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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: 24-21 / in Starts: 17-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 40, Entered with runners on base: 8

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 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	334	1	Apr 12	MLN		PIT	W,4-3	9-GF	S(1)	99	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.53	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.98	0.215	11.05	0.36%	0.63	9t -2- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
2	335	3	Apr 16	MLN	@	PHI	W,13-3	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	2.79	4.08	35	12	13	3	0	6	61			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.094	.61	0.15%	1.21	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a10
3	336	5	Apr 20	MLN		CIN	L,5-10	9-9	BS(1)	3	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.38	3.93	6	1	2	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.05	-0.567	9.53	-1.06%	-1.60	9t 12- 0 out a2	9t 3 out d1
4	337	8	Apr 23	MLN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(1-1)	2	8.0	10	5	3	2	4	1	0	3.38	3.92	36	9	11	2	0	10	48			1	0	0	33	0	0	1	1	0	2	1.21	-0.363	3.86	-0.70%	-1.19	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
5	338	11	Apr 27	MLN	@	CIN	W,8-5	7-GF	S(2)	3	3.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.91	3.91	11	5	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.167	3.40	0.26%	1.45	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 3
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
6	339	13	May 1	MLN		PHI	W,5-4	GS-9	W(2-1)	3	8.2	12	4	4	1	4	0	0	3.26	3.35	37	13	8	1	2	11	47			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.18	0.261	3.35	0.44%	-0.30	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a1
7	340	16	May 5	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.2	9	3	3	2	0	2	0	3.32	4.03	30	13	13	3	0	2	47			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.27	0.211	4.37	0.44%	1.51	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a1
8	341	17	May 11	MLN		STL	W,12-8	8-GF	S(3)	5	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.20	3.87	5	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.014	4.84	0.03%	-0.11	8t 1-3 2 out a2	9t end a 4
9	342	20	May 14	MLN		PIT	L,4-6	GS-8		2	8.0	10	4	3	1	2	0	0	3.23	3.63	37	19	7	1	3	8	49			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	3	.83	-0.147	2.91	-0.31%	-0.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
10	343	25	May 21	MLN		CHC	W,4-2	5-GF	W(3-1)	6	4.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	3.53	13	5	6	2	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.395	3.53	0.59%	2.86	5t 1-3 1 out a2	9t end a 2
11	344	29	May 27	MLN	@	CIN	L,5-9	GS-5		5	4.1	6	4	4	3	1	0	0	3.36	3.57	22	4	8	0	1	6	33			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	2	.97	0.022	3.23	0.04%	-0.76	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 1 out a3
12	345	32	May 31	MLN	@	PHI	L,7-12	5-8	L(3-2)	3	3.1	9	7	7	2	2	0	0	4.22	3.55	21	8	2	0	0	7		2	2	0	0	0	18	1	3	1	0	0	0	1.43	-0.430	3.13	-0.56%	-6.58	5b -23 1 out tie	8b --3 2 out d6
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
13	346	36	Jun 4	MLN		CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	3.67	3.43	36	17	10	1	0	7	70			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	2	0	1	.77	0.248	2.14	0.41%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
14	347	41	Jun 9	MLN	@	LAD	W,6-5	GS-6	W(5-2)	4	6.0	8	4	4	1	1	2	1	3.86	3.76	27	11	13	5	0	0	40			0	0	0	25	0	2	0	2	0	1	.80	-0.169	2.34	-0.30%	-0.99	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
15	348	45	Jun 13	MLN	@	SFG	W,12-5	CG	W(6-2)	3	9.0	8	5	5	2	4	2	0	3.98	3.91	36	12	10	0	1	8	53			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.021	3.02	0.05%	-1.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
16	349	48	Jun 15(2)	MLN		CHC	L,5-8	8-8	BS(2)	1	0.1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.96	3.94	4	1	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	-0.468	14.16	-0.95%	-2.91	8t 123 1 out a1	8t 12- 2 out d3
17	350	51	Jun 18	MLN		STL	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-2)	2	9.0	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.58	3.70	34	12	11	0	0	6	78			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.92	0.409	3.06	0.81%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
18	351	57	Jun 22	MLN		SFG	W,7-4	GS-8	W(8-2)	3	7.2	9	4	4	0	4	0	0	3.67	3.53	31	12	8	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	31	4	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.115	2.17	0.30%	-0.73	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
19	352	61	Jun 26	MLN		LAD	L,3-6	GS-3	L(8-3)	3	3.0	6	5	5	1	0	1	0	3.99	3.66	16	6	9	3	0	0	26			0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	1	0	.95	-0.319	3.74	-0.75%	-3.70	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
20	353	65	Jun 30	MLN	@	CHC	L,5-11	GS-6	L(8-4)	3	5.0	12	7	5	1	1	0	0	4.22	3.61	29	10	5	1	0	12	19			1	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.51	-0.520	6.63	-1.37%	-4.06	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d3
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
21	354	66	Jul 1(1)	MLN	@	STL	L,7-8	10-GF(10)		0	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.20	3.63	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.29	-0.183	20.46	-0.52%	0.07	10b 12- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
22	355	70	Jul 4(1)	MLN		PIT	W,7-6	GS-6		2	6.0	8	4	4	0	2	1	1	4.29	3.68	27	11	5	0	0	8	42			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.178	5.75	-0.68%	-1.40	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
23	356	71	Jul 4(2)	MLN		PIT	L,2-7	5-7		-1	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.26	3.63	11	6	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.008	2.23	-0.04%	0.30	5t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d4
24	357	77	Jul 10	MLN		CIN	W,7-1	CG	W(9-4)	5	9.0	8	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.03	3.51	34	14	9	0	0	8	70			1	0	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	1	.72	0.339	2.34	0.66%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
25	358	78	Jul 14	MLN	@	PIT	W,4-0	9-GF	S(4)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.00	3.50	3	2	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.082	6.31	0.26%	1.46	9b 12- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
26	359	81	Jul 17	MLN	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	W(10-4)	2	9.0	11	3	2	0	5	0	0	3.87	3.36	36	19	5	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	2	0	0	.63	0.190	2.83	0.52%	1.21	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
27	360	85	Jul 22	MLN	@	CHC	L,7-8	GS-5	L(10-5)	4	5.0	7	7	7	2	1	1	0	4.17	3.45	24	8	7	3	0	6	24			0	0	0	20	3	0	1	0	0	0	.88	-0.489	4.58	-1.52%	-4.69	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
28	361	90	Jul 27	MLN	@	SFG	L,0-5	GS-6	L(10-6)	4	6.0	7	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.31	3.42	27	14	4	0	0	7	38			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	.66	-0.269	3.99	-0.97%	-2.34	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
29	362	93	Jul 30	MLN	@	LAD	W,8-7	9-GF(11)	W(11-6)	2	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.22	3.40	11	4	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	0.475	13.56	1.55%	1.50	9b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 1
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
30	363	98	Aug 5	MLN		CHC	W,10-2	CG	W(12-6)	5	9.0	7	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.10	3.34	35	20	7	1	0	7	66			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	.45	0.052	1.80	0.13%	1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
31	364	103	Aug 10	MLN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	L(12-7)	4	9.0	8	3	2	0	3	1	0	3.99	3.34	35	17	14	6	0	1	64			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	.99	-0.104	3.04	-0.19%	0.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
32	365	107	Aug 14	MLN		SFG	W,3-0	SHO	W(13-7)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.79	3.29	32	12	13	0	0	4	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.350	1.95	0.53%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
33	366	112	Aug 18	MLN		PHI	W,1-0	SHO	W(14-7)	3	9.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3.60	3.24	27	18	5	0	0	0	90			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.662	2.17	0.82%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	367	116	Aug 23	MLN	@	LAD	W,7-0	SHO	W(15-7)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.44	3.16	33	14	14	6	0	1	77			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.265	1.34	0.44%	4.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
35	368	120	Aug 27	MLN	@	SFG	L,1-3	GS-7	L(15-8)	3	6.1	9	3	3	0	2	2	0	3.46	3.25	26	6	10	0	0	8	45			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.67	-0.057	2.20	-0.11%	-1.23	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out d3
36	369	124	Aug 31(1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG(10)	L(15-9)	3	9.2	7	5	3	1	2	2	0	3.43	3.34	38	18	11	2	0	6	60			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.36	-0.472	3.21	-0.67%	-0.47	1b start tie	10b --- 2 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
37	370	128	Sep 3	MLN	@	CIN	W,10-9	9-GF(12)	W(16-9)	2	4.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.37	3.33	14	6	5	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	0.595	4.73	0.84%	1.93	9b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 1
38	371	132	Sep 6	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS-7		2	7.0	9	2	2	2	3	0	1	3.34	3.32	30	8	7	1	0	9	52			0	0	0	27	2	0	2	2	0	0	.81	0.023	3.41	0.06%	1.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
39	372	137	Sep 11	MLN		LAD	L,0-2	CG	L(16-10)	4	9.0	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	3.25	3.28	32	18	13	6	0	0	72			0	2	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	.79	0.083	1.15	0.07%	1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
40	373	139	Sep 13	MLN	@	STL	L,5-6	9-GF(11)	L(16-11)	1	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.26	3.26	9	2	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.15	-0.082	2.17	-0.05%	-0.42	9b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
41	374	141	Sep 15	MLN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(17-11)	1	9.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	3.18	3.25	29	13	10	0	0	2	83			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.403	1.25	0.36%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
42	375	145	Sep 20	MLN		CIN	L,0-9	GS-6	L(17-12)	4	6.0	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.24	3.25	27	9	8	0	0	7	41			0	0	0	25	3	0	1	0	0	0	.75	-0.158	.59	-0.08%	-1.40	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
43	376	148	Sep 24	MLN		PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(18-12)	3	9.0	11	2	2	0	2	2	0	3.20	3.31	34	15	10	3	2	7	59			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	4	0	0	.89	0.279	.00	0.00%	1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
44	377	151	Sep 28	MLN	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	W(19-12)	3	9.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.19	3.27	33	16	7	0	0	5	66			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	.60	-0.039	.00	0.00%	1.21	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a6
45	378	154	Oct 2	MLN	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG(8)	L(19-13)	3	8.0	15	9	8	1	0	0	0	3.36	3.26	39	8	15	3	1	15	17			0	0	0	38	4	1	0	1	0	1	.76	-0.571	.00	0.00%	-5.19	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
							24-21		W-L:19-13,Sv:4,BSv:2	2.9	275.2	277	116	103	35	83	19	5	3.36	3.26	1117	1.37		8%	1%	213	54	16	56%	6	3	0	1064	47	11	7	33	1	20	.94	0.377	2.84	-0.71%	6.67

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