Kurt Birkins vs. Joe Mays — Career Comparison

Kurt Birkins
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Mays
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Joe Mays 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. Joe Mays posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.05 and WHIP 1.473 compared to 5.85 and 1.553 for Kurt Birkins. By the career numbers, Joe Mays had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kurt Birkins and Joe Mays

Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
7.17
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
1.86
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.41
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.72
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.43
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.48
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.63
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.68
40.68
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.73
75.73
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
5.85
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
5.05
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
27
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2991
27
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.1
9
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
997
9
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.8
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1130
10.2
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
10.2
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.84
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.25
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.18
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
2.97
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
7.65
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
512
4.62
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.65
7.65
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.844
0.844
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.48
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.42
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.72
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.16
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
40.98
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4360
39.36
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.55
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.13
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
6.09
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
5.43
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.27
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.26
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.84
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.94
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.553
1.553
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
35.48
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3954
35.69
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.98
40.98
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Kurt Birkins and Joe Mays

Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
7.17
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
1.86
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.41
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
27
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2991
27
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.1
9
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
997
9
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.72
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.55
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
1.17
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.55
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.97
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.55
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.9
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.217
0.217
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.019
1.019
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.73
75.73
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kurt Birkins and Joe Mays

Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
60
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
3987.1
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
600
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
464.52
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.726
0.726
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.93
56.72
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
154.84
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
174.19
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
19.35
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.15
60.89
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
9
174.19
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.44
3.44
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA