Dick Burns vs. Marty McHale — Career Comparison

Dick Burns
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati Outlaw RedsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Marty McHale
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Marty McHale 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 3.57 and 1.289 for Marty McHale. 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 Marty McHale

Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.13
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.61
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.04
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.11
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.49
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.3
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.75
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.38
91.38
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.75
68.75
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.92
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.58
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.07
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
3.57
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1381
27
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1075
27
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460.1
9
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
358.1
9
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
9.25
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
9.57
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.25
9.25
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.18
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.56
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
2.03
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
3.89
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
3.29
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.606
0.606
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.592
0.592
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.18
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.2
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1987
38.85
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1472
36.97
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.33
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
5.94
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
4.57
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.289
1.289
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1907
37.28
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1383
34.74
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.97
36.97

Fielding Stats for Dick Burns and Marty McHale

Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.19
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
41.14
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3213
27
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1071
9
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
1.03
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.07
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
0.99
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
57.86
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.39
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
7.07
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
2.41
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
72
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
2.02
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
64.93
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.62
83.62
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.18
90.18
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.578
1.578
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Burns and Marty McHale

Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
140.79
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
312
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
554
600
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
125
600
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
544
589.17
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
107
513.6
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.463
0.463
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
157.04
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
15
72
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
109.39
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
67.2
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
28.16
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.16
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.8
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.33
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
47.65
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.8
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.22
61.97
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
4.92
23.63
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
228.52
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
17
81.6
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
167.87
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
29
139.2
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
105.05
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
9
43.2
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
9.75
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.4
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
110.47
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
12
57.6
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64.48
69.83
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
4.76
22.84
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10.83
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
62.4
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
32.49
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
129.6
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
18.47
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
4.63
4.63
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.2
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Marty McHale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100