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Lew Burdette played 18 major-league seasons (1950-1967) as a P (626). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 25 | BSN | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1952 | 26 | BSN | 45 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .114 | .319 | -6 |
| 1953 | 27 | ML1 | 46 | 53 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .170 | .340 | -8 |
| 1954 | 28 | ML1 | 39 | 79 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .089 | .220 | -40 |
| 1955 | 29 | ML1 | 45 | 86 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .233 | .549 | 50 |
| 1956 | 30 | ML1 | 45 | 86 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .186 | .406 | 14 |
| 1957 | 31 | ML1 | 41 | 88 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .148 | .421 | 16 |
| 1958 | 32 | ML1 | 47 | 99 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .242 | .635 | 72 |
| 1959 | 33 | ML1 | 52 | 104 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 36 | .202 | .520 | 43 |
| 1960 | 34 | ML1 | 46 | 91 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .176 | .515 | 45 |
| 1961 | 35 | ML1 | 42 | 103 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 39 | .204 | .559 | 50 |
| 1962 | 36 | ML1 | 39 | 51 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .176 | .384 | 8 |
| 1963 | 37 | ML1|SLN | 38 | 57 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .070 | .239 | -28 |
| 1964 | 38 | SLN|CHN | 36 | 44 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .273 | .788 | 128 |
| 1965 | 39 | CHN|PHI | 27 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .308 | .654 | 91 |
| 1966 | 40 | CAL | 54 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .250 | -25 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 24 | NYA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 68 |
| 1951 | 25 | BSN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 1 | 5 | 6.23 | 64 |
| 1952 | 26 | BSN | 45 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 137 | 47 | 47 | 3.61 | 103 |
| 1953 | 27 | ML1 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 175 | 58 | 56 | 3.24 | 132 |
| 1954 | 28 | ML1 | 38 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 238 | 79 | 62 | 2.76 | 148 |
| 1955 | 29 | ML1 | 42 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 230 | 70 | 73 | 4.03 | 100 |
| 1956 | 30 | ML1 | 39 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 256.1 | 110 | 52 | 2.70 | 140 |
| 1957 | 31 | ML1 | 37 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 256.2 | 78 | 59 | 3.72 | 104 |
| 1958 | 32 | ML1 | 40 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 275.1 | 113 | 50 | 2.91 | 136 |
| 1959 | 33 | ML1 | 41 | 39 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 289.2 | 105 | 38 | 4.07 | 97 |
| 1960 | 34 | ML1 | 45 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 275.2 | 83 | 35 | 3.36 | 112 |
| 1961 | 35 | ML1 | 40 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 272.1 | 92 | 33 | 4.00 | 101 |
| 1962 | 36 | ML1 | 37 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 143.2 | 59 | 23 | 4.89 | 81 |
| 1963 | 37 | ML1|SLN | 36 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 182 | 73 | 40 | 3.71 | 89 |
| 1964 | 38 | SLN|CHN | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 141 | 43 | 22 | 4.66 | 76 |
| 1965 | 39 | CHN|PHI | 26 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 91 | 28 | 21 | 5.44 | 65 |
| 1966 | 40 | CAL | 54 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 79.2 | 27 | 12 | 3.39 | 101 |
| 1967 | 41 | CAL | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18.1 | 8 | 0 | 4.91 | 66 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1951 | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | P | 45 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 3 |
| 1953 | P | 46 | 0 | 11 | 37 | 1 | 6 |
| 1954 | P | 38 | 32 | 17 | 49 | 4 | 4 |
| 1955 | P | 42 | 33 | 18 | 47 | 2 | 6 |
| 1956 | P | 39 | 35 | 19 | 48 | 1 | 4 |
| 1957 | P | 37 | 33 | 22 | 53 | 4 | 3 |
| 1958 | P | 40 | 36 | 27 | 53 | 1 | 4 |
| 1959 | P | 41 | 39 | 21 | 47 | 1 | 6 |
| 1960 | P | 45 | 32 | 31 | 68 | 2 | 6 |
| 1961 | P | 40 | 36 | 27 | 60 | 1 | 2 |
| 1962 | P | 37 | 19 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 1 |
| 1963 | P | 36 | 27 | 11 | 27 | 5 | 3 |
| 1964 | P | 36 | 17 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 3 |
| 1965 | P | 26 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 1966 | P | 54 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 1967 | P | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Lew Burdette won: Babe Ruth Award 1957 (NL), World Series MVP 1957 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 22 | 8 / 336 | 0 |
| 1957 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 24 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1958 | Cy Young Award | ML | 3 | 3 / 16 | 3 |
| 1958 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 11 | 47 / 336 | 0 |
| 1959 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 14 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.