Dick Burns vs. Bert Cole — Career Comparison

Dick Burns
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati Outlaw RedsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bert Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Burns as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Burns posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.07 and WHIP 1.201 compared to 4.67 and 1.593 for Bert Cole. By the career numbers, Dick Burns had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Burns and Bert Cole

Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.13
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.63
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.04
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.68
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.49
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.48
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.38
91.38
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.99
25.99
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.92
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.27
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.07
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
4.67
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1381
27
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
460.1
9
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
9.25
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
735
10.92
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.25
9.25
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.56
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
3.42
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
3.89
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.77
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.606
0.606
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1987
38.85
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2742
40.75
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.23
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
5.94
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
5.84
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.84
5.84
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1907
37.28
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2493
37.05
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.75
40.75

Fielding Stats for Dick Burns and Bert Cole

Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.19
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3213
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1071
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.03
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.99
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.39
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
2.41
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
212
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.02
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.62
83.62
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Burns and Bert Cole

Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
130
140.79
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
536.28
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
554
600
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
226
600
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
544
589.17
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
205
544.25
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.618
0.618
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
157.04
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
49
130.09
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
109.39
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
41
108.85
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
28.16
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.96
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.16
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.62
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.33
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.65
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
47.65
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.24
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.22
61.97
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
18.43
48.93
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
228.52
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
63
167.26
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
167.87
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
62
164.6
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.592
0.592
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
0.49
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
105.05
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
29
76.99
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.75
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.79
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
110.47
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
122.12
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64.48
69.83
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
21.14
56.11
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10.83
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
29.2
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
32.49
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
36
95.58
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
18.47
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6.28
6.28
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50