Bill Burdick vs. Eric Nolte — Career Comparison

Bill Burdick
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eric Nolte
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Eric Nolte 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 5.63 and 1.692 for Eric Nolte. 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 Eric Nolte

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.25
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.97
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.64
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.49
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.57
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.15
46.15
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.08
73.08
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.17
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
5.63
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
665
27
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221.2
9
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
9.18
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
9.95
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.18
9.18
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.77
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.21
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.27
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
5.02
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
2.88
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
5.97
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.97
5.97
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.61
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
948
38.49
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
41.63
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.35
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
5.28
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
6.06
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.35
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.664
1.664
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
35.97
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
412
35.65
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.63
41.63

Fielding Stats for Bill Burdick and Eric Nolte

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.24
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.25
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.64
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.68
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.13
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.56
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.56
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.32
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.56
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.871
1.871
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.692
0.692
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.08
73.08
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burdick and Eric Nolte

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
200
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
410.53
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
600
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
548.39
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
32
505.26
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
17.48
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
5.47
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
129.03
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
4
63.16
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
58.06
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.26
14.58
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.86
-13.54
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
18
284.21
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.75
7.75
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
2.11
2.11
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA