Bill Burdick vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Bill Burdick
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

Fernando Valenzuela 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 3.54 and 1.343 for Fernando Valenzuela. 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 Fernando Valenzuela

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.39
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.97
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.35
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1154
3.54
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
665
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
221.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
9.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.18
9.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.77
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
2.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.37
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
38.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
5.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
35.97
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bill Burdick and Fernando Valenzuela

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.4
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.62
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
2.51
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
2.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.871
1.871
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.732
1.732
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burdick and Fernando Valenzuela

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
31
200
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
474
272.67
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
93
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
548.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
17.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
129.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
9
58.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2.26
14.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
145
83.41
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.75
7.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
7.19
7.19
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0