Chad Bentz vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Chad Bentz
Gen XAlaskaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Chad Bentz 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 7.58 and 1.921 for Chad Bentz. By the career numbers, Otis Starks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chad Bentz and Otis Starks

Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
12.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.91
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
7.58
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.95
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.58
7.58
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.21
7.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.38
7.38
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
9.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.12
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
6.98
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.91
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
5.46
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.46
5.46
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.382
1.382
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
42.47
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.52
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
7.89
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
6.38
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.89
7.89
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
34.89
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.47
42.47
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Chad Bentz and Otis Starks

Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
12.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.52
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.52
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.03
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
2.51
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.03
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
2.3
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chad Bentz and Otis Starks

Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
12000
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.81
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Chad Bentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100