Bill Burdick vs. Derek Lowe — Career Comparison

Bill Burdick
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Derek Lowe
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Derek Lowe 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 4.03 and 1.355 for Derek Lowe. 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 Derek Lowe

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
2.29
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.97
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.59
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
0.53
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.85
52.85
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.36
55.36
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.29
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.17
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1195
4.03
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
665
27
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8014
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
221.2
9
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2671.1
9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
9.18
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2759
9.3
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.18
9.18
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.77
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
0.73
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.27
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
794
2.68
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.23
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
2.88
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1722
5.8
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.8
5.8
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.942
0.942
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.19
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.24
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.26
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
38.49
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11358
38.27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
0.57
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
5.28
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
4.49
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.34
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.19
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
1.06
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
35.97
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10330
34.8
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27

Fielding Stats for Bill Burdick and Derek Lowe

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.24
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
2.29
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8014
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2671.1
9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.64
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
0.74
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.68
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.53
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.06
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.56
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
691
2.33
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.32
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
674
2.27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.54
97.54
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.871
1.871
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.36
55.36
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burdick and Derek Lowe

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
31
200
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
682
766.29
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
93
600
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
534
600
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
548.39
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
436
489.89
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
73.03
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
57.3
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
14.61
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.73
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
17.48
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.53
18.58
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
91.01
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
129.03
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
105.62
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
33.71
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
28.09
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
9
58.06
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
60.67
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.26
14.58
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.81
13.26
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.58
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
129
144.94
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.75
7.75
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
4.14
4.14
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
75.28
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.25
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7.87
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100