He pitched 158 complete games, and had 203 wins in his 18-year career. He was voted Most Valuable Player of the 1957 World Series with three complete game victories, two of them shutouts. He had outstanding control, averaging just 1.84 walks per nine innings pitched, and he pitched over 3,000 of them. Anyway, he's dead.

Name
Lew Burdette
Birthday
November 22, 1926
Age
80
Died on
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
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Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
Tags
athlete, baseball, pitcher
Lew Burdette
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