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Lew Burdette

Braves Career team 1951 to 1963
Position P
Born Nov 22, 1926

Key Insights

1967
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Ernie Banks has taken Burdette deep 9 times, once every 14.6 plate appearances between them.

131 career plate appearances against him.
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Charley Smith has hit .467/.412/1.067 against Burdette over 17 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

7 for 15 with 3 home runs and 0 strikeouts, against a .702 OPS median across his matchups.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Burdette throws than Johnny Klippstein: 50% of the swings between them come up empty.

12 plate appearances between them. 99th percentile of the 51 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Burdette has faced Richie Ashburn more than any other hitter: 164 plate appearances, and Richie Ashburn has hit .345/.409/.415 in them.

49 hits, 1 home run and 7 strikeouts across 164 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Sammy Taylor is 2 for 37 against Burdette, a .054 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

37 career plate appearances.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Burdette has walked George Shuba 6 times in 18 plate appearances, 33.3% of them.

6 walks in 18 plate appearances.

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DOB Nov 22, 1926