Lew Burdette
1950–1967 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, California Angels, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves, NLS, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
666G
.183AVG
.216OBP
.253SLG
More career statistics
185H
12HR
75RBI
2SB
203–144W–L
3,067.1IP
1,074K
3.66ERA
373GS
31SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,011 | 1,010 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 271 | 272 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,124 | 1,123 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 12,745 | 12,740 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,246 | 1,245 |
| Pitching · p h | 3,186 | 3,189 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 9,202 | 9,204 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,074 | 1,075 |
| Pitching · p w | 628 | 629 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 666 | 1,124 | 1,011 | 101 | 185 | 27 | 4 | 12 | 75 | 32 | 271 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 256 | .183 | .216 | .253 | .469 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,067.3 | 626 | 373 | 158 | 203 | 144 | 31 | 3,186 | 1,400 | 1,246 | 289 | 628 | 1,074 | 0 | 0 | 3.66 | 1.243 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1955-05-26 to 1955-06-14
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1960-08-18 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 13 scoreless innings | 1959-05-26 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1960-08-18 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 323 | 530 | 88 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 127 | .181 | .191 | .233 |
| Away | 343 | 593 | 97 | 10 | 41 | 19 | 145 | .185 | .196 | .272 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 61 | 104 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | .144 | .163 | .222 |
| May | 121 | 173 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 49 | .154 | .150 | .186 |
| June | 131 | 201 | 34 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 54 | .187 | .194 | .247 |
| July | 128 | 212 | 43 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 39 | .225 | .226 | .335 |
| August | 120 | 249 | 50 | 4 | 23 | 8 | 60 | .220 | .233 | .322 |
| September | 101 | 178 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 44 | .132 | .157 | .157 |
| October | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .167 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 81 | 150 | 25 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 33 | .188 | .173 | .263 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 78 | 147 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 35 | .172 | .184 | .234 |
| chicago-cubs | 75 | 149 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 30 | .187 | .201 | .259 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 71 | 149 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 38 | .113 | .141 | .165 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 66 | 127 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 26 | .203 | .213 | .220 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 54 | 83 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | .155 | .169 | .197 |
| san-francisco-giants | 50 | 103 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 22 | .306 | .311 | .400 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 35 | 74 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 30 | .257 | .257 | .514 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  New York Yankees | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 1951 |  Boston Braves | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 4 | 1 |
| 1952 | Boston Braves | 45 | 35 | 4 | – | – | – | .114 | 137 | 48 |
| 1953 |  Milwaukee Braves | 46 | 53 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .170 | 175 | 58 |
| 1954 | Milwaukee Braves | 39 | 79 | 7 | – | 4 | – | .089 | 238 | 79 |
| 1955 | Milwaukee Braves | 45 | 86 | 20 | – | 7 | – | .233 | 230 | 70 |
| 1956 | Milwaukee Braves | 45 | 86 | 16 | – | 8 | – | .186 | 256 | 110 |
| 1957 | Milwaukee Braves | 41 | 88 | 13 | 2 | 9 | – | .148 | 256 | 78 |
| 1958 | Milwaukee Braves | 47 | 99 | 24 | 3 | 15 | – | .242 | 275 | 113 |
| 1959 | Milwaukee Braves | 52 | 104 | 21 | – | 8 | – | .202 | 289 | 105 |
| 1960 | Milwaukee Braves | 46 | 91 | 16 | 2 | 4 | – | .176 | 275 | 83 |
| 1961 | Milwaukee Braves | 42 | 103 | 21 | 3 | 11 | – | .204 | 272 | 92 |
| 1962 | Milwaukee Braves | 39 | 51 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .176 | 143 | 59 |
| 1963 | Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Cardinals | 38 | 57 | 4 | – | 2 | 1 | .070 | 182 | 73 |
| 1964 | Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals | 36 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 | – | .273 | 141 | 43 |
| 1965 | Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies | 27 | 26 | 8 | – | – | 1 | .308 | 91 | 28 |
| 1966 |  California Angels | 54 | 7 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .143 | 79 | 27 |
| 1967 | California Angels | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 8 |