Bill Burdick vs. Rollie Sheldon — Career Comparison

Bill Burdick
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rollie Sheldon
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rollie Sheldon 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 4.09 and 1.332 for Rollie Sheldon. 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 Rollie Sheldon

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.97
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.49
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.47
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.45
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.35
51.35
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.13
63.13
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.17
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
4.09
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
665
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
221.2
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
9.18
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
741
9.2
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.18
9.18
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.77
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.08
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.27
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
2.57
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
2.88
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
4.61
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.798
0.798
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.3
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
38.49
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3062
38.03
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.24
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
5.28
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
4.45
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
35.97
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2841
35.28
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Bill Burdick and Rollie Sheldon

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.24
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.6
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.68
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.48
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.56
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
2.11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.32
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
2.07
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.24
98.24
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.871
1.871
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.044
1.044
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burdick and Rollie Sheldon

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
31
200
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
404.18
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
93
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
600
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
548.39
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
524.69
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
17.48
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
5.19
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
129.03
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.82
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.53
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.57
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
58.06
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
25.1
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.26
14.58
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.03
-15.14
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.51
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
25.1
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
113
283.68
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.75
7.75
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.12
2.12
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
47.7
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.04
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0