Dick Burns vs. Claude Passeau — Career Comparison

Dick Burns
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati Outlaw RedsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Claude Passeau
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Passeau 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 3.32 and 1.318 for Claude Passeau. 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 Claude Passeau

Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.13
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
1.47
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.04
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.1
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.49
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.54
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.5
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.38
91.38
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.55
74.55
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.92
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.62
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.07
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.07
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1003
3.32
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1381
27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8159
27
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
460.1
9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2719.2
9
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
9.25
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2856
9.45
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.25
9.25
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.35
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.56
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
728
2.41
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
3.89
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1104
3.65
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.606
0.606
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.674
0.674
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.13
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1987
38.85
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11642
38.53
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.28
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
5.94
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
3.98
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.318
1.318
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1907
37.28
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10875
35.99
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Dick Burns and Claude Passeau

Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.19
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3213
27
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1071
9
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.03
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.99
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.39
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
2.41
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.02
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.62
83.62
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.67
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Burns and Claude Passeau

Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
130
140.79
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
447
255.43
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
554
600
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1050
600
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
544
589.17
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
982
561.14
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.515
0.515
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
157.04
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
108
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
101
109.39
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
81.14
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
28.16
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
16.57
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.16
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.71
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.33
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.57
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
47.65
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
26.86
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57.22
61.97
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.94
34.25
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
211
228.52
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
153.71
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
167.87
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
123.43
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.488
0.488
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
105.05
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
84
48
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.75
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
45.71
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
102
110.47
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
85.14
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64.48
69.83
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
51.63
29.5
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10.83
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.86
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
32.49
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
294
168
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
18.47
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
3.57
3.57
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
23.43
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
13
7.43
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100