Lew Burdette

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: November 22, 1926 in Nitro, WV us

Died: February 6, 2007 in Winter Garden, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Nitro HS (Nitro, WV)

School: University of Richmond (Richmond, VA)

Debut: September 26, 1950 (Age 23-308d, 10,758th in major league history)
vs. WSH 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 16, 1967 (Age 40-236d)
vs. MIN 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Selva Lewis Burdette

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.6

203

144

ERA

3.66

626

373

3067.1

1074

WHIP

1.243

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Team Record in Appearances: 26-19 / in Starts: 8-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 10

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	51	5	Apr 20	MLN	@	STL	L,4-9			99	2.0	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	9.00	5.59	12												10					0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	52	14	May 4	MLN	@	BRO	W,9-4	1-GF	W(1-0)	13	8.1	9	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.61	3.17	34	13	13	6	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.339	2.52	0.61%	3.92	1b 12- 2 out d1	9b end a 5
3	53	20	May 13	MLN		NYG	W,11-1	3-GF	W(2-0)	8	7.0	4	1	0	5	3	0	0	1.56	3.46	30	7	13	4	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.283	2.91	0.56%	2.55	3t --- 0 out a2	9t end a10
4	54	23	May 16	MLN		PHI	L,0-3	4-GF		2	6.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	1.54	3.15	23	4	8	2	1	5		0	0	0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.111	2.81	0.32%	2.04	4t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
5	55	27	May 23	MLN	@	CHC	W,5-3	7-GF	S(1)	6	3.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.37	3.24	10	4	3	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.64	0.494	8.82	0.99%	2.67	7b 12- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
6	56	34	May 29	MLN	@	STL	L,7-11	4-4		5	0.1	3	5	3	1	0	0	0	2.36	3.34	6	1	1	0	1	3		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	.96	-0.236	4.89	-0.72%	-4.19	4b -23 0 out tie	4b 1-3 1 out d5
7	57	36	May 30(2)	MLN	@	STL	W,6-4	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	3.32	2	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.65	0.331	18.46	1.01%	1.39	9b 123 0 out a3	9b end a 2
8	58	38	May 31(2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,8-6	6-8	H(1)	0	1.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.76	3.38	7	2	1	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.87	-0.002	7.38	-0.01%	0.14	6b 12- 1 out a3	8b 1-3 0 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	59	39	Jun 2	MLN	@	BRO	W,4-3	8-GF	W(3-0)	1	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.59	3.45	8	2	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.17	0.254	11.67	0.82%	1.11	8b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 1
10	60	40	Jun 3	MLN	@	BRO	W,14-9	8-GF	S(3)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.43	3.43	8	2	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.027	1.59	0.10%	1.11	8b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
11	61	43	Jun 6	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.62	3.41	5	1	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.013	.65	-0.04%	-0.46	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
12	62	45	Jun 7(2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-3	7-GF	S(4)	0	3.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.41	3.42	12	8	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.84	0.199	9.87	0.64%	0.62	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
13	63	46	Jun 8	MLN	@	NYG	W,12-8	8-GF	S(5)	0	1.1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.33	3.47	7	3	2	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	.29	0.011	1.47	0.03%	-0.98	8b 12- 2 out a6	9b end a 4
14	64	48	Jun 10	MLN	@	NYG	W,6-5	7-8	W(4-0)	1	1.2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.23	3.51	7	2	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.03	0.052	10.39	0.16%	0.65	7b --- 0 out d2	8b 12- 2 out a1
15	65	52	Jun 13	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-4	7-GF	W(5-0)	2	3.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.08	3.52	11	5	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.39	0.412	11.03	1.14%	1.60	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
16	66	55	Jun 15	MLN	@	PIT	L,2-3			1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.08	3.65	2												0					0
17	67	56	Jun 16(1)	MLN		PHI	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	W(6-0)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.03	3.70	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	0.139	19.93	0.49%	0.51	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
18	68	58	Jun 17	MLN		PHI	W,9-6	7-GF	S(6)	0	2.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.93	3.71	8	3	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.176	5.94	0.59%	1.12	7t --- 2 out a1	9t end a 3
19	69	60	Jun 20	MLN		NYG	W,5-3	8-8	W(7-0)	2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	3.70	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.097	6.93	-0.30%	-0.56	8t 12- 2 out d1	8t 3 out d2
20	70	62	Jun 21(2)	MLN		NYG	T,6-6			0	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.09	3.75	4												3					0
21	71	64	Jun 24	MLN		PIT	L,1-10	6-8		2	2.1	5	6	6	2	1	0	0	3.08	3.78	14	4	2	0	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.059	2.81	-0.18%	-4.43	6t --- 0 out d2	8t --3 1 out d7
22	72	66	Jun 26	MLN		BRO	L,3-4	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.02	3.74	5	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.018	2.35	0.08%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
23	73	68	Jun 28	MLN		BRO	L,1-11	6-8		1	3.0	7	4	4	0	1	0	1	3.52	3.69	17	6	9	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.029	1.13	-0.12%	-2.48	6t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d8
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	74	72	Jul 2	MLN		CIN	L,1-3	8-GF		3	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.56	3.89	7	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.019	2.38	-0.05%	0.01	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
25	75	74	Jul 4(1)	MLN		CIN	L,1-5	7-8		1	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.59	3.84	9	3	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.015	1.21	-0.04%	0.01	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
26	76	79	Jul 8	MLN		CHC	L,3-7	7-GF		3	2.2	5	3	2	1	3	0	0	3.73	3.74	14	3	2	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.057	4.16	-0.15%	-0.57	7t -23 1 out d1	9t end d 4
27	77	81	Jul 11	MLN	@	STL	L,0-5	5-7		2	3.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.84	3.68	13	5	3	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	0	1	0	0	.26	-0.018	1.41	-0.06%	-0.38	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d5
28	78	86	Jul 18	MLN	@	PIT	W,4-3	6-GF	S(7)	6	3.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.65	3.64	12	7	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.51	0.511	11.31	1.38%	1.84	6b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
29	79	91	Jul 22	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.54	3.60	7	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.022	.70	0.06%	1.08	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
30	80	92	Jul 24	MLN	@	BRO	W,11-6	8-GF	S(8)	1	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.60	3.76	6	2	4	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.020	1.20	0.08%	0.37	8b 123 2 out a6	9b end a 5
31	81	95	Jul 26(2)	MLN	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS-7	L(7-1)	1	7.0	7	2	1	2	4	0	0	3.39	3.63	28	12	10	3	1	0	59			1	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.130	5.31	0.46%	1.89	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
32	82	99	Jul 30	MLN		NYG	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-1)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.03	3.59	32	15	10	4	1	5	73			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	0	.81	0.374	2.04	0.56%	4.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	83	105	Aug 3	MLN		BRO	L,0-1	CG(7)	L(8-2)	3	7.0	4	1	1	4	2	0	0	2.90	3.60	29	11	11	3	0	1	63			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.17	0.219	5.61	0.63%	2.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
34	84	106	Aug 5	MLN		BRO	W,5-3	9-GF	S(9)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.87	3.57	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.075	3.51	0.16%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
35	85	110	Aug 8	MLN		PIT	W,7-4	CG	W(9-2)	2	9.0	9	4	3	0	1	0	1	2.88	3.50	36	16	9	2	4	9	56			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	0.099	2.22	0.13%	0.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
36	86	116	Aug 12(2)	MLN		STL	W,5-3	GS-8	W(10-2)	3	8.0	9	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.92	3.54	33	12	9	1	2	9	53			0	0	0	32	3	0	1	1	0	1	1.39	0.060	3.10	0.08%	1.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
37	87	119	Aug 16(1)	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-2	5-GF	W(11-2)	3	5.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.79	3.48	18	5	9	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.394	1.68	0.38%	2.75	5b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 2
38	88	123	Aug 21	MLN		CHC	W,5-4	GS-9	W(12-2)	4	8.2	10	4	4	3	6	0	0	2.89	3.40	38	11	8	0	2	10	51			0	0	0	35	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.30	0.243	1.27	0.14%	0.33	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a1
39	89	128	Aug 25(2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	W(13-2)	3	9.0	12	2	1	0	3	0	0	2.76	3.30	37	17	8	3	0	9	60			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	2	0	2	.84	0.323	.48	0.11%	2.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
40	90	131	Aug 29	MLN	@	NYG	L,1-4	GS-4	L(13-3)	3	4.0	5	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.88	3.36	18	4	6	0	1	5	41			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.120	.41	-0.04%	-0.78	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
41	91	135	Sep 3	MLN	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	W(14-3)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.76	3.27	32	16	10	7	0	0	75			0	0	0	31	1	1	1	2	0	1	.90	0.375	.43	0.11%	4.00	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
42	92	140	Sep 7(1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-6	L(14-4)	3	6.0	7	4	4	2	0	0	1	2.89	3.30	27	10	8	0	0	6	40			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.055	.01	0.00%	-0.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
43	93	144	Sep 11	MLN		BRO	W,9-8	GS-5		3	4.1	8	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.10	3.36	23	9	8	5	0	1	28			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.228	.00	0.00%	-2.74	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out tie
44	94	145	Sep 12	MLN		BRO	L,2-5	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.06	3.38	9	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.23	0.024	.00	0.00%	1.01	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
45	95	148	Sep 15	MLN		PIT	L,5-7	GS-8	L(14-5)	2	7.0	10	6	6	1	4	2	0	3.25	3.47	31	12	4	0	1	10	36			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.180	.00	0.00%	-1.45	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out tie
46	96	153	Sep 22(1)	MLN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	W(15-5)	6	9.0	8	3	2	4	0	0	0	3.19	3.50	40	14	14	5	2	8	57			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	3	1.64	0.422	.00	0.00%	1.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
							26-19		W-L:15-5,Sv:9,Hld:1	2.2	175.0	177	73	62	56	58	7	5	3.19	3.50	740	1.19		11%	4%	122	53	21	19%	4	5	0	670	25	5	7	20	0	12	1.05	5.009	2.81	10.11%	27.45

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