Lew Burdette

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: November 22, 1926 in Nitro, WV us

Died: February 6, 2007 in Winter Garden, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Nitro HS (Nitro, WV)

School: University of Richmond (Richmond, VA)

Debut: September 26, 1950 (Age 23-308d, 10,765th in major league history)
vs. WSH 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 16, 1967 (Age 40-236d)
vs. MIN 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Selva Lewis Burdette

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Relatives: Grandfather of Nolan Fontana

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.6

203

144

ERA

3.66

626

373

3067.1

1074

WHIP

1.243

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1947	20	NYY-min	C	9	10	.474	2.82	24	19		12	1		150.0	125	66	47		80		79	8	0	5				1.367	7.5		4.8	4.7	0.99	AMS CAML
1948	21	NYY-min	B	16	11	.593	2.02	31			19	6		214.0	164	73	48		72		185	8	1	2				1.103	6.9		3.0	7.8	2.57	QUI IIIL
1949	22	NYY-min	AAA	6	7	.462	5.26	36			2	0		118.0	147	76	69		47		51	5	0	2				1.644	11.2		3.6	3.9	1.09	KCY AA
1950	23	NYY-min	AAA	7	7	.500	4.79	27	18		9	0		139.0	150	79	74		52		77	4	3	2				1.453	9.7		3.4	5.0	1.48	KCY AA
1950	23	NYY	AL	0	0		6.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	81	2.58	2.250	20.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
1951	24	NYY-min	AAA	14	12	.538	3.21	30	26		13	1		210.0	202	88	75		78		118	14	3	3				1.333	8.7		3.3	5.1	1.51	SFR PCL
1951	24	BSN	NL	0	0		6.23	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	4	3	0	5	0	1	1	0	1	23	65	6.17	2.538	12.5	0.0	10.4	2.1	0.20
1952	25	BSN	NL	6	11	.353	3.61	45	9	22	5	0	7	137.0	138	58	55	8	47	5	47	2	2	2	579	100	3.54	1.350	9.1	0.5	3.1	3.1	1.00
1953	26	MLN	NL	15	5	.750	3.24	46	13	24	6	1	9	175.0	177	73	63	7	56	8	58	5	0	1	741	122	3.50	1.331	9.1	0.4	2.9	3.0	1.04
1954	27	MLN	NL	15	14	.517	2.76	38	32	3	13	4	0	238.0	224	87	73	17	62	9	79	4	0	1	974	136	3.49	1.202	8.5	0.6	2.3	3.0	1.27
1955	28	MLN	NL	13	8	.619	4.03	42	33	4	11	2	0	230.0	253	114	103	25	73	9	70	6	1	3	1001	93	4.20	1.417	9.9	1.0	2.9	2.7	0.96
1956	29	MLN	NL	19	10	.655	2.70	39	35	2	16	6	1	256.1	234	92	77	22	52	7	110	3	0	2	1035	129	3.27	1.116	8.2	0.8	1.8	3.9	2.12	MVP-22
1957	30	MLN	NL	17	9	.654	3.72	37	33	3	14	1	0	256.2	260	117	106	25	59	8	78	2	0	2	1067	94	3.83	1.243	9.1	0.9	2.1	2.7	1.32	AS,MVP-24
1958	31	MLN	NL	20	10	.667	2.91	40	36	2	19	3	0	275.1	279	102	89	18	50	7	113	5	0	1	1122	122	3.10	1.195	9.1	0.6	*1.6*	3.7	2.26	CYA-3,MVP-11
1959	32	MLN	NL	21	15	.583	4.07	41	39	2	20	4	1	289.2	*312*	144	*131*	38	38	3	105	1	0	2	1193	86	3.93	1.208	9.7	1.2	1.2	3.3	2.76	AS,AS,MVP-12
1960	33	MLN	NL	19	13	.594	3.36	45	32	9	18	4	4	275.2	*277*	116	103	19	35	7	83	5	0	2	1117	102	3.26	1.132	9.0	0.6	*1.1*	2.7	2.37
1961	34	MLN	NL	18	11	.621	4.00	40	36	4	14	3	0	272.1	*295*	131	*121*	31	33	3	92	3	1	1	1126	92	3.77	1.204	9.7	1.0	*1.1*	3.0	2.79
