 19, 2004, for the San Francisco Giants | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 115–87 |
Earned run average | 4.49 |
Strikeouts | 1,398 |
Teams | |
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David Allen Burba (born July 7, 1966)
Career
On December 11, 1991, Burba was traded by the Seattle Mariners with Mike Jackson and Bill Swift to the San Francisco Giants for Kevin Mitchell, Mike Remlinger, and minor league prospect Joshua Knox.
His finest season with San Francisco was in 1993. He was 10–3 and posted a 4.23 ERA.
On July 21, 1995, he was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Darren Lewis and Mark Portugal to the Cincinnati Reds for Ricky Pickett, John Roper, Deion Sanders, Scott Service, and David McCarty.
In 1996, Burba was 11–13 and posted an ERA of 3.83. He also hit two home runs as a batter. The next year, he again won 11 games to 10 losses (3 fewer than the previous year) but saw his strikeout numbers drop and his ERA rose by almost a full run (4.73).
Before the start of the 1998 season when he was tabbed as the opening day pitcher for the Reds, the Indians acquired him for prospect
On September 2, 2004, he was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the San Francisco Giants for minor leaguer Josh Habel.
By the 1998 season, his pitching repertoire included the
End of career
After filing for free agency from the Giants on October 29, 2004, Burba signed a minor league contract with the Houston Astros on March 29, 2005. He spent the entire season in the minor leagues. He tried again in the 2006 season, signing a minor league deal with the Mariners on January 27, 2006. However, the Mariners released him on March 24, 2006.[3] His final game in the majors was on September 19, 2004.[4]
Coaching career
Burba became pitching coach of the Tri-City Dust Devils for the 2011 season, the class-A team of the Colorado Rockies. He was also the pitching coach for the Modesto Nuts, Hartford Yard Goats, and Lancaster JetHawks, in the Rockies farm system. He is currently the pitching coach for the Rockies High Single-A affiliate Boise Hawks in the Northwest League.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Team EGM Talks with the Giants' Reliever Dave 'Big Burb' Burba". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 73. Sendai Publishing. August 1995. pp. 108, 110.
- ISBN 9780743261586. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ "TRANSACTIONS". Hartford Courant. March 25, 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
- ^ "Dave Burba Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Boise Hawks, Colorado Rockies announce 2020 field staff". Idaho News. CBS 2 News. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ Bournival, Brad (2016-08-10). "Former Indians hurler Dave Burba now sharing his knowledge as pitching coach with Yard Goats". Akron Beacon-Journal. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Retrosheet
- The Baseball Gauge
- Venezuela Winter League