Lew Burdette Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac

Lew Burdette Stats

Lew Burdette was born on Monday, November 22, 1926, in Nitro, West Virginia. Burdette was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 26, 1950, with the New York Yankees. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Lew Burdette baseball stats page.

"I make my living off the hungriness of the hitter." - Lew Burdette (1961)

Lew Burdette

Lew Burdette Autograph on a 1993 Topps Archive (#310)

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Birth Name:	Selva Lewis Burdette, Jr.
Nickname:	Bird Cage or Lew or Lou
Born On:	11-22-1926
Born In:	Nitro, West Virginia
Zodiac:	Scorpio
Died On:	02-06-2007
Died In:	Winter Garden, Florida
Cemetery:	Unknown

College:	University of Richmond
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-02
Weight:	190
First Game:	09-26-1950 (Age 23)
Last Game:	07-16-1967
Draft:	Not Applicable

Lew Burdette Lew Burdette Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1950	Yankees	2	0	0	0	0	.000	6.75	0	0	0	1.1	6	3	1	1	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	-
1951	Braves	3	0	0	0	0	.000	6.23	0	0	0	4.1	23	6	3	4	0	5	-	1	1	1	0	-
1952	Braves	45	9	22	6	11	.353	3.61	5	0	7	137.0	579	138	55	58	8	47	-	47	2	2	2	-
1953	Braves	46	13	24	15	5	.750	3.24	6	1	8	175.0	741	177	63	73	7	56	-	58	1	5	0	-
1954	Braves	38	32	3	15	14	.517	2.76	13	4	0	238.0	974	224	73	87	17	62	0	79	1	4	0	-
1955	Braves	42	33	4	13	8	.619	4.03	11	2	0	230.0	1,001	253	103	114	25	73	9	70	3	6	1	-
1956	Braves	39	35	2	19	10	.655	2.70	16	6	1	256.1	1,035	234	77	92	22	52	7	110	2	3	0	-
1957	Braves	37	33	3	17	9	.654	3.72	14	1	0	256.2	1,067	260	106	117	25	59	8	78	2	2	0	-
1958	Braves	40	36	2	20	10	.667	2.91	19	3	0	275.1	1,122	279	89	102	18	50	7	113	1	5	0	-
1959	Braves	41	39	2	21	15	.583	4.07	20	4	1	289.2	1,193	312	131	144	38	38	3	105	2	1	0	-
1960	Braves	45	32	9	19	13	.594	3.36	18	4	4	275.2	1,117	277	103	116	19	35	7	83	2	5	0	-
1961	Braves	40	36	4	18	11	.621	4.00	14	3	0	272.1	1,126	295	121	131	31	33	3	92	1	3	1	-
1962	Braves	37	19	11	10	9	.526	4.89	6	1	2	143.2	611	172	78	85	26	23	6	59	1	2	1	-
1963	Braves	15	13	2	6	5	.545	3.64	4	1	0	84.0	342	71	34	40	15	24	4	28	0	1	0	-
1963	Cardinals	21	14	3	3	8	.273	3.77	3	0	2	98.0	416	106	41	50	6	16	2	45	0	7	0	-
1964	Cardinals	8	0	2	1	0	1.000	1.80	0	0	0	10.0	43	10	2	3	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	-
1964	Cubs	28	17	3	9	9	.500	4.88	8	2	0	131.0	549	152	71	74	15	19	2	40	0	1	0	-
1965	Cubs	7	3	0	0	2	.000	5.31	0	0	0	20.1	93	26	12	17	3	4	1	5	0	1	0	-
1965	Phillies	19	9	2	3	3	.500	5.48	1	1	0	70.2	319	95	43	50	5	17	2	23	1	5	0	-
1966	Angels	54	0	22	7	2	.778	3.39	0	0	5	79.2	317	80	30	32	4	12	2	27	2	1	2	-
1967	Angels	19	0	8	1	0	1.000	4.91	0	0	1	18.1	71	16	10	10	4	0	0	8	0	1	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
18 Years		626	373	128	203	144	.585	3.66	158	33	31	3,067.1	12,745	3,186	1,246	1,400	289	628	63	1,074	23	56	7	-

Lew Burdette Lew Burdette Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1950	Yankees	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1951	Braves	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1952	Braves	45	35	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	-	8	6	-	1	2	.114	.205	.114
1953	Braves	46	53	4	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	-	13	5	-	0	0	.170	.170	.170
1954	Braves	39	79	3	7	1	0	0	0	4	1	-	14	5	2	2	0	.089	.119	.101
1955	Braves	45	86	10	20	5	0	0	0	7	3	0	20	3	0	0	0	.233	.258	.291
1956	Braves	45	86	9	16	1	0	0	0	8	2	0	16	11	2	1	1	.186	.209	.198
1957	Braves	41	88	11	13	2	0	2	0	9	3	0	22	4	1	1	4	.148	.183	.239
1958	Braves	47	99	11	24	1	1	3	1	15	3	0	24	5	0	1	4	.242	.272	.364
1959	Braves	52	104	14	21	7	1	0	0	8	3	0	36	5	0	1	0	.202	.231	.288
1960	Braves	46	91	11	16	3	0	2	0	4	7	0	22	2	1	1	2	.176	.240	.275
1961	Braves	42	103	10	21	5	0	3	0	11	2	0	39	3	0	0	0	.204	.219	.340
1962	Braves	39	51	6	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	17	2	0	1	1	.176	.208	.176
1963	Braves	17	26	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	11	4	0	2	0	.038	.138	.115
1963	Cardinals	21	31	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	.097	.097	.129
1964	Cardinals	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1964	Cubs	28	43	6	12	0	1	2	0	4	3	0	12	3	0	1	0	.279	.340	.465
1965	Cubs	8	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500
1965	Phillies	19	20	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300
1966	Angels	54	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125
1967	Angels	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
18 Years		666	1,011	101	185	27	4	12	1	75	32	0	271	63	6	12	14	.183	.216	.253

