Dick Burton vs. Bill Husted — Career Comparison

Dick Burton
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Husted
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsPlayers' LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Burton built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Husted 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 4.88 and 1.667 for Bill Husted. 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 Husted

Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.48
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.26
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.24
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.19
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.35
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.99
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.7
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.84
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.71
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
4.88
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
27
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
387
27
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.1
9
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
9
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
9.17
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
10.33
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.22
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
4.67
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.72
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
2.3
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.771
0.771
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.775
0.775
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.77
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.35
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
41.12
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
42.49
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.5
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
6.44
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
7.33
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.44
6.44
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.33
7.33
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.99
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.5
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
36.91
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
37.47
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.12
41.12
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.49
42.49

Fielding Stats for Dick Burton and Bill Husted

Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.48
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.26
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.24
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
27
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
387
27
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.1
9
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
9
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.23
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.67
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.35
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.48
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
2.23
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.23
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.88
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.38
84.37
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Burton and Bill Husted

Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
461.54
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
183.05
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
600
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
12
553.85
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
569.49
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
61.02
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
61.02
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
8.32
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
10.67
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
61.02
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
91.53
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
101.69
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.38
-17.41
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.49
-4.97
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
30.51
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
9
91.53
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
6.56
6.56
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Husted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Husted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100