Bill Burdick vs. Eric Lauer — Career Comparison

Bill Burdick
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eric Lauer
MillenialOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Eric Lauer 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 4.13 and 1.339 for Eric Lauer. 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 Eric Lauer

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.97
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.63
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.58
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.5
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.81
85.81
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.17
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
4.13
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
665
27
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2104
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
221.2
9
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701.1
9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
9.18
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
675
8.66
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.18
9.18
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.77
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
1.42
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.27
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
3.29
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
2.88
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
8.59
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.18
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.24
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
948
38.49
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3003
38.54
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
5.28
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
4.54
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.18
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.19
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.45
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
35.97
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2699
34.64
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Bill Burdick and Eric Lauer

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.24
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.63
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2104
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701.1
9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.36
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.68
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.85
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.56
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.32
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.32
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
1.21
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.26
91.26
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.871
1.871
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.635
0.635
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.81
85.81
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burdick and Eric Lauer

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
31
200
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
743.8
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
93
600
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
600
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
548.39
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
476.03
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.88
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.83
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
17.48
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.13
15.53
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
79.34
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
129.03
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
16
79.34
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.79
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.79
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
58.06
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.26
14.58
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.07
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.79
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
53
262.81
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.75
7.75
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.28
2.28
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
84.3
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.92
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA