Bill Burdick vs. Pat Combs — Career Comparison

Bill Burdick
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pat Combs
Gen XRhode IslandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Pat Combs 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 4.22 and 1.492 for Pat Combs. 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 Pat Combs

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.65
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.97
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.5
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.5
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.15
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.17
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
4.22
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
665
27
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
221.2
9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
9.18
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
8.82
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.18
9.18
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.77
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.62
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
4.34
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.27
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
2.88
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
5.61
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.65
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
948
38.49
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1341
39.57
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
5.28
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
4.63
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.3
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.71
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.462
1.462
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
35.97
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1165
34.38
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57

Fielding Stats for Bill Burdick and Pat Combs

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.24
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.65
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.68
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.56
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.32
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.871
1.871
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burdick and Pat Combs

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
31
200
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
305.45
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
93
600
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
548.39
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
518.18
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
76.36
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
10
54.55
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
17.48
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.2
22.9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
129.03
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
114.55
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
7
45.16
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
70.91
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
9
58.06
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
92.73
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2.26
14.58
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
16.3
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.45
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
6
32.73
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
36
196.36
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.75
7.75
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.64
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100