Pete Burnside Notable

b. July 2, 1930 · New York Giants 1955, 1957, San Francisco Giants 1958, Detroit Tigers 1959–1960, Washington Senators 1961–1963, Baltimore Orioles 1963

Pete Burnside played for five clubs across nine seasons as a pitcher, opening with the New York Giants in 1955 and closing with the Baltimore Orioles in 1963.

He went 19 and 36 with a 4.81 earned run average, pitching 567.3 innings in 196 games. He struck out 303 and threw 3 shutouts. Across 196 games he batted .076, with 10 hits and 6 runs.

He was born in Evanston, IL, USA on July 2, 1930, and died on August 26, 2022. He batted right-handed and threw left-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1955	NYG	2	5	1	1	0	1	1	.200
1957	NYG	10	9	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1958	SFG	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1959	DET	30	10	0	0	0	1	5	.000
1960	DET	31	27	2	4	1	2	6	.148
1961	WSA	33	34	1	2	1	1	15	.059
1962	WSA	40	35	2	2	0	2	19	.057
1963	BAL/WSA	44	12	0	1	2	1	6	.083
Career	—	196	132	6	10	4	8	54	.076

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1955	NYG	1	0	2	2	0	12.2	10	4	9	2	2.84
1957	NYG	1	4	10	9	0	30.2	47	30	13	18	8.80
1958	SFG	0	0	6	1	0	10.2	20	8	5	4	6.75
1959	DET	1	3	30	0	1	62.0	55	26	25	49	3.77
1960	DET	7	7	31	15	2	113.2	122	54	50	71	4.28
1961	WSA	4	9	33	16	2	113.1	106	57	51	56	4.53
1962	WSA	5	11	40	20	2	149.2	152	74	51	74	4.45
1963	BAL/WSA	0	2	44	1	0	74.2	95	50	26	29	6.03
Career	—	19	36	196	64	7	567.1	607	303	230	303	4.81

On this day & linked events

1930

Born July 2, 1930

Evanston, IL, USA

2022

Died August 26, 2022

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