Ed Bagley vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Ed Bagley
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Bagley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Bagley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.39 and WHIP 1.507 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Ed Bagley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Bagley and Otis Starks

Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.49
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.04
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.38
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.64
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.21
37.21
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.25
68.25
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.94
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.62
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
4.39
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1143
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
10.09
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.09
10.09
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
3.47
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
3.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.774
0.774
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.18
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1750
41.34
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
7.35
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
6.38
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.35
7.35
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.507
1.507
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1595
37.68
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.76
6.76
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.34
41.34
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Ed Bagley and Otis Starks

Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.49
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1158
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
386
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.54
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.61
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
2.49
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
2.15
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.98
85.98
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.769
1.769
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Bagley and Otis Starks

Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
48
158.24
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
248.15
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
600
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
162
600
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
570.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
102.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
82.42
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.48
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.3
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.78
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.11
30.04
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
128.57
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
131.87
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
56.04
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
36.26
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
89.01
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.17
26.95
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
9
29.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
31
102.2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
5.87
5.87
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100