Bill Burdick vs. Al Downing — Career Comparison

Bill Burdick
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Downing
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Al Downing 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 3.22 and 1.283 for Al Downing. 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 Al Downing

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
1.61
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.97
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.26
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
0.49
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.42
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.48
53.48
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.27
78.27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.29
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.1
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.17
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
811
3.22
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
665
27
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6805
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
221.2
9
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2268.1
9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
9.18
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1946
7.72
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.18
9.18
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.72
7.72
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.77
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.7
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.27
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
933
3.7
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.13
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
2.88
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1639
6.5
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.5
6.5
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.134
1.134
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.31
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.12
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.04
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
38.49
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9539
37.85
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.15
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
5.28
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
938
3.72
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.27
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.13
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.272
1.272
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
35.97
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8481
33.65
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85

Fielding Stats for Bill Burdick and Al Downing

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.24
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
1.61
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.26
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6807
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2269
9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.29
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.68
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
368
1.46
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.56
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
1.82
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.32
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
440
1.75
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.07
96.07
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.871
1.871
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.086
1.086
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.27
78.27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burdick and Al Downing

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
31
200
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
409
303.34
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
93
600
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
809
600
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
548.39
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
717
531.77
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Al Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
67.49
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
54.88
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.22
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.48
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
12.61
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
17.48
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.95
14.06
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
85.29
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
129.03
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
94.93
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Al Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Al Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Al Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Al Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
26.7
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
37.82
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
9
58.06
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
63.04
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.26
14.58
Al Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.61
0.45
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Al Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
27.44
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Al Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
293
217.31
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.75
7.75
Al Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Al Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
39.31
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.48
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
15
11.12
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Downing
Career
Per 600 PA