Kurt Birkins vs. Jakie May — Career Comparison

Kurt Birkins
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jakie May
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jakie May built a career as a starting pitcher and Kurt Birkins as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jakie May posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.88 and WHIP 1.448 compared to 5.85 and 1.553 for Kurt Birkins. By the career numbers, Jakie May had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kurt Birkins and Jakie May

Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
7.17
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
410
2.36
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.93
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.72
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.41
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.48
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.55
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.11
43.11
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.27
39.27
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.4
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.11
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
5.85
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
3.88
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
27
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4687
27
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.1
9
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1562.1
9
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
9.8
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1645
9.48
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.84
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.2
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.18
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
3.55
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
7.65
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
765
4.41
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.65
7.65
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.87
1.87
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.885
0.885
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.48
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.18
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.72
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.51
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
40.98
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6831
39.35
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.55
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
0.86
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
6.09
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
808
4.65
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.84
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.553
1.553
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.448
1.448
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
35.48
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6126
35.29
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.98
40.98
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Kurt Birkins and Jakie May

Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
7.17
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
410
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
27
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.1
9
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.55
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.55
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.55
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.65
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.912
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jakie May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kurt Birkins and Jakie May

Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
60
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
410
466.79
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
527
600
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
468
532.83
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
91.08
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
71.73
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.39
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.69
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.28
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
19.35
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.37
28.88
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
120.68
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
125.24
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
37.57
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
27.32
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
62.62
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.5
26.75
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.28
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
31.88
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jakie May
Career
Per 600 PA
120
136.62
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.39
4.39
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
33.02
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jakie May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jakie May
Career
Per 600 PA