Fred Blank vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Fred Blank
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Blank as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Blank posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.5 and WHIP 1.750 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Fred Blank had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Blank and Otis Starks

Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.49
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.25
68.25
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.62
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.179
0.179
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
41.63
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
31.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.185
0.185
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.63
41.63
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Fred Blank and Otis Starks

Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.49
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
2.12
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
2.51
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
2.3
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Blank and Otis Starks

Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
248.15
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100