Lew Burdette Lew Burdette Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1950 Yankees	P	2	0	4	1	0.5	1	0	1	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	6.75	-
1951 Braves	P	3	0	13	1	0.3	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.08	-
1952 Braves	P	45	9	411	39	0.9	38	9	29	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	2.50	-
1953 Braves	P	46	13	525	49	1.1	48	11	37	1	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	2.47	-
1954 Braves	P	38	32	714	70	1.8	66	17	49	4	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.943	2.50	-
1955 Braves	P	42	33	690	67	1.6	65	18	47	2	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	2.54	-
1956 Braves	P	39	35	769	68	1.7	67	19	48	1	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	2.35	-
1957 Braves	P	37	33	770	79	2.1	75	22	53	4	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.949	2.63	-
1958 Braves	P	40	36	826	81	2.0	80	27	53	1	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.988	2.62	-
1959 Braves	P	41	39	869	69	1.7	68	21	47	1	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	2.11	-
1960 Braves	P	45	32	827	101	2.2	99	31	68	2	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	3.23	-
1961 Braves	P	40	36	817	88	2.2	87	27	60	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.989	2.88	-
1962 Braves	P	37	19	431	43	1.2	41	8	33	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.953	2.57	-
1963 Braves	P	15	13	252	25	1.7	22	7	15	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.880	2.36	-
1963 Cardinals	P	21	14	294	18	0.9	16	4	12	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.889	1.47	-
1964 Cardinals	P	8	0	30	2	0.3	2	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.80	-
1964 Cubs	P	28	17	393	44	1.6	44	10	34	0	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.02	-
1965 Cubs	P	7	3	61	5	0.7	5	2	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.21	-
1965 Phillies	P	19	9	212	18	0.9	18	4	14	0	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.29	-
1966 Angels	P	54	0	239	21	0.4	19	8	11	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.905	2.15	-
1967 Angels	P	19	0	55	5	0.3	5	0	5	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.45	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		626	373	9,202	894	1.4	867	245	622	27	55	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	2.54	--
18 Years		626	373	9,202	894	1.4	867	245	622	27	55	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	2.54	--

Lew Burdette Lew Burdette Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1950 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00
1951 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.20	2.08	10.39
1952 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.4	0.0	1.00	3.09	3.09
1953 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.1	53.0	1.04	2.98	2.88
1954 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	5.6	19.8	1.27	2.99	2.34
1955 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.3	12.3	0.96	2.74	2.86
1956 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	5.4	10.8	2.12	3.86	1.83
1957 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	44.0	4.0	9.8	1.32	2.74	2.07
1958 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	33.0	4.1	6.6	2.26	3.69	1.63
1959 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.9	13.0	2.76	3.26	1.18
1960 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	45.5	4.1	22.8	2.37	2.71	1.14
1961 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	34.3	2.6	9.4	2.79	3.04	1.09
1962 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.0	51.0	2.57	3.70	1.44
1963 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.4	26.0	1.17	3.00	2.57
1963 Cardinals	1	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	5.2	31.0	2.81	4.13	1.47
1964 Cardinals	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.00	2.70	2.70
1964 Cubs	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	21.5	3.6	10.8	2.11	2.75	1.31
1965 Cubs	1	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	6.0	0.0	1.25	2.21	1.77
1965 Phillies	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.9	0.0	1.35	2.93	2.17
1966 Angels	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.7	8.0	2.25	3.05	1.36
1967 Angels	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	3.93	0.00
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
18 Years	2	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	84.3	3.7	13.5	1.71	3.15	1.84

Lew Burdette Lew Burdette Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1950 New York Yankees	27	Undetermined	-	-
1951 Boston Braves	33	Undetermined	-	-
1952 Boston Braves	33	Undetermined	-	-
1953 Milwaukee Braves	33	Undetermined	-	-
1954 Milwaukee Braves	33	Undetermined	-	-
1955 Milwaukee Braves	33	Undetermined	-	-
1956 Milwaukee Braves	33	Undetermined	-	-
1957 Milwaukee Braves	33	$27,500.00	Stats	Stats
1958 Milwaukee Braves	33	Undetermined	-	Stats
1959 Milwaukee Braves	33	Undetermined	Stats	-
1960 Milwaukee Braves	33	Undetermined	-	-
1961 Milwaukee Braves	33	Undetermined	-	-
1962 Milwaukee Braves	33	Undetermined	-	-
1963 Milwaukee Braves	33	Undetermined	-	-
1963 St. Louis Cardinals	33	Undetermined	-	-
1964 St. Louis Cardinals	33	Undetermined	-	-
1964 Chicago Cubs	33	Undetermined	-	-
1965 Chicago Cubs	33	Undetermined	-	-
1965 Philadelphia Phillies	30	Undetermined	-	-
1966 California Angels	32	Undetermined	-	-
1967 California Angels	32	Undetermined	-	-
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