Dennis Burns vs. Greg Harris — Career Comparison

Dennis Burns
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Greg Harris
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dennis Burns built a career as a starting pitcher and Greg Harris as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Greg Harris posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.69 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 4.62 and 1.586 for Dennis Burns. By the career numbers, Greg Harris had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dennis Burns and Greg Harris

Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
2.04
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.99
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.4
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.45
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.45
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.55
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.12
45.12
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.78
48.78
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.45
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
4.62
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
3.69
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
543
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
10.54
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
8.15
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.2
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.79
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
3.73
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
652
4
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.53
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.69
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
7
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.602
0.602
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.33
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
40.67
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6293
38.61
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.5
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.63
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
5.47
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
4.23
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.31
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.81
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.586
1.586
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
742
36.9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5464
33.52
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.67
40.67
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Dennis Burns and Greg Harris

Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.6
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4401
27
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1467
9
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.62
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
1.4
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.2
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
2.21
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
2.02
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.96
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.14
91.14
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.171
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.468
0.468
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.94
13.94
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dennis Burns and Greg Harris

Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
41
424.14
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
705
5957.75
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
51
527.59
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
574.65
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
7
72.41
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
126.76
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
7
72.41
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1.59
16.43
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
7
72.41
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
185.92
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
12
124.14
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
135.21
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.555
0.555
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.434
0.434
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
59.15
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
4
41.38
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
92.96
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1.27
13.09
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.15
43.55
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
51.72
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
155.17
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
29
245.07
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2.45
2.45
Dennis Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA