Steve Barber vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Steve Barber
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Steve Barber 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 5.08 and 1.744 for Steve Barber. By the career numbers, Otis Starks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Barber and Otis Starks

Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
5.08
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.95
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
7.85
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
7.15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.15
7.15
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.15
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.15
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
41.77
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.31
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.31
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.92
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
32.54
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.77
41.77
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Steve Barber and Otis Starks

Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
5.08
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.92
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.38
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.38
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Barber and Otis Starks

Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
7
525
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
533.33
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.69
-51.76
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
150
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
25.93
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Steve Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100