Rube Benton vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Rube Benton
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Rube Benton posted a stronger line than Otis Starks. Rube Benton posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.09 vs 4.95) and WHIP (1.265 vs 1.567). By the career numbers, Rube Benton 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 Rube Benton and Otis Starks

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
1.56
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
1.09
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.54
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.51
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.02
51.02
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.79
69.79
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.25
68.25
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
0.52
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
863
3.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517.1
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2472
8.84
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
2.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
950
3.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.24
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.34
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10539
37.68
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.3
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
3.99
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9732
34.79
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.68
37.68
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Rube Benton and Otis Starks

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
103.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
17.76
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
161.05
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
2.12
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
6.87
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
185.68
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
2.51
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
178.82
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
2.3
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.3
96.3
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.728
1.728
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.45
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Benton and Otis Starks

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
437
295.6
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
887
600
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
162
600
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
825
558.06
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
96.05
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
79.82
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
12.85
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.23
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.38
23.26
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
116.35
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
112.29
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
30.44
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
40.59
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
70.35
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.23
19.09
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.35
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.88
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
188
127.17
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
4.72
4.72
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
25.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
3.38
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
80
80
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100