Wally
Burnette
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 183
 
Born: June 20, 1929 in Usa, VA, BLAIRS
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 27 CLE AL   6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 4 4
1957 28 CLE AL   6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
1958 29 CLE AL   6 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
1959 30 CLE AL   6 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
1960 31 CLE AL   6 5 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5
1961 32 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 7 7 7 4 4 4
1962 33 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 4 4
1963 34 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1964 35 CLE AL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 6 5 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 27 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1957 28 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1958 29 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1959 30 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1960 31 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1961 32 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1962 33 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1963 34 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1964 35 CLE AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1956 27 AAA   1 1 .500 20 0 0 0 2 22.7 19 5 1 9 24 1.99 .224 .298 .282 .580  
    AA   5 1 .833 38 0 0 0 7 30.0 27 7 2 12 29 2.10 .233 .305 .328 .632  
1957 28 AA   4 3 .571 49 0 0 0 4 50.3 57 26 7 15 44 4.65 .289 .340 .452 .791  
1958 29 AAA   0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 12.3 10 1 0 4 11 0.73 .222 .286 .244 .530  
    AA   0 0 .000 17 0 0 0 2 36.0 37 10 2 12 35 2.50 .270 .329 .350 .679  
1959 30 AAA   5 6 .455 66 7 1 1 6 102.0 105 55 14 32 94 4.85 .264 .319 .441 .760  
1960 31 AAA   10 5 .667 63 11 1 0 4 118.0 115 47 12 37 121 3.58 .257 .313 .397 .711  
1961 32 CLE AL 6 3 .667 55 0 0 0 6 54.3 48 21 6 17 38 3.48 .233 .290 .393 .683 5.4
1962 33 CLE AL 0 1 .000 13 0 0 0 4 12.0 10 3 1 6 8 2.25 .222 .308 .378 .685 2.3
1963 34 CLE AL 1 3 .250 17 0 0 0 3 20.3 26 13 2 12 10 5.76 .338 .422 .506 .929 0.0
1964 35 AAA   2 3 .400 48 0 0 0 5 50.7 40 22 6 13 44 3.91 .216 .268 .357 .624  
3 Years Sim 7 7 .500 85 0 0 0 13 86.7 84 37 9 35 56 3.84 .256 .325 .418 .743 7.7
5 Years AAA 18 15 .545 204 18 2 1 17 305.7 289 130 33 95 294 3.83 .249 .306 .391 .697  
3 Years AA 9 4 .692 104 0 0 0 13 116.3 121 43 11 39 108 3.33 .269 .327 .389 .716  
8 Years Minors 27 19 .587 308 18 2 1 30 422.0 410 173 44 134 402 3.69 .255 .312 .391 .703  
Season Average 2 2 .500 28 0 0 0 4 28.9 28 12 3 11 18 3.84 .256 .325 .418 .743  
Career Highs 6 3 .667 55 0 0 0 6 54.3 48 21 6 17 38 5.76 .338 .422 .506 .929  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   44 21 3 15 34   .253 .312 .397 .709
vs LH   40 16 6 20 22   .260 .345 .442 .786
Home 5 2 .714 46 0 0 0 4 47.7 40 18 8 23 35 3.40 .229 .318 .440 .758
Away 2 5 .286 39 0 0 0 9 39.0 44 19 1 12 21 4.38 .288 .339 .392 .732
Mar/Apr 2 2 .500 21 0 0 0 5 26.3 24 6 1 13 14 2.05 .247 .336 .392 .728
May 1 2 .333 16 0 0 0 4 16.3 19 10 3 9 9 5.51 .284 .368 .507 .876
June 0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 1 10.0 9 4 0 1 7 3.60 .231 .250 .282 .532
July 0 2 .000 13 0 0 0 2 8.0 11 6 2 3 5 6.75 .344 .400 .531 .931
August 0 1 .000 8 0 0 0 1 8.3 9 5 1 3 6 5.41 .281 .343 .500 .843
Sep/Oct 4 0 1.000 15 0 0 0 0 17.7 12 6 2 6 15 3.06 .197 .269 .344 .613
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1961 32 CLE AL 55 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1963 34 CLE AL 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2 Years Sim 72 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
162 Game Average 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6  
Career Highs 55 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Home 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Away 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
RISP   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Close/Late   3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1961 32 CLE AL P 55 0 54.3 1 11 0 0 1.000 1.99    
1962 33 CLE AL P 13 0 12.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1963 34 CLE AL P 17 0 20.3 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.98    
Career Totals   85 0 86.7 2 23 0 0 1.000 2.60    
Career Highs   55 0 54.3 1 11 0 0 1.000 3.98    
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 41st overall pick, by Cleveland in 1956
Earned first career win on 4/15/1961
Injured on 4/25/1962 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 7 weeks
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration