Freddie Burdette

Freddie Thomason Burdette

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 15, 1936 in Moultrie, GA
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1962
Team: Cubs 1962-1964

Final Game: October 2, 1964
Died: June 1, 2010 in Albany, GA
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Albany, GA
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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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1954	17	CHC-min	A	1	0	1.000	2.37	7						19.0	19	9	5		7								1.368	9.0		3.3			MAC · SALL
1955	18	CHC-min	C,A	12	10	.545	2.43	33	25					215.0	181	80	58	10	70								1.167	7.6	0.4	2.9			LFY,MAC · EVAN,SALL
1956	19	CHC-min	B,A	6	14	.300	3.96	32	24					159.0	169	94	70	15	79								1.560	9.6	0.8	4.5			BUR,DMO · IIIL,WL
1957	20	CHC-min	A	8	9	.471	4.98	27	17					141.0	174	93	78	16	56								1.631	11.1	1.0	3.6			DMO · WL
1958	21	CHC-min	A	4	4	.500	4.56	30	3					77.0	97	51	39	6	25								1.584	11.3	0.7	2.9			PBO · WL
1959	22	CHC-min	A	9	8	.529	4.20	52	1		0	0		133.0	137	76	62	6	44	11	84	2	1	0			1.361	9.3	0.4	3.0	5.7	1.91	LNC · EL
1960	23	CHC-min	A,AA	14	3	.824	2.56	47	0		0	0		88.0	78	30	25	6	30	1	7	1	0	0			1.227	8.0	0.6	3.1	0.7	0.23	LNC,SAN · EL,TL
1961	24	CHC-min	AA	3	7	.300	3.93	31	2		0	0		71.0	84	42	31	5	13	4	51	1	0	1			1.366	10.6	0.6	1.6	6.5	3.92	SAN · TL
1962	25	CHC-min	AA	9	9	.500	3.02	65	1		1	0		131.0	125	53	44	8	34	10	62	1	0	6			1.214	8.6	0.5	2.3	4.3	1.82	SAN · TL
1962	25	CHC	NL	0	0		3.72	8	0	1	0	0	1	9.2	5	4	4	2	8	3	5	0	0	0	40	115	1.345	4.7	1.9	7.4	4.7	0.63
1963	26	CHC-min	AAA	8	4	.667	3.81	54	0					78.0	83	45	33	4	24		42						1.372	9.6	0.5	2.8	4.8	1.75	SLC · PCL
1963	26	CHC	NL	0	0		3.86	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.2	5	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	19	100	1.500	9.6	1.9	3.9	1.9	0.50
1964	27	CHC-min	AAA	3	3	.500	4.26	32	0		0	0		57.0	66	32	27	7	13	3	29	2	0	1			1.386	10.4	1.1	2.1	4.6	2.23	SLC · PCL
1964	27	CHC	NL	1	0	1.000	3.15	18	0	7	0	0	0	20.0	17	7	7	2	10	2	4	1	0	0	86	120	1.350	7.7	0.9	4.5	1.8	0.40
1965	28	CHC-min	AAA	6	7	.462	4.50	45	0		0	0		68.0	77	36	34	11	20	6	24	0	0	5			1.426	10.2	1.5	2.6	3.2	1.20	SLC · PCL
1966	29	CHC-min	AAA,AA	3	4	.429	4.02	40	0		0	0		56.0	64	30	25	9	15	2	29	1	0	0			1.411	10.3	1.4	2.4	4.7	1.93	TAC,DFW · PCL,TL
3 Yrs				1	0	1.000	3.41	30	0	11	0	0	1	34.1	27	13	13	5	20	5	10	1	0	0	145	116	1.369	7.1	1.3	5.2	2.6	0.50
162 Game Avg.				2	0	1.000	3.41	68	0	25	0	0	2	78	61	29	29	11	45	11	23	2	0	0	329	116	1.369	7.1	1.3	5.2	2.6	0.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1962	25	CHC	NL	9.2	8	4	3.72	4.87	-0.13	-0.20	101.6	4.87	1	0.1	.9	-0.0	0.2	2	.515	.501	$
1963	26	CHC	NL	4.2	4	2	3.86	4.21	0.11	-0.18	112.6	4.42	0	0.0	.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.507	.500	$
1964	27	CHC	NL	20.0	18	7	3.15	4.46	-0.12	-0.19	105.4	4.63	3	0.4	.6	-0.1	0.4	5	.520	.502	$
3 Seasons				34.1	30	13	3.41	4.54	-0.09	-0.19	105.3	4.67	5	0.5	.6	-0.2	0.7	8	.517	.501	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1962	25	CHC	NL	8	40	31	4	5	0	0	2	3	1	8	5	.161	.325	.355	.680	.120	11	2	0	0	1	3	1
1963	26	CHC	NL	4	19	16	2	5	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.313	.389	.500	.889	.286	8	1	0	1	0	0	0
1964	27	CHC	NL	18	86	70	7	17	1	0	2	0	1	10	4	.243	.333	.343	.676	.224	24	1	1	2	3	2	1
3 Yrs				30	145	117	13	27	1	0	5	3	2	20	10	.231	.338	.368	.706	.208	43	4	1	3	4	5	2
162 Game Avg.				68	329	265	29	61	2	0	11	7	5	45	23	.231	.338	.368	.706	.208	97	9	2	7	9	11	5
MLB Averages																.251	.316	.381	.697	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
1962	25	CHC	NL	0.8	0.1	43	0.3	0.5	-0.2	.48	-0.1	0.6	2.2	0.2	0.48	-0.3	2	6
1963	26	CHC	NL	0.1	0.0	19	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.07	-0.1	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.07	0.4	0	4
1964	27	CHC	NL	1.8	0.2	89	-0.1	0.7	-0.8	.45	0.1	-0.3	-1.9	-0.2	0.45	0.4	2	16
3 Yrs				2.7	0.3	151	0.2	1.2	-1.0	.41	-0.1	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.41	0.4	4	26

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1962	25	CHC	NL	8	8	1	0	1	1	100%	1	9	2	22%	5	.483	2	6	1	1	6	5	3	3	3	3	1	3.6
1963	26	CHC	NL	4	4	3	0	0	0		0	1	0	0%	7	.067	0	4	0	0	4	1	3	1	1	1	0	3.5
1964	27	CHC	NL	18	18	7	1	0	0		0	16	8	50%	7	.448	2	16	0	2	16	10	8	7	10	7	6	3.3
3 Yrs				30	30	11	1	1	1	100%	1	26	10	38%		.408	4	26	1	3	26	16	14	11	14	11	7	3.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1962	25	CHC	NL	40	53%	5.0%	12.5%	20.0%	5.0%	40%	1.56	63%	8	2	25%
1963	26	CHC	NL	19	63%	5.3%	5.3%	10.5%	5.3%	20%	2.00	74%	5	1	20%
1964	27	CHC	NL	86	71%	2.3%	4.7%	11.6%	3.5%	18%	1.39	78%	20	1	5%
3 Yrs				145	65%	3.5%	6.9%	13.8%	4.1%	22%	1.50	73%	33	4	12%
MLB Averages					48%	2.3%	15.1%	8.2%	6.4%	28%	1.07	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1962	25	CHC	NL	40	5			2	0	2	0	2	2	0	4	2	1	50%	1	0	0	19	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1963	26	CHC	NL	19	5			1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	27	CHC	NL	86	17			2	0	3	2	0	1	1	8	5	0	63%	1	0	2	37	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
3 Yrs				145	27			5	0	5	2	3	3	2	12	7	1	58%	2	0	2	66	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
MLB Averages																		51%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1962	25	0		3.72	8	1	1	9.2	5	4	4	2	8	3	5	0	40	115	1.345	4.7	1.9	7.4	4.7	0.63	115
1963	26	0		3.77	12	4	1	14.1	10	6	6	3	10	3	6	0	59	110	1.395	6.3	1.9	6.3	3.8	0.60	110
1964	27	1	1.000	3.41	30	11	1	34.1	27	13	13	5	20	5	10	1	145	116	1.369	7.1	1.3	5.2	2.6	0.50	116

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
1962	25	1	0	1.000	4.00	9.0	5	4	4	2	8	5	0	1.444	5.0	8.0	5.0	0.63	2.0	8
1963	26	0	0		4.50	4.0	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	1.750	11.3	4.5	2.3	0.50	2.3	4
1964	27	1	1	.500	3.32	19.0	17	8	7	2	10	4	1	1.421	8.1	4.7	1.9	0.40	0.9	18
3 Yrs		2	1	.667	3.66	32.0	27	14	13	5	20	10	1	1.469	7.6		2.8	0.50	1.4	30

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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