Buck Becannon vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Buck Becannon
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkNorth AmericaNew York MetropolitansAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Buck Becannon 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 5.93 and 1.495 for Buck Becannon. By the career numbers, Otis Starks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buck Becannon and Otis Starks

Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.49
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.79
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.25
68.25
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.62
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
5.93
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.95
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
10.88
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
10.74
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.88
10.88
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.74
10.74
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.49
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.57
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.48
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.451
0.451
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.68
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
41.34
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
8.51
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
6.38
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.51
8.51
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.495
1.495
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
38.27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.82
7.82
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.34
41.34
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Buck Becannon and Otis Starks

Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.04
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.49
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.26
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.82
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.34
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.08
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Becannon and Otis Starks

Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
12
167.44
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
248.15
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
572.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.7
37.74
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
167.44
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
5
69.77
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.57
49.81
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.7
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Becannon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
21.5
21.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Buck Becannon
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100