Jerry Akers vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Jerry Akers
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerry Akers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jerry Akers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.87 and WHIP 1.918 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Jerry Akers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Akers and Otis Starks

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.87
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
10.62
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.62
10.62
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.64
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.87
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
42.93
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.52
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
6.38
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.918
1.918
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
35.41
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.93
42.93
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Jerry Akers and Otis Starks

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.49
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1160
27
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386.2
9
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Akers and Otis Starks

Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
61.11
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
80.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Jerry Akers
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100