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 Pitching

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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
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 KCA AL 1 1 .500 3.49 12 4 4 0 0 0 28.1 29 14 11 2 14 0 11 0 0 1 125 112 1.518 9.2 0.6 4.4 3.5 0.79
3 Seasons 14 21 .400 3.56 68 27 21 5 1 1 262.2 259 124 104 23 97 6 122 3 3 5 1118 115 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 4 800 115 1.355 8.9 0.8 3.3 4.2 1.26

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1956 27 KCA AL 18 504 453 48 115 14 4 13 9 8 39 54 .254 .314 .389 .702 .262 176 7 2 7 3 3
1957 28 KCA AL 38 488 432 62 115 16 3 8 2 2 44 57 .266 .331 .373 .704 .287 161 13 1 5 6 3
1958 29 KCA AL 12 125 110 14 29 5 2 2 0 1 14 11 .264 .344 .400 .744 .276 44 2 0 0 1 0
3 Seasons 68 1117 995 124 259 35 9 23 11 11 97 122 .260 .325 .383 .708 .274 381 22 3 12 10 6
162 Game Avg. 49 800 712 89 185 25 6 16 8 8 69 87 .260 .325 .383 .708 .274 273 16 2 9 7 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1956 27 KCA AL 18 14 4 7 3 0 3 5 9 .357 0 2 4 1 9 64% 53 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% 41 64 28 27 15 3 6 3.5 3.3 4.6
1958 29 KCA AL 12 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 1 1 0 0 1 25% 41 53 29 5 2 0 4 5.5 6.4 4.4
3 Seasons 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 3.7 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1956 27 KCA AL 18 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 9 1.293 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 1.198 10 9 9 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 0.842 0 0 7 0 0 7 3 4 4 1 4 1 4.0
3 Seasons 68 41 21 7 7 2 1 1 50% 3 1 32 12 38% 1.197 14 9 16 6 9 24 19 20 25 9 29 7 7.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1956 27 KCA AL 504 41% 2.6% 10.7% 7.7% 6.2% 27% 0.81 77% 80 7 9%
1957 28 KCA AL 489 40% 1.6% 11.7% 9.0% 5.5% 24% 1.04 76% 83 13 16%
1958 29 KCA AL 125 28% 1.6% 8.8% 11.2% 7.2% 31% 0.57 78% 30 2 7%
3 Seasons 1118 39% 2.1% 10.9% 8.7% 6.0% 26% 0.87 77% 193 22 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 67
1957 28 KCA AL 447 115 8 0 11 1 7 5 3 24 15 4 63% 8 1 6 167 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 42
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 Seasons 1004 259 23 0 21 11 11 14 8 49 28 6 57% 17 5 12 383 11 11 50% 10 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 35 114
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 115 1.355 8.9 0.8 3.3 4.2 1.26 115

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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 2.66 125.0 115 41 37 13 39 56 2 1.232 8.3 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 Seasons 16 12 .571 3.57 267.0 267 117 106 23 100 125 3 1.375 9.0 4.2 1.25 0.8 68

* 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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