Lew Burdette, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLew Burdette
American professional baseball player, pitcher, coach
Date of Birth: 22-Nov-1926
Place of Birth: Nitro, West Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 06-Feb-2007
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Lew Burdette
- Selva Lewis Burdette, Jr.
- (November 22, 1926 – February 6, 2007) was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Boston and Milwaukee Braves.
- The team's top right-hander during its years in Milwaukee, he was the Most Valuable Player of the 1957 World Series, leading the franchise to its first championship in 43 years, and the only title in Milwaukee history.
- An outstanding control pitcher, his career average of 1.84 walks per nine innings pitched places him behind only Robin Roberts (1.73), Greg Maddux (1.80), Carl Hubbell, (1.82) and Juan Marichal (1.82) among pitchers with at least 3,000 innings since 1920.
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