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Lew Burdette
Full name Selva Lewis Burdette Born November 22, 1926, Nitro, West Virginia Died February 6, 2007, Winter Garden, Florida Cremated (ashes scattered off Longboat Key Florida) First Game: September 26, 1950 ; Final Game: July 16, 1967 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 180 Grandfather of Nolan Fontana Named World Series Most Valuable Player (1957) Ejections as player: 1954 (2), 1955 (1), 1961 (1). Total: 4 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1950 NY A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1950 NY A
1951 BOS N Daily Splits 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1951 BOS N
1952 BOS N Daily Splits 45 35 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 1 6 0 1 2 0 0 .114 .205 .114 0.0 1952 BOS N
1953 MIL N Daily Splits 46 53 4 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 .170 .170 .170 0.0 1953 MIL N
1954 MIL N Daily Splits 39 79 3 7 1 0 0 4 1 0 14 2 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 .089 .119 .101 0.0 1954 MIL N
1955 MIL N Daily Splits 45 86 10 20 5 0 0 7 3 0 20 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 .233 .258 .291 0.0 1955 MIL N
1956 MIL N Daily Splits 45 86 9 16 1 0 0 8 2 0 16 1 11 2 0 2 1 0 0 .186 .209 .198 0.0 1956 MIL N
1957 MIL N Daily Splits 41 88 11 13 2 0 2 9 3 0 22 1 4 1 0 3 4 0 0 .148 .183 .239 0.0 1957 MIL N
1958 MIL N Daily Splits 47 99 11 24 1 1 3 15 3 0 24 1 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 .242 .272 .364 0.0 1958 MIL N
1959 MIL N Daily Splits 52 104 14 21 7 1 0 8 3 0 36 1 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 .202 .231 .288 0.0 1959 MIL N
1960 MIL N Daily Splits 46 91 11 16 3 0 2 4 7 0 22 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .176 .240 .275 0.0 1960 MIL N
1961 MIL N Daily Splits 42 103 10 21 5 0 3 11 2 0 39 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 .204 .219 .340 0.0 1961 MIL N
1962 MIL N Daily Splits 39 51 6 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .176 .208 .176 0.0 1962 MIL N
1963 MIL N Daily Splits 17 26 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 11 2 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 .038 .138 .115 0.0 1963 MIL N
1963 STL N Daily Splits 21 31 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .097 .097 .129 0.0 1963 STL N
1963 TOT N 38 57 2 4 1 1 0 2 1 0 17 2 7 0 0 4 0 1 0 .070 .117 .123 0.0 1963 TOT N
1964 STL N Daily Splits 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1964 STL N
1964 CHI N Daily Splits 28 43 6 12 0 1 2 4 3 0 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279 .340 .465 0.0 1964 CHI N
1964 TOT N 36 44 6 12 0 1 2 4 3 0 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .333 .455 0.0 1964 TOT N
1965 CHI N Daily Splits 8 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .500 0.0 1965 CHI N
1965 PHI N Daily Splits 19 20 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 0.0 1965 PHI N
1965 TOT N 27 26 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308 .308 .346 0.0 1965 TOT N
1966 CAL A Daily Splits 54 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 0.0 1966 CAL A
1967 CAL A 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1967 CAL A
Total NL (15 Years) 591 1003 101 184 27 4 12 74 32 0 268 12 63 6 0 27 14 2 0 .183 .217 .254 0.0 Total NL
Total AL ( 3 Years) 75 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 0.0 Total AL
Total (18 Years) Splits 666 1011 101 185 27 4 12 75 32 0 271 12 63 6 0 27 14 2 0 .183 .216 .253 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1957 MIL N Daily Splits 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .111 .000 1957 MIL N
1958 MIL N Daily Splits 3 9 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .444 1958 MIL N
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 6 17 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 .111 .235 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1957 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1957 NL
1959 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1959 NL
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
1950 NY A Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.75 - 0.0 1950 NY A
1951 BOS N Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 6 23 0 4 3 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.23 - -0.1 1951 BOS N
1952 BOS N Daily Splits 45 9 5 0 22 7 137 138 579 8 58 55 47 5 47 9 2 2 2 23 3 17 11 6 11 3.61 3.11 0.2 1952 BOS N
1953 MIL N Daily Splits 46 13 6 1 24 9 175 177 741 7 73 63 56 8 58 10 1 5 0 26 5 20 12 15 5 3.24 4.38 1.5 1953 MIL N
1954 MIL N Daily Splits 38 32 13 4 3 0 238 224 974 17 87 73 62 10 79 8 7 1 4 0 32 6 28 15 15 14 2.76 3.50 2.5 1954 MIL N
1955 MIL N Daily Splits 42 33 11 2 4 0 230 253 1001 25 114 103 73 9 70 12 4 3 6 1 27 6 16 16 13 8 4.03 5.24 -0.2 1955 MIL N
1956 MIL N Daily Splits 39 35 16 6 2 1 256.1 234 1035 22 92 77 52 7 110 6 4 2 3 0 32 8 25 15 19 10 2.70 4.91 2.6 1956 MIL N
1957 MIL N Daily Splits 37 33 14 1 3 0 256.2 260 1067 25 117 106 59 8 78 11 11 2 2 0 33 7 30 18 17 9 3.72 5.42 -0.3 1957 MIL N
1958 MIL N Daily Splits 40 36 19 3 2 0 275.1 279 1122 18 102 89 50 7 113 7 5 1 5 0 36 11 39 18 20 10 2.91 4.83 2.9 1958 MIL N
1959 MIL N Daily Splits 41 39 20 4 2 1 289.2 312 1193 38 144 131 38 3 105 4 9 2 1 0 45 7 28 18 21 15 4.07 5.00 -1.2 1959 MIL N
1960 MIL N Daily Splits 45 32 18 4 9 4 275.2 277 1117 19 116 103 35 7 83 12 1 2 5 0 47 11 33 21 19 13 3.36 4.91 1.1 1960 MIL N
1961 MIL N Daily Splits 40 36 14 3 4 0 272.1 295 1126 31 131 121 33 3 92 5 3 1 3 1 46 12 22 16 18 11 4.00 4.81 -0.2 1961 MIL N
1962 MIL N Daily Splits 37 19 6 1 11 2 143.2 172 611 26 85 78 23 6 59 5 3 1 2 1 29 5 13 6 10 9 4.89 4.95 -1.9 1962 MIL N
1963 MIL N Daily Splits 15 13 4 1 2 0 84 71 342 15 40 34 24 4 28 4 1 0 1 0 12 4 7 8 6 5 3.64 4.08 -0.7 1963 MIL N
1963 STL N Daily Splits 21 14 3 0 3 2 98 106 416 6 50 41 16 2 45 5 7 0 7 0 19 1 11 5 3 8 3.77 3.64 -0.6 1963 STL N
1963 TOT N 36 27 7 1 5 2 182 177 758 21 90 75 40 6 73 9 8 0 8 0 31 5 18 13 9 13 3.71 3.85 -1.3 1963 TOT N
1964 STL N Daily Splits 8 0 0 0 2 0 10 10 43 1 3 2 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.80 - 0.2 1964 STL N
1964 CHI N Daily Splits 28 17 8 2 3 0 131 152 549 15 74 71 19 2 40 6 3 0 1 0 27 5 14 5 9 9 4.88 4.35 -1.1 1964 CHI N
1964 TOT N 36 17 8 2 5 0 141 162 592 16 77 73 22 2 43 6 4 1 1 0 27 5 14 6 10 9 4.66 4.35 -0.9 1964 TOT N
1965 CHI N Daily Splits 7 3 0 0 0 0 20.1 26 93 3 17 12 4 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 3 4 0 2 5.31 4.00 -0.3 1965 CHI N
1965 PHI N Daily Splits 19 9 1 1 2 0 70.2 95 319 5 50 43 17 2 23 6 2 1 5 0 16 2 10 5 3 3 5.48 4.22 -1.1 1965 PHI N
1965 TOT N 26 12 1 1 2 0 91 121 412 8 67 55 21 3 28 7 2 1 6 0 22 2 13 9 3 5 5.44 4.17 -1.4 1965 TOT N
1966 CAL A Daily Splits 54 0 0 0 22 5 79.2 80 317 4 32 30 12 2 27 4 1 2 1 2 11 2 14 6 7 2 3.39 - 0.0 1966 CAL A
1967 CAL A Daily Splits 19 0 0 0 8 1 18.1 16 71 4 10 10 0 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 4.91 - -0.2 1967 CAL A
Total NL (15 Years) 551 373 158 33 98 26 2968 3087 12351 281 1357 1205 616 84 1039 112 61 21 54 5 456 93 316 194 195 142 3.65 4.67 3.3 Total NL
Total AL ( 3 Years) 75 0 0 0 30 6 99.1 99 394 8 43 41 12 2 35 5 1 2 2 2 13 2 16 7 8 2 3.71 - -0.2 Total AL
Total (18 Years) Splits 626 373 158 33 128 32 3067.1 3186 12745 289 1400 1246 628 86 1074 117 62 23 56 7 469 95 332 201 203 144 3.66 4.67 3.1 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1957 MIL N Daily Splits 3 3 3 2 0 0 27 21 104 1 2 2 4 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 3 0 0.67 3.33 1957 MIL N
1958 MIL N Daily Splits 3 3 1 0 0 0 22.1 22 93 5 17 14 4 3 12 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 1 2 5.64 5.00 1958 MIL N
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 6 6 4 2 0 0 49.1 43 197 6 19 16 8 4 25 3 1 0 0 0 5 0 5 5 4 2 2.92 4.17 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1957 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 1957 NL
1959 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 14 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.00 - 1959 NL
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 29 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.29 - Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1950 NY A Daily Splits P 2 0 0 1.1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 BOS N Daily Splits P 3 0 0 4.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1952 BOS N Daily Splits P 45 9 5 137 9 29 1 3 0 1 3 4 0 .974
1953 MIL N Daily Splits P 46 13 6 175 11 37 1 6 0 3 4 5 0 .980
1954 MIL N Daily Splits P 38 32 13 238 17 49 4 4 0 0 4 4 0 .943
1955 MIL N Daily Splits P 42 33 11 230 18 47 2 6 0 1 2 5 1 .970
1956 MIL N Daily Splits P 39 35 16 256.1 19 48 1 4 0 0 5 5 0 .985
1957 MIL N Daily Splits P 37 33 14 256.2 22 53 4 3 0 0 6 7 0 .949
1958 MIL N Daily Splits P 40 36 19 275.1 27 53 1 4 0 0 6 6 0 .988
1959 MIL N Daily Splits P 41 39 20 289.2 21 47 1 6 0 0 3 6 0 .986
1960 MIL N Daily Splits P 45 32 18 275.2 31 68 2 6 0 0 6 3 0 .980
1961 MIL N Daily Splits P 40 36 14 272.1 27 60 1 2 0 3 9 7 0 .989
1962 MIL N Daily Splits P 37 19 6 143.2 8 33 2 1 0 1 1 5 0 .953
1963 MIL N Daily Splits P 15 13 4 84.1 7 15 3 2 0 0 2 4 0 .880
1963 STL N Daily Splits P 21 14 3 98.1 4 12 2 1 0 1 6 0 0 .889
1963 TOT N P 36 27 7 182.2 11 27 5 3 0 1 8 4 0 .884
1964 STL N Daily Splits P 8 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 CHI N Daily Splits P 28 17 8 131 10 34 0 3 0 1 4 2 0 1.000
1964 TOT N P 36 17 8 141 10 36 0 3 0 1 4 2 0 1.000
1965 CHI N Daily Splits P 7 3 0 20.1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 PHI N Daily Splits P 19 9 1 70.2 4 14 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1.000
1965 TOT N P 26 12 1 91 6 17 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1.000
1966 CAL A Daily Splits P 54 0 0 79.2 8 11 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 .905
1967 CAL A Daily Splits P 19 0 0 18.1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Total (18 Years) Splits P 626 373 158 3068 245 622 27 55 0 11 68 66 1 .970
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1957 MIL N Daily Splits P 3 3 3 27 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000
1958 MIL N Daily Splits P 3 3 1 22.1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) Splits P 6 6 4 49.1 2 11 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1957 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1959 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total ( 2 Years) Splits P 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Coaching Record
Year Team START END
1972 ATL N 4-15 10- 4
1973 ATL N 4- 6 9-30
Total ( 2 Years)
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
6-10-1954 BOX MIL N Jocko Conlan Call at HP
9- 4-1954 BOX MIL N Bill Stewart Bench jockeying
8- 1-1955 BOX MIL N Lon Warneke Balls and strikes
6- 1-1961 BOX MIL N Bill Jackowski Throwing at batter
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (April 6, 1947 ).
Traded by New York Yankees with $50000 to Boston Braves in exchange for Johnny Sain
(August 29, 1951 ).
Traded by Milwaukee Braves to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Gene Oliver and
Bob Sadowski (June 15, 1963 ).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with a player to be named later to Chicago Cubs in
exchange for Glen Hobbie and a player to be named later (June 2, 1964 ); St. Louis
Cardinals received Bob Will (June 5, 1964 ) and Chicago Cubs received Corky Withrow
(June 5, 1964 ).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies (May 30, 1965 ).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (October 13, 1965 ).
Signed by California Angels (November 29, 1965 ).
Released by California Angels (September 23, 1967 ).
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