About Bill Burbach
Lived 1947 – 2022 (aged 74). Bill Burbach was an American baseball player.
William David Burbach (August 22, 1947 – July 20, 2022) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Yankees from 1969 to 1971. Listed at , , Burbach batted and threw right handed. He was born in Dickeyville, Wisconsin, and attended Iowa University.
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.
Burbach died July 20, 2022, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital in Elizabethton, Tennessee.
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Who was Bill Burbach?
American baseball player
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Bill Burbach was born on 22 August 1947 in Dickeyville.
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Bill Burbach died on 20 July 2022 in Elizabethton, Tennessee.
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Bill Burbach was a baseball player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Bill Burbach. https://biography.guide/bill-burbach/
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