Ken Burkhart vs. Dick Tomanek — Career Comparison

Ken Burkhart
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Tomanek
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ken Burkhart built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Tomanek as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Burkhart posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.368 compared to 4.95 and 1.524 for Dick Tomanek. By the career numbers, Ken Burkhart had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Burkhart and Dick Tomanek

Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
2.56
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.13
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.71
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.47
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.35
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.45
57.45
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.7
27.7
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.16
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
3.84
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.95
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1559
27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
27
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519.2
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
9.46
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
9
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.61
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
1.32
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
2.86
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
4.36
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
3.13
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
6.47
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.666
0.666
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.204
1.204
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.74
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2207
38.22
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1021
39.78
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.83
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.06
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
4.04
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
5.49
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.485
1.485
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2030
35.16
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
903
35.18
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.78
39.78

Fielding Stats for Ken Burkhart and Dick Tomanek

Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.3
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
666
27
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
9
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.54
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.03
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.95
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.9
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.791
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.453
0.453
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Burkhart and Dick Tomanek

Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
545.12
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
1222.64
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
164
600
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
548.78
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
566.04
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.494
0.494
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
98.78
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
76.83
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
14.63
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.66
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.66
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
21.95
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.93
29
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
38.22
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
131.71
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
169.81
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
128.05
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
11
124.53
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.462
0.462
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
40.24
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
40.24
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
76.83
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.89
25.22
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.54
28.8
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.32
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.95
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
113.41
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
124.53
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.29
5.29
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
4.82
4.82
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.95
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.98
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA