Jeff Bennett vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Jeff Bennett
Gen XTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Jeff Bennett as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jeff Bennett posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.3 and WHIP 1.599 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Jeff Bennett had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jeff Bennett and Otis Starks

Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
7.06
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.32
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.67
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
32
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
4.3
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
685
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
228.1
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
9.62
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.62
9.62
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.95
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
4.26
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.51
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.07
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.07
6.07
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.147
1.147
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.51
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.51
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1025
40.4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.81
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
4.69
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.69
4.69
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.51
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.51
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.26
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.542
1.542
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
878
34.61
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.314
0.314
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Jeff Bennett and Otis Starks

Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
7.06
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
685
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
228.1
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.43
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.06
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.66
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.48
90.48
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.212
0.212
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jeff Bennett and Otis Starks

Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
5370
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
17
510
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
533.33
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.76
22.81
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Jeff Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
12.34
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
37.04
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
7
210
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
2.86
2.86
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
25.93
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Jeff Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100