Lew Burdette was born on 22 November 1926 in Nitro, West Virginia, USA. He was married to Mary Ann Burdette. He died on 6 February 2007 in Winter Garden, Florida, USA.
Pitcher with the New York Yankees (1950, 2 games), Boston/Milwaukee
Braves (1951-1963[start]), St. Louis Cardinals (1963[end]-1964[start]),
Chicago Cubs (1964[end]-1965[start]), Philadelphia Phillies
(1965[end]), and California Angels (1966-1967).
If I could get one of the first three hitters in the first inning to go back to the dugout saying I was cheating, by the fifth inning everybody on the team wanted to see the ball when they batted