Pete Burnside

Peter Willits Burnside

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 2, 1930 in Evanston, IL
High School: New Trier HS (Winnetka, IL)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1955
Teams (by GP): Senators/Tigers/Giants/Orioles 1955-1963

Final Game: September 27, 1963
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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
1949	18	SFG-min	C																										SCL · NORL
1950	19	SFG-min	C	12	13	13		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							SCL · NORL
1951	20	SFG-min	B,AAA	18	33	33		2	0	0	0						.061	.061	.000	.061		0							KNX,OTT · TRIS,IL
1952	21	SFG-min	AA,AAA	10	16	16		1	0	0	0						.063	.063	.000	.063		0							NVL,MNE · SOUA,AA
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954	23	SFG-min	AA,AAA	25	32	32		4	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250		4							NVL,MNE · SOUA,AA
1955	24	SFG-min	AA	37	103	88	3	8	1	0	0	6	0	0	8	31	.091	.167	.102	.269		9		0	7	0			DAL · TL
1955	24	NYG	NL	2	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	46	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1956	25	SFG-min	AAA	22	42	35	1	2	0	1	0	1	0		4	15	.057	.154	.114	.268		4	0	0	3	0			MNE · AA
1957	26	SFG-min	AAA	21	48	46	4	7	0	0	0	6	0		1	21	.152	.170	.152	.322		7		0	1	0	0		MNE · AA
1957	26	NYG	NL	10	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1958	27	SFG-min	AAA	26	59	58	3	7	0	0	1	4	1		0	15	.121	.121	.172	.293		10	0	0	1	0			PHX · PCL
1958	27	SFG	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1959	28	DET	AL	30	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1960	29	DET	AL	31	34	27	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.148	.207	.148	.355	-3	4	0	0	5	0	0	1
1961	30	WSA	AL	33	38	34	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	15	.059	.086	.059	.145	-59	2	1	0	3	0	0	1
1962	31	WSA	AL	40	42	35	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	19	.057	.108	.057	.165	-54	2	1	0	5	0	0	1
1963	32	TOT	AL	44	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.083	.154	.083	.237	-31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
1963	32	BAL	AL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1963	32	WSA	AL	38	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.091	.167	.091	.258	-25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
1964	33	HAN	Fgn																										HAN · JPCL
1965	34	HAN	Fgn																										HAN · JPCL
8 Yrs				196	156	132	6	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	54	.076	.129	.076	.204	-43	10	3	0	16	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	129	109	5	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	45	.076	.129	.076	.204	-43	8	2	0	13	0	0

SFG (3 yrs)				18	17	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.071	.133	.071	.205	-43	1	0	0	2	0	0
WSA (3 yrs)				111	92	80	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	39	.063	.107	.063	.170	-52	5	3	0	8	0	0
DET (2 yrs)				61	46	37	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	11	.108	.175	.108	.283	-22	4	0	0	6	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				178	139	118	5	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	7	51	.076	.128	.076	.204	-43	9	3	0	14	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				18	17	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.071	.133	.071	.205	-43	1	0	0	2	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	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1955	24	NYG	NL	2	6	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.510	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1957	26	NYG	NL	10	11	-3	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.483	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1
1958	27	SFG	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1959	28	DET	AL	30	12	-3	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
1960	29	DET	AL	31	34	-5	-0	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	-0.0	0	$	1
1961	30	WSA	AL	33	38	-7	0	-0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1
1962	31	WSA	AL	40	42	-8	0	-0	0	5	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.493	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$	1
1963	32	BAL	AL	6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/1
1963	32	WSA	AL	38	12	-2	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
8 Seasons				196	156	-27	0	0	0	18	-9	-1.0	4	-5	-1.0	.495	.499	-1.0	-0.1	-5	$

SFG (3 yrs)				18	17	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.492	.500	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$
WSA (3 yrs)				111	92	-16	0	-1	0	11	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.6	.495	.499	-0.6	-0.1	-3	$
DET (2 yrs)				61	46	-7	-0	0	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$
BAL (1 yr)				6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$

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
1955	24	NYG	NL	6	4	0	0.0	106	.250	.200	.267	.333	.338	.200	.422	.533	.760	46	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.200	.000

1957	26	NYG	NL	11	11	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.269	.000	.332	.000	.416	.000	.748	-100	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.000	.000	.000

1959	28	DET	AL	12	11	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.267	.091	.339	.000	.408	.091	.748	-73	.000	-2.5	-0.2	.100	.100	.000
1960	29	DET	AL	34	28	1	1.0	105	.190	.148	.268	.207	.342	.148	.410	.355	.752	-3	.056	-4.1	-0.4	.261	.074	.000
1961	30	WSA	AL	38	36	0	0.0	99	.105	.059	.257	.086	.331	.059	.400	.145	.730	-59	.000	-7.6	-0.8	.091	.029	.000
1962	31	WSA	AL	42	39	0	0.0	103	.125	.057	.263	.108	.335	.057	.410	.165	.745	-54	.000	-7.8	-0.8	.118	.057	.000
1963	32	TOT	AL	13	12	0	0.0	94	.167	.083	.255	.154	.321	.083	.394	.237	.715	-31	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.167	.083	.000
1963	32	BAL	AL	1	1	0	0.0	91		.000	.251	.000	.316	.000	.387	.000	.703	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1963	32	WSA	AL	12	11	0	0.0	95	.167	.091	.255	.167	.322	.091	.394	.258	.716	-25	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.182	.091	.000
8 Yrs				156	141	1	0.2	101	.128	.076	.263	.129	.335	.076	.407	.204	.741	-43	.003	-27.0	-2.7	.144	.061	.000
162 Game Avg.				129	117	1	0.2	101	.128	.076	.263	.129	.335	.076	.407	.204	.741	-43	.003	-27.0	-2.7	.144	.061	.000

WSA (3 yrs)				92	86	0	0.0	100	.122	.063	.259	.107	.331	.063	.403	.170	.735	-52	.000	-17.2	-1.7	.115	.050	.000
NYG (3 yrs)				17	15	0	0.0	104	.091	.071	.268	.133	.334	.071	.418	.205	.752	-43	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.154	.071	.000
DET (2 yrs)				46	39	1	0.7	104	.154	.108	.268	.175	.342	.108	.410	.283	.751	-22	.032	-6.6	-0.7	.212	.081	.000
BAL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	91		.000	.251	.000	.316	.000	.387	.000	.703	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

AL (5 yrs)				139	126	1	0.2	101	.134	.076	.262	.128	.335	.076	.405	.204	.740	-43	.004	-24.1	-2.4	.143	.059	.000
NL (3 yrs)				17	15	0	0.0	104	.091	.071	.268	.133	.334	.071	.418	.205	.752	-43	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.154	.071	.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%
1955	24	NYG	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	5.0				67%

1957	26	NYG	NL	11	0.0%	18.2%	0.0%	0.0%			4.5			2.50	64%

1959	28	DET	AL	12	0.0%	41.7%	8.3%	0.0%		5.00	2.0				42%
1960	29	DET	AL	34	0.0%	17.7%	5.9%	0.0%	0%	3.00	4.5		27.0	4.50	62%
1961	30	WSA	AL	38	0.0%	39.5%	2.6%	0.0%	0%	15.00	2.3		34.0	18.00	50%
1962	31	WSA	AL	42	0.0%	45.2%	4.8%	0.0%	0%	9.50	1.8			4.00	38%
1963	32	TOT	AL	13	0.0%	46.2%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	6.00	2.0		6.0	5.00	46%
1963	32	BAL	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1963	32	WSA	AL	12	0.0%	41.7%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	5.00	2.2		5.5	5.00	50%
8 Yrs				156	0.0%	34.6%	5.1%	0.0%	0%	6.75	2.4		33.0	5.83	50%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.3%	8.8%	6.6%	29%	1.51	6.7	37.8	8.4	1.02	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1955	24	NYG	NL	-0.4	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.21	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.88	-0.5	0

1957	26	NYG	NL	-2.6	-0.3	9	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.83	-0.2	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.96	-2.2	0
1958	27	SFG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1959	28	DET	AL	-2.5	-0.2	12	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.71	-0.2	0.0	-1.9	-0.2	0.76	-2.5	0
1960	29	DET	AL	-4.1	-0.4	35	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.03	-0.4	0.1	-4.1	-0.4	0.95	-4.8	0
1961	30	WSA	AL	-7.7	-0.8	40	-0.7	0.2	-0.9	.94	-0.6	-0.1	-6.9	-0.7	0.96	-6.5	0
1962	31	WSA	AL	-7.8	-0.8	42	-0.7	0.1	-0.8	.89	-0.7	-0.1	-7.4	-0.7	0.89	-8.1	0
1963	32	TOT	AL	-2.1	-0.2	13	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.62	-0.2	0.4	-0.4	-0.0	1.04	-1.9	0
1963	32	BAL	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.78	-0.0	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.75	-0.3	0
1963	32	WSA	AL	-1.9	-0.2	12	0.2	0.2	-0.1	.53	-0.1	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.98	-1.6	0
8 Yrs				-27.0	-2.7	155	-2.0	0.9	-2.9	.88	-2.4	0.2	-23.4	-2.3	0.93	-26.4	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	24	NYG	NL	0	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1957	26	NYG	NL	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1959	28	DET	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	29	DET	AL	0	0	33%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1961	30	WSA	AL	2	0	33%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1962	31	WSA	AL	1	0	50%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1963	32	TOT	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	32	BAL	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	32	WSA	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				3	0	33%	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	13%	4	2	1	2	2	0	2	2	0

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
1955	24	NYG	NL	6	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1957	26	NYG	NL	11	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	3	0	0%	4	1	25%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1959	28	DET	AL	12	17%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1960	29	DET	AL	34	18%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	56%	8	0	0%	9	2	22%	19	1	5%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	0
1961	30	WSA	AL	38	37%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	6	1	17%	8	2	25%	24	2	8%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1962	31	WSA	AL	42	29%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	10	1	10%	12	2	17%	21	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1963	32	TOT	AL	13	23%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	8	2	25%	0	0		0	0		0
1963	32	BAL	AL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1963	32	WSA	AL	12	25%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	6	2	33%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				156	24%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	22	16	73%	30	3	10%	36	8	22%	82	5	6%	7	1	14%	6	2	33%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			76%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1955	24	2	6	5	1	1	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	46	1	0	0
1956	25	2	6	5	1	1	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	46	1	0	0
1957	26	12	17	14	1	1	0	1	3	.071	.133	.071	.205	-43	1	0	2
1958	27	18	17	14	1	1	0	1	3	.071	.133	.071	.205	-43	1	0	2
1959	28	48	29	24	1	1	0	2	8	.042	.115	.042	.157	-56	1	0	3
1960	29	79	63	51	3	5	1	4	14	.098	.164	.098	.262	-28	5	0	8
1961	30	112	101	85	4	7	2	5	29	.082	.133	.082	.216	-40	7	1	11
1962	31	152	143	120	6	9	2	7	48	.075	.126	.075	.201	-44	9	2	16
1963	32	196	156	132	6	10	4	8	54	.076	.129	.076	.204	-43	10	3	16

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
1955	24	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	2

1957	26	10	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10

1959	28	31	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	30
1960	29	33	36	29	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	.172	.226	.172	.398	1	31
1961	30	33	38	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.000	.029	.000	.029	0	33
1962	31	40	42	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	19	.000	.054	.000	.054	0	40
1963	32	44	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	44
7 Yrs		193	158	134	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	8	54	.037	.092	.037	.129	1	190
162 Game Avg.		162	133	112	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	7	45	.037	.092	.037	.129	1	190

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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