Bill Burdick vs. Dick Crutcher — Career Comparison

Bill Burdick
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Crutcher
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Crutcher 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 3.65 and 1.488 for Dick Crutcher. 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 Dick Crutcher

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.09
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.97
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.85
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.49
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.15
46.15
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.43
40.43
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.17
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
3.65
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
665
27
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
607
27
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221.2
9
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
202.1
9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
9.18
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
9.74
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.18
9.18
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.74
9.74
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.77
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.22
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.27
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
3.65
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
2.88
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.89
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.727
0.727
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.24
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
38.49
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
853
37.94
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.85
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
5.28
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
4.49
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.488
1.488
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
35.97
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
763
33.94
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94

Fielding Stats for Bill Burdick and Dick Crutcher

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.24
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
675
27
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
9
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.68
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.56
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.32
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.63
90.63
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.52
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.871
1.871
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burdick and Dick Crutcher

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
31
200
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
381.08
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
600
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
548.39
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
67
543.24
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.451
0.451
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
17.48
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.97
24.07
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
97.3
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
129.03
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
129.73
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.401
0.401
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
9
58.06
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2.26
14.58
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.7
21.89
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
38.71
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
18
145.95
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.75
7.75
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
4.11
4.11
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.22
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Crutcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100