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, 10,758th 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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.6

203

144

ERA

3.66

626

373

3067.1

1074

WHIP

1.243

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 11	MLN	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	4 (1)	Apr 16	MLN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
3	8 (3)	Apr 22	MLN	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	P
4	12 (3)	Apr 26	MLN	@	CIN	L,10-11	GS	14	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
5	13	Apr 29	MLN		STL	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	17 (3)	May 3	MLN		SFG	W,9-4	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	21 (3)	May 8	MLN		CIN	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
8	26 (4)	May 12	MLN	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	36	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
9	28 (1)	May 14	MLN	@	STL	W,8-7	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	30 (1)	May 17	MLN	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	P
11	34 (3)	May 22	MLN	@	PHI	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
12	39 (4)	May 26	MLN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	47	13.0	1	4	0	5	0	P
13	44 (4)	May 31 (1)	MLN		PHI	L,0-6	GS	33	7.1	2	1	0	3	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	49 (4)	Jun 4	MLN		SFG	L,5-11	GS	22	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	53 (3)	Jun 8	MLN		CHC	W,9-5	GS	31	7.2	0	1	1	2	0	P
16	57 (3)	Jun 12	MLN	@	CHC	L,7-9	GS	11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	61 (3)	Jun 16	MLN	@	LAD	W,5-4	GS	35	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
18	66 (4)	Jun 20	MLN	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
19	70 (3)	Jun 25	MLN		STL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
20	74 (3)	Jun 30	MLN	@	CIN	L,5-8	GS	29	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	77 (2)	Jul 4	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	25	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
22	81 (3)	Jul 12	MLN		SFG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	P
23	85 (3)	Jul 16	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
24	89 (3)	Jul 21	MLN		CIN	L,2-12	GS	22	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	93 (3)	Jul 25	MLN		PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
26	98 (4)	Jul 29	MLN		CHC	W,8-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	103 (4)	Aug 2 (2)	MLN		STL	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	106 (2)	Aug 6	MLN	@	SFG	L,1-7	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	110 (3)	Aug 11 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	114 (3)	Aug 15	MLN	@	PIT	L,8-10	GS	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	115	Aug 16 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	120 (4)	Aug 19	MLN		SFG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
33	125 (4)	Aug 24	MLN		CHC	L,0-3	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
34	129 (3)	Aug 28	MLN	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	133 (3)	Sep 2	MLN		PHI	L,5-11	GS	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	137 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	P
37	142 (4)	Sep 12	MLN		CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
38	146 (3)	Sep 16	MLN	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
39	149 (2)	Sep 20	MLN	@	PHI	W,8-5	GS	26	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	153 (3)	Sep 25	MLN		PHI	L,3-6	GS	14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	157 (3)	Sep 29	MLN	@	LAD	L,5-6	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
							41gm		289.2	21	47	1	69	6