MLB / Players

Bill Burdick

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

BornOctober 11, 1859 · Austin, MN, USA

MLB debutJuly 23, 1888

Final gameJuly 2, 1889

Seasons2 (1888–1889)

Indianapolis Hoosiers 1888–1889

Percentile snapshot

1888 season — qualified pitchers

5.8

9.6

19.2

86.5

9.6

SHO

168

90.4

86.5

3.8

19.2

176.0

7.7

ERA

2.81

WHIP

1.199

36.5

K/9

2.81

15.4

FIP

3.56

5.8

FIP-

125.6

5.8

ERA+

100.7

44.2

sWAR

1.6

21.2

of 53 qualified 1888 pitchers (min 136 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

1.8

69.1

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1888	21	72	68	6	10	0	0	0	1	2	11	0	0	.147	.194	.147	.342	27.0	9.9	.169	1.6
1889	10	21	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	.118	.286	.118	.403	45.1	14.1	.237	0.2

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1888	20	20	10	10	0	20	0	168	55	43	55	12	176.0	2.81	1.199	2.81	3.56	125.6	100.7	1.6
1889	10	4	2	4	1	2	0	58	23	13	16	7	45.7	4.53	1.555	3.15	5.14	127.6	88.8	0.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

RBI

.1412

OBP

.2151

SLG

.1412

OPS

.3563

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

222

SO (P)

BB allowed

ERA

3.167

WHIP

1.2722

K/9

2.88

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.