Dick Burns vs. Jack Nabors — Career Comparison

Dick Burns
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati Outlaw RedsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jack Nabors
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Nabors 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 3.87 and 1.472 for Jack Nabors. 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 Jack Nabors

Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.13
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.74
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.04
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.23
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.49
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.83
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.38
91.38
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.15
71.15
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.92
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.43
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.07
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
3.87
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1381
27
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460.1
9
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
9.25
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
8.88
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.25
9.25
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.56
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
4.37
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
3.89
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
3.14
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.81
1.81
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.606
0.606
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.834
0.834
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.2
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1987
38.85
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1113
37.15
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.37
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
5.94
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
5.21
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.472
1.472
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1907
37.28
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
974
32.51
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.15
37.15

Fielding Stats for Dick Burns and Jack Nabors

Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.19
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3213
27
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1071
9
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.03
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.99
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.39
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
2.41
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.02
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.62
83.62
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.35
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.615
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Burns and Jack Nabors

Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
140.79
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
350.56
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
554
600
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
89
600
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
544
589.17
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
85
573.03
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
157.04
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
9
60.67
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
109.39
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
9
60.67
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
28.16
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.16
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.33
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
47.65
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.22
61.97
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
1.18
7.92
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
228.52
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
9
60.67
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
167.87
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
12
80.9
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
105.05
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.74
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.75
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
110.47
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.74
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64.48
69.83
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-12.5
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
10.83
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.48
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
32.49
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
45
303.37
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
18.47
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
1.98
1.98
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA