Pete Burnside
Peter Willits Burnside
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 2, 1930 in Evanston, IL
High School: New Trier (Winnetka, IL)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1955
Final Game: September 27, 1963
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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
1955 24 NYG NL 1 0 1.000 2.84 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.2 10 9 4 1 9 0 2 0 0 0 58 144 1.500 7.1 0.7 6.4 1.4 0.22
1957 26 NYG NL 1 4 .200 8.80 10 9 1 1 1 0 30.2 47 30 30 5 13 0 18 1 1 0 150 45 1.957 13.8 1.5 3.8 5.3 1.38
1958 27 SFG NL 0 0 6.75 6 1 3 0 0 0 10.2 20 10 8 3 5 0 4 0 0 0 55 56 2.344 16.9 2.5 4.2 3.4 0.80
1959 28 DET AL 1 3 .250 3.77 30 0 11 0 0 1 62.0 55 31 26 7 25 1 49 2 0 2 264 107 1.290 8.0 1.0 3.6 7.1 1.96
1960 29 DET AL 7 7 .500 4.28 31 15 8 2 0 2 113.2 122 56 54 14 50 1 71 4 2 3 506 93 1.513 9.7 1.1 4.0 5.6 1.42
1961 30 WSA AL 4 9 .308 4.53 33 16 9 4 2 2 113.1 106 66 57 11 51 2 56 3 0 3 492 86 1.385 8.4 0.9 4.1 4.4 1.10
1962 31 WSA AL 5 11 .313 4.45 40 20 7 6 0 2 149.2 152 82 74 20 51 3 74 2 1 1 645 91 1.356 9.1 1.2 3.1 4.4 1.45
1963 32 TOT AL 0 2 .000 6.03 44 1 14 0 0 0 74.2 95 53 50 12 26 1 29 1 2 2 341 62 1.621 11.5 1.4 3.1 3.5 1.12
1963 32 BAL AL 0 1 .000 4.91 6 0 1 0 0 0 7.1 11 4 4 0 2 0 6 1 1 0 35 70 1.773 13.5 0.0 2.5 7.4 3.00
1963 32 WSA AL 0 1 .000 6.15 38 1 13 0 0 0 67.1 84 49 46 12 24 1 23 0 1 2 306 61 1.604 11.2 1.6 3.2 3.1 0.96
8 Seasons 19 36 .345 4.81 196 64 53 14 3 7 567.1 607 337 303 73 230 8 303 13 6 11 2511 82 1.475 9.6 1.2 3.6 4.8 1.32
162 Game Avg. 5 9 .345 4.81 51 17 14 4 1 2 148 159 88 79 19 60 2 79 3 2 3 657 82 1.475 9.6 1.2 3.6 4.8 1.32
SFG (3 yrs) 2 4 .333 7.00 18 12 4 2 1 0 54.0 77 49 42 9 27 0 24 1 1 0 263 56 1.926 12.8 1.5 4.5 4.0 0.89
WSA (3 yrs) 9 21 .300 4.82 111 37 29 10 2 4 330.1 342 197 177 43 126 6 153 5 2 6 1443 82 1.417 9.3 1.2 3.4 4.2 1.21
DET (2 yrs) 8 10 .444 4.10 61 15 19 2 0 3 175.2 177 87 80 21 75 2 120 6 2 5 770 98 1.435 9.1 1.1 3.8 6.1 1.60
BAL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.91 6 0 1 0 0 0 7.1 11 4 4 0 2 0 6 1 1 0 35 70 1.773 13.5 0.0 2.5 7.4 3.00
AL (5 yrs) 17 32 .347 4.58 178 52 49 12 2 7 513.1 530 288 261 64 203 8 279 12 5 11 2248 86 1.428 9.3 1.1 3.6 4.9 1.37
NL (3 yrs) 2 4 .333 7.00 18 12 4 2 1 0 54.0 77 49 42 9 27 0 24 1 1 0 263 56 1.926 12.8 1.5 4.5 4.0 0.89

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
1955 24 NYG NL 2 58 49 9 10 0 1 1 0 0 9 2 .204 .328 .306 .634 .196 15 2 0 0 0 0
1957 26 NYG NL 10 150 133 30 47 4 1 5 1 2 13 18 .353 .415 .511 .926 .382 68 1 1 3 0 0
1958 27 SFG NL 6 55 50 10 20 5 0 3 0 1 5 4 .400 .455 .680 1.135 .395 34 1 0 0 0 0
1959 28 DET AL 30 264 232 31 55 10 2 7 2 1 25 49 .237 .315 .388 .703 .271 90 5 2 4 1 1
1960 29 DET AL 31 507 442 56 122 16 3 14 1 6 50 71 .276 .354 .421 .775 .302 186 6 4 10 1 1
1961 30 WSA AL 33 492 423 66 106 27 3 11 4 4 51 56 .251 .330 .407 .737 .261 172 11 3 7 8 2
1962 31 WSA AL 40 645 577 82 152 28 3 20 0 4 51 74 .263 .322 .426 .748 .269 246 10 2 8 7 3
1963 32 BAL AL 6 36 33 4 11 1 1 0 1 0 2 6 .333 .389 .424 .813 .407 14 0 1 0 0 0
1963 32 TOT AL 44 341 306 53 95 15 5 12 4 0 26 29 .310 .363 .510 .873 .310 156 7 1 5 3 1
1963 32 WSA AL 38 305 273 49 84 14 4 12 3 0 24 23 .308 .360 .520 .880 .299 142 7 0 5 3 1
8 Seasons 196 2512 2212 337 607 105 18 73 12 18 230 303 .274 .343 .437 .781 .288 967 43 13 37 20 8
162 Game Avg. 51 657 579 88 159 27 5 19 3 5 60 79 .274 .343 .437 .781 .288 253 11 3 10 5 2
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
1955 24 NYG NL 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 50% 48 62 33 0 0 0 1 10.7 5.6 6.3
1957 26 NYG NL 10 9 1 3 5 0 0 4 5 .444 0 4 1 1 1 11% 39 82 28 10 4 5 2 5.3 2.1 3.1
1958 27 SFG NL 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 35 35 35 4 3 0 1 6.2 0.0 2.0
1960 29 DET AL 31 15 4 6 5 1 3 5 10 .333 0 4 2 0 7 47% 47 77 23 15 5 5 6 4.2 3.7 5.7
1961 30 WSA AL 33 16 4 8 4 1 3 5 11 .313 1 3 4 2 7 44% 48 86 25 14 7 7 5 3.3 3.4 5.6
1962 31 WSA AL 40 20 5 10 5 1 1 6 14 .300 1 3 6 0 9 45% 46 80 12 14 8 6 8 3.9 3.6 5.7
1963 32 TOT AL 44 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39 39 14 5 1 0 2.0 3.6 4.7
1963 32 WSA AL 38 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39 39 39 10 5 1 0 2.0 3.6 4.7
7 Seasons 160 64 15 28 21 3 7 23 41 .359 2 15 14 3 25 39% 46 86 12 67 32 24 23 4.2 3.5 5.2
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
1957 26 NYG NL 10 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 7 1.191 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 9.0
1958 27 SFG NL 6 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 7 0.530 0 1 4 1 0 4 1 4 3 1 4 0 5.2
1959 28 DET AL 30 30 11 1 3 1 1 0 100% 5 4 22 6 27% 8 0.740 7 4 15 5 1 24 11 19 20 4 21 4 6.2
1960 29 DET AL 31 16 8 3 1 2 2 0 100% 3 1 9 1 11% 8 1.126 7 1 8 3 4 9 5 11 7 4 9 1 5.3
1961 30 WSA AL 33 17 9 0 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 17 2 12% 8 0.972 3 4 9 2 2 13 8 9 8 6 9 2 4.2
1962 31 WSA AL 40 20 7 0 1 4 2 2 50% 5 1 11 4 36% 7 0.994 5 4 11 5 0 15 5 15 12 1 13 1 5.5
1963 32 TOT AL 44 43 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 29 14 48% 0.416 1 11 29 1 2 40 16 27 21 10 23 10 4.9
1963 32 BAL AL 6 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 2 0.917 1 2 3 0 2 4 3 3 2 3 3 1 3.7
1963 32 WSA AL 38 37 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 24 12 50% 8 0.357 0 9 26 1 0 36 13 24 19 7 20 9 5.1
7 Seasons 194 132 53 4 8 11 7 4 64% 18 7 90 29 32% 0.909 23 26 76 18 9 105 46 86 72 26 80 19 5.3

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%
1955 24 NYG NL 58 89% 1.7% 3.5% 15.5% 3.5% 20% 1.45 79% 9 2 22%
1957 26 NYG NL 150 72% 3.3% 12.0% 8.7% 6.7% 21% 1.00 73% 32 1 3%
1958 27 SFG NL 55 71% 5.5% 7.3% 9.1% 14.6% 40% 1.70 78% 13 1 8%
1959 28 DET AL 264 63% 2.7% 18.6% 9.5% 7.2% 35% 1.19 67% 49 5 10%
1960 29 DET AL 507 79% 2.8% 14.0% 9.9% 6.5% 27% 0.96 71% 118 6 5%
1961 30 WSA AL 492 76% 2.2% 11.4% 10.4% 8.3% 39% 0.77 74% 95 11 12%
1962 31 WSA AL 645 70% 3.1% 11.5% 7.9% 7.9% 34% 0.68 76% 103 10 10%
1963 32 TOT AL 341 65% 3.5% 8.5% 7.6% 9.4% 34% 1.01 79% 61 7 11%
1963 32 BAL AL 36 53% 0.0% 16.7% 5.6% 5.6% 18% 0.78 75% 9 0 0%
1963 32 WSA AL 305 66% 3.9% 7.5% 7.9% 9.8% 36% 1.03 79% 52 7 13%
8 Seasons 2512 72% 2.9% 12.1% 9.2% 7.8% 32% 0.88 74% 480 43 9%
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
1955 24 NYG NL 36 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
1957 26 NYG NL 132 47 5 0 0 3 2 5 0 4 3 0 75% 1 0 0 60 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
1958 27 SFG NL 55 20 3 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 25 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 28 DET AL 264 55 7 0 10 4 3 4 3 13 7 2 54% 1 2 0 104 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1960 29 DET AL 507 122 14 0 13 13 1 8 6 25 11 6 44% 4 3 0 204 1 6 14% 1 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 0
1961 30 WSA AL 492 106 11 0 14 9 3 4 8 32 18 3 56% 11 3 0 183 4 4 50% 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 0
1962 31 WSA AL 645 152 20 2 7 16 4 9 11 31 17 3 55% 11 1 3 235 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
1963 32 TOT AL 341 95 12 0 9 10 2 5 7 18 11 0 61% 4 2 1 139 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1963 32 BAL AL 36 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 25% 0 0 0 20 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1963 32 WSA AL 305 84 12 0 9 10 2 5 7 14 10 0 71% 4 2 1 119 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
8 Seasons 2472 607 73 2 53 58 16 38 36 124 67 14 54% 34 11 4 965 12 18 40% 11 16 1 0 0 2 3 0 53 40
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+
1955 24 1 0 1.000 2.84 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.2 10 9 4 1 9 0 2 0 0 0 58 144 1.500 7.1 0.7 6.4 1.4 0.22 144
1956 25 1 0 1.000 2.84 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.2 10 9 4 1 9 0 2 0 0 0 58 144 1.500 7.1 0.7 6.4 1.4 0.22 144
1957 26 2 4 .333 7.06 12 11 1 2 1 0 43.1 57 39 34 6 22 0 20 1 1 0 208 57 1.823 11.8 1.2 4.6 4.2 0.91 57
1958 27 2 4 .333 7.00 18 12 4 2 1 0 54.0 77 49 42 9 27 0 24 1 1 0 263 56 1.926 12.8 1.5 4.5 4.0 0.89 56
1959 28 3 7 .300 5.28 48 12 15 2 1 1 116.0 132 80 68 16 52 1 73 3 1 2 527 76 1.586 10.2 1.2 4.0 5.7 1.40 76
1960 29 10 14 .417 4.78 79 27 23 4 1 3 229.2 254 136 122 30 102 2 144 7 3 5 1033 84 1.550 10.0 1.2 4.0 5.6 1.41 84
1961 30 14 23 .378 4.70 112 43 32 8 3 5 343.0 360 202 179 41 153 4 200 10 3 8 1525 84 1.496 9.4 1.1 4.0 5.2 1.31 84
1962 31 19 34 .358 4.62 152 63 39 14 3 7 492.2 512 284 253 61 204 7 274 12 4 9 2170 86 1.453 9.4 1.1 3.7 5.0 1.34 86
1963 32 19 36 .345 4.81 196 64 53 14 3 7 567.1 607 337 303 73 230 8 303 13 6 11 2511 82 1.475 9.6 1.2 3.6 4.8 1.32 82

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
1955 24 1 0 1.000 2.77 13.0 11 4 4 1 10 2 0 1.615 7.6 6.9 1.4 0.20 0.7 2
1957 26 1 2 .333 9.00 31.0 49 34 31 5 14 18 1 2.032 14.2 4.1 5.2 1.29 1.5 10
1958 27 0 1 .000 7.36 11.0 21 10 9 3 5 4 0 2.364 17.2 4.1 3.3 0.80 2.5 6
1959 28 4 3 .571 3.66 64.0 57 29 26 7 26 51 2 1.297 8.0 3.7 7.2 1.96 1.0 30
1960 29 5 7 .417 4.34 116.0 128 62 56 15 52 72 4 1.552 9.9 4.0 5.6 1.38 1.2 31
1961 30 5 7 .417 4.66 110.0 107 63 57 11 51 54 3 1.436 8.8 4.2 4.4 1.06 0.9 33
1962 31 7 9 .438 4.50 146.0 153 81 73 20 51 72 2 1.397 9.4 3.1 4.4 1.41 1.2 40
1963 32 2 5 .286 6.72 71.0 99 59 53 13 27 28 1 1.775 12.5 3.4 3.5 1.04 1.6 44
8 Seasons 25 34 .424 4.95 562.0 625 342 309 75 236 301 13 1.532 10.0 4.8 1.28 1.2 196

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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