Samuel Burris vs. Mike Wood — Career Comparison

Samuel Burris
Greatest GenerationIllinoisNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Wood
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Wood 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. Mike Wood posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.49 and WHIP 1.622 compared to 10.8 and 2.000 for Samuel Burris. By the career numbers, Mike Wood had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Samuel Burris and Mike Wood

Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
5.4
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
3.01
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.02
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.42
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.8
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.58
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.91
33.91
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
10.8
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
5.49
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.39
7.39
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1032
27
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
344
9
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
11.7
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
10.96
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.7
11.7
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.96
10.96
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.9
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.41
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
6.3
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.27
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.37
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.3
6.3
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
3.6
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
4.79
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.895
0.895
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.55
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.71
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
45.9
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1565
40.94
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.44
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
10.8
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
6.2
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.34
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.29
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.13
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.581
1.581
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
38.7
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389
36.34
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.9
45.9
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.94
40.94

Fielding Stats for Samuel Burris and Mike Wood

Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
3.01
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.02
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1032
27
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
344
9
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.65
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.54
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.16
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.35
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.2
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.91
33.91
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Samuel Burris and Mike Wood

Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
7
700
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
13800
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
61.11
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
82.59
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.52
-62.56
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2
240
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Samuel Burris
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA