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b. November 22, 1926 · New York Yankees 1950, Boston Braves 1951–1952, Milwaukee Braves 1953–1963, St. Louis Cardinals 1963–1964, Chicago Cubs 1964–1965, Philadelphia Phillies 1965, California Angels 1966–1967

He won the second, fifth and seventh games of the 1957 World Series for Milwaukee, the last two of them shutouts, the last on two days' rest. The Yankees had traded him away seven years earlier for Johnny Sain. He allowed two runs in twenty-seven innings and was the most valuable player of the Series.

Eighteen seasons gave him 203 wins against 144, a 3.66 earned run average, 3,067 innings, 158 complete games and 33 shutouts. He won 20 in 1958 and 21 in 1959, leading the league that year, and led in shutouts twice. He was accused of throwing a spitball for most of his career and enjoyed the accusation, fidgeting on the mound to encourage it.

On May 26, 1959 he threw thirteen shutout innings and won 1-0, which is only remembered because Harvey Haddix threw twelve perfect ones for Pittsburgh in the same game. Fifteen writers' ballots got him to 97 votes of 403 in 1984. He died in 2007, at eighty.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	2	1957, 1959
Babe Ruth Award	1	1957
World Series MVP	1	1957

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1950	NYY	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1951	BSN	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1952	BSN	45	35	1	4	0	0	0	0	3	8	0	.114
1953	MLN	46	53	4	9	0	0	0	1	0	13	0	.170
1954	MLN	39	79	3	7	1	0	0	4	1	14	0	.089
1955	MLN	45	86	10	20	5	0	0	7	3	20	0	.233
1956	MLN	45	86	9	16	1	0	0	8	2	16	0	.186
1957	MLN	41	88	11	13	2	0	2	9	3	22	0	.148
1958	MLN	47	99	11	24	1	1	3	15	3	24	0	.242
1959	MLN	52	104	14	21	7	1	0	8	3	36	0	.202
1960	MLN	46	91	11	16	3	0	2	4	7	22	0	.176
1961	MLN	42	103	10	21	5	0	3	11	2	39	0	.204
1962	MLN	39	51	6	9	0	0	0	1	1	17	0	.176
1963	MLN/STL	38	57	2	4	1	1	0	2	1	17	1	.070
1964	CHC/STL	36	44	6	12	0	1	2	4	3	12	0	.273
1965	CHC/PHI	27	26	3	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	.308
1966	CAL	54	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	.125
1967	CAL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	666	1011	101	185	27	4	12	75	32	271	2	.183

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1950	NYY	0	0	2	0	0	1.1	3	1	0	0	6.75
1951	BSN	0	0	3	0	0	4.1	6	3	5	1	6.23
1952	BSN	6	11	45	9	7	137.0	138	55	47	47	3.61
1953	MLN	15	5	46	13	8	175.0	177	63	56	58	3.24
1954	MLN	15	14	38	32	0	238.0	224	73	62	79	2.76
1955	MLN	13	8	42	33	0	230.0	253	103	73	70	4.03
1956	MLN	19	10	39	35	1	256.1	234	77	52	110	2.70
1957	MLN	17	9	37	33	0	256.2	260	106	59	78	3.72
1958	MLN	20	10	40	36	0	275.1	279	89	50	113	2.91
1959	MLN	21	15	41	39	1	289.2	312	131	38	105	4.07
1960	MLN	19	13	45	32	4	275.2	277	103	35	83	3.36
1961	MLN	18	11	40	36	0	272.1	295	121	33	92	4.00
1962	MLN	10	9	37	19	2	143.2	172	78	23	59	4.89
1963	MLN/STL	9	13	36	27	2	182.0	177	75	40	73	3.71
1964	CHC/STL	10	9	36	17	0	141.0	162	73	22	43	4.66
1965	CHC/PHI	3	5	26	12	0	91.0	121	55	21	28	5.44
1966	CAL	7	2	54	0	5	79.2	80	30	12	27	3.39
1967	CAL	1	0	19	0	1	18.1	16	10	0	8	4.91
Career	—	203	144	626	373	31	3067.1	3186	1246	628	1074	3.66

On this day & linked events

1926

Born November 22, 1926

Nitro, WV, USA

2007

Died February 6, 2007

1950

Major-league debut: Lew Burdette

Lew Burdette made a major-league debut on September 26, 1950.

1960

Lew Burdette's No-Hitter

Lew Burdette threw a no-hitter for the Milwaukee Braves against the Philadelphia Phillies on August 18, 1960, winning 1–0.

1967

Final major-league game: Lew Burdette

Lew Burdette played a final major-league game on July 16, 1967.

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