Jim Burton vs. Hod Eller — Career Comparison

Jim Burton
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Hod Eller
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hod Eller built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Burton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Hod Eller posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.62 and WHIP 1.181 compared to 2.75 and 1.473 for Jim Burton. By the career numbers, Hod Eller had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Burton and Hod Eller

Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.85
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.67
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.65
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.92
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.63
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.32
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.42
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
55
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.54
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
2.75
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
2.62
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
27
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2589
27
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.2
9
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
863
9
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
9.7
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
8.41
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.97
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
3.23
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
2.22
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
6.79
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
3.97
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.114
1.114
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.688
0.688
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
39.29
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3523
36.74
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.46
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.6
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.85
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
3.26
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.49
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.437
1.437
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
35.57
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3292
34.33
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.29
39.29
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.74
36.74

Fielding Stats for Jim Burton and Hod Eller

Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.85
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.65
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
27
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.2
9
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.32
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.13
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.46
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.46
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.69
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.295
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.33
13.33
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Burton and Hod Eller

Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
30
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
300
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
326
600
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
308
566.87
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
125.15
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
106.75
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
11.04
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.52
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.84
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.4
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.19
37.16
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
152.76
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
138.04
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.508
0.508
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.17
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
53.37
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
95.71
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.11
40.7
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.84
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
11.04
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 600 PA
60
110.43
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.43
5.43
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
20.25
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.2
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.84
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
11.04
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Hod Eller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33