Bill Burbach
| Bill Burbach | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born: August 22, 1947 Dickeyville, Wisconsin | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 11, 1969, for the New York Yankees | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| April 24, 1971, for the New York Yankees | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Pitching appearances | 37 |
| Win-loss record | 6–11 |
| Earned run average | 4.48 |
| Strikeouts Walks | 95 116 |
| Innings pitched | 160⅔ |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
William David Burbach (born August 22, 1947) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Yankees from 1969 to 1971. Listed at 6' 4", 215 lb., Burbach batted and threw right handed. He was born in Dickeyville, Wisconsin, and attended Iowa University.[1]
The Yankees selected Burbach in the first round, 19th pick of the 1965 MLB Draft. He spent four years in the Minor Leagues before joining the big team.
Burbach posted a 6–11 record with a 4.48 ERA in 37 pitching appearances for the Yankees, 28 of them starts including a shutout. Afterwards, he pitched in the Baltimore Orioles and Minnesota Twins Minor League systems in 1971 and 1972.[1]
Overall, Burbach went 38–54 with a 3.69 ERA in 162 minor league games. In between, he played winter ball with the Cardenales de Lara club of the Venezuelan League in the 1971-72 season.[2]
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- Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Baseball players from Wisconsin
- Binghamton Triplets players
- Cardenales de Lara players
- Greensboro Yankees players
- Iowa Hawkeyes baseball players
- Johnson City Yankees players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- New York Yankees players
- People from Grant County, Wisconsin
- Rochester Red Wings players
- Syracuse Chiefs players
- Tacoma Twins players