Josh Billings vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Josh Billings
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Josh Billings and Otis Starks are fairly close on the surface numbers. Josh Billings carried a career ERA of 5.03 against Otis Starks's 4.95. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Josh Billings and Otis Starks — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Josh Billings and Otis Starks

Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.78
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.46
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.69
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.1
64.1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.37
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
5.03
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.95
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
9.55
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.89
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
3.06
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.883
0.883
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
908
41.48
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.41
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
6.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.08
6.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.604
1.604
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
36.05
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.48
41.48
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Josh Billings and Otis Starks

Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.49
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1160
27
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386.2
9
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.43
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.385
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Josh Billings and Otis Starks

Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
303.9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
77
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
68
529.87
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
533.33
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.656
0.656
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
132.47
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
101.3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.38
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.79
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.17
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.88
53.62
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
171.43
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
171.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
85.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
59.26
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.75
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
132.47
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.74
60.29
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
38.96
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
37.04
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
15
116.88
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
5.13
5.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.17
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
25.93
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100