Bill Burdick vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Bill Burdick
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews 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. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 3.17 and 1.272 for Bill Burdick. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Burdick and Dick Matthews

Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.97
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
3.17
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
665
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221.2
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
9.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.18
9.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.77
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
2.27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
2.88
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
38.49
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
5.28
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.272
1.272
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
35.97
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Bill Burdick and Dick Matthews

Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.24
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.68
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
2.56
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
2.32
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.871
1.871
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burdick and Dick Matthews

Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
200
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
213.33
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
548.39
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.71
17.48
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
129.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
58.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2.26
14.58
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
38.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
7.75
7.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA