Joe Boyle vs. Jim Burton — Career Comparison

Joe Boyle
Gen ZMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Burton
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Boyle built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Burton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Burton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.75 and WHIP 1.473 compared to 4.98 and 1.444 for Joe Boyle. By the career numbers, Jim Burton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Boyle and Jim Burton

Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.26
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.85
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.71
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.65
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.47
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.78
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.32
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
4.98
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.75
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
27
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
27
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115.2
9
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.2
9
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
7.24
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
9.7
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.24
7.24
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.86
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.97
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
5.68
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.23
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
10.04
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
6.79
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.04
10.04
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.746
1.746
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.114
1.114
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.7
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
39.84
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
39.29
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.46
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
5.6
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.85
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.62
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.49
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.435
1.435
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.437
1.437
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
33.3
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
35.57
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.84
39.84
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29

Fielding Stats for Joe Boyle and Jim Burton

Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.26
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.85
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.71
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.65
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
27
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
27
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115.2
9
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.2
9
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.32
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.47
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.13
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.86
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.46
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.7
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.46
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.82
81.82
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Boyle and Jim Burton

Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
29
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA