William David Burbach (August 22, 1947 – July 20, 2022) was an American

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who played for the

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from 1969 to 1971. Listed at , , Burbach batted and threw right handed. He was born in

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, and attended Iowa University.Baseball Reference Statistics and History
/ref> 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

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. Afterwards, he pitched in the

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and

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Minor League systems in 1971 and 1972. Overall, Burbach went 38–54 with a 3.69 ERA in 162 minor league games. In between, he played winter ball with the

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club of the Venezuelan League in the 1971–72 season. Burbach died July 20, 2022, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital in Elizabethton, Tennessee.William "Bill" David Burbach
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