Norm Bass vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Norm Bass
Silent GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Otis Starks posted a stronger line than Norm Bass. Otis Starks posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.95 vs 5.32) and home runs allowed (0.5 per nine innings vs 0.92). By the career numbers, Otis Starks had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Norm Bass and Otis Starks

Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.31
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.46
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.6
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.33
43.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.31
52.31
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
5.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.95
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
761
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
253.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
9.61
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.62
9.62
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.92
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
4.86
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
3.94
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.35
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1146
40.66
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.46
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.82
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.82
5.82
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.608
1.608
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1005
35.66
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.66
40.66
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Norm Bass and Otis Starks

Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.31
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.02
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
761
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
253.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.39
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.31
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.84
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.7
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.31
92.31
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.739
0.739
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.31
52.31
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Norm Bass and Otis Starks

Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
444.94
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
89
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
552.81
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
8
53.93
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
7
47.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.74
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
2.05
13.83
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
11
74.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
11
74.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
5
33.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40.45
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
10
67.42
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.48
-9.95
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20.22
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
48
323.6
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
1.85
1.85
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.97
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
25.93
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100