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Lew Burdette | Major Leaguer 1950-1967

Full Name: Selva Lewis Burdette
Born: November 22,1926 in Nitro, West Virginia
Death: February 6,2007
Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
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Transactions: [Apr 6,1947] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Yankees. [Aug 29,1951] - Traded by Yankees with Cash to Braves for Johnny Sain. [Jun 15,1963] - Traded by Braves to Cardinals for Bob Sadowski and Gene Oliver. [Jun 2,1964] - Traded by Cardinals to Cubs for Glen Hobbie. [May 30,1965] - Purchased by Phillies from Cubs. [Oct 13,1965] - Released by Phillies. [Nov 29,1965] - Signed as Free Agent by Angels. [Sep 23,1967] - Released by Angels.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1950	NY Yankees	AL	23	Nyy	MLB	0	0	6.77	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	20.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.26	--
1951	Boston	NL	24	Bbr	MLB	0	0	6.24	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	4	3	0	5	1	1	0	12.47	0.00	10.39	2.08	2.54	--
1952	Boston	NL	25	Bbr	MLB	6	11	3.61	45	9	5	0	22	7	137.0	138	58	55	8	47	47	2	2	9.07	0.53	3.09	3.09	1.35	--
1953	Milwaukee	NL	26	Mbr	MLB	15	5	3.24	46	13	6	1	24	8	175.0	177	73	63	7	56	58	1	0	9.10	0.36	2.88	2.98	1.33	--
1954	Milwaukee	NL	27	Mbr	MLB	15	14	2.76	38	32	13	4	3	0	238.0	224	87	73	17	62	79	1	0	8.47	0.64	2.34	2.99	1.20	--
1955	Milwaukee	NL	28	Mbr	MLB	13	8	4.03	42	33	11	2	4	0	230.0	253	114	103	25	73	70	3	1	9.90	0.98	2.86	2.74	1.42	--
1956	Milwaukee	NL	29	Mbr	MLB	19	10	2.70	39	35	16	6	2	1	256.1	234	92	77	22	52	110	2	0	8.22	0.77	1.83	3.86	1.12	--
1957	Milwaukee	NL	30	Mbr	MLB	17	9	3.72	37	33	14	1	3	0	256.2	260	117	106	25	59	78	2	0	9.12	0.88	2.07	2.74	1.24	56%
1958	Milwaukee	NL	31	Mbr	MLB	20	10	2.91	40	36	19	3	2	0	275.1	279	102	89	18	50	113	1	0	9.12	0.59	1.63	3.69	1.19	59%
1959	Milwaukee	NL	32	Mbr	MLB	21	15	4.07	41	39	20	4	2	1	289.2	312	144	131	38	38	105	2	0	9.69	1.18	1.18	3.26	1.21	53%
1960	Milwaukee	NL	33	Mbr	MLB	19	13	3.36	45	32	18	4	9	4	275.2	277	116	103	19	35	83	2	0	9.04	0.62	1.14	2.71	1.13	61%
1961	Milwaukee	NL	34	Mbr	MLB	18	11	4.00	40	36	14	3	4	0	272.1	295	131	121	31	33	92	1	1	9.75	1.02	1.09	3.04	1.20	56%
1962	Milwaukee	NL	35	Mbr	MLB	10	9	4.89	37	19	6	1	11	2	143.2	172	85	78	26	23	59	1	1	10.78	1.63	1.44	3.70	1.36	42%
1963	Milwaukee	NL	36	Mbr	MLB	6	5	3.64	15	13	4	1	2	0	84.0	71	40	34	15	24	28	0	0	7.61	1.61	2.57	3.00	1.13	50%
	St. Louis	NL	36	Stl	MLB	3	8	3.77	21	14	3	0	3	2	98.0	106	50	41	6	16	45	0	0	9.73	0.55	1.47	4.13	1.24	48%
1964	Chi Cubs	NL	37	Chc	MLB	9	9	4.88	28	17	8	2	3	0	131.0	152	74	71	15	19	40	0	0	10.44	1.03	1.31	2.75	1.31	47%
	St. Louis	NL	37	Stl	MLB	1	0	1.80	8	0	0	0	2	0	10.0	10	3	2	1	3	3	1	0	9.00	0.90	2.70	2.70	1.30	53%
1965	Philadelph	NL	38	Phi	MLB	3	3	5.48	19	9	1	1	2	0	70.2	95	50	43	5	17	23	1	0	12.10	0.64	2.17	2.93	1.59	64%
	Chi Cubs	NL	38	Chc	MLB	0	2	5.31	7	3	0	0	0	0	20.1	26	17	12	3	4	5	0	0	11.51	1.33	1.77	2.21	1.48	49%
1966	California	AL	39	Cal	MLB	7	2	3.39	54	0	0	0	22	5	79.2	80	32	30	4	12	27	2	2	9.04	0.45	1.36	3.05	1.15	57%
1967	California	AL	40	Cal	MLB	1	0	4.91	19	0	0	0	8	1	18.1	16	10	10	4	0	8	0	0	7.86	1.96	0.00	3.93	0.87	37%

