Bio
- Debut
- 1950
- World Series MVP
- 1957
Bio
- Debut
- 1950
- World Series MVP
- 1957
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 626
- W
- 203
- L
- 144
- ERA
- 3.66
- IP
- 3067.1
- K
- 1,074
- BB
- 628
- WHIP
- 1.24
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NYY | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 |
| 1951 | ATL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 4.1 | 1 | 5 | 2.54 |
| 1952 | ATL | 45 | 6 | 11 | 3.61 | 137.0 | 47 | 47 | 1.35 |
| 1953 | ATL | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3.24 | 175.0 | 58 | 56 | 1.33 |
| 1954 | ATL | 38 | 15 | 14 | 2.76 | 238.0 | 79 | 62 | 1.20 |
| 1955 | ATL | 42 | 13 | 8 | 4.03 | 230.0 | 70 | 73 | 1.42 |
| 1956 | ATL | 39 | 19 | 10 | 2.70 | 256.1 | 110 | 52 | 1.12 |
| 1957 | ATL | 37 | 17 | 9 | 3.72 | 256.2 | 78 | 59 | 1.24 |
| 1958 | ATL | 40 | 20 | 10 | 2.91 | 275.1 | 113 | 50 | 1.19 |
| 1959 | ATL | 41 | 21 | 15 | 4.07 | 289.2 | 105 | 38 | 1.21 |
| 1960 | ATL | 45 | 19 | 13 | 3.36 | 275.2 | 83 | 35 | 1.13 |
| 1961 | ATL | 40 | 18 | 11 | 4.00 | 272.1 | 92 | 33 | 1.20 |
| 1962 | ATL | 37 | 10 | 9 | 4.89 | 143.2 | 59 | 23 | 1.36 |
| 1963 |  ATL/STL | 36 | 9 | 13 | 3.71 | 182.0 | 73 | 40 | 1.19 |
| 1964 |  STL/CHC | 36 | 10 | 9 | 4.66 | 141.0 | 43 | 22 | 1.30 |
| 1965 |  CHC/PHI | 26 | 3 | 5 | 5.44 | 91.0 | 28 | 21 | 1.56 |
| 1966 | LAA | 54 | 7 | 2 | 3.39 | 79.2 | 27 | 12 | 1.15 |
| 1967 | LAA | 19 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 18.1 | 8 | 0 | 0.87 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- W
- 4
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 2.94
- IP
- 49.0
- K
- 25
- BB
- 8
- WHIP
- 1.04
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 158
- SHO
- 33
- K/9
- 3.2
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | ATL | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | ATL | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | ATL | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | ATL | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | ATL | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | ATL | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | ATL | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATL | 0 | 20 | 4 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | ATL | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | ATL | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | ATL | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | ATL/STL | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | STL/CHC | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | CHC/PHI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Lew Burdette's career stats?
Lew Burdette played 18 seasons for the Yankees, the Braves and the Angels. He had 203 wins and 1,074 strikeouts with a 3.66 ERA over 3,067.1 innings. His best season was 1959: 21 wins, a 4.07 ERA and 105 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
18 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1950 to 1967
Championships ×3
- 1950 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1957 World Series with the Atlanta Braves
- 1964 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
Awards
All-time career rank
- 107th in wins (pitching) (203)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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