Babe Birrer vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Babe Birrer
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Babe Birrer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Babe Birrer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.36 and WHIP 1.446 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Babe Birrer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Babe Birrer and Otis Starks

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.3
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.36
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
9.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.7
9.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.98
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.78
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.38
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
518
38.96
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.73
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
4.81
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
36.1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.96
38.96
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Babe Birrer and Otis Starks

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.6
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.68
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.28
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.28
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Birrer and Otis Starks

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
1120
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
540
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.883
0.883
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.79
95.72
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
300
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
200
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
59.26
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.57
91.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
37.04
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
120
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100