Tom Burgmeier vs. Jimmy Nelson — Career Comparison

Tom Burgmeier
Silent GenerationMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jimmy Nelson
MillenialOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jimmy Nelson built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Burgmeier as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jimmy Nelson led in home run suppression (HR9+ 119 vs 73), strikeout rate (K%+ 105 vs 66), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 108 vs 88). Tom Burgmeier held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 125 vs 95). Role difference aside, Jimmy Nelson holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Tom Burgmeier and Jimmy Nelson

Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
5.33
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.47
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.56
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.46
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.39
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.65
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.96
58.96
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.46
41.46
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.73
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
3.23
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
4.12
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3776
27
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258.2
9
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1231
8.8
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
8.74
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.8
8.8
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.67
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.94
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
2.75
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
3.44
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.39
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
4.18
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
8.45
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.769
0.769
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.16
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.48
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.23
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.72
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5272
37.7
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2856
38.81
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.64
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
3.73
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
4.63
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.58
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.23
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.24
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.22
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.84
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.99
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.283
1.283
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.353
1.353
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4741
33.9
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2517
34.2
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.7
37.7
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Tom Burgmeier and Jimmy Nelson

Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
748
5.34
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.47
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3780
27
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1260
9
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.89
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
2.09
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.96
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
3.07
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.52
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.98
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.39
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.98
96.98
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.07
91.07
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.558
0.558
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.694
0.694
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.26
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Burgmeier and Jimmy Nelson

Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
782
6702.86
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
147
424.04
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
70
600
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
600
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
565.71
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
191
550.96
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
120
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
54.81
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
102.86
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
49.04
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.77
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.77
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.14
35.45
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
6.64
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
137.14
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
60.58
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
145.71
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
66.35
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.489
0.489
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
171.43
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.65
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
20.19
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
171.43
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
28.85
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.37
37.49
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.8
-16.72
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.71
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.54
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
171.43
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
116
334.62
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
37.5
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.88
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA