Pedro Baez vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Pedro Baez
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Pedro Baez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pedro Baez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.08 and WHIP 1.125 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Pedro Baez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pedro Baez and Otis Starks

Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
8.98
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.52
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.37
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.207
0.207
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1088
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
362.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
6.87
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.99
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
9.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.33
9.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.25
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1489
36.95
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.36
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.57
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.45
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1337
33.18
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.95
36.95
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Pedro Baez and Otis Starks

Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
8.98
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1088
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
362.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.65
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.92
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.79
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.49
86.49
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.088
0.088
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pedro Baez and Otis Starks

Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
362
31028.57
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
533.33
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-27.31
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
37.04
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100