Bill Burns vs. Phil Hughes — Career Comparison

Bill Burns
Pre-GenerationalTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Phil Hughes
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Bill Burns posted a stronger line than Phil Hughes. Bill Burns posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.72 vs 4.52) and WHIP (1.187 vs 1.324). By the career numbers, Bill Burns had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bill Burns and Phil Hughes

Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
1.47
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.02
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
1.07
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.38
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.61
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.65
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.55
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.59
36.59
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.69
52.69
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.65
72.65
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.56
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.13
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.72
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
648
4.52
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2153
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
717.2
9
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
705
8.84
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1384
9.65
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.65
9.65
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.18
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
1.33
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.84
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
313
2.18
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.84
1.84
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.18
2.18
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
2.92
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1040
7.25
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.048
1.048
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.48
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.22
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2846
35.69
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5496
38.31
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.26
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.17
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
4.15
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
684
4.77
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.31
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.59
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.187
1.187
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.315
1.315
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2661
33.37
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5088
35.47
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.69
35.69
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.31
38.31

Fielding Stats for Bill Burns and Phil Hughes

Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
1.95
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.02
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.05
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.47
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1620
27
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3873
27
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
540
9
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1291
9
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.32
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.34
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
4.37
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.66
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.38
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
5.07
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
1.02
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
4.68
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
1
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.43
92.43
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.95
97.95
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.402
2.402
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.493
0.493
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.85
53.85
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.76
72.76
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burns and Phil Hughes

Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
118
269.2
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
8700
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
263
600
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
558.94
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
18
540
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
109.51
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
88.97
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
18.25
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.28
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
20.53
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.02
34.26
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
132.32
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
146.01
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
27.38
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
15.97
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
43.35
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.27
34.83
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.82
-54.69
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.28
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
34.22
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
143.73
Phil Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
240
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.17
4.17
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.56
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.28
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.28
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Phil Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA