Pete Burnside

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Full Name: Peter Willits Burnside	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/180	First Game: September 20, 1955
Birthdate: July 2, 1930	Final Game: September 27, 1963
Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois	MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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Born on July 2, 1930 in Evanston, Illinois, Pete Burnside (Peter Willits Burnside) played for the New York Giants, San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 8 year career. Burnside broke into the bigs on September 20, 1955 with the New York Giants, and put up a 3.77 ERA in 62 innings pitched in 1959, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Pete Burnside's best season was 1960, when he posted a 4.28 ERA and struck out 71 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1955	NY	N	2	2	1	0	2.84	2	9	4	1	0	0	12.2	10	1	9	0	0	0
1957	NY	N	10	9	1	4	8.80	18	30	30	1	1	0	30.2	47	5	13	0	0	1
1958	SF	N	6	1	0	0	6.75	4	10	8	0	0	0	10.2	20	3	5	0	0	0
1959	DET	A	30	0	1	3	3.77	49	31	26	0	0	1	62	55	7	25	1	2	2
1960	DET	A	31	15	7	7	4.28	71	56	54	2	0	2	113.2	122	14	50	1	3	4
1961	WAS	A	33	16	4	9	4.53	56	66	57	4	2	2	113.1	106	11	51	2	3	3
1962	WAS	A	40	20	5	11	4.45	74	82	74	6	0	2	149.2	152	20	51	3	1	2
1963	WAS	A	38	1	0	1	6.15	23	49	46	0	0	0	67.1	84	12	24	1	2	0
1963	BAL	A	6	0	0	1	4.91	6	4	4	0	0	0	7.1	11	0	2	0	0	1
1963	TOT	A	44	1	0	2	6.03	29	53	50	0	0	0	74.2	95	12	26	1	2	1
Total	NL		18	12	2	4	7.00	24	49	42	2	1	0	54	77	9	27	0	0	1
Total	AL		178	52	17	32	4.58	279	288	261	12	2	7	513.1	530	64	203	8	11	12
Total			196	64	19	36	4.81	303	337	303	14	3	7	567.1	607	73	230	8	11	13

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1955	NY	N	P	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	NY	N	P	10	9	30.2	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	.857
1958	SF	N	P	6	1	10.2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1959	DET	A	P	30	0	62	3	11	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.000
1960	DET	A	P	31	15	113.2	3	14	1	1	0	0	1	6	0	.944
1961	WAS	A	P	33	16	113.1	2	17	2	1	0	0	4	4	0	.905
1962	WAS	A	P	40	20	149.2	11	16	2	0	0	3	0	4	0	.931
1963	WAS	A	P	38	1	67.1	1	7	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	.889
1963	BAL	A	P	6	0	7.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
1963	TOT	A	P	44	1	74.2	1	7	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	.889
Total			P	196	62	554.2	21	74	7	5	0	4	12	18	0	.931

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1955	NY	N	2	5	1	1	0	0	.200	.333	.200	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1957	NY	N	10	9	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
1958	SF	N	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	DET	A	30	10	0	0	0	0	.000	.091	.000	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0
1960	DET	A	31	27	2	4	0	1	.148	.207	.148	0	0	2	6	0	5	0	0	0
1961	WAS	A	33	34	1	2	0	1	.059	.086	.059	0	0	1	15	0	3	0	0	1
1962	WAS	A	40	35	2	2	0	0	.057	.108	.057	0	0	2	19	0	5	0	0	1
1963	WAS	A	38	11	0	1	0	2	.091	.167	.091	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	1
1963	BAL	A	6	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1963	TOT	A	44	12	0	1	0	2	.083	.154	.083	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	1
Total	NL		18	14	1	1	0	0	.071	.133	.071	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0
Total	AL		178	118	5	9	0	4	.076	.128	.076	0	0	7	51	0	14	0	0	3
Total			196	132	6	10	0	4	.076	.129	.076	0	0	8	54	0	16	0	0	3

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (1949).
Sold by San Francisco Giants to Detroit Tigers (October 5, 1958).
Selected by Washington Senators from Detroit Tigers in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).
Traded by Washington Senators with Bob Johnson to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Barry Shetrone, Marv Breeding and Art Quirk (December 5, 1962).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (May 9, 1963).
Signed by Washington Senators (May 24, 1963).

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