Ron Blackburn vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Ron Blackburn
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Blackburn as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Blackburn posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.5 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Ron Blackburn had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blackburn and Otis Starks

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
5.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
9.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.25
9.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.75
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.17
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.852
0.852
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
477
39.75
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
4.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
35.83
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.75
39.75
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Ron Blackburn and Otis Starks

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
5.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.58
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.25
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blackburn and Otis Starks

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
2953.85
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.923
0.923
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
86.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
369.23
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
86.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
25.93
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100