Bill Burbach
William David Burbach
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 22, 1947 in Dickeyville, WI
High School: Wahlert (Dickeyville, WI)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1969
Final Game: April 24, 1971
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Standard Pitching

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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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1969 21 NYY AL 6 8 .429 3.65 31 24 2 2 1 0 140.2 112 68 57 15 102 1 82 2 0 9 624 95 1.521 7.2 1.0 6.5 5.2 0.80
1970 22 NYY AL 0 2 .000 10.26 4 4 0 0 0 0 16.2 23 19 19 2 9 0 10 1 0 2 83 34 1.920 12.4 1.1 4.9 5.4 1.11
1971 23 NYY AL 0 1 .000 10.80 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 6 6 4 0 5 2 3 0 0 2 22 30 3.300 16.2 0.0 13.5 8.1 0.60
3 Seasons 6 11 .353 4.48 37 28 3 2 1 0 160.2 141 93 80 17 116 3 95 3 0 13 729 78 1.600 7.9 1.0 6.5 5.3 0.82
162 Game Avg. 6 12 .353 4.48 39 29 3 2 1 0 168 148 97 84 18 121 3 99 3 0 14 763 78 1.600 7.9 1.0 6.5 5.3 0.82

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 21 NYY AL 31 624 511 68 112 9 3 15 9 8 102 82 .219 .349 .337 .686 .232 172 10 2 5 4 1
1970 22 NYY AL 4 83 71 19 23 1 1 2 3 0 9 10 .324 .402 .451 .853 .350 32 1 1 1 1 0
1971 23 NYY AL 2 22 15 6 6 1 0 0 1 1 5 3 .400 .524 .467 .990 .462 7 0 0 1 1 2
3 Seasons 37 729 597 93 141 11 4 17 13 9 116 95 .236 .360 .353 .714 .253 211 11 3 7 6 3
162 Game Avg. 39 763 625 97 148 12 4 18 14 9 121 99 .236 .360 .353 .714 .253 221 12 3 7 6 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1969 21 NYY AL 31 24 5 8 11 0 2 12 12 .500 2 8 2 1 10 42% 50 82 30 32 12 12 10 3.9 3.0 5.1
1970 22 NYY AL 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 34 53 25 4 2 2 2 6.2 3.2 4.2
2 Seasons 35 28 5 10 13 0 2 14 14 .500 2 9 2 1 10 36% 48 82 25 36 14 14 12 4.2 3.1 4.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1969 21 NYY AL 31 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 6 1.018 2 1 4 1 0 6 2 5 7 0 7 1 8.3
1971 23 NYY AL 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0.673 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
2 Seasons 33 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 1.006 3 1 5 1 1 7 3 6 8 0 8 1 7.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1969 21 NYY AL 625 40% 2.4% 13.1% 16.4% 4.3% 24% 0.84 67% 134 10 7%
1970 22 NYY AL 83 37% 2.4% 12.1% 10.8% 4.8% 17% 1.50 72% 20 1 5%
1971 23 NYY AL 22 41% 0.0% 13.6% 22.7% 4.6% 17% 2.00 59% 5 0 0%
3 Seasons 730 40% 2.3% 13.0% 15.9% 4.4% 23% 0.91 67% 159 11 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1969 21 NYY AL 625 112 15 1 13 10 5 6 9 30 15 4 50% 8 9 4 254 9 8 53% 9 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 20 0
1970 22 NYY AL 83 23 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 4 0 57% 2 2 1 37 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1971 23 NYY AL 22 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 67% 2 2 0 11 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
3 Seasons 730 141 17 1 15 12 5 6 11 43 23 4 53% 12 13 5 302 13 9 59% 13 8 0 0 0 1 1 1 31 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1969 21 6 8 .429 3.65 31 24 2 2 1 0 140.2 112 68 57 15 102 1 82 2 0 9 624 95 1.521 7.2 1.0 6.5 5.2 0.80 95
1970 22 6 10 .375 4.35 35 28 2 2 1 0 157.1 135 87 76 17 111 1 92 3 0 11 707 80 1.564 7.7 1.0 6.3 5.3 0.83 80
1971 23 6 11 .353 4.48 37 28 3 2 1 0 160.2 141 93 80 17 116 3 95 3 0 13 729 78 1.600 7.9 1.0 6.5 5.3 0.82 78

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1969 21 6 8 .429 4.40 131.0 120 71 64 16 109 76 2 1.748 8.2 7.5 5.2 0.70 1.1 31
1970 22 0 1 .000 11.81 16.0 25 23 21 2 10 10 1 2.188 14.1 5.6 5.6 1.00 1.1 4
1971 23 0 0 15.00 3.0 7 6 5 0 6 3 0 4.333 21.0 18.0 9.0 0.50 0.0 2
3 Seasons 6 9 .400 5.40 150.0 152 100 90 18 125 89 3 1.847 9.1 5.3 0.71 1.1 37

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1969 AL  102 (6th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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