Wally Burnette

Wallace Harper Burnette

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: June 20, 1929 in Blairs, VA
High School: Spring Garden HS (Blairs, VA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1956
Team: Athletics 1956-1958

Final Game: June 28, 1958
Died: February 12, 2003 in Danville, VA
Buried: Highland Burial Park, Danville, VA
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Standard Batting

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
1948	19	NYY-min	D	18	40	40		9	1	0	0						.225	.225	.250	.475		10							BLK,RRA · VIRL,COPL
1949	20	NYY-min	D	26	54	54		10	1	0	0						.185	.185	.204	.389		11							EAS · ESHL
1950	21	NYY-min	C,B	26	74	74		15	2	0	0						.203	.203	.230	.432		17							AMS,NFK · CAML,PIED
1953	24	NYY-min	A	31	84	84		14	2	0	0						.167	.167	.190	.357		16							BNG · EL
1954	25	NYY-min	AAA	35	76	68	4	9	1	0	0	3	0		3	21	.132	.169	.147	.316		10	2	0	5	0			KCY · AA
1955	26	NYY-min	AAA	33	93	84	6	14	1	2	1	8	0		5	20	.167	.213	.262	.475		22	2	0	4	0			DEN · AA
1956	27	NYY-min	AAA	20	47	42	4	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	17	.095	.136	.095	.232		4	1	2	3	0			DEN · AA
1956	27	KCA	AL	18	45	39	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.051	.075	.051	.126	-66	2	0	0	5	0	0	1
1957	28	KCA	AL	38	36	32	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.250	.273	.250	.523	44	8	1	0	3	0	0	1
1958	29	NYY-min	AAA	12	22	19	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	8	.105	.150	.105	.255		2		0	2	0	0		DEN · AA
1958	29	KCA	AL	12	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1959	30	OAK-min	AA,AAA	3	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							SHV,POR · SOUA,PCL
3 Yrs				68	89	77	3	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	18	.143	.175	.143	.318	-14	11	1	0	9	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	212	183	7	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	43	.143	.175	.143	.318	-14	26	2	0	21	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rdp	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1956	27	KCA	AL	18	45	-11	0	5	-6	-0.6	1	-4	-0.6	.467	.496	-0.6	0.0	-4	$	1
1957	28	KCA	AL	38	36	-3	-0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	-0.0	2	$	1
1958	29	KCA	AL	12	8	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.509	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
3 Seasons				68	89	-14	0	10	-4	-0.4	2	-1	-0.4	.495	.499	-0.4	0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1956	27	KCA	AL	45	42	0	0.0	106	.067	.051	.267	.075	.349	.051	.408	.126	.757	-66	.000	-9.6	-1.0	.081	.026	.000
1957	28	KCA	AL	36	28	2	1.9	100	.333	.250	.264	.273	.337	.250	.399	.523	.736	44	.183	-2.6	-0.3	.360	.031	.000
1958	29	KCA	AL	8	6	0	0.0	100	.200	.167	.264	.286	.333	.167	.401	.452	.734	27	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.167	.000
3 Yrs				89	76	2	0.7	103	.186	.143	.266	.175	.343	.143	.404	.318	.746	-14	.032	-12.8	-1.3	.209	.039	.000
162 Game Avg.				212	181	5	0.7	103	.186	.143	.266	.175	.343	.143	.404	.318	.746	-14	.032	-12.8	-1.3	.209	.039	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1956	27	KCA	AL	45	0.0%	20.0%	2.2%	0.0%	0%	9.00	4.3			2.75	67%
1957	28	KCA	AL	36	0.0%	22.2%	2.8%	0.0%	0%	8.00	4.0		32.0	2.00	67%
1958	29	KCA	AL	8	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	1.00	6.0			3.00	63%
3 Yrs				89	0.0%	20.2%	3.4%	0.0%	0%	6.00	4.3		77.0	2.41	66%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.5%	8.9%	6.6%	29%	1.41	7.1	37.5	8.3	0.99	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1956	27	KCA	AL	-9.6	-1.0	38	-1.0	0.0	-1.0	1.13	-0.9	0.0	-8.4	-0.8	0.86	-9.9
1957	28	KCA	AL	-2.6	-0.3	36	-0.5	0.3	-0.7	.97	-0.5	0.0	-4.9	-0.5	0.93	-5.2
1958	29	KCA	AL	-0.6	-0.1	8	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.49	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.69	-0.2
3 Yrs				-12.8	-1.3	82	-1.4	0.3	-1.8	1.00	-1.4	-0.1	-13.4	-1.3	0.87	-15.3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2
1956	27	KCA	AL	0	67%	2		0	0
1957	28	KCA	AL	0	11%	10	0%	1	1
1958	29	KCA	AL	1	0%	4		0	0
3 Yrs				1	21%	16	0%	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1956	27	KCA	AL	45	24%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	7	0	0%	7	1	14%	20	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	28	KCA	AL	36	3%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	50%	8	1	13%	9	2	22%	18	1	6%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
1958	29	KCA	AL	8	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				89	12%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	9	64%	17	1	6%	17	3	18%	41	1	2%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			76%			11%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1956	27	18	45	39	2	2	0	1	9	.051	.075	.051	.126	-66	2	0	5
1957	28	56	81	71	3	10	1	2	17	.141	.164	.141	.305	-17	10	1	8
1958	29	68	89	77	3	11	1	3	18	.143	.175	.143	.318	-14	11	1	9

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1956	27	19	47	41	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.024	.000	.024	0	18
1957	28	40	37	33	1	8	1	1	8	.242	.265	.242	.507	2	38
1958	29	13	8	6	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	12
3 Yrs		72	92	80	1	8	1	3	18	.100	.133	.100	.233	2	68
162 Game Avg.		162	207	180	2	18	2	7	41	.100	.133	.100	.233	5	68

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