Mike Burns vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Mike Burns
Gen XCaliforniaThrows 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 Mike Burns 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 5.82 and 1.572 for Mike Burns. By the career numbers, Otis Starks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Burns and Otis Starks

Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
5.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
5.82
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.95
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
103.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
11.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
10.74
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
11.2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.74
10.74
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.56
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.52
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
6.51
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.51
6.51
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.003
1.003
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
40.54
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.74
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
6.16
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.16
6.16
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.26
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.524
1.524
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
36.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.54
40.54
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Mike Burns and Otis Starks

Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
5.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
103.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.95
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.56
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.56
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Burns and Otis Starks

Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
2000
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
13
433.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
533.33
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
8.4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
2.1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
37.04
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
7
233.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
25.93
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100