Bill Burdick vs. Lou Lucier — Career Comparison

Bill Burdick
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lou Lucier
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lou Lucier 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 3.81 and 1.623 for Lou Lucier. 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 Lou Lucier

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.92
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.97
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.8
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.49
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.44
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.15
46.15
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.17
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
3.81
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
665
27
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
27
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221.2
9
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
101.2
9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
9.18
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
10.45
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.18
9.18
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.77
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.27
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
4.16
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.88
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.74
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.767
0.767
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
948
38.49
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
40.19
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.42
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
5.28
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.43
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.623
1.623
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
35.97
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
405
35.85
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.52
1.52
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19

Fielding Stats for Bill Burdick and Lou Lucier

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.24
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
675
27
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
9
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.68
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.56
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.32
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.63
90.63
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.83
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.871
1.871
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.364
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burdick and Lou Lucier

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
31
200
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
761.54
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
600
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
548.39
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.71
17.48
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
25.48
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
129.03
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
45.16
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
58.06
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.26
14.58
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.26
29.19
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.75
7.75
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
6.5
6.5
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA