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Things soon took a turn for the worse, however. He entered a 3–3 tie with the Atlanta Braves with Hank Aaron at bat and the bases loaded. The Hall of Famer hit a grand slam for career home run 721. Burris then allowed an additional two earned runs, while only retiring one batter, before being relieved. By the end of the season, Burris' ERA soared to 6.60.

In 2001 and 2002, he served as a roving pitching instructor in the Cardinals' farm system. From there, he moved to the Detroit Tigers organization. In 2006, he was pitching coach for the Oneonta Tigers in the New York–Penn League. In 2007, he was pitching coach of the West Michigan Whitecaps in the Midwest League. In 2008, he became pitching coach of the Erie SeaWolves, the Tigers' Double-A affiliate. In 2013, he joined the Phillies organization as pitching coach for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Phillies' Triple-A affiliate. In 2016, he became the Phillies' rehabilitation pitching coach.

For the 1990 and 1991 seasons, Burris served as Milwaukee's major league pitching coach. In 1992, he became the bullpen coach of the Texas Rangers, and also worked in their front office and minor league systems.

For the 1987 season, Burris was hired as assistant to Brewers general manager Harry Dalton and as a minor-league instructor. While coaching the Stockton Ports in the California League, Burris took the mound for two games. His pitching was better than expected, and he soon found himself back in a Milwaukee Brewers uniform pitching in the major leagues again. He appeared in ten games, going 2–2 with a 5.87 ERA before retiring for the final time as a player.

The Brewers released Burris toward the end of spring training in 1986, after which he signed a minor league deal with the Cardinals.

During the off season, he was traded to the Oakland Athletics for outfielder Rusty McNealy. Burris started the 1984 season in the bullpen. He was called upon for long relief in the second game of the season, and pitched six scoreless innings for the win. After 16.1 innings in relief, in which he had allowed just two earned runs, Burris was handed his first start on April 28. He pitched a four-hit shutout over the Minnesota Twins. A rejuvenated Burris emerged as the top arm in the A's rotation, and he was 7–3 with a 2.13 ERA by the end of May. For the season, he led his team with thirteen wins and 211.2 innings pitched. His 3.32 ERA as a starter (3.15 overall) was also tops among A's starting pitchers.

After beginning the 1983 season in the bullpen, Burris pitched well enough (2.45 ERA) through seventeen appearances to get a shot at starting again. He got a no decision in his first start against the Mets, pitching eight innings, and allowing two runs (one earned). He three hit the Phillies on June 20. Overall, he was 3–5 with a 3.91 ERA as a starter, and 1–2 with a 3.19 ERA in relief.

1982 was a disaster for Burris. Despite pitching complete games in each of his first two starts of the season, he was 0–2 with a 1.13 ERA. By the end of May, his record was 0–7. The Expos scored one or fewer runs in four of those losses.

He made his lone start in game 3 of the 1981 National League Division Series against the Phillies, and was losing 2–1 when he exited in the fifth inning with one out, and runners on first and second. Bill Lee allowed both inherited runners to score, giving Burris four earned runs in 5.1 innings for the loss.

Looking to solidify his role in the Mets' starting rotation, Burris showed up for Spring training early in 1980. The early work paid off; he had a 2.39 ERA through the end of May. Still, the Mets' anemic offense kept his record to 3–3. On May 2, a throwing error by Mets catcher John Stearns led to an unearned run for the San Diego Padres, who went on to win, 1–0. Burris had allowed just two hits over eight innings. He didn't allow an earned run in his next start, however more poor defense led to two unearned runs. Burris ended up with a no decision despite holding Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine" to just three hits over seven innings. His record stood at 4–6 with a 3.43 ERA when he missed all of July due to a broken thumb. When he returned in August, he pitched a complete game victory over the first-place Expos. The World Series-champion Pirates had moved into first place in the National League East by the time he faced them in his next start. He held them to one run over eight innings to improve his record to 6–6. His record stood at an even 7–7 when he defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers on August 22. He then lost his final six decisions as a Met.

Burris cut down on the home runs in 1978, but his record fell to 7–13. He began the 1979 season in the bullpen, which displeased him. Though he was largely ineffective, his best relief performance of the season came in a 23–22 marathon against the Phillies, in which he pitched 1.2 innings of one-hit ball after pitching four innings the previous day. On May 23, the Cubs traded Burris to the New York Yankees for reliever Dick Tidrow.

Burris pitched the season opener again in 1977, and was again the victim of a hard luck loss. Facing Tom Seaver and the New York Mets, Burris had a 2–0 lead when he took the mound in the sixth inning. John Milner's RBI double brought the score to 2–1. Burris then intentional walked Dave Kingman to hand the ball to Bruce Sutter with one out and the bases loaded. Sutter allowed all three inherited base runners to score.

In 1976, Burris got off to a 1–7 start. He was given the opening day start, and while he made a quality start (six innings pitched, two earned runs), he took the loss as St. Louis Cardinals starter Lynn McGlothen held the Cubs scoreless. On July 18, he suffered a complete game loss to the San Diego Padres when Cubs shortstop Mick Kelleher's ninth inning error led to an unearned run.

He returned to the bullpen in 1974. His first major league save was an impressive six out save, in which he struck out four of the six Pittsburgh Pirates batters he faced to secure the 1–0 victory. Two days later, he entered a game against the Philadelphia Phillies in the 11th inning with runners on first and second and one out. He struck out Terry Harmon, and got Bob Boone to hit a weak pop up to first base to escape the inning, then pitched two more scoreless innings to earn his second win of the season, and lower his ERA to 0.93.

Burris was born in Idabel, Oklahoma. The son of sharecroppers, Burris spent up to fifteen hours a day working the fields with his family through high school. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Recreational Leadership at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, in addition to playing basketball and baseball. In 1972, he received All-America honors and set a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics record with 150 strikeouts, and pitched the Bulldogs to a fifth-place finish at the NAIA National Tournament.

Bertram Ray Burris (born August 22, 1950) is an American former pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB), and the current rehabilitation pitching coordinator in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He played in MLB from 1973 through 1987 for seven different teams. Listed at 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) and 200 pounds (91 kg), he threw and batted right-handed.