Ken Raffensberger vs Lew Burdette

Ken Raffensberger Lew Burdette

Ken Raffensberger and Lew Burdette compared on their MLB careers: Ken Raffensberger played 15 seasons, 1939 to 1954, Lew Burdette 18 seasons, 1950 to 1967. Ken Raffensberger has 119 wins to Lew Burdette's 203. Lew Burdette won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Ken Raffensberger and Lew Burdette career totals

396	GP	626
119	W	203
154	L	144
3.6	ERA	3.7
2151.2	IP	3067.1
806	K	1,074
449	BB	628
1.3	WHIP	1.2
16	SV	31

Where each stands all time

Ken Raffensberger and Lew Burdette all-time places
Ken Raffensberger	All-time rank	Lew Burdette
—	Wins (pitching)	107th (203)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Ken Raffensberger: 0 championships; none on file
Lew Burdette: 3 championships; World Series MVP

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Ken Raffensberger and Lew Burdette season by season

1st	1939	0	0	0.00	1950	0	0	6.75
2nd	1940	7	9	3.38	1951	0	0	6.23
3rd	1941	0	1	4.50	1952	6	11	3.61
4th	1943	0	1	1.13	1953	15	5	3.24
5th	1944	13	20	3.06	1954	15	14	2.76
6th	1945	0	3	4.44	1955	13	8	4.03
7th	1946	8	15	3.63	1956	19	10	2.70
8th	1947	8	11	4.51	1957	17	9	3.72
9th	1948	11	12	3.84	1958	20	10	2.91
10th	1949	18	17	3.39	1959	21	15	4.07
11th	1950	14	19	4.26	1960	19	13	3.36
12th	1951	16	17	3.44	1961	18	11	4.00
13th	1952	17	13	2.81	1962	10	9	4.89
14th	1953	7	14	3.93	1963	9	13	3.71
15th	1954	0	2	7.84	1964	10	9	4.66
16th	—	—	—	—	1965	3	5	5.44
17th	—	—	—	—	1966	7	2	3.39
18th	—	—	—	—	1967	1	0	4.91

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA