Fred Mauer vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Fred Mauer
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaNew York MetropolitansAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Mauer 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 36 and 5.500 for Fred Mauer. By the career numbers, Otis Starks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Mauer and Otis Starks

Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Fred Mauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
4.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Fred Mauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.25
68.25
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Mauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
36
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.95
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.49
23.49
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Fred Mauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
40.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
10.74
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.74
10.74
Fred Mauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Fred Mauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Fred Mauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Fred Mauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Fred Mauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Fred Mauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Fred Mauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
103.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Fred Mauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
58.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
6.38
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.5
58.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Fred Mauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
94.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Mauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103.5
103.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Fred Mauer and Otis Starks

Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Fred Mauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
2.51
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Mauer and Otis Starks

Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.81
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Fred Mauer
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100