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 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
1948	19	NYY-min	D	9	9	.500	6.00	29						138.0	170	114	92		51								1.601	11.1		3.3			BLK,RRA · VIRL,COPL
1949	20	NYY-min	D	13	6	.684	2.77	26						169.0	128	74	52		88								1.278	6.8		4.7			EAS · ESHL
1950	21	NYY-min	C,B	14	11	.560	3.78	28	23					207.0	197	111	87		80								1.338	8.6		3.5			AMS,NFK · CAML,PIED
1953	24	NYY-min	A	21	10	.677	2.10	31	29					249.0	192	71	58	6	79								1.088	6.9	0.2	2.9			BNG · EL
1954	25	NYY-min	AAA	12	13	.480	4.50	35	30		12	2		200.0	215	116	100	17	51		125	1	1	6			1.330	9.7	0.8	2.3	5.6	2.45	KCY · AA
1955	26	NYY-min	AAA	15	12	.556	4.62	33	30		13	3		220.0	239	125	113	27	74	9	130	0	0	2			1.423	9.8	1.1	3.0	5.3	1.76	DEN · AA
1956	27	NYY-min	AAA	7	6	.538	4.08	20	16		8	1		117.0	134	61	53	12	25	2	78	3	0	1			1.359	10.3	0.9	1.9	6.0	3.12	DEN · AA
1956	27	KCA	AL	6	8	.429	2.89	18	14	4	4	1	0	121.1	115	48	39	13	39	3	54	2	1	3	507	150	1.269	8.5	1.0	2.9	4.0	1.38
1957	28	KCA	AL	7	12	.368	4.30	38	9	13	1	0	1	113.0	115	62	54	8	44	3	57	1	2	1	486	92	1.407	9.2	0.6	3.5	4.5	1.30
1958	29	NYY-min	AAA	0	7	.000	5.95	11	9		3	0		56.0	71	39	37	5	18	7	23	0	0	0			1.589	11.4	0.8	2.9	3.7	1.28	DEN · AA
1958	29	KCA	AL	1	1	.500	3.49	12	4	4	0	0	0	28.1	29	14	11	2	14	0	11	0	0	1	125	114	1.518	9.2	0.6	4.4	3.5	0.79
1959	30	OAK-min	AAA,AA	0	0			3																									POR,SHV · PCL,SOUA
3 Yrs				14	21	.400	3.56	68	27	21	5	1	1	262.2	259	124	104	23	97	6	122	3	3	5	1118	116	1.355	8.9	0.8	3.3	4.2	1.26
162 Game Avg.				10	15	.400	3.56	49	19	15	4	1	1	188	185	89	74	16	69	4	87	2	2	4	800	116	1.355	8.9	0.8	3.3	4.2	1.26

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	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1956	27	KCA	AL	121.0	18	14	48	3.57	4.67	-0.07	107.0	5.07	19	2.1	2.5	0.1	3.1	32	.617	.513	$
1957	28	KCA	AL	113.0	38	9	62	4.94	4.31	-0.04	105.2	4.58	-4	-0.4	1.4	-0.2	0.3	5	.489	.497	$
1958	29	KCA	AL	28.1	12	4	14	4.45	4.20	0.03	107.3	4.48	0	0.0	.2	-0.0	0.2	2	.501	.500	$
3 Seasons				262.1	68	27	124	4.25	4.47	-0.04	106.2	4.79	15	1.7	1.3	-0.1	3.6	39	.525	.503	$

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
1956	27	KCA	AL	18	437	455	48	115	14	4	13	9	8	39	54	.253	.313	.387	.699	.261	176	7	2	7	3	3	8
1957	28	KCA	AL	38	464	432	62	115	18	3	8	2	2	44	57	.266	.331	.377	.709	.287	163	13	1	5	6	3	8
1958	29	KCA	AL	12	120	110	14	29	5	2	2	0	1	14	11	.264	.344	.400	.744	.276	44	2	0	0	1	0	1
3 Yrs				68	1021	997	124	259	37	9	23	11	11	97	122	.260	.324	.384	.708	.274	383	22	3	12	10	6	17
162 Game Avg.				49	731	714	89	185	26	6	16	8	8	69	87	.260	.324	.384	.708	.274	274	16	2	9	7	4	12
MLB Averages																.258	.327	.393	.720	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1956	27	KCA	AL	17.0	1.8	461	0.6	10.2	-9.6	1.29	0.2	0.2	7.7	0.8	1.29	3.4	4	0	0
1957	28	KCA	AL	-5.0	-0.5	497	-0.5	9.6	-10.1	1.17	-0.0	-0.4	-4.2	-0.4	1.15	1.6	10	8	10
1958	29	KCA	AL	0.7	0.1	124	-0.6	1.7	-2.2	.84	-0.2	-0.5	-0.7	-0.1	0.84	-2.2	0	0	6
3 Yrs				12.7	1.3	1082	-0.5	21.5	-22.0	1.18	-0.0	-0.4	2.9	0.3	1.18	2.8	14	8	16

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1956	27	KCA	AL	18	14	4	7	3	0	3	5	9	.357	0	2	4	1	9	64%	53.1	78	18	10	0	6	5	3.7	3.3	7.5
1957	28	KCA	AL	38	9	2	6	1	1	0	2	7	.222	0	1	1	0	1	11%	40.6	64	28	27	15	3	6	3.5	4.0	4.6
1958	29	KCA	AL	12	4	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	.500	1	1	0	0	1	25%	41.2	53	29	5	2	0	4	5.5	6.4	4.4
3 Yrs				68	27	7	14	6	1	3	9	18	.333	1	4	5	1	11	41%	47	78	18	42	17	9	15	3.9	3.9	6.1
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	97	2					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1956	27	KCA	AL	18	4	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	4	4	100%	9	1.291	4	0	0	1	3	0	2	2	3	1	3	0	11.8
1957	28	KCA	AL	38	29	13	5	6	2	1	1	50%	3	1	24	8	33%	7	1.166	10	8	10	5	6	17	14	14	18	7	22	6	7.4
1958	29	KCA	AL	12	8	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0%	8	.842	0	0	6	0	0	7	3	4	4	1	4	1	4.0
3 Yrs				68	41	21	7	7	2	1	1	50%	3	1	32	12	38%		1.181	14	8	16	6	9	24	19	20	25	9	29	7	7.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1956	27	KCA	AL	506	60%	3.0%	12.4%	8.9%	7.1%	27%	0.81	89%	80	7	9%
1957	28	KCA	AL	489	59%	1.7%	12.3%	9.5%	6.3%	25%	1.04	80%	88	13	15%
1958	29	KCA	AL	125	72%	1.7%	9.2%	11.7%	7.5%	31%	0.57	82%	30	2	7%
3 Yrs				1120	61%	2.3%	12.0%	9.5%	6.8%	27%	0.87	84%	198	22	11%
MLB Averages					52%	2.4%	12.9%	9.1%	6.7%	29%	0.99	76%			11%

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
1956	27	KCA	AL	437	115			13	0	7	8	4	7	5	20	9	2	45%	8	3	3	166	9	8	53%	8	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	11	69
1957	28	KCA	AL	464	115			8	0	11	1	7	5	3	24	15	4	63%	8	1	7	177	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	25
1958	29	KCA	AL	120	29			2	0	3	2	0	2	0	5	4	0	80%	1	1	3	50	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
3 Yrs				1021	259			23	0	21	11	11	14	8	49	28	6	57%	17	5	13	393	11	11	50%	10	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	36	99
MLB Averages																		51%							57%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1956	27	6	8	.429	2.89	18	14	4	4	1	0	121.1	115	48	39	13	39	3	54	2	1	3	507	150	1.269	8.5	1.0	2.9	4.0	1.38	150
1957	28	13	20	.394	3.57	56	23	17	5	1	1	234.1	230	110	93	21	83	6	111	3	3	4	993	116	1.336	8.8	0.8	3.2	4.3	1.34	116
1958	29	14	21	.400	3.56	68	27	21	5	1	1	262.2	259	124	104	23	97	6	122	3	3	5	1118	116	1.355	8.9	0.8	3.3	4.2	1.26	116

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1956	27	9	4	.692	2.66	125.0	114	41	37	13	39	56	2	1.224	8.2	2.8	4.0	1.44	0.9	18
1957	28	5	7	.417	4.50	114.0	121	63	57	8	46	58	1	1.465	9.6	3.6	4.6	1.26	0.6	38
1958	29	2	1	.667	3.86	28.0	31	13	12	2	15	11	0	1.643	10.0	4.8	3.5	0.73	0.6	12
3 Yrs		16	12	.571	3.57	267.0	266	117	106	23	100	125	3	1.371	9.0		4.2	1.25	0.8	68

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