Lew Burdette
Selva Lewis Burdette
Born: November 22, 1926
Nitro, WV USA
Deceased: 2007
Winter Garden, FL USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 180
College: University of Richmond
Career: 1950-1967
Minor League Statistics
Lew Burdette compiled a career record of 203 wins and 144 losses in his 666-game career with the New York Yankees, Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and California Angels. He began playing during the 1950 season and last took the field during the 1967 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1950 | AL | New York Yankees | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
1951 | NL | Boston Braves | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | |
1952 | NL | Boston Braves | 6 | 11 | .353 | 3.61 | 45 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 137.0 | 138 | 58 | 55 | 8 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 579 |
1953 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 15 | 5 | .750 | 3.24 | 46 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 175.0 | 177 | 73 | 63 | 7 | 56 | 0 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 741 |
1954 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 15 | 14 | .517 | 2.76 | 38 | 32 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 238.0 | 224 | 87 | 73 | 17 | 62 | 0 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 974 |
1955 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 13 | 8 | .619 | 4.03 | 42 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 230.0 | 253 | 114 | 103 | 25 | 73 | 9 | 70 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1001 |
1956 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 19 | 10 | .655 | 2.70 | 39 | 35 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 256.3 | 234 | 92 | 77 | 22 | 52 | 7 | 110 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1035 |
1957 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 17 | 9 | .654 | 3.72 | 37 | 33 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 256.7 | 260 | 117 | 106 | 25 | 59 | 8 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1067 |
1958 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 20 | 10 | .667 | 2.91 | 40 | 36 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 275.3 | 279 | 102 | 89 | 18 | 50 | 7 | 113 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1122 |
1959 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 21 | 15 | .583 | 4.07 | 41 | 39 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 289.7 | 312 | 144 | 131 | 38 | 38 | 3 | 105 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1193 |
1960 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 19 | 13 | .594 | 3.36 | 45 | 32 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 275.7 | 277 | 116 | 103 | 19 | 35 | 7 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1117 |
1961 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 18 | 11 | .621 | 4.00 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 272.3 | 295 | 131 | 121 | 31 | 33 | 3 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1126 |
1962 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.89 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 143.7 | 172 | 85 | 78 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 611 |
1963 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.64 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 84.0 | 71 | 40 | 34 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 342 |
1963 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 8 | .273 | 3.77 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 98.0 | 106 | 50 | 41 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 416 |
1964 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 |
1964 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.88 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 131.0 | 152 | 74 | 71 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 549 |
1965 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
1965 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.48 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 70.7 | 95 | 50 | 43 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 319 |
1966 | AL | California Angels | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.39 | 54 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 79.7 | 80 | 32 | 30 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 317 |
1967 | AL | California Angels | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.91 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
Totals | 203 | 144 | .585 | 3.66 | 626 | 373 | 128 | 158 | 33 | 31 | 3067.3 | 3186 | 1400 | 1246 | 289 | 628 | 63 | 1074 | 56 | 7 | 23 | 12745 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1950 | AL | New York Yankees | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1951 | NL | Boston Braves | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | NL | Boston Braves | 45 | 45 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .114 | .205 | .114 | .319 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 46 | 58 | 53 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .170 | .170 | .170 | .340 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 39 | 89 | 79 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .089 | .119 | .101 | .220 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
1955 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 45 | 92 | 86 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .233 | .258 | .291 | .549 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 45 | 102 | 86 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .186 | .209 | .198 | .406 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
1957 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 41 | 97 | 88 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .148 | .183 | .239 | .421 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
1958 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 47 | 108 | 99 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .242 | .272 | .364 | .635 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1959 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 52 | 113 | 104 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | .202 | .231 | .288 | .520 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1960 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 46 | 102 | 91 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .176 | .240 | .275 | .515 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
1961 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 42 | 108 | 103 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | .204 | .219 | .340 | .559 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1962 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 39 | 55 | 51 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .176 | .208 | .176 | .384 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1963 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 17 | 33 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .038 | .138 | .115 | .253 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1963 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 21 | 34 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .097 | .097 | .129 | .226 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1964 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1964 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 28 | 50 | 43 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .279 | .340 | .465 | .806 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1965 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1965 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 19 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1966 | AL | California Angels | 54 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1967 | AL | California Angels | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 666 | 1124 | 1011 | 101 | 185 | 27 | 4 | 12 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 271 | .183 | .216 | .253 | .469 | 256 | 14 | 12 | 63 | 6 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1950 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | |
1951 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | |
1952 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 3 | .974 | .844 | |
1953 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 37 | 1 | 6 | .980 | 1.043 | |
1954 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 38 | 32 | 238.0 | 17 | 49 | 4 | 4 | .943 | 2.496 | 1.737 |
1955 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 42 | 33 | 230.0 | 18 | 47 | 2 | 6 | .970 | 2.543 | 1.548 |
1956 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 39 | 35 | 256.3 | 19 | 48 | 1 | 4 | .985 | 2.352 | 1.718 |
1957 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 37 | 33 | 256.7 | 22 | 53 | 4 | 3 | .949 | 2.630 | 2.027 |
1958 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 40 | 36 | 275.3 | 27 | 53 | 1 | 4 | .988 | 2.615 | 2.000 |
1959 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 41 | 39 | 289.7 | 21 | 47 | 1 | 6 | .986 | 2.113 | 1.659 |
1960 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 45 | 32 | 275.7 | 31 | 68 | 2 | 6 | .980 | 3.232 | 2.200 |
1961 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 40 | 36 | 272.3 | 27 | 60 | 1 | 2 | .989 | 2.875 | 2.175 |
1962 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 37 | 19 | 143.7 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 1 | .953 | 2.568 | 1.108 |
1963 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 21 | 14 | 98.3 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.464 | .762 |
1963 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 15 | 13 | 84.3 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .880 | 2.348 | 1.467 |
1964 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 28 | 17 | 131.0 | 10 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.023 | 1.571 |
1964 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 8 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .250 |
1965 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 19 | 9 | 70.7 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.292 | .947 |
1965 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 7 | 3 | 20.3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.213 | .714 |
1966 | AL | California Angels | P | 54 | 0 | 79.7 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 2.146 | .352 |
1967 | AL | California Angels | P | 19 | 0 | 18.3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.455 | .263 |
Totals | 626 | 351 | 2750.3 | 245 | 622 | 27 | 55 | .970 | 2.837 | 1.385 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1957 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | WS | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.67 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27.0 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
1958 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | WS | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.64 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
Totals | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.92 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 49.3 | 43 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 197 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1957 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | WS | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1958 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | WS | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .111 | .444 | .556 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 6 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .059 | .111 | .235 | .346 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1957 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | WS | P | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
1958 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | WS | P | 3 | 3 | 22.3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.612 | 1.333 |
Totals | 6 | 6 | 49.3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.372 | 2.167 |
Awards
1957 - NL Babe Ruth Award P
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