Willie Burns vs. Bert Cole — Career Comparison

Willie Burns
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Bert Cole posted a stronger line than Willie Burns. Bert Cole posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.67 vs 7.91) and WHIP (1.593 vs 1.903). By the career numbers, Bert Cole had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Willie Burns and Bert Cole

Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.29
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.63
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.98
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.68
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.42
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.48
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.99
25.99
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.27
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
7.91
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
4.67
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
12.55
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
735
10.92
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.55
12.55
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.92
10.92
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.78
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
4.58
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.42
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.07
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.77
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.46
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.28
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
675
44.13
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2742
40.75
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.23
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
9.35
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
5.84
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.84
5.84
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.72
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.903
1.903
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.593
1.593
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
38.38
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2493
37.05
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.13
44.13
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.75
40.75

Fielding Stats for Willie Burns and Bert Cole

Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.26
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.98
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147.2
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.95
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.38
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.13
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.74
89.74
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.946
0.946
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.24
43.24
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Burns and Bert Cole

Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
44
406.15
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
536.28
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
65
600
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
563.08
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
544.25
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.546
0.546
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.618
0.618
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
13
120
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
130.09
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
9
83.08
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.92
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.96
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.62
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.92
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.24
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
4.35
40.17
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
48.93
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
17
156.92
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
167.26
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
16
147.69
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
164.6
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.529
0.529
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.066
0.066
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
4
36.92
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
76.99
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.69
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.79
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
7
64.62
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
122.12
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
4.53
41.81
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.14
56.11
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.31
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.23
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
29.2
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
36
95.58
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.23
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50