Ellis Burks vs. Carlton Fisk — Career Comparison

Ellis Burks
Baby BoomersMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueCenter FielderGold GloveSilver SluggerAll-Star
Carlton Fisk
Baby BoomersVermontThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueHall of FameCatcherGold GloveSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

Ellis Burks and Carlton Fisk are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 114 for Ellis Burks, 114 for Carlton Fisk), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 135 vs 131). The overall lean goes to Ellis Burks, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Ellis Burks and Carlton Fisk

Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PA
18
18
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
24
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PA
2000
146.77
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2499
152.18
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PA
8176
600
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9853
600
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PA
7232
530.72
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8756
533.2
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.883
0.883
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.811
0.811
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2107
154.62
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2356
143.47
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1290
94.67
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1512
92.07
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
402
29.5
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
421
25.64
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
4.62
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PA
47
2.86
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
352
25.83
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
376
22.9
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
817
59.96
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
844
51.4
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1320.97
96.94
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1383.48
84.25
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3691
270.87
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3999
243.52
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2960
217.22
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3348
203.88
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.341
0.341
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.874
0.874
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.797
0.797
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.878
0.878
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.768
0.768
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1253
91.95
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1276
77.7
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1206
88.5
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1330
80.99
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2107
154.62
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2230
135.8
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1332.1
97.76
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1388.61
84.56
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PA
60
4.4
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
8.71
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
793
58.19
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
849
51.7
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
2.42
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
6.39
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1340
98.34
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1386
84.4
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PA
6.1
6.1
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.11
7.11
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.59
0.59
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
0.61
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
2.13
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PA
26
1.58
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PA
62
4.55
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
4.81
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
12.55
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
204
12.42
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
13.28
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PA
128
7.79
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
6.16
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PA
58
3.53
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
19.45
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 600 PA
186
11.33
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 600 PA
68.3
68.3
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68.82
68.82

Fielding Stats for Ellis Burks and Carlton Fisk

Ellis Burks
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
24
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1612
1.08
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2298
1.09
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1559
1.05
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2157
1.02
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40249
27
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57075
27
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13416.1
9
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19025
9
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3435
2.3
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11612
5.49
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.05
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1075
0.51
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.04
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
0.08
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3576
2.4
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12852
6.08
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3516
2.36
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12687
6
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.32
98.32
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.72
98.72
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.181
2.181
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.521
5.521
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.71
96.71
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.86
93.86
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.01
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
0.08
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.06
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ellis Burks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carlton Fisk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1302
0.62
Ellis Burks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlton Fisk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
0.31