Bill Burdick vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Bill Burdick
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Merritt 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 3.65 and 1.237 for Jim Merritt. 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 Merritt

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.97
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.49
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.52
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.5
48.5
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.65
64.65
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.34
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.17
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
3.65
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
665
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
221.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
9.18
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1468
8.91
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.18
9.18
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.77
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
2.27
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
2.88
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
5.66
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.846
0.846
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.19
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
38.49
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.29
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
5.28
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
3.99
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.12
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.12
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.272
1.272
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
35.97
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5782
35.09
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Bill Burdick and Jim Merritt

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.24
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.8
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.68
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
1.23
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.56
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.58
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.32
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
1.51
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.871
1.871
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.835
0.835
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burdick and Jim Merritt

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
31
200
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
298
387.01
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
93
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
600
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
548.39
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
397
515.58
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
72.73
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
55.84
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.39
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.88
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
17.48
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.76
21.76
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
101.3
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
129.03
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
110.39
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
27.27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
25.97
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
58.06
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
48.05
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.26
14.58
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.19
11.93
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.3
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
36.36
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
178
231.17
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.75
7.75
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.6
2.6
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
42.86
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0