Bill Burdick vs. Fred Johnson — Career Comparison

Bill Burdick
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Johnson
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Johnson 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 5.26 and 1.602 for Fred Johnson. 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 Fred Johnson

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.06
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.97
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.92
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.49
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.57
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.76
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.15
46.15
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.17
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
5.26
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
665
27
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221.2
9
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
9.18
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
11.06
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.18
9.18
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.06
11.06
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.77
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.92
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.27
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
3.36
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
2.88
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.97
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.703
0.703
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
948
38.49
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
530
40.42
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.92
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
5.28
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
5.95
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.602
1.602
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
886
35.97
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
485
36.99
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.42
40.42

Fielding Stats for Bill Burdick and Fred Johnson

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.24
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
675
27
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
9
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.68
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.56
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.32
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.63
90.63
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.871
1.871
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burdick and Fred Johnson

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
200
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
385.71
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
600
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
600
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
548.39
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
557.14
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
85.71
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
85.71
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
17.48
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.83
11.82
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
85.71
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
129.03
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
85.71
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
28.57
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
42.86
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
58.06
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
71.43
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.26
14.58
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
3.35
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
128.57
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.75
7.75
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
4.67
4.67
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
42.86
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA