Dick Burns vs. Jim Hearn — Career Comparison

Dick Burns
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati Outlaw RedsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jim Hearn
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Hearn 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 3.81 and 1.372 for Jim Hearn. 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 Jim Hearn

Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.13
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
2.09
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.04
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.21
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.49
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.58
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.47
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.05
55.05
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.38
91.38
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.83
57.83
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.92
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.33
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.07
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
721
3.81
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1381
27
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5111
27
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
460.1
9
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1703.2
9
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9.25
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1661
8.77
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.25
9.25
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.83
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.56
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
655
3.46
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.12
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
3.89
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
669
3.53
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.606
0.606
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.777
0.777
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.18
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.13
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1987
38.85
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7294
38.53
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.39
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
5.94
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
847
4.47
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.359
1.359
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1907
37.28
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6614
34.94
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Dick Burns and Jim Hearn

Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.19
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.53
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.05
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3213
27
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1933
27
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1071
9
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
644.1
9
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
1.03
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.48
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.99
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
4.96
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.39
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.31
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
2.41
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
6.75
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
2.02
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
6.44
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.62
83.62
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.164
1.164
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.94
18.94
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.46
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Burns and Jim Hearn

Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
130
140.79
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
403
391.26
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
554
600
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
544
589.17
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
548
532.04
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.453
0.453
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
157.04
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
77
74.76
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
109.39
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
59
57.28
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
28.16
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
7
6.8
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.16
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.94
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.33
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
47.65
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
18
17.48
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.22
61.97
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
25.82
25.07
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
228.52
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
115
111.65
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
167.87
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
111
107.77
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.314
0.314
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
105.05
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
44
42.72
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.75
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
34.95
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
110.47
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
71
68.93
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64.48
69.83
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
14.16
13.74
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10.83
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
32.04
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
32.49
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
214
207.77
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
18.47
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
33.98
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
7
6.8
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100