Lew Burdette R.I.P.

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Posted By: Jerry

I thought I would post that Lew Burdette Passed away last Tuesday incase you missed it. I have fond memories of Lew as the 1957 WS was the first series I can remember watching on TV as the Braves defeated the Dreaded Yankees in 7 games. Lew was WS MVP pitching 3 complete game wins with 2 shutouts and 0.67 Era.

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Posted By: Chris Counts

The guy Burdette was traded for, Johnny Sain, just passed away as well. The trade turned out great for both players. Sain got a couple World Series rings, and Burdette eventually became a Yankee killer in the '57 series. when I think of Burdette, I think of him throwing left-handed on his '59 Topps card ...

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

The first autographs I ever got were at Sportsmans Park in St. Louis in 1965, I was 10 years old. Lew and 2 other Phillies signed my scorecard. At that point in life I was unaware of Mr. Burdette's accomplishments. I do recall the stubble of beard that he had, and his tired eyes.

He signed an index card for me when I wrote him about 5 years ago. He seemed a nice fellow, willing to sign or talk about the old days. A good fellow.

It is a shame that modern Braves fans know not of his slaying of the Yankees.

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Posted By: barrysloate

Yesterday's paper included the obituaries of both Lew Burdette and Steve Barber, two very accomplished pitchers. I distinctly remember Barber's wacky no-hitter in 1967 when he lost 2-1 after walking 10 men! They had to yank him in the 9th inning, he was so wild.

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Posted By: Tom Boblitt

was a very gracious signer in the early to mid 1990s when I was blanketing the Smalling book with requests.......

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

18 Yr
WL% .585
203 - 144

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

RIP Lew....

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Posted By: dennis

lew was the winning pitcher in perhaps the greatest game ever pitched. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/05261959.shtml

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Posted By: DMcD

Sports Illustrated had an article soon after the game entitled "The 115 Pitches of Harvey Haddix." There was a picture of Haddix and he looked like the saddest man I'd ever seen.
Burdette was pitching the day my Mom showed up at my third grade class with tickets for game 2 of the '57 series. One minute I'm doing schoolwork, the next I'm in the left field grandstand at Yankee Stadium. One of the best days in my life. Burdette had a great WS.

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Posted By: Andy Cook

Growing up, my favorite baseball book was Lew Burdette of the Braves, which followed him from playing in the industrial league, to the minors with the Yankees and on to the Braves. Great book. RIP. Andy

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Posted By: Bob Pomilla

For me also, the '57 series was the first I remember watching on TV. Remember Burdette's heroics quite vividly. Two other memories that stand out are the cartoon, by Willard Mullins I'm pretty sure, of Braves dancing around a coffin in which a Yankee is lying and captioned "The Bier That Made Milwaukee Famous" and the Nippy Jones "shoe polish play". RIP Lew.

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Posted By: whycough

I was 12 and the Braves/Yanks series was the first one I was fully into. As a young Red Sox fan I was thrilled with the Braves victory. I remember Lew would fidget away on the mound and the Yanks would be worried about the spitter he was supposed to be throwing. Can anyone shed light: was he throwing a wet one or not? Three wins with a 0.67 ERA for the Series; he was doing something!