Mike Burns vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Mike Burns
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Burns as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lee Wade posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.77 and WHIP 1.309 compared to 5.82 and 1.572 for Mike Burns. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Burns and Lee Wade

Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
5.21
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
5.82
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
103.2
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
11.2
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
9.59
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
11.2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.56
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
2.52
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
6.51
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4.22
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.51
6.51
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.003
1.003
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
40.54
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.74
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
6.16
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.26
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.55
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.524
1.524
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
36.55
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1860
35.39
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.54
40.54
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Mike Burns and Lee Wade

Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
5.21
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.28
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.69
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1713
27
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
103.2
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.95
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.79
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.56
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.56
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.33
13.33
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Burns and Lee Wade

Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
2000
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
13
433.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214
535
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
102.5
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
80
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.5
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
8.4
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
33.36
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
130
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
137.5
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
57.5
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
42.5
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
97.5
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
2.1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.97
34.92
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
32.5
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
7
233.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
30
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA