Bill Burdick vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Bill Burdick
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Burdick as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Burdick posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.17 and WHIP 1.272 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Bill Burdick had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Burdick and Otis Starks

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.49
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.97
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.49
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.15
46.15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.25
68.25
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.62
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.17
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
665
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
221.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
9.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.18
9.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.77
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
2.88
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
948
38.49
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
5.28
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
35.97
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Bill Burdick and Otis Starks

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.24
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.49
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.68
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.56
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
2.51
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.32
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
2.3
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.871
1.871
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burdick and Otis Starks

Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
31
200
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
248.15
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
93
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
548.39
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
17.48
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
129.03
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
7
45.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
9
58.06
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.26
14.58
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Bill Burdick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.7
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
37.04
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
7.75
7.75
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Bill Burdick
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100