Nick Avila vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Nick Avila
Gen ZCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Nick Avila 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 8.49 and 1.714 for Nick Avila. By the career numbers, Otis Starks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nick Avila and Otis Starks

Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6.17
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.77
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.49
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.95
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.49
8.49
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.61
6.61
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
13.11
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
10.74
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.11
13.11
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.74
10.74
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.54
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.31
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
10.8
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.8
10.8
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.457
1.457
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
42.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
9.26
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
6.38
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.26
9.26
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.54
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.714
1.714
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
38.57
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.441
0.441
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Nick Avila and Otis Starks

Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6.17
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.77
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.125
0.125
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nick Avila and Otis Starks

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