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Pete
Burnside		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: July 2, 1930 in Usa, IL, EVANSTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1963   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 24 MON NL $ 300,000 7 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1956 25 MON NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6
1957 26 MON NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5
1958 27 MON NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 6
1959 28 MON NL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 5 5 5
1960 29 MON NL $ 550,000 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 5 4 4
1961 30 MON NL $ 550,000 6 6 5 5 8 7 7 5 4 4
1962 31 MON NL $ 550,000 5 5 5 5 8 7 7 4 3 4
1963 32 MON NL $ 550,000 4 5 5 5 8 7 7 4 3 4
1964 33 CLE AL $ 1,500,000 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 3 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 6
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 24 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 25 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 26 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 27 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 28 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 29 MON NL $ 550,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 30 MON NL $ 550,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 31 MON NL $ 550,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 32 MON NL $ 550,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 33 CLE AL $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1955 24 MON NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 14 7 2 7 9 4.50 .264 .350 .415 .765 0.4
    AAA   3 0 1.000 6 6 1 0 0 42.0 44 14 2 19 35 3.00 .268 .344 .354 .698  
    AA   10 7 .588 23 23 3 1 0 161.0 135 55 11 60 150 3.07 .223 .293 .322 .615  
1956 25 MON NL 1 10 .091 31 17 2 0 0 118.0 135 76 11 77 47 5.80 .292 .391 .434 .825 0.0
    AAA   4 5 .444 12 12 0 0 0 83.7 95 44 14 32 55 4.73 .288 .351 .448 .799  
1957 26 MON NL 12 14 .462 47 28 2 1 3 209.0 209 108 29 86 123 4.65 .256 .329 .431 .760 7.6
1958 27 MON NL 10 8 .556 52 18 2 0 4 174.0 173 70 33 49 130 3.62 .259 .312 .455 .767 12.1
1959 28 MON NL 5 6 .455 68 6 0 0 14 102.0 105 55 18 44 67 4.85 .268 .340 .462 .802 5.0
1960 29 MON NL 1 3 .250 22 2 0 0 4 42.0 33 13 4 12 22 2.79 .217 .277 .322 .599 4.4
1961 30 MON NL 2 2 .500 21 0 0 0 2 26.3 24 6 1 6 24 2.05 .250 .294 .333 .627 3.7
1962 31 MON NL 1 1 .500 17 0 0 0 0 21.3 29 8 1 4 8 3.38 .330 .359 .500 .859 0.9
1963 32 MON NL 3 2 .600 29 1 0 0 2 39.0 29 12 6 8 21 2.77 .200 .247 .366 .612 3.7
1964 33 AAA   0 2 .000 18 0 0 0 0 35.7 24 9 3 7 34 2.27 .189 .231 .283 .515  
9 Years Sim 35 47 .427 289 74 6 1 29 745.7 751 355 105 293 451 4.28 .261 .331 .431 .761 37.8
3 Years AAA 7 7 .500 36 18 1 0 0 161.3 163 67 19 58 124 3.74 .262 .325 .390 .715  
1 Years AA 10 7 .588 23 23 3 1 0 161.0 135 55 11 60 150 3.07 .223 .293 .322 .615  
4 Years Minors 17 14 .548 59 41 4 1 0 322.3 298 122 30 118 274 3.41 .243 .309 .356 .665  
Season Average 3 5 .375 32 8 0 0 3 82.9 83 39 11 32 50 4.28 .261 .331 .431 .761  
Career Highs 12 14 .600 68 28 2 1 14 209.0 209 108 33 86 130 5.80 .330 .391 .500 .859  
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   526 261 76 229 313   .263 .339 .439 .778
vs LH   225 94 29 64 138   .258 .308 .412 .721
Home 18 26 .409 149 36 3 0 16 377.3 426 210 59 150 227 5.01 .285 .350 .466 .816
Away 17 21 .447 140 38 3 1 13 368.3 325 145 46 143 224 3.54 .236 .308 .393 .701
Mar/Apr 3 6 .333 38 11 2 0 6 108.6 98 45 18 30 77 3.73 .238 .290 .418 .709
May 3 7 .300 42 9 1 1 4 100.3 108 56 12 27 66 5.02 .274 .321 .449 .770
June 7 9 .438 48 8 0 0 3 106.0 114 41 13 44 73 3.48 .276 .346 .443 .789
July 7 9 .438 67 8 0 0 8 119.3 111 69 20 55 64 5.21 .247 .329 .438 .766
August 6 8 .429 49 20 1 0 4 159.3 169 80 23 78 93 4.52 .273 .354 .442 .796
Sep/Oct 9 8 .529 45 18 2 0 4 152.0 151 64 19 59 78 3.79 .259 .327 .401 .727
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
1955 24 MON NL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1956 25 MON NL 31 29 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .103 .103 .138 .241 -0.5 0.0
1957 26 MON NL 47 63 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 23 .048 .077 .048 .125 -3.2 0.0
1958 27 MON NL 52 46 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 .065 .065 .065 .130 -2.7 0.0
1959 28 MON NL 68 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7 0.0
1960 29 MON NL 22 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .286 .429 0.2 0.0
1962 31 MON NL 17 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
1963 32 MON NL 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
8 Years Sim 268 169 5 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 54 .071 .082 .083 .165 -7.4 0.0
162 Game Average 102 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 32 .071 .082 .083 .165 -4.5  
Career Highs 68 63 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 23 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3  
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   110 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 34 .073 .089 .091 .180 -4.7
vs LH   59 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 .068 .068 .068 .136 -3.3
Home 143 76 0 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 29 .079 .079 .092 .171 -3.5
Away 125 93 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 25 .065 .084 .075 .159 -4.5
RISP   26 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .077 .077 .077 .154 -1.3
Close/Late   13 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .154 .154 .154 .308 -0.1
Mar/Apr 11 26 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .115 .115 .115 .231 -0.7
May 32 22 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .045 .087 .045 .132 -1.2
June 22 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .053 .000 .053 -1.4
July 44 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .059 .059 .118 .176 -0.8
August 38 47 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .106 .106 .106 .213 -1.5
Sep/Oct 42 39 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .051 .051 .077 .128 -2.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1955 24 MON NL P 2 2 14.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.21    
1956 25 MON NL P 31 17 118.0 3 25 2 3 .933 2.14    
1957 26 MON NL P 47 28 209.0 7 36 1 1 .977 1.85    
1958 27 MON NL P 52 18 174.0 12 29 1 4 .976 2.12    
1959 28 MON NL P 68 6 102.0 4 21 0 2 1.000 2.21    
1960 29 MON NL P 22 2 42.0 4 8 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1961 30 MON NL P 21 0 26.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.34    
1962 31 MON NL P 17 0 21.3 0 9 0 1 1.000 3.80    
1963 32 MON NL P 29 1 39.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.62    
Career Totals   289 74 745.7 31 140 4 11 .977 2.06    
Career Highs   68 28 209.0 12 36 2 4 1.000 3.80    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1958 27 MON NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 3 2 0 0 1 27.27 .600 .600 .800 1.400
1959 28 MON NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.7 3 2 0 1 1 4.92 .214 .267 .286 .552
1961 30 MON NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1962 31 MON NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 2 1 0.00 .429 .556 .429 .984
1963 32 MON NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 7.7 9 4 0 3 3 4.71 .300 .364 .367 .730
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1958-9-3.62
 Saves
1959-6-14
 Games Pitched
1959-10-68
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1958-8-6.7
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  6. Craig Minetto (961)
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  8. George Riley (955)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 46th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1955
Traded from Cincinnati to Montreal on 5/1/1955 (Going to CIN: P Billy Pierce. Going to MON: P Pete Burnside)
Injured on 5/21/1955 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 8/13/1956, off Bob Trowbridge (STL)
Earned first career win on 8/19/1956
9/22/1959: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $550,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Montreal in 1959
Injured on 7/19/1960 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/6/1964 to a 3-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
 
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