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Wally Burnette
Wallace Harper Burnette

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 178 lb.

Debut July 15, 1956
Final Game June 28, 1958
Born June 20, 1929 in Blairs, VA
Died February 12, 2003 in Danville, VA

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1956 27 KCA AL   6   8  18  14   4   1   4  0  121.3  115   48   39  13   39   54   2   3   507   3   1  2.89  4.33  150 1.269
 1957 28 KCA AL   7  12  38   9   1   0  13  1  113.0  115   62   54   8   44   57   1   1   486   3   2  4.30  3.94   92 1.407
 1958 29 KCA AL   1   1  12   4   0   0   4  0   28.3   29   14   11   2   14   11   0   1   125   0   0  3.49  3.92  112 1.518
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .400  14  21  68  27   5   1  21  1  262.7  259  124  104  23   97  122   3   5  1118   6   3  3.56  4.12  115 1.355
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  15  48  19   3   0  15  0  188.0  185   88   74  16   69   87   2   3   800   4   2  3.56  4.12  115 1.355
 Career High      7  12  38  14   4   1  13  1  121.3  115   62   54  13   44   57   2   3   507   3   2  2.89  4.33  150 1.269

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1956 27 KCA AL  18   39    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   9  .051  .075  .051  -66    2   5   0   0   0   0
 1957 28 KCA AL  38   32    1    8   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   8  .250  .273  .250   44    8   3   0   0   0   1
 1958 29 KCA AL  12    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .167  .286  .167   27    1   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       68   77    3   11   0  0   0    1   0  0   3  18  .143  .175  .143  -14   11   9   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        183    7   26   0  0   0    2   0  0   7  43  .143  .175  .143  -14   26  21   0   0   0   2
 Career High     38   39    2    8   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   9                           8   5   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1956 27 KCA AL   45   42    0   0.0   106| .051  .267| .075  .349| .051  .408| .126  .757| -66  .000  -9.6  -0.9   0%
 1957 28 KCA AL   36   28    2   1.9   100| .250  .264| .273  .337| .250  .399| .523  .735|  44  .181  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1958 29 KCA AL    8    6    0   0.0   100| .167  .264| .286  .333| .167  .401| .453  .734|  27  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        89   76    2   0.7   103| .143  .266| .175  .343| .143  .404| .318  .746| -14  .032 -12.8  -1.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1956 27 KCA AL P 18 6 16 1 2 .957 .948 1.22 0.82 1.64 1.92 14 121.0 1957 28 KCA AL P 38 10 25 0 6 1.000 .964 0.92 0.86 2.79 1.99 9 113.0 1958 29 KCA AL P 12 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.25 0.82 0.95 1.94 4 28.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1956 27 KCA AL P 18 6 16 1 2 .957 .948 1.22 0.82 1.64 1.92 14 121.0 1957 28 KCA AL P 38 10 25 0 6 1.000 .964 0.92 0.86 2.79 1.99 9 113.0 1958 29 KCA AL P 12 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.25 0.82 0.95 1.94 4 28.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 68 16 44 1 8 .984 .958 0.88 0.84 2.06 1.95 27 262.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 68 16 44 1 8 .984 .958 0.88 0.84 2.06 1.95 27 262
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Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

July 11, 1956: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Tommy Lasorda.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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