Wally Burnette
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Born on June 20, 1929 in Blairs, Virginia, Wally Burnette (Wallace Harper Burnette) played for the Kansas City Athletics for his entire 3 year career. Burnette broke into the bigs on July 15, 1956 with the Kansas City Athletics, and put up a 2.89 ERA in 121.1 innings pitched in 1956, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1956
| KC
| A
| 18
| 14
| 6
| 8
| 2.89
| 54
| 48
| 39
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 121.1
| 115
| 13
| 39
| 3
| 3
| 2
|
| 1957
| KC
| A
| 38
| 9
| 7
| 12
| 4.30
| 57
| 62
| 54
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 113
| 115
| 8
| 44
| 3
| 1
| 1
|
| 1958
| KC
| A
| 12
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 3.49
| 11
| 14
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 28.1
| 29
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 68
| 27
| 14
| 21
| 3.56
| 122
| 124
| 104
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 262.2
| 259
| 23
| 97
| 6
| 5
| 3
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1956
| KC
| A
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 16
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1957
| KC
| A
| P
| 38
| 9
| 113
| 10
| 25
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| KC
| A
| P
| 12
| 4
| 28.1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 68
| 13
| 141.1
| 16
| 44
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 9
| 2
| 3
| 0
| .984
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1956
| KC
| A
| 18
| 39
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .051
| .075
| .051
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| KC
| A
| 38
| 32
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 1
| .250
| .273
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1958
| KC
| A
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .286
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 68
| 77
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 1
| .143
| .175
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1948).
- Traded by New York Yankees to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Tom Lasorda (July 11, 1956).
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