Kevin Beirne vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Kevin Beirne
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Kevin Beirne 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 6.09 and 1.588 for Kevin Beirne. By the career numbers, Otis Starks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kevin Beirne and Otis Starks

Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
4.83
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
6.09
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.95
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
9.35
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.35
9.35
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.47
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.52
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.62
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.62
6.62
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.237
1.237
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.53
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.63
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
40.66
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.58
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
6.51
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
6.38
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.51
6.51
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.63
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.53
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.541
1.541
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
34.56
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.66
40.66
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Kevin Beirne and Otis Starks

Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
4.83
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.05
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.58
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.47
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kevin Beirne and Otis Starks

Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
4600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
533.33
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
73.95
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
59.26
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.98
97.53
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.81
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
25.93
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100