Bill Burdick vs. Denny Lemaster — Career Comparison

Bill Burdick
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Denny Lemaster
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Denny Lemaster 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 3.58 and 1.329 for Denny Lemaster. 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 Denny Lemaster

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
1.8
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.97
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
1.25
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.49
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.45
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.53
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.75
69.75
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.33
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.17
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
3.58
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
665
27
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5363
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
221.2
9
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1787.2
9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
9.18
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1703
8.57
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.18
9.18
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.77
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.93
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.27
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
600
3.02
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.37
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
2.88
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1305
6.57
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.066
1.066
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.44
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.12
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
38.49
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
38.02
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
5.28
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
3.92
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.288
1.288
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
35.97
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6911
34.79
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.02
38.02

Fielding Stats for Bill Burdick and Denny Lemaster

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.24
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
1.8
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
1.25
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5364
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1788
9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.39
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.68
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.17
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.56
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
1.63
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.32
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
310
1.56
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.98
95.98
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.871
1.871
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.868
0.868
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.75
69.75
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burdick and Denny Lemaster

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
31
200
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
335.74
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
93
600
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
638
600
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
548.39
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
552
519.12
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
67.71
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
56.43
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.58
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.94
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.76
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
11.29
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
17.48
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.48
17.38
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
87.46
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
129.03
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
98.75
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
23.51
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
33.86
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
58.06
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
53.61
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.26
14.58
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.24
6.81
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.94
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
30.09
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
192
180.56
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.75
7.75
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
3.32
3.32
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
44.2
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.64
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
5
4.7
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Lemaster
Career
Per 600 PA