Dick Burton vs. Bill Evans — Career Comparison

Dick Burton
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Evans
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Burton built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Evans as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Burton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.71 and WHIP 1.376 compared to 4.98 and 1.708 for Bill Evans. By the career numbers, Dick Burton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Burton and Bill Evans

Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.48
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.4
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.24
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.99
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.5
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.71
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.98
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
27
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
27
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36.1
9
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.2
9
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9.17
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
8.72
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.72
8.72
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.22
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
6.65
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.72
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.66
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.771
0.771
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.25
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
41.12
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
40.29
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.08
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
6.44
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
5.82
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.82
5.82
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.99
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.5
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.708
1.708
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
36.91
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
33.65
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.12
41.12
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.29
40.29

Fielding Stats for Dick Burton and Bill Evans

Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.48
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.24
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
27
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.1
9
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.23
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.48
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.23
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Burton and Bill Evans

Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
10
461.54
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
1560
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
600
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
553.85
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
8.32
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.38
-17.41
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.5
-60
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA