Lew Burdette
Lew Burdette
Full name: Selva Lewis Burdette Born: November 22, 1926, Nitro, West Virginia First Game: September 26, 1950; Final Game: July 16, 1967 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 180 World Series MVP
Lew Burdette
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1950 NY A 1950 NY A 1951 BOS N 1951 BOS N 1952 BOS N 1952 BOS N 1953 MIL N 1953 MIL N 1954 MIL N 1954 MIL N 1955 MIL N 1955 MIL N 1956 MIL N 1956 MIL N 1957 MIL N 1957 MIL N 1958 MIL N 1958 MIL N 1959 MIL N 1959 MIL N 1960 MIL N Daily Splits 46 91 11 16 3 0 2 4 7 0 22 1 2 1 0 0i 2 0 0 .176 .240 .275 0.0 1960 MIL N 1961 MIL N Daily Splits 42 103 10 21 5 0 3 11 2 0 39 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 .204 .219 .340 0.0 1961 MIL N 1962 MIL N Daily Splits 39 51 6 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 1 2 0 0 0i 1 0 0 .176 .208 .176 0.0 1962 MIL N 1963 MIL N Daily Splits 17 26 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 11 2 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 .038 .138 .115 0.0 1963 MIL N 1963 STL N Daily Splits 21 31 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .097 .097 .129 0.0 1963 STL N 1963 TOT N 38 57 2 4 1 1 0 2 1 0 17 2 7 0 0 4 0 1 0 .070 .117 .123 0.0 1963 TOT N
1964 STL N Daily Splits 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1964 STL N 1964 CHI N Daily Splits 28 43 6 12 0 1 2 4 3 0 12 1 3 0 0 0i 0 0 0 .279 .340 .465 0.0 1964 CHI N 1964 TOT N 36 44 6 12 0 1 2 4 3 0 12 1 3 0 0 0i 0 0 0 .273 .333 .455 0.0 1964 TOT N
1965 CHI N Daily Splits 8 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .500 0.0 1965 CHI N 1965 PHI N Daily Splits 19 20 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 0.0 1965 PHI N 1965 TOT N 27 26 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308 .308 .346 0.0 1965 TOT N
1966 CAL A Daily Splits 54 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 0.0 1966 CAL A 1967 CAL A 1967 CAL A Splits 666 1011 101 185 27 4 12 75 32 0i 271 12 63 6i 0i 8i 14 2 0 .183 .216 .253 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1957 MIL N Daily Splits 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .111 .000 1957 MIL N
1958 MIL N Daily Splits 3 9 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .444 1958 MIL N
Total Splits 6 17 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 .111 .235 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1957 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1957 NL
1959 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1959 NL
Total Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1950 NY A 1950 NY A 1951 BOS N 1951 BOS N 1952 BOS N 1952 BOS N 1953 MIL N 1953 MIL N 1954 MIL N 1954 MIL N 1955 MIL N 1955 MIL N 1956 MIL N 6 2 1 256.1 234 1035 22 92 77 52 7 110 6 4 2 3 0 19 10 2.70 2.6 1956 MIL N 1957 MIL N 1957 MIL N 1958 MIL N 1958 MIL N 1959 MIL N 39 20 4 2 1 289.2 312 1193 38 144 131 38 3 105 4 9 2 1 0 21 15 4.07 -1.2 1959 MIL N 1960 MIL N Daily Splits 45 32 18 4 9 4 275.2 277 1117 19 116 103 35 7 83 12 1 2 5 0 41i 10i 30i 20 i 19 13 3.36 1.1 1960 MIL N 1961 MIL N Daily Splits 40 36 14 3 4 0 272.1 295 1126 31 131 121 33 3 92 5 3 1 3 1 46 12 22 16 18 11 4.00 -0.2 1961 MIL N 1962 MIL N Daily Splits 37 19 6 1 11 2 143.2 172 611 26 85 78 23 6 59 5 3 1 2 1 23i 5i 11i 4i 10 9 4.89 -1.9 1962 MIL N 1963 MIL N Daily Splits 15 13 4 1 2 0 84 71 342 15 40 34 24 4 28 4 1 0 1 0 12 4 7 8 6 5 3.64 -0.7 1963 MIL N 1963 STL N Daily Splits 21 14 3 0 3 2 98 106 416 6 50 41 16 2 45 5 7 0 7 0 19 1 11 5 3 8 3.77 -0.6 1963 STL N 1963 TOT N 36 27 7 1 5 2 182 177 758 21 90 75 40 6 73 9 8 0 8 0 31 5 18 13 9 13 3.71 -1.3 1963 TOT N
1964 STL N Daily Splits 8 0 0 0 2 0 10 10 43 1 3 2 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.80 0.2 1964 STL N 1964 CHI N Daily Splits 28 17 8 2 3 0 131 152 549 15 74 71 19 2 40 6 3 0 1 0 27i 5 13i 4i 9 9 4.88 -1.1 1964 CHI N 1964 TOT N 36 17 8 2 5 0 141 162 592 16 77 73 22 2 43 6 4 1 1 0 27i 5 13i 5i 10 9 4.66 -0.9 1964 TOT N
1965 CHI N Daily Splits 7 3 0 0 0 0 20.1 26 93 3 17 12 4 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 3 4 0 2 5.31 -0.3 1965 CHI N 1965 PHI N Daily Splits 19 9 1 1 2 0 70.2 95 319 5 50 43 17 2 23 6 2 1 5 0 16 2 10 5 3 3 5.48 -1.1 1965 PHI N 1965 TOT N 26 12 1 1 2 0 91 121 412 8 67 55 21 3 28 7 2 1 6 0 22 2 13 9 3 5 5.44 -1.4 1965 TOT N
1966 CAL A Daily Splits 54 0 0 0 22 5 79.2 80 317 4 32 30 12 2 27 4 1 2 1 2 11 2 14 6 7 2 3.39 0.0 1966 CAL A 1967 CAL A Daily Splits 19 0 0 0 8 1 18.1 16 71 4 10 10 0 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 4.91 -0.2 1967 CAL A Splits 626 373 158 33 128 31 3067.1 3186 12745 289 1400 1246 628 63i1074 117 63i 23 56 7 203i 41i122i 74i203 144 3.66 3.1 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
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World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1957 MIL N Daily Splits 3 3 3 2 0 0 27 21 104 1 2 2 4 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 3 0 0.67 1957 MIL N
1958 MIL N Daily Splits 3 3 1 0 0 0 22.1 22 93 5 17 14 4 3 12 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 1 2 5.64 1958 MIL N
Total Splits 6 6 4 2 0 0 49.1 43 197 6 19 16 8 4 25 3 1 0 0 0 5 0 5 5 4 2 2.92 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1957 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1957 NL
1959 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 14 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.00 1959 NL
Total Splits 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 29 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.29 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1950 NY A 1951 BOS N 1952 BOS N 1953 MIL N 1954 MIL N 4 4 .943
1955 MIL N 6 .970
1956 MIL N 1957 MIL N 4 3 .949
1958 MIL N 27 53 1 4 .988
1959 MIL N 6 .986
1960 MIL N Daily P 45 32 18 275.2 31 68 2 6 0 0i 3 6 0i .980
1961 MIL N Daily P 40 36 14 272.1 27 60 1 2 0 3 7 9 0 .989
1962 MIL N Daily P 37 19 6 143.2 8 33 2 1 0 1i 5 1 0i .953
1963 MIL N Daily P 15 13 4 84.1 7 15 3 2 0 0 4 2 0 .880
1963 STL N Daily P 21 14 3 98.1 4 12 2 1 0 1 0 6 0 .889
1963 TOT N P 36 27 7 182.2 11 27 5 3 0 1 4 8 0 .884
1964 STL N Daily P 8 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 CHI N Daily P 28 17 8 131 10 34 0 3 0 1i 2 4 0i1.000
1964 TOT N P 36 17 8 141 10 36 0 3 0 1i 2 4 0i1.000
1965 CHI N Daily P 7 3 0 20.1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 PHI N Daily P 19 9 1 70.2 4 14 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1.000
1965 TOT N P 26 12 1 91 6 17 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1.000
1966 CAL A Daily P 54 0 0 79.2 8 11 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 .905
1967 CAL A Daily P 19 0 0 18.1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
Total P 626 143i 54i 1204.1i 245 622 27 55 0i 6i 23i 34i 0i .970
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
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World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1957 MIL N Daily P 3 3 3 27 0 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
1958 MIL N Daily P 3 3 1 22.1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Total P 6 6 4 49.1 2 11 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1957 NL Daily P 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1959 NL Daily P 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (April 6, 1947 ).
Traded by New York Yankees with $50000 to Boston Braves in exchange for Johnny Sain
(August 29, 1951 ).
Traded by Milwaukee Braves to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Gene Oliver and
Bob Sadowski (June 15, 1963 ).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Glen Hobbie (June 2,
1964 ).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies (May 30, 1965 ).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (October 13, 1965 ).
Signed by California Angels (November 29, 1965 ).
Released by California Angels (September 23, 1967 ).
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