Major League Totals - 18 Season(s)						203	144	3.66	626	373	158	33	128	31	3,067.1	3186	1400	1246	289	628	1074	23	7	9.35	0.85	1.84	3.15	1.24	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1950	NY Yankees	AL	23	Nyy	MLB	p		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1951	Boston	NL	24	Bbr	MLB	p		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000	*.012	.000	*12	--
1952	Boston	NL	25	Bbr	MLB	p		45	35	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	1		6		2	.114	*.192	.114	*306	--
1953	Milwaukee	NL	26	Mbr	MLB	p		46	53	4	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	0		5		0	.170	*.178	.170	*348	--
1954	Milwaukee	NL	27	Mbr	MLB	p		39	79	3	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	14	2		5	2	0	.089	.119	.101	220	--
1955	Milwaukee	NL	28	Mbr	MLB	p		45	86	10	20	5	0	0	7	0	0	3	20	0	0	3	0	0	.233	.258	.291	549	--
1956	Milwaukee	NL	29	Mbr	MLB	p		45	86	9	16	1	0	0	8	0	0	2	16	1	0	11	2	1	.186	.209	.198	407	--
1957	Milwaukee	NL	30	Mbr	MLB	p	9	41	88	11	13	2	0	2	9	0	0	3	22	1	0	4	1	4	.148	.183	.239	422	57%
1958	Milwaukee	NL	31	Mbr	MLB	p	9	47	99	11	24	1	1	3	15	0	0	3	24	1	0	5	0	4	.242	.272	.364	636	47%
1959	Milwaukee	NL	32	Mbr	MLB	p	9	52	104	14	21	7	1	0	8	0	0	3	36	1	0	5	0	0	.202	.231	.288	519	46%
1960	Milwaukee	NL	33	Mbr	MLB	p	9	46	91	11	16	3	0	2	4	0	0	7	22	1	0	2	1	2	.176	.240	.275	515	45%
1961	Milwaukee	NL	34	Mbr	MLB	p	9	42	103	10	21	5	0	3	11	0	0	2	39	0	0	3	0	0	.204	.219	.340	559	48%
1962	Milwaukee	NL	35	Mbr	MLB	p	9	39	51	6	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	17	1	0	2	0	1	.176	.208	.176	384	62%
1963	Milwaukee	NL	36	Mbr	MLB	p	9	17	26	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	11	2	0	4	0	0	.038	.138	.115	253	59%
	St. Louis	NL	36	Stl	MLB	p	9	21	31	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	3	0	0	.097	.097	.129	226	65%
1964	Chi Cubs	NL	37	Chc	MLB	p	9	28	43	6	12	0	1	2	4	0	0	3	12	1	0	3	0	0	.279	.340	.465	805	48%
	St. Louis	NL	37	Stl	MLB	p	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	33%
1965	Philadelph	NL	38	Phi	MLB	p	9	19	20	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	0	0	.300	.300	.300	600	67%
	Chi Cubs	NL	38	Chc	MLB	p	9	8	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	833	29%
1966	California	AL	39	Cal	MLB	p	9	54	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	60%
1967	California	AL	40	Cal	MLB	p	9	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 18 Season(s)								666	1011	101	185	27	4	12	75	2	0	32	271	12		63		14	.183		.253	---	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1957	Milwaukee	NL	30		Ws	3	0	0.67	3		3			0	27.0	21		2		4	13			7.00	---	1.33	4.33	0.93	--
1958	Milwaukee	NL	31		Ws	1	2	5.64	3		1			0	22.1	22		14		4	12			8.87	---	1.61	4.84	1.16	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						4	2	2.92	6		4			0	49.1	43		16		8	25			7.84	---	1.46	4.56	1.03	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1957	Milwaukee	NL	30	Mbr	Ws	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	111	--
1958	Milwaukee	NL	31	Mbr	Ws	3	9	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.444	555	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						6	17	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.111	.235	346	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1950	NY Yankees	AL	23	Nyy	MLB	P	2		1.1	0	1	0	1	1	-	-	-	1.000	6.75

