Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Richard Matthew Burwell is a former professional baseball pitcher. Burwell pitched parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, 1960 and 1961, for the Chicago Cubs. Burwell pitched in a total of five major league games, including one start in 1960 against the Cincinnati Reds. Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League. The two leagues merged in 2000 into a single MLB organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball after 100 years as separate legal entities.