Ike Butler vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Ike Butler
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Ike Butler 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 5.34 and 1.831 for Ike Butler. By the career numbers, Otis Starks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ike Butler and Otis Starks

Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.24
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.49
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.08
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.25
68.25
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.93
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.62
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
5.34
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.95
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.1
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
13
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
10.74
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.74
10.74
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.48
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.01
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.499
0.499
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
42.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
7.97
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
6.38
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.831
1.831
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
38.53
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.16
42.16
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Ike Butler and Otis Starks

Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.26
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.49
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.25
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
2.12
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.98
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
2.51
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.58
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
2.3
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.053
2.053
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ike Butler and Otis Starks

Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
19
193.22
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
248.15
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
538.98
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.371
0.371
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
6
61.02
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.49
15.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
7
71.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
10
101.69
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
71.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
59.26
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
122.03
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
3.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
37.04
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
13
132.2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
4.54
4.54
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.34
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.7
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.7
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100