Bill Burwell

Relief Pitcher / Manager

Born: March 27, 1895
Jarbalo, Kansas

Died: June 11, 1973 (aged 78)
Ormond Beach, Florida

Batted: Left

Threw: Right

MLB debut

May 1, 1920, for the St. Louis Browns

Last MLB appearance

July 1, 1928, for the Pittsburgh Pirates

MLB statistics

Win–loss record

9–8

Earned run average

4.37

Strikeouts

Teams

As player

St. Louis Browns (1920–1921)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1928)

As manager

Pittsburgh Pirates (1947)

William Edwin Burwell (March 27, 1895 – June 11, 1973) was an American right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Browns and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Born in Jarbalo, Kansas, Burwell won 239 minor league games during a 22-year playing career. He pitched for all or parts of 12 straight seasons (1923–34) for the Indianapolis Indians of the American Association. He also fashioned a lengthy post-pitching career as a minor league manager (including two seasons, 1945–46, as skipper of the Indianapolis franchise) and Major League pitching coach. He worked in the latter role for the Boston Red Sox (1944) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1947–48; 1958–62).

Burwell was acting manager of the Pirates for the final game of the 1947 season, after player-manager Billy Herman resigned as manager with one game remaining.^[1] Under Burwell, the Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 7-0.^[1] He also was a longtime scout for the Pirates.

While working as pitching coach for the Class B Davenport Pirates of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League in 1949, Burwell was instrumental to the development of pitcher Vern Law, teaching him how to change speeds and throw the change-up.^[1] Law later cited Burwell as the coach who most helped him during his time in the minor leagues.^[1]

Burwell died at age 78 in Ormond Beach, Florida and is buried in nearby Daytona Beach, Florida.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

References

1 2 3 4 Finoli, David, and Bill Rainer. The Pittsburgh Pirates Encyclopedia, Sports Publishing LLC, 2003, p. 447. ISBN 1582614164

Pittsburgh Pirates 1960 World Series Champions

2 Bob Oldis 4 Bob Skinner 5 Hal Smith 6 Smoky Burgess 7 Dick Stuart 9 Bill Mazeroski 11 Ducky Schofield 12 Don Hoak 14 Rocky Nelson 16 Gene Baker 18 Bill Virdon 19 Bob Friend 20 Gino Cimoli 21 Roberto Clemente 22 Joe Gibbon 23 Joe Christopher 24 Dick Groat 26 Roy Face 29 Clem Labine 30 Wilmer Mizell 31 Harvey Haddix 32 Vern Law 35 Fred Green 39 George Witt 48 Tom Cheney

Manager 40 Danny Murtaugh Coaches 41 Bill Burwell 42 Mickey Vernon 43 Sam Narron 44 Frank Oceak 45 Lenny Levy Virgil Trucks

Regular season

Pittsburgh Pirates managers

Al Pratt (1882–1883)
Ormond Butler (1883)
Joe Battin (1883–1884)
Denny McKnight (1884)
Bob Ferguson (1884)
George Creamer (1884)
Horace Phillips (1885–1889)
Fred Dunlap (1889)
Ned Hanlon (1889)
Guy Hecker (1890)
Bill McGunnigle (1891)
Ned Hanlon (1891)
Tom Burns (1892)
Al Buckenberger (1892–1894)
Connie Mack (1894–1896)
Patsy Donovan (1897)
Bill Watkins (1898–1899)
Patsy Donovan (1899)
Fred Clarke (1900–1915)
Nixey Callahan (1916–1917)
Honus Wagner (1917)
Hugo Bezdek (1917–1919)
George Gibson (1920–1922)
Bill McKechnie (1922–1926)
Donie Bush (1927–1929)
Jewel Ens (1929–1931)
George Gibson (1932–1934)
Pie Traynor (1934–1939)
Frankie Frisch (1940–1946)
Spud Davis (1946)
Billy Herman (1947)
Bill Burwell (1947)
Billy Meyer (1948–1952)
Fred Haney (1953–1955)
Bobby Bragan (1956–1957)
Danny Murtaugh (1957–1964)
Harry Walker (1965–1967)
Danny Murtaugh (1967)
Larry Shepard (1968–1969)
Alex Grammas (1969)
Danny Murtaugh (1970–1971)
Bill Virdon (1972–1973)
Danny Murtaugh (1973–1976)
Chuck Tanner (1977–1985)
Jim Leyland (1986–1996)
Gene Lamont (1997–2000)
Lloyd McClendon (2001–2005)
Pete Mackanin (2005)
Jim Tracy (2006–2007)
John Russell (2008–2010)
Clint Hurdle (2011–)

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