1962	35	MLN	NL	10	9	.526	4.89	37	19	11	6	1	2	143.2	172	85	78	26	23	6	59	2	1	1	611	78	4.67	1.357	10.8	1.6	1.4	3.7	2.57
1963	36	TOT	NL	9	13	.409	3.71	36	27	5	7	1	2	182.0	177	90	75	21	40	6	73	8	0	0	758	92	3.97	1.192	8.8	1.0	2.0	3.6	1.83
1963	36	MLN	NL	6	5	.545	3.64	15	13	2	4	1	0	84.0	71	40	34	15	24	4	28	1	0	0	342	89	5.03	1.131	7.6	1.6	2.6	3.0	1.17
1963	36	STL	NL	3	8	.273	3.77	21	14	3	3	0	2	98.0	106	50	41	6	16	2	45	7	0	0	416	95	3.06	1.245	9.7	0.6	1.5	4.1	2.81
1964	37	TOT	NL	10	9	.526	4.66	36	17	5	8	2	0	141.0	162	77	73	16	22	2	43	1	0	1	592	80	3.96	1.305	10.3	1.0	1.4	2.7	1.95
1964	37	STL	NL	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	221	4.21	1.300	9.0	0.9	2.7	2.7	1.00
1964	37	CHC	NL	9	9	.500	4.88	28	17	3	8	2	0	131.0	152	74	71	15	19	2	40	1	0	0	549	76	3.94	1.305	10.4	1.0	1.3	2.7	2.11
1965	38	TOT	NL	3	5	.375	5.44	26	12	2	1	1	0	91.0	121	67	55	8	21	3	28	6	0	1	412	65	3.93	1.560	12.0	0.8	2.1	2.8	1.33
1965	38	CHC	NL	0	2	.000	5.31	7	3	0	0	0	0	20.1	26	17	12	3	4	1	5	1	0	0	93	71	4.68	1.475	11.5	1.3	1.8	2.2	1.25
1965	38	PHI	NL	3	3	.500	5.48	19	9	2	1	1	0	70.2	95	50	43	5	17	2	23	5	0	1	319	63	3.72	1.585	12.1	0.6	2.2	2.9	1.35
1966	39	CAL	AL	7	2	.778	3.39	54	0	22	0	0	5	79.2	80	32	30	4	12	2	27	1	2	2	317	99	3.02	1.155	9.0	0.5	1.4	3.1	2.25
1967	40	CAL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.26	13	0		0	0		19.0	18	12	9	2	4	4	8	1	0	0				1.158	8.5	0.9	1.9	3.8	2.00	SLE PCL
1967	40	CAL	AL	1	0	1.000	4.91	19	0	8	0	0	1	18.1	16	10	10	4	0	0	8	1	0	0	71	65	4.67	0.873	7.9	2.0	0.0	3.9
18 Yrs				203	144	.585	3.66	626	373	128	158	33	32	3067.1	3186	1400	1246	289	628	85	1074	56	7	23	12745	99	3.68	1.243	9.3	0.8	1.8	3.2	1.71
162 Game Avg.				14	10	.585	3.66	43	25	9	11	2	2	209	217	95	85	20	43	6	73	4	0	2	868	99	3.68	1.243	9.3	0.8	1.8	3.2	1.71
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
MLN (13 yrs)				179	120	.599	3.53	468	330	88	146	30	24	2638.0	2698	1163	1036	251	557	76	923	40	5	19	10931	102	3.70	1.234	9.2	0.9	1.9	3.1	1.66
STL (2 yrs)				4	8	.333	3.58	29	14	5	3	0	2	108.0	116	53	43	7	19	2	48	7	0	1	459	101	3.17	1.250	9.7	0.6	1.6	4.0	2.53
CAL (2 yrs)				8	2	.800	3.67	73	0	30	0	0	6	98.0	96	42	40	8	12	2	35	2	2	2	388	90	3.33	1.102	8.8	0.7	1.1	3.2	2.92
CHC (2 yrs)				9	11	.450	4.94	35	20	3	8	2	0	151.1	178	91	83	18	23	3	45	2	0	0	642	76	4.04	1.328	10.6	1.1	1.4	2.7	1.96
PHI (1 yr)				3	3	.500	5.48	19	9	2	1	1	0	70.2	95	50	43	5	17	2	23	5	0	1	319	63	3.72	1.585	12.1	0.6	2.2	2.9	1.35
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		6.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	81	2.58	2.250	20.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

NL (15 yrs)				195	142	.579	3.65	551	373	98	158	33	26	2968.0	3087	1357	1205	281	616	83	1039	54	5	21	12351	99	3.70	1.248	9.4	0.9	1.9	3.2	1.69
AL (3 yrs)				8	2	.800	3.71	75	0	30	0	0	6	99.1	99	43	41	8	12	2	35	2	2	2	394	90	3.32	1.117	9.0	0.7	1.1	3.2	2.92

Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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