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Thomas

Burrows 78 FRONT OFFICE

LEFT-HANDED PITCHER
Full Name: Thomas E. Burrows
Bats: Left Throws: Left
Height: 6-2 Weight: 230 MANAGER & STAFF
DOB: September 14, 1994 Opening Day Age: 26
Born: Florence, AL Resides: Florence, AL
MLB Debut: None MLB Service Time: 0.000
Acquired: Trade with Seattle, January 11, 2017
Contract Status: Signed through 2021
NON-ROSTER INVITEE
2020 2018 THOMAS BURROWS
• Received a non-roster invitation to Atlanta’s • Split the season between Rome (A), Florida (A+)
Spring Training. and Mississippi (AA) and combined to go 6-2
• Made three relief appearances, allowing with a 2.66 ERA (20 ER/67.2 IP), 11 saves and 86
two runs, earned, in 3.0 innings...Walked strikeouts across 45 games.
four and struck out three. • Ranked in the Top 10 among Atlanta’s relief
• Ended the season ranked by MLB.com as prospects (min. 30 IP) in saves (T3rd, 11), hits per SEASON IN REVIEW
Atlanta's No. 24 prospect. 9.0 innings (5th, 6.4) and ERA (8th, 2.66).
2019 2017

• Spent the season between two levels of the • Acquired by Atlanta from Seattle in January and
Braves minor league system, appearing in 43 played the full season with Single-A Rome.
games out of the bullpen with seven saves in nine • His 92 strikeouts led all Atlanta relief farmhands,
chances and a 4.42 ERA (28 ER/57.0 IP). and his 12.4 SO/9.0 IP was the second-best rate in PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
• Began the year with Triple-A Gwinnett, compiling the system (min. 60.0 IP).
Mississippi and made his debut with the M-Braves Amateur
a 5.21 ERA in 16 games…Sent to Double-A
on 5/28…Allowed two earned runs over 11.1 • Finished his three-year collegiate career at
innings with one save in eight games before a Alabama as the school’s career leader in saves (30).
promotion back to the Stripers.
• Returned to Gwinnett on 7/3 and appeared Transactions
in 11 games with Stripers before returning to • Selected by the Seattle Mariners in the fourth BRAVES HISTORY
M-Braves…Finished his season in Double-A. round (117th overall) of the 2016 First-Year Player
Draft… Signed by Jay Catalano.
• Acquired by the Atlanta Braves along with
LHP Luiz Gohara from the Seattle Mariners in
Complete Record exchange for OF Mallex Smith and RHP Shae
Simmons on January 11, 2017

Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK OPPONENTS
2016 Everett 0-1 2.55 20 0 0 0 6 24.2 23 8 7 1 2 11 37 2 0
2017 Rome 3-5 2.16 38 0 0 0 3 66.2 48 20 16 1 9 25 92 11 0
2018 Rome 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Florida 6-2 3.28 29 0 0 0 4 46.2 38 22 17 0 3 30 55 1 0
Mississippi 0-0 1.42 15 0 0 0 6 19.0 10 3 3 0 2 6 27 1 0
2019 Gwinnett 1-1 4.75 27 0 0 0 6 36.0 31 21 19 3 5 18 39 2 1
Mississippi 1-3 3.86 16 0 0 0 1 21.0 16 11 9 2 0 6 24 2 1 MISCELLANEOUS
Minor Totals 11-12 2.96 146 0 0 0 27 216.0 166 85 71 7 21 96 278 19 2

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