Kirtley Baker vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Kirtley Baker
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Kirtley Baker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Otis Starks posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.567 compared to 6.28 and 1.803 for Kirtley Baker. By the career numbers, Otis Starks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kirtley Baker and Otis Starks

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.41
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.49
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.07
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.92
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.15
19.15
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.25
68.25
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.82
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.62
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
6.28
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.95
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
483
11.72
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
10.74
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.72
11.72
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.74
10.74
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.49
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
4.51
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
2.79
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.811
0.811
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.73
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.75
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1789
43.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
388
9.41
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
6.38
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.41
9.41
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.803
1.803
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1572
38.13
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.322
0.322
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.4
43.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Kirtley Baker and Otis Starks

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.34
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.49
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1251
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.73
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.16
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
2.12
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
2.51
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.89
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
2.3
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.93
89.93
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.161
2.161
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kirtley Baker and Otis Starks

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
65
205.26
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
248.15
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
600
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
162
600
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
524.21
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
144
533.33
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
110.53
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
101.05
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.47
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.61
46.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
126.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
186.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.552
0.552
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
60
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
16
59.26
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
31.58
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
91.58
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.16
54.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.7
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
69.47
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
37.04
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
23
72.63
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
8.26
8.26
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.96
0.96
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.7
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.7
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100