Cedrick Bowers vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Cedrick Bowers
Gen XFloridaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Cedrick Bowers 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 7.4 and 1.694 for Cedrick Bowers. By the career numbers, Otis Starks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cedrick Bowers and Otis Starks

Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
8.27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.95
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.4
7.4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.21
7.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
10.02
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.02
10.02
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
2.61
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.79
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
10.02
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.02
10.02
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.645
1.645
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
41.37
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.66
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
8.27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
6.38
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.27
8.27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.87
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.645
1.645
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
35.27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.327
0.327
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.37
41.37
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Cedrick Bowers and Otis Starks

Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
8.27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.31
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.31
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.158
0.158
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cedrick Bowers and Otis Starks

Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
11400
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
533.33
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
59.26
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
205.73
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
37.04
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cedrick Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.81
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Cedrick Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100