Kirk Bullinger vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Kirk Bullinger
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Kirk Bullinger 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 6.53 and 1.529 for Kirk Bullinger. By the career numbers, Otis Starks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kirk Bullinger and Otis Starks

Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
8.65
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.53
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.95
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
11.12
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
10.74
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.12
11.12
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.74
10.74
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.41
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.29
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
3.88
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.686
0.686
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
40.76
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.12
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
6.88
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
6.38
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.88
6.88
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
37.59
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.76
40.76
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Kirk Bullinger and Otis Starks

Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
8.65
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.06
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
2.12
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.06
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
2.51
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.06
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
2.3
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kirk Bullinger and Otis Starks

Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
5880
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
533.33
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
3.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-12.72
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
37.04
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Bullinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Kirk Bullinger
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100