Wally Burnette vs. Joe Orrell — Career Comparison

Wally Burnette
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Orrell
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Wally Burnette built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Orrell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Orrell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.01 and WHIP 1.517 compared to 3.56 and 1.378 for Wally Burnette. By the career numbers, Joe Orrell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wally Burnette and Joe Orrell

Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
2.33
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.21
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.93
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.7
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.48
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.72
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.4
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.88
21.88
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
3.56
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.01
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
27
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
27
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262.2
9
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.2
9
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
8.87
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.03
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.79
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
3.32
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
4.62
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.21
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
4.18
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.61
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.834
0.834
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.803
0.803
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.5
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1118
38.31
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
39.65
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.72
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.41
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
4.25
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
4.01
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.517
1.517
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1018
34.88
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
34.53
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.65
39.65

Fielding Stats for Wally Burnette and Joe Orrell

Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.33
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.93
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
787
27
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262.1
9
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.55
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.51
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.09
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.06
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.36
98.36
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.3
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.882
0.882
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.813
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Wally Burnette and Joe Orrell

Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
458.43
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
800
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
600
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
519.1
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
575
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.396
0.396
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
74.16
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
74.16
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.66
11.2
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
14.58
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
74.16
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
94.38
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
125
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
20.22
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.97
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.62
4.17
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
8.77
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
20.22
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
121.35
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
200
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.94
4.94
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
60.67
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA