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Historical player · 1950–1967

Lew Burdette

B/T R/R · HT 74 · WT 180 · Born 11/22/1926 · From Nitro, WV USA · Debut 1950-09-26 · Final 1967-07-16

Career · batting

666

1,011

185

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.183 · 0.469

Career · pitching

626

373

3,067.3

W-L

203-144

1,074

ERA

3.66

WHIP

1.24

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Milwaukee Braves · 1951–1963

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#258 on the Braves

↑ 1 T. Brown

↓ 1 C. Tanner

Hits

161

#311 on the Braves

↑ 1 L. Kopf

↓ 1 P. Smith

RBI

#312 on the Braves

↑ 1 R. Belliard

↓ 1 V. Willis

Runs

#285 on the Braves

↑ 1 J. Manning

↓ 1 E. Fitzpatrick

#445 on the Braves

↑ 1 H. Blanco

↓ 1 C. Daily

Career with the Chicago Cubs · 1964–1965

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#581 on the Cubs

↑ 1 E. Allen

↓ 1 D. Zwilling

Hits

#981 on the Cubs

↑ 1 J. Bere

↓ 1 J. Young

RBI

#1,053 on the Cubs

↑ 1 C. Block

↓ 1 S. Wilson

#648 on the Cubs

↑ 1 B. Adams

Runs

#982 on the Cubs

↑ 1 S. Boskie

↓ 1 B. Abbey

#1,058 on the Cubs

↑ 1 B. Abbey

↓ 1 T. Angley

Career with the Philadelphia Phillies · 1965–1965

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Hits

#1,145 on the Phillies

↑ 1 J. Adduci

↓ 1 A. Tracy

Runs

#1,085 on the Phillies

↑ 1 F. Andrews

↓ 1 K. Abbott

Career with the St. Louis Cardinals · 1963–1964

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Hits

#1,291 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 J. Acevedo

↓ 1 T. Worrell

RBI

#1,249 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 R. Arozarena

#616 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 R. Arozarena

Career with the California Angels · 1966–1967

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Hits

#644 on the Angels

↑ 1 F. Barreto

RBI

#570 on the Angels

↑ 1 E. Adrianza

Career with the New York Yankees · 1950–1950

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#3,965 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Aaron

↓ 1 E. Young

Hits

185

#4,853 all-time MLB

↑ 1 G. Campbell

↓ 1 W. White

RBI

#4,942 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Abstein

↓ 1 J. Welaj

#7,016 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Abbey

↓ 1 J. Abadie

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1950	Yankees	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1951	Braves	NL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	—	0.000
1952	Braves	NL	45	35	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	0.114	—	0.114
1953	Braves	NL	46	53	4	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	0.170	—	0.170
1954	Braves	NL	39	79	3	7	1	0	0	4	0	1	14	0.089	0.119	0.101
1955	Braves	NL	45	86	10	20	5	0	0	7	0	3	20	0.233	0.258	0.291
1956	Braves	NL	45	86	9	16	1	0	0	8	0	2	16	0.186	0.209	0.198
1957	Braves	NL	41	88	11	13	2	0	2	9	0	3	22	0.148	0.183	0.239
1958	Braves	NL	47	99	11	24	1	1	3	15	0	3	24	0.242	0.272	0.364
1959	Braves	NL	52	104	14	21	7	1	0	8	0	3	36	0.202	0.231	0.288
1960	Braves	NL	46	91	11	16	3	0	2	4	0	7	22	0.176	0.240	0.275
1961	Braves	NL	42	103	10	21	5	0	3	11	0	2	39	0.204	0.219	0.340
1962	Braves	NL	39	51	6	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	17	0.176	0.208	0.176
1963	Braves	NL	17	26	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	11	0.038	0.138	0.115
1963	Cardinals	NL	21	31	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	6	0.097	0.097	0.129
1964	Cardinals	NL	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1964	Cubs	NL	28	43	6	12	0	1	2	4	0	3	12	0.279	0.340	0.465
1965	Cubs	NL	8	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.333	0.333	0.500
1965	Phillies	NL	19	20	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.300	0.300	0.300
1966	Angels	AL	54	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.125	0.125	0.125
1967	Angels	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
Career			666	1,011	101	185	27	4	12	75	2	32	271	0.183	0.216	0.253

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1950	Yankees	AL	0	0	2	0	0	1.3	3	1	0	0	6.75	2.25
1951	Braves	NL	0	0	3	0	0	4.3	6	3	5	1	6.23	2.54
1952	Braves	NL	6	11	45	9	7	137.0	138	55	47	47	3.61	1.35
1953	Braves	NL	15	5	46	13	8	175.0	177	63	56	58	3.24	1.33
1954	Braves	NL	15	14	38	32	0	238.0	224	73	62	79	2.76	1.20
1955	Braves	NL	13	8	42	33	0	230.0	253	103	73	70	4.03	1.42
1956	Braves	NL	19	10	39	35	1	256.3	234	77	52	110	2.70	1.12
1957	Braves	NL	17	9	37	33	0	256.7	260	106	59	78	3.72	1.24
1958	Braves	NL	20	10	40	36	0	275.3	279	89	50	113	2.91	1.19
1959	Braves	NL	21	15	41	39	1	289.7	312	131	38	105	4.07	1.21
1960	Braves	NL	19	13	45	32	4	275.7	277	103	35	83	3.36	1.13
1961	Braves	NL	18	11	40	36	0	272.3	295	121	33	92	4.00	1.20
1962	Braves	NL	10	9	37	19	2	143.7	172	78	23	59	4.89	1.36
1963	Braves	NL	6	5	15	13	0	84.0	71	34	24	28	3.64	1.13
1963	Cardinals	NL	3	8	21	14	2	98.0	106	41	16	45	3.77	1.24
1964	Cardinals	NL	1	0	8	0	0	10.0	10	2	3	3	1.80	1.30
1964	Cubs	NL	9	9	28	17	0	131.0	152	71	19	40	4.88	1.31
1965	Cubs	NL	0	2	7	3	0	20.3	26	12	4	5	5.31	1.48
1965	Phillies	NL	3	3	19	9	0	70.7	95	43	17	23	5.48	1.58
1966	Angels	AL	7	2	54	0	5	79.7	80	30	12	27	3.39	1.15
1967	Angels	AL	1	0	19	0	1	18.3	16	10	0	8	4.91	0.87
Career			203	144	626	373	31	3,067.3	3,186	1,246	628	1,074	3.66	1.24

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	626	351	2,750.3	245	622	27	55

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2007	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2005	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2003	Veterans - Players			Ballot
1987	BBWAA	96	310	Ballot
1986	BBWAA	96	319	Ballot
1985	BBWAA	82	297	Ballot
1984	BBWAA	97	303	Ballot
1983	BBWAA	43	281	Ballot
1982	BBWAA	43	312	Ballot
1981	BBWAA	48	301	Ballot
1980	BBWAA	66	289	Ballot
1979	BBWAA	53	324	Ballot
1978	BBWAA	76	285	Ballot
1977	BBWAA	85	288	Ballot
1976	BBWAA	21	291	Ballot
1975	BBWAA	11	272	Ballot
1974	BBWAA	7	274	Ballot
1973	BBWAA	12	285	Ballot