Lew Burdette was a pitcher in MLB history. Across 626 career appearances, with a 3.66 ERA and 1074 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, and career profile.
Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 |
| 1951 | BSN | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2.54 |
| 1952 | BSN | 6 | 11 | 3.61 | 45 | 9 | 7 | 137.0 | 138 | 55 | 47 | 47 | 1.35 |
| 1953 | ML1 | 15 | 5 | 3.24 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 175.0 | 177 | 63 | 56 | 58 | 1.33 |
| 1954 | ML1 | 15 | 14 | 2.76 | 38 | 32 | 0 | 238.0 | 224 | 73 | 62 | 79 | 1.20 |
| 1955 | ML1 | 13 | 8 | 4.03 | 42 | 33 | 0 | 230.0 | 253 | 103 | 73 | 70 | 1.42 |
| 1956 | ML1 | 19 | 10 | 2.70 | 39 | 35 | 1 | 256.1 | 234 | 77 | 52 | 110 | 1.12 |
| 1957 | ML1 | 17 | 9 | 3.72 | 37 | 33 | 0 | 256.2 | 260 | 106 | 59 | 78 | 1.24 |
| 1958 | ML1 | 20 | 10 | 2.91 | 40 | 36 | 0 | 275.1 | 279 | 89 | 50 | 113 | 1.19 |
| 1959 | ML1 | 21 | 15 | 4.07 | 41 | 39 | 1 | 289.2 | 312 | 131 | 38 | 105 | 1.21 |
| 1960 | ML1 | 19 | 13 | 3.36 | 45 | 32 | 4 | 275.2 | 277 | 103 | 35 | 83 | 1.13 |
| 1961 | ML1 | 18 | 11 | 4.00 | 40 | 36 | 0 | 272.1 | 295 | 121 | 33 | 92 | 1.20 |
| 1962 | ML1 | 10 | 9 | 4.89 | 37 | 19 | 2 | 143.2 | 172 | 78 | 23 | 59 | 1.36 |
| 1963 | ML1 | 6 | 5 | 3.64 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 84.0 | 71 | 34 | 24 | 28 | 1.13 |
| 1963 | STL | 3 | 8 | 3.77 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 98.0 | 106 | 41 | 16 | 45 | 1.24 |
| 1964 | CHC | 9 | 9 | 4.88 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 131.0 | 152 | 71 | 19 | 40 | 1.31 |
| 1964 | STL | 1 | 0 | 1.80 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1.30 |
| 1965 | CHC | 0 | 2 | 5.31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20.1 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1.48 |
| 1965 | PHI | 3 | 3 | 5.48 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 70.2 | 95 | 43 | 17 | 23 | 1.58 |
| 1966 | CAL | 7 | 2 | 3.39 | 54 | 0 | 5 | 79.2 | 80 | 30 | 12 | 27 | 1.15 |
| 1967 | CAL | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 18.1 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0.87 |
| Career Totals | — | 203 | 144 | 3.66 | 626 | 373 | 31 | 3067.1 | 3186 | 1246 | 628 | 1074 | 1.24 |
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NYY | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | BSN | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1952 | BSN | 45 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .114 | .205 | .114 | .319 |
| 1953 | ML1 | 46 | 53 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .170 | .170 | .170 | .340 |
| 1954 | ML1 | 39 | 79 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .089 | .119 | .101 | .220 |
| 1955 | ML1 | 45 | 86 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .233 | .258 | .291 | .549 |
| 1956 | ML1 | 45 | 86 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .186 | .209 | .198 | .406 |
| 1957 | ML1 | 41 | 88 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .148 | .183 | .239 | .421 |
| 1958 | ML1 | 47 | 99 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .242 | .272 | .364 | .635 |
| 1959 | ML1 | 52 | 104 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 36 | .202 | .231 | .288 | .520 |
| 1960 | ML1 | 46 | 91 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .176 | .240 | .275 | .515 |
| 1961 | ML1 | 42 | 103 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 39 | .204 | .219 | .340 | .559 |
| 1962 | ML1 | 39 | 51 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .176 | .208 | .176 | .384 |
| 1963 | ML1 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .038 | .138 | .115 | .253 |
| 1963 | STL | 21 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .097 | .097 | .129 | .226 |
| 1964 | CHC | 28 | 43 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .279 | .340 | .465 | .806 |
| 1964 | STL | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1965 | CHC | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .833 |
| 1965 | PHI | 19 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 |
| 1966 | CAL | 54 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 |
| 1967 | CAL | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals | — | 666 | 1011 | 101 | 185 | 27 | 4 | 12 | 75 | 2 | 32 | 271 | .183 | .216 | .253 | .469 |
1957, 1959, 1959