Tom Burgmeier vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Tom Burgmeier
Silent GenerationMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Burgmeier as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Burgmeier posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.23 and WHIP 1.327 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Tom Burgmeier had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Burgmeier and Otis Starks

Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
5.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.56
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.39
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.96
58.96
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.73
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
3.23
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3776
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258.2
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1231
8.8
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
2.75
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.39
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
4.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.769
0.769
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.23
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5272
37.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.64
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
3.73
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.58
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.24
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.84
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.283
1.283
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4741
33.9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.7
37.7
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Tom Burgmeier and Otis Starks

Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
748
5.34
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3780
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1260
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.89
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
293
2.09
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
3.07
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
2.51
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.98
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
2.3
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.98
96.98
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.558
0.558
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.26
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Burgmeier and Otis Starks

Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
782
6702.86
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
70
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
565.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
120
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
102.86
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.14
35.45
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
137.14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
145.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.489
0.489
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
171.43
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
16
59.26
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
171.43
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Tom Burgmeier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.37
37.49
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
20
171.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.7
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.7
Tom Burgmeier
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100