Lew Burdette
Selva Lewis Burdette Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 22, 1926 in Nitro, WV
High School: Nitro (Nitro, WV)
School: University of Richmond
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1950
Final Game: July 16, 1967
Died: February 6, 2007 in Winter Garden, FL
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1950 NYY AL 23 P 2 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.50 .900 0.95
1951 BSN NL 24 P 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 1.000 0.97
1952 BSN NL 25 P 45 39 9 29 1 3 .974 0.84 .951 0.98
1953 MLN NL 26 P 46 49 11 37 1 6 .980 1.04 .955 0.87
1954 MLN NL 27 P 38 32 238.0 70 17 49 4 4 .943 2.50 1.74 .960 2.07 0.87
1955 MLN NL 28 P 42 33 230.0 67 18 47 2 6 .970 2.54 1.55 .949 2.04 0.83
1956 MLN NL 29 P 39 35 256.1 68 19 48 1 4 .985 2.35 1.72 .965 2.05 0.83 MVP-22
1957 MLN NL 30 P 37 33 256.2 79 22 53 4 3 .949 2.63 2.03 .962 2.06 0.82 AS,MVP-24
1958 MLN NL 31 P 40 36 275.1 81 27 53 1 4 .988 2.62 2.00 .953 1.97 0.77 CYA-3,MVP-11
1959 MLN NL 32 P 41 39 289.2 69 21 47 1 6 .986 2.11 1.66 .952 1.99 0.82 AS,MVP-12
1960 MLN NL 33 P 45 32 275.2 101 31 68 2 6 .980 3.23 2.20 .961 2.09 0.87
1961 MLN NL 34 P 40 36 272.1 88 27 60 1 2 .989 2.88 2.18 .958 2.18 0.88
1962 MLN NL 35 P 37 19 143.2 43 8 33 2 1 .953 2.57 1.11 .949 2.07 0.82
1963 TOT NL 36 P 36 27 182.2 43 11 27 5 3 .884 1.87 1.06 .956 2.06 0.84
1963 MLN NL 36 P 15 13 84.1 25 7 15 3 2 .880 2.35 1.47 .956 2.06 0.84
1963 STL NL 36 P 21 14 98.1 18 4 12 2 1 .889 1.46 0.76 .956 2.06 0.84
1964 TOT NL 37 P 36 17 141.0 46 10 36 0 3 1.000 2.94 1.28 .950 2.14 0.84
1964 STL NL 37 P 8 0 10.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.25 .950 2.16 0.84
1964 CHC NL 37 P 28 17 131.0 44 10 34 0 3 1.000 3.02 1.57 .950 2.14 0.84
1965 TOT NL 38 P 26 12 91.0 23 6 17 0 3 1.000 2.27 0.88 .957 2.08 0.81
1965 CHC NL 38 P 7 3 20.1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.21 0.71 .960 2.08 0.81
1965 PHI NL 38 P 19 9 70.2 18 4 14 0 3 1.000 2.29 0.95 .956 2.08 0.81
1966 CAL AL 39 P 54 0 79.2 21 8 11 2 0 .905 2.15 0.35 .952 1.99 0.75
1967 CAL AL 40 P 19 0 18.1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.45 0.26 .960 1.96 0.74
18 Seasons P 626 351 2750.1 894 245 622 27 55 .970 2.84 1.38 .956 2.06 0.84
18 Seasons TOT 626 351 2750.1 894 245 622 27 55 .970 2.84 1.38 .926 2.06 0.84
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1950 NYY AL 23 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BSN NL 24 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BSN NL 25 45 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 MLN NL 26 46 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 MLN NL 27 39 32 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1955 MLN NL 28 45 33 45 45 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1956 MLN NL 29 45 35 45 45 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1957 MLN NL 30 41 33 41 41 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1958 MLN NL 31 47 36 47 47 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1959 MLN NL 32 52 39 52 52 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
1960 MLN NL 33 46 32 46 46 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 MLN NL 34 42 36 42 42 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1962 MLN NL 35 39 19 39 39 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 STL NL 36 21 14 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MLN NL 36 17 13 17 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1964 CHC NL 37 28 17 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 STL NL 37 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 PHI NL 38 19 9 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHC NL 38 8 3 8 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 CAL AL 39 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CAL AL 40 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons 666 351 666 666 626 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 MLN NL 27 827 85% 35% 52 92% 0 13 2 9 46 36 8 3 0 1 2 2 3 3 3 0 7 86%
1955 MLN NL 28 722 85% 32% 37 97% 2 14 3 10 36 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 2 7 86%
1956 MLN NL 29 726 84% 33% 41 88% 1 16 1 10 33 25 5 2 1 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 4 100%
1957 MLN NL 30 1079 87% 36% 63 87% 1 21 2 15 51 45 2 4 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 0 9 89%
1958 MLN NL 31 1097 85% 36% 54 98% 0 25 0 22 50 38 8 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 4 0 4 100%
1959 MLN NL 32 1196 88% 35% 55 89% 0 22 1 17 46 39 5 1 1 0 0 0 6 4 5 1 6 83%
1960 MLN NL 33 1099 89% 38% 84 90% 3 29 5 17 67 50 12 2 0 1 1 1 6 4 4 2 17 94%
1961 MLN NL 34 1146 89% 35% 73 92% 1 26 4 16 59 52 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 7 86%
1962 MLN NL 35 569 86% 28% 34 91% 1 9 1 6 29 23 3 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1963 STL NL 36 424 84% 26% 15 93% 0 5 0 4 13 9 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1963 MLN NL 36 348 85% 32% 20 85% 0 7 1 5 16 11 2 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0%
1964 CHC NL 37 557 89% 34% 40 85% 0 10 1 8 33 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 1 100%
1964 STL NL 37 45 87% 31% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 PHI NL 38 323 86% 36% 13 100% 1 4 1 3 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 6 100%
1965 CHC NL 38 93 89% 44% 4 100% 0 2 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1966 CAL AL 39 326 88% 32% 17 71% 1 8 0 5 10 9 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60%
1967 CAL AL 40 72 88% 39% 6 83% 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 10649 87% 34% 610 90% 11 211 23 148 511 404 65 23 3 10 10 9 43 30 37 6 85 88%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 82%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* 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.

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