Bert Abbey vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Bert Abbey
Pre-GenerationalVermontThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Bert Abbey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bert Abbey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.52 and WHIP 1.546 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Bert Abbey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Abbey and Otis Starks

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.49
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.03
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.35
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.63
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.28
82.28
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.25
68.25
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.82
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.62
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
4.52
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
686
10.87
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
10.74
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.74
10.74
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.29
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.04
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
2.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2568
40.69
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
7
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
6.38
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.546
1.546
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2350
37.24
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.69
40.69
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Bert Abbey and Otis Starks

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.49
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.12
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
2.12
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
2.74
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
2.51
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.39
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
2.3
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.28
87.28
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.911
1.911
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Abbey and Otis Starks

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
188.1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
248.15
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
162
600
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
225
535.71
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.496
0.496
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
90.48
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.29
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.95
30.83
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
111.9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
140.48
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
50
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
90.48
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.76
30.37
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
37.04
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
54
128.57
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
4.67
4.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.29
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.7
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.7
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100