Samuel Burris vs. Joe Johnson — Career Comparison

Samuel Burris
Greatest GenerationIllinoisNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Johnson
Baby BoomersMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Samuel Burris as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Johnson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.48 and WHIP 1.454 compared to 10.8 and 2.000 for Samuel Burris. By the career numbers, Joe Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Samuel Burris and Joe Johnson

Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
5.4
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.7
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.59
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.55
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.8
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.49
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.55
93.55
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
10.8
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
4.48
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.39
7.39
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
982
27
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327.1
9
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
11.7
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
10.09
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.7
11.7
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.09
10.09
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.82
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
6.3
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.72
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.27
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.3
6.3
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
3.6
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
4.1
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.758
0.758
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.27
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
45.9
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1414
38.88
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
10.8
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
5.09
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.09
5.09
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.25
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.8
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
38.7
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283
35.28
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.9
45.9
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Samuel Burris and Joe Johnson

Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.7
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.59
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
982
27
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327.1
9
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.6
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.21
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.9
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.81
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.65
95.65
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.55
93.55
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Samuel Burris and Joe Johnson

Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
700
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
630.51
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
600
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
498.31
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
40.68
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
30.51
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
61.11
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.87
8.86
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
81.36
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
30.51
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
82.59
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.77
-7.81
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
203.39
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.95
2.95
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA