Jake Buchanan vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Jake Buchanan
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Jake Buchanan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jake Buchanan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.73 and WHIP 1.546 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Jake Buchanan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jake Buchanan and Otis Starks

Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.04
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.42
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.73
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
10.16
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.16
10.16
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.97
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.34
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.59
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.881
0.881
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
40.22
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.95
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
4.87
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.84
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.7
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
35.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.22
40.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Jake Buchanan and Otis Starks

Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.04
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.56
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.39
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.23
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.95
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.483
0.483
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Buchanan and Otis Starks

Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
3480
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
533.33
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
59.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
59.26
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
74.51
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
37.04
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100