Wally Burnette
Wallace Harper Burnette
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: June 20, 1929 in Blairs, VA
High School: Spring Garden (Blairs, VA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1956
Final Game: June 28, 1958
Died: February 12, 2003 in Danville, VA
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Standard Batting

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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
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 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
3 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
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 .735 44 .181 -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 Seasons 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*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 2.50 67%
1958 29 KCA AL 8 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 1.00 6.0 3.00 63%
3 Seasons 89 0.0% 20.2% 3.4% 0.0% 0% 6.00 4.3 77.0 2.67 66%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1956 27 KCA AL 0 0 67% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 28 KCA AL 0 0 11% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 29 KCA AL 1 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1 0 21% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 38 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 7
1957 28 KCA AL 32 3% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 7 1 14% 8 2 25% 15 1 7% 2 1 50% 0 0 4
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 Seasons 78 13% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 9 64% 16 1 6% 16 3 19% 38 1 3% 2 1 50% 0 0 11
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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

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 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1956 27 19 42 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .024 .000 .024 0 18
1957 28 40 34 33 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 .242 .265 .242 .507 2 38
1958 29 13 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 12
3 Seasons 72 83 80 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 3 18 .100 .133 .100 .233 2 68
162 Game Avg. 162 187 180 2 18 0 0 0 2 0 7 41 .100 .133 .100 .233 5 68

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