Bill Burdick vs. Alex Cobb — Career Comparison

Bill Burdick
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Alex Cobb
MillenialMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Alex Cobb built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Burdick as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Burdick posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.17 and WHIP 1.272 compared to 3.84 and 1.284 for Alex Cobb. By the career numbers, Bill Burdick had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Burdick and Alex Cobb

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
1.58
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.97
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
1.58
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.54
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.52
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.97
50.97
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.17
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
566
3.84
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
665
27
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3983
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
221.2
9
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1327.2
9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
9.18
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1307
8.86
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.18
9.18
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.77
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.95
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.27
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
2.6
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
2.88
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
7.51
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.51
7.51
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.35
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.24
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.32
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
38.49
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5577
37.81
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
5.28
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
4.2
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.2
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.273
1.273
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
35.97
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5102
34.59
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.81
37.81

Fielding Stats for Bill Burdick and Alex Cobb

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.24
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
1.58
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
1.58
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3983
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1327.2
9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.64
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.7
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.68
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.35
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.56
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
2.16
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.32
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
2.05
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.67
94.67
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.871
1.871
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.296
1.296
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burdick and Alex Cobb

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
31
200
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
5376.92
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
600
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
548.39
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
553.85
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
17.48
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
6.59
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
129.03
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
58.06
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.26
14.58
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
-1
-23.01
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.75
7.75
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA