Bill Burdick vs. Danny Cox — Career Comparison

Bill Burdick
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Cox
Baby BoomersEnglandThrows RightBats RightEuropeSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Cox 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 3.64 and 1.364 for Danny Cox. 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 Danny Cox

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.93
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.97
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.21
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.51
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.66
49.66
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.59
62.59
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.17
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
525
3.64
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
665
27
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3894
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
221.2
9
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1298
9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
9.18
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1292
8.96
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.18
9.18
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.96
8.96
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.77
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.71
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.27
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
3
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.32
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
2.88
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
5.01
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.28
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
38.49
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5464
37.89
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.24
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
5.28
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
4.17
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.47
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.28
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.89
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
35.97
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4905
34.01
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.89
37.89

Fielding Stats for Bill Burdick and Danny Cox

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.24
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.93
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.21
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3894
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1298
9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.64
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.85
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.68
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
1.05
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.56
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.01
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.32
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
1.9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.48
94.48
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.871
1.871
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.986
0.986
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.59
62.59
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burdick and Danny Cox

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
31
200
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
405.29
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
93
600
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
416
600
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
548.39
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
359
517.79
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
56.25
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
50.48
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.33
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.44
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.77
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
17.48
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.75
8.29
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
63.46
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
129.03
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
77.88
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
24.52
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
17.31
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
58.06
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
41.83
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.26
14.58
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.47
-7.89
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.88
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
18.75
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
152
219.23
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.75
7.75
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
2.74
2.74
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
59.13
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.44
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.21
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA