Moe Burtschy
[edit] Biography
Born on April 18, 1922 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Moe Burtschy (Edward Frank Burtschy) played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 5 year career. Burtschy broke into the bigs on June 17, 1950 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.80 ERA in 94.2 innings pitched in 1954, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Moe Burtschy's best season was 1954, when he posted a 3.80 ERA and struck out 54 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7.11
| 12
| 16
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 22
| 2
| 21
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.29
| 4
| 11
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 18
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1954
| PHI
| A
| 46
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 3.80
| 54
| 45
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 94.2
| 80
| 7
| 53
| 0
| 7
| 8
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1.32
| 9
| 13
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11.1
| 17
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1956
| KC
| A
| 21
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 3.95
| 18
| 22
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 43.1
| 41
| 6
| 30
| 4
| 2
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 90
| 1
| 10
| 6
| 4.71
| 97
| 107
| 97
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 185.1
| 178
| 15
| 126
| 5
| 14
| 14
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| PHI
| A
| P
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 15
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .880
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1956
| KC
| A
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 90
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 34
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| 9
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .286
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| PHI
| A
| 46
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .118
| .167
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 7
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| KC
| A
| 21
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .125
| .125
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 90
| 36
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .139
| .205
| .139
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1941).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Bill Renna and cash to New York Yankees in exchange for Eddie Robinson and Lou Skizas (June 14, 1956).
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