Bill Burdick vs. Jim Lewis — Career Comparison

Bill Burdick
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Lewis
UnknownThrows LeftPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Jim Lewis 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 5.79 and 1.482 for Jim Lewis. 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 Jim Lewis

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.75
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.97
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.49
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.15
46.15
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.17
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
5.79
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
665
27
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
27
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221.2
9
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.1
9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
9.18
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
10.82
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.18
9.18
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.82
10.82
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.77
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.27
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
2.51
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.88
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.19
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.573
0.573
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.522
0.522
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
948
38.49
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
40.12
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.66
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
5.28
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
6.89
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.31
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.98
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.482
1.482
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
886
35.97
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
36.07
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Bill Burdick and Jim Lewis

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.24
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.75
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
27
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.1
9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.68
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.4
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
2.56
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.73
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
2.32
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.73
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.871
1.871
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.563
1.563
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burdick and Jim Lewis

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
200
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
331.03
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
600
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
548.39
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
25
517.24
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.552
0.552
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.71
17.48
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.01
41.56
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
129.03
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
45.16
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
58.06
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.26
14.58
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.86
38.48
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
38.71
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.75
7.75
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA