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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
Schools: 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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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
1950 23 NYY AL 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 64 2.250 20.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
1951 24 BSN NL 0 0 6.23 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 6 4 3 0 5 1 1 0 1 23 59 2.538 12.5 0.0 10.4 2.1 0.20
1952 25 BSN NL 6 11 .353 3.61 45 9 22 5 0 7 137.0 138 58 55 8 47 47 2 2 2 579 100 1.350 9.1 0.5 3.1 3.1 1.00
1953 26 MLN NL 15 5 .750 3.24 46 13 24 6 1 8 175.0 177 73 63 7 56 58 5 0 1 741 122 1.331 9.1 0.4 2.9 3.0 1.04
1954 27 MLN NL 15 14 .517 2.76 38 32 3 13 4 0 238.0 224 87 73 17 62 79 4 0 1 974 136 1.202 8.5 0.6 2.3 3.0 1.27
1955 28 MLN NL 13 8 .619 4.03 42 33 4 11 2 0 230.0 253 114 103 25 73 9 70 6 1 3 1001 93 1.417 9.9 1.0 2.9 2.7 0.96
1956 29 MLN NL 19 10 .655 2.70 39 35 2 16 6 1 256.1 234 92 77 22 52 7 110 3 0 2 1035 128 1.116 8.2 0.8 1.8 3.9 2.12 MVP-22
1957 30 MLN NL 17 9 .654 3.72 37 33 3 14 1 0 256.2 260 117 106 25 59 8 78 2 0 2 1067 94 1.243 9.1 0.9 2.1 2.7 1.32 AS,MVP-24
1958 31 MLN NL 20 10 .667 2.91 40 36 2 19 3 0 275.1 279 102 89 18 50 7 113 5 0 1 1122 121 1.195 9.1 0.6 1.6 3.7 2.26 CYA-3,MVP-11
1959 32 MLN NL 21 15 .583 4.07 41 39 2 20 4 1 289.2 312 144 131 38 38 3 105 1 0 2 1193 87 1.208 9.7 1.2 1.2 3.3 2.76 AS,MVP-12
1960 33 MLN NL 19 13 .594 3.36 45 32 9 18 4 4 275.2 277 116 103 19 35 7 83 5 0 2 1117 102 1.132 9.0 0.6 1.1 2.7 2.37
1961 34 MLN NL 18 11 .621 4.00 40 36 4 14 3 0 272.1 295 131 121 31 33 3 92 3 1 1 1126 93 1.204 9.7 1.0 1.1 3.0 2.79
1962 35 MLN NL 10 9 .526 4.89 37 19 11 6 1 2 143.2 172 85 78 26 23 6 59 2 1 1 611 77 1.357 10.8 1.6 1.4 3.7 2.57
1963 36 TOT NL 9 13 .409 3.71 36 27 5 7 1 2 182.0 177 90 75 21 40 6 73 8 0 0 758 92 1.192 8.8 1.0 2.0 3.6 1.83
1963 36 MLN NL 6 5 .545 3.64 15 13 2 4 1 0 84.0 71 40 34 15 24 4 28 1 0 0 342 88 1.131 7.6 1.6 2.6 3.0 1.17
1963 36 STL NL 3 8 .273 3.77 21 14 3 3 0 2 98.0 106 50 41 6 16 2 45 7 0 0 416 95 1.245 9.7 0.6 1.5 4.1 2.81
1964 37 TOT NL 10 9 .526 4.66 36 17 5 8 2 0 141.0 162 77 73 16 22 2 43 1 0 1 592 80 1.305 10.3 1.0 1.4 2.7 1.95
1964 37 STL NL 1 0 1.000 1.80 8 0 2 0 0 0 10.0 10 3 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 43 212 1.300 9.0 0.9 2.7 2.7 1.00
1964 37 CHC NL 9 9 .500 4.88 28 17 3 8 2 0 131.0 152 74 71 15 19 2 40 1 0 0 549 76 1.305 10.4 1.0 1.3 2.7 2.11
1965 38 TOT NL 3 5 .375 5.44 26 12 2 1 1 0 91.0 121 67 55 8 21 3 28 6 0 1 412 65 1.560 12.0 0.8 2.1 2.8 1.33
1965 38 CHC NL 0 2 .000 5.31 7 3 0 0 0 0 20.1 26 17 12 3 4 1 5 1 0 0 93 69 1.475 11.5 1.3 1.8 2.2 1.25
1965 38 PHI NL 3 3 .500 5.48 19 9 2 1 1 0 70.2 95 50 43 5 17 2 23 5 0 1 319 63 1.585 12.1 0.6 2.2 2.9 1.35
1966 39 CAL AL 7 2 .778 3.39 54 0 22 0 0 5 79.2 80 32 30 4 12 2 27 1 2 2 317 98 1.155 9.0 0.5 1.4 3.1 2.25
1967 40 CAL AL 1 0 1.000 4.91 19 0 8 0 0 1 18.1 16 10 10 4 0 0 8 1 0 0 71 63 0.873 7.9 2.0 0.0 3.9
18 Seasons 203 144 .585 3.66 626 373 128 158 33 31 3067.1 3186 1400 1246 289 628 63 1074 56 7 23 12745 98 1.243 9.3 0.8 1.8 3.2 1.71
162 Game Avg. 14 10 .585 3.66 43 25 9 11 2 2 209 217 95 85 20 43 73 4 0 2 868 98 1.243 9.3 0.8 1.8 3.2 1.71
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
MLN (13 yrs) 179 120 .599 3.53 468 330 88 146 30 23 2638.0 2698 1163 1036 251 557 54 923 40 5 19 10931 102 1.234 9.2 0.9 1.9 3.1 1.66
STL (2 yrs) 4 8 .333 3.58 29 14 5 3 0 2 108.0 116 53 43 7 19 2 48 7 0 1 459 101 1.250 9.7 0.6 1.6 4.0 2.53
CAL (2 yrs) 8 2 .800 3.67 73 0 30 0 0 6 98.0 96 42 40 8 12 2 35 2 2 2 388 90 1.102 8.8 0.7 1.1 3.2 2.92
CHC (2 yrs) 9 11 .450 4.94 35 20 3 8 2 0 151.1 178 91 83 18 23 3 45 2 0 0 642 75 1.328 10.6 1.1 1.4 2.7 1.96
PHI (1 yr) 3 3 .500 5.48 19 9 2 1 1 0 70.2 95 50 43 5 17 2 23 5 0 1 319 63 1.585 12.1 0.6 2.2 2.9 1.35
NYY (1 yr) 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 64 2.250 20.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
NL (15 yrs) 195 142 .579 3.65 551 373 98 158 33 25 2968.0 3087 1357 1205 281 616 61 1039 54 5 21 12351 99 1.248 9.4 0.9 1.9 3.2 1.69
AL (3 yrs) 8 2 .800 3.71 75 0 30 0 0 6 99.1 99 43 41 8 12 2 35 2 2 2 394 89 1.117 9.0 0.7 1.1 3.2 2.92

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1957 30 MLN NL WS W NYY 3 0 1.000 0.67 3 3 0 3 2 0 27.0 21 2 2 1 4 1 13 0 0 0 104 0.926 7.0 0.3 1.3 4.3 3.25
1958 31 MLN NL WS L NYY 1 2 .333 5.64 3 3 0 1 0 0 22.1 22 17 14 5 4 3 12 0 0 0 93 1.164 8.9 2.0 1.6 4.8 3.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 4 2 .667 2.92 6 6 0 4 2 0 49.1 43 19 16 6 8 4 25 0 0 0 197 1.034 7.8 1.1 1.5 4.6 3.13
2 WS 4 2 .667 2.92 6 6 0 4 2 0 49.1 43 19 16 6 8 4 25 0 0 0 197 1.034 7.8 1.1 1.5 4.6 3.13
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1950 23 NYY AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1951 24 BSN NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1952 25 BSN NL 45 45 35 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .114 .205 .114 .319 -8 4 2 1 6 1
1953 26 MLN NL 46 58 53 4 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .170 .170 .170 .340 -9 9 0 0 5 1
1954 27 MLN NL 39 89 79 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 14 .089 .119 .101 .220 -40 8 0 2 5 2 1
1955 28 MLN NL 45 92 86 10 20 5 0 0 7 0 0 3 20 .233 .258 .291 .549 49 25 0 0 3 0 0 1
1956 29 MLN NL 45 102 86 9 16 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 16 .186 .209 .198 .406 13 17 1 1 11 2 0 1 MVP-22
1957 30 MLN NL 41 97 88 11 13 2 0 2 9 0 0 3 22 .148 .183 .239 .421 16 21 4 1 4 1 0 1 AS,MVP-24
1958 31 MLN NL 47 108 99 11 24 1 1 3 15 0 0 3 24 .242 .272 .364 .635 73 36 4 1 5 0 0 1 CYA-3,MVP-11
1959 32 MLN NL 52 113 104 14 21 7 1 0 8 0 0 3 36 .202 .231 .288 .520 43 30 0 1 5 0 0 1 AS,MVP-12
1960 33 MLN NL 46 102 91 11 16 3 0 2 4 0 0 7 22 .176 .240 .275 .515 45 25 2 1 2 1 0 1
1961 34 MLN NL 42 108 103 10 21 5 0 3 11 0 0 2 39 .204 .219 .340 .559 50 35 0 0 3 0 0 1
1962 35 MLN NL 39 55 51 6 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .176 .208 .176 .384 6 9 1 1 2 0 0 1
1963 36 TOT NL 38 67 57 2 4 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 17 .070 .117 .123 .239 -32 7 0 2 7 0 0 1
1963 36 MLN NL 17 33 26 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 11 .038 .138 .115 .253 -26 3 0 2 4 0 0 1
1963 36 STL NL 21 34 31 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 .097 .097 .129 .226 -38 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
1964 37 TOT NL 36 51 44 6 12 0 1 2 4 0 0 3 12 .273 .333 .455 .788 116 20 0 1 3 0 0 1
1964 37 STL NL 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1964 37 CHC NL 28 50 43 6 12 0 1 2 4 0 0 3 12 .279 .340 .465 .806 121 20 0 1 3 0 0 1
1965 38 TOT NL 27 28 26 3 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 .308 .308 .346 .654 85 9 0 0 2 0 0 1
1965 38 CHC NL 8 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 130 3 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1965 38 PHI NL 19 22 20 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .300 .300 .300 .600 72 6 0 0 2 0 0 1
1966 39 CAL AL 54 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -27 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 40 CAL AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Seasons 666 1124 1011 101 185 27 4 12 75 2 0 32 271 .183 .216 .253 .469 29 256 14 12 63 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 273 246 25 45 7 1 3 18 0 0 8 66 .183 .216 .253 .469 29 62 3 3 15
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
MLN (13 yrs) 507 1003 902 92 161 25 3 10 69 0 0 29 242 .178 .212 .246 .458 26 222 14 11 55 6 0
STL (2 yrs) 29 35 32 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 .094 .094 .125 .219 -40 4 0 0 3 0 0
CAL (2 yrs) 73 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -27 1 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 36 56 49 6 14 1 1 2 4 1 0 3 13 .286 .340 .469 .809 122 23 0 1 3 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 19 22 20 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .300 .300 .300 .600 72 6 0 0 2 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (15 yrs) 591 1116 1003 101 184 27 4 12 74 2 0 32 268 .183 .217 .254 .471 29 255 14 12 63 6 0
AL (3 yrs) 75 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -27 1 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 30 MLN NL WS NYY W 3 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 0 0 2 0 0
1958 31 MLN NL WS NYY L 3 9 9 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .444 .556 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 20 17 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 .059 .111 .235 .346 4 0 0 2 0 0
2 WS 6 20 17 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 .059 .111 .235 .346 4 0 0 2 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr 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 0.0 0.0 2.50 1.74 .960 2.07 0.87
1955 MLN NL 28 P 42 33 230.0 67 18 47 2 6 .970 0.0 0.0 2.54 1.55 .949 2.04 0.83
1956 MLN NL 29 P 39 35 256.1 68 19 48 1 4 .985 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 3.23 2.20 .961 2.09 0.87
1961 MLN NL 34 P 40 36 272.1 88 27 60 1 2 .989 0.0 0.0 2.88 2.18 .958 2.18 0.88
1962 MLN NL 35 P 37 19 143.2 43 8 33 2 1 .953 0.0 0.0 2.57 1.11 .949 2.07 0.82
1963 TOT NL 36 P 36 27 182.2 43 11 27 5 3 .884 0.0 0.0 1.87 1.06 .956 2.06 0.84
1963 MLN NL 36 P 15 13 84.1 25 7 15 3 2 .880 0.0 0.0 2.35 1.47 .956 2.06 0.84
1963 STL NL 36 P 21 14 98.1 18 4 12 2 1 .889 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.29 0.95 .956 2.08 0.81
1966 CAL AL 39 P 54 0 79.2 21 8 11 2 0 .905 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.45 0.26 .960 1.96 0.74
18 Seasons P 626 351 2750.1 894 245 622 27 55 .970 0.0 0.0 2.84 1.38 .956 2.06 0.84
18 Seasons TOT 626 351 2750.1 894 245 622 27 55 .970 0.0 0.0 2.84 1.38 .926 2.06 0.84
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1957 *
1959-1 *
1959-2

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1957-NL-Babe Ruth Award
1957-ML-WS MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1956-NL-22-2%
1957-NL-24-1%
1958-NL-11-14%
1959-NL-12-4%
0.21 Career Shares (709th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1958-ML--3--19%
0.19 Career Shares (147th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1953 NL--3.240--7th
1954 NL--2.761--2nd
1956 NL--2.704--1st
1958 NL--2.909--3rd

Wins s c a p y
1953 NL--15--7th
1954 NL--15--7th
1955 NL--13--9th
1956 NL--19--4th
1957 NL--17--4th
1958 NL--20--3rd
1959 NL--21--1st
1960 NL--19--4th
1961 NL--18--4th
Career--203--104th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1953 NL--.750--3rd
1955 NL--.619--4th
1956 NL--.655--5th
1957 NL--.654--4th
1958 NL--.667--1st
1959 NL--.583--9th
1960 NL--.594--10th
1961 NL--.621--7th
Career--.585--161st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1954 NL--1.202--3rd
1956 NL--1.116--4th
1958 NL--1.195--4th
1959 NL--1.208--10th
1960 NL--1.132--5th
1961 NL--1.204--3rd
Career--1.243--240th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 NL--2.345--4th
1956 NL--1.826--5th
1957 NL--2.069--8th
1958 NL--1.634--1st
1959 NL--1.181--2nd
1960 NL--1.143--1st
1961 NL--1.091--1st
Career--1.843--59th

Games Played s c a p y
1952 NL--45--7th
Career--626--142nd

Saves s c a p y
1952 NL--7--5th
1953 NL--8--4th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1954 NL--238.0--7th
1955 NL--230.0--8th
1956 NL--256.3--7th
1957 NL--256.7--3rd
1958 NL--275.3--2nd
1959 NL--289.7--2nd
1960 NL--275.7--2nd
1961 NL--272.3--1st
Career--3067.3--121st

Games Started s c a p y
1954 NL--32--7th
1955 NL--33--4th
1956 NL--35--6th
1957 NL--33--4th
1958 NL--36--2nd
1959 NL--39--1st
1961 NL--36--3rd
Career--373--149th

Complete Games s c a p y
1954 NL--13--5th
1955 NL--11--10th
1956 NL--16--5th
1957 NL--14--5th
1958 NL--19--3rd
1959 NL--20--2nd
1960 NL--18--1st
1961 NL--14--3rd
Career--158--204th

Shutouts s c a p y
1954 NL--4--2nd
1955 NL--2--7th
1956 NL--6--1st
1958 NL--3--2nd
1959 NL--4--1st
1960 NL--4--3rd
1961 NL--3--3rd
Career--33--87th

Home Runs s c a p y
1955 NL--25--9th
1957 NL--25--8th
1959 NL--38--1st
1961 NL--31--2nd
1962 NL--26--7th
Career--289--57th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 NL--73--7th

Hits s c a p y
1954 NL--224--9th
1955 NL--253--2nd
1956 NL--234--5th
1957 NL--260--2nd
1958 NL--279--2nd
1959 NL--312--1st
1960 NL--277--1st
1961 NL--295--1st
Career--3186--101st

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1956 NL--2.115--7th
1958 NL--2.260--5th
1959 NL--2.763--4th
1960 NL--2.371--9th
1961 NL--2.788--2nd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 NL--.360--1st
1954 NL--.643--5th
1956 NL--.772--7th
1958 NL--.588--2nd
1960 NL--.620--7th

Losses s c a p y
1954 NL--14--7th
1959 NL--15--5th
Career--144--178th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1955 NL--103--3rd
1957 NL--106--2nd
1959 NL--131--1st
1960 NL--103--6th
1961 NL--121--1st
Career--1246--97th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1953 NL--5--8th
1955 NL--6--6th
1963 NL--8--7th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1954 NL--974--10th
1955 NL--1001--5th
1956 NL--1035--7th
1957 NL--1067--3rd
1958 NL--1122--3rd
1959 NL--1193--2nd
1960 NL--1117--4th
1961 NL--1126--1st
Career--12745--106th

Games Finished s c a p y
1952 NL--22--9th
1953 NL--24--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1953 NL--122--8th
1954 NL--136--5th
1956 NL--128--4th
1958 NL--121--6th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1956 NL--11--8th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1950 AL--0--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 AL--0--1st

Oldest s c a p y
1964 NL--born 1926-11-22--8th
1965 NL--born 1926-11-22--5th
1966 AL--born 1926-11-22--2nd
1967 AL--born 1926-11-22--2nd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 25 (66), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 151 (96), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 84 (132), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 31 (133), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

April 6, 1947: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

August 29, 1951: Traded by the New York Yankees with $50,000 to the Boston Braves for Johnny Sain.

June 15, 1963: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the St. Louis Cardinals for Gene Oliver and Bob Sadowski.

June 2, 1964: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Glen Hobbie.

May 30, 1965: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago Cubs.

October 13, 1965: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 29, 1965: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

September 23, 1967: Released by the California Angels.

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Name and misspellings: Selva Lewis (Jr.) Lew lou Burdette

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