Rudy Arias vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Rudy Arias
Silent GenerationCubaThrows LeftBats LeftCaribbeanChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Rudy Arias as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rudy Arias posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.09 and WHIP 1.727 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Rudy Arias had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rudy Arias and Otis Starks

Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.95
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.09
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
10.02
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.02
10.02
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.43
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.09
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.73
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
40.91
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.66
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.568
1.568
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
36.61
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Rudy Arias and Otis Starks

Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.95
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.61
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.05
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.66
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
2.51
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.66
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
2.3
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rudy Arias and Otis Starks

Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
5100
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.42
-63.2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Rudy Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100