1951	Boston	NL	24	Bbr	MLB	P	3		4.1	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.08

1952	Boston	NL	25	Bbr	MLB	P	45		137	9	29	1	39	3	-	-	-	.974	2.50

1953	Milwaukee	NL	26	Mbr	MLB	P	46		175	11	37	1	49	6	-	-	-	.980	2.47

1954	Milwaukee	NL	27	Mbr	MLB	P	38		238	17	49	4	70	4	-	-	-	.943	2.50

1955	Milwaukee	NL	28	Mbr	MLB	P	42		230	18	47	2	67	6	-	-	-	.970	2.54

1956	Milwaukee	NL	29	Mbr	MLB	P	39		256.1	19	48	1	68	4	-	-	-	.985	2.35

1957	Milwaukee	NL	30	Mbr	MLB	P	37		256.2	22	53	4	79	3	-	-	-	.949	2.63

1958	Milwaukee	NL	31	Mbr	MLB	P	40		275.1	27	53	1	81	4	-	-	-	.988	2.62

1959	Milwaukee	NL	32	Mbr	MLB	P	41		289.2	21	47	1	69	6	-	-	-	.986	2.11

1960	Milwaukee	NL	33	Mbr	MLB	P	45		275.2	31	68	2	101	6	-	-	-	.980	3.23

1961	Milwaukee	NL	34	Mbr	MLB	P	40		272.1	27	60	1	88	2	-	-	-	.989	2.88

1962	Milwaukee	NL	35	Mbr	MLB	P	37		143.2	8	33	2	43	1	-	-	-	.953	2.57

1963	Milwaukee	NL	36	Mbr	MLB	P	15		84	7	15	3	25	2	-	-	-	.880	2.36
1963	St. Louis	NL	36	Stl	MLB	P	21		98	4	12	2	18	1	-	-	-	.889	1.47

1964	Chi Cubs	NL	37	Chc	MLB	P	28		131	10	34	0	44	3	-	-	-	1.000	3.02
1964	St. Louis	NL	37	Stl	MLB	P	8		10	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.80

1965	Chi Cubs	NL	38	Chc	MLB	P	7		20.1	2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.21
1965	Philadelph	NL	38	Phi	MLB	P	19		70.2	4	14	0	18	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.29

1966	California	AL	39	Cal	MLB	P	54		79.2	8	11	2	21	0	-	-	-	.905	2.15

1967	California	AL	40	Cal	MLB	P	19		18.1	0	5	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.45

Awards

[1956] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #22) [1957] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, World Series Most Valuable Player, NL MVP (Voting Rank: #24) [1958] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #11), Major League Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #3) [1959] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #12), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1973] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (12 votes - 3.16%) [1974] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (7 votes - 1.92%) [1975] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (11 votes - 3.04%) [1976] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (21 votes - 5.41%) [1977] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (85 votes - 22.19%) [1978] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (76 votes - 20.05%) [1979] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (53 votes - 12.27%) [1980] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (66 votes - 17.14%) [1981] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (48 votes - 11.97%) [1982] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (43 votes - 10.36%) [1983] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (43 votes - 11.5%) [1984] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (97 votes - 24.07%) [1985] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (82 votes - 20.76%) [1986] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (96 votes - 22.59%) [1987] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (96 votes - 23.24%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 2 all-star games during his career (1957, 1959)....Member of the World Series Champion Milwaukee Braves in 1957.

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