Dick Burns vs. Lil Stoner — Career Comparison

Dick Burns
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati Outlaw RedsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Lil Stoner
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lil Stoner 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 4.76 and 1.548 for Lil Stoner. 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 Lil Stoner

Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.13
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.05
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.04
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
1
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.49
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.45
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.52
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.3
46.3
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.38
91.38
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.47
48.47
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.92
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.4
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.13
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.07
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
531
4.76
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1381
27
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3011
27
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
460.1
9
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1003.2
9
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
9.25
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1180
10.58
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.25
9.25
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.58
10.58
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.56
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.56
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
3.35
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
3.89
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
2.68
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.606
0.606
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.671
0.671
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.22
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.25
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1987
38.85
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4492
40.28
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.65
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
5.94
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
5.59
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.548
1.548
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1907
37.28
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4090
36.68
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.28
40.28

Fielding Stats for Dick Burns and Lil Stoner

Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.19
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3213
27
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1071
9
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.03
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.99
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.39
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
2.41
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.02
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.62
83.62
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.72
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.091
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Burns and Lil Stoner

Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
130
140.79
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
378.08
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
554
600
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
365
600
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
544
589.17
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
338
555.62
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
157.04
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
58
95.34
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
109.39
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
40
65.75
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
28.16
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
15
24.66
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.16
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.64
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.33
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.29
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
47.65
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
18
29.59
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.22
61.97
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
18.45
30.33
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
228.52
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
81
133.15
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
167.87
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
75
123.29
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.451
0.451
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
105.05
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
24
39.45
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.75
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
50.96
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
110.47
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
53
87.12
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64.48
69.83
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
15.25
25.07
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.29
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10.83
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
24.66
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
32.49
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
63
103.56
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
18.47
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
5.79
5.79
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
16.44
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lil Stoner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.64
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.64
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.29
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Lil Stoner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50