Tom Butters vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Tom Butters
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Butters as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Butters posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.1 and WHIP 1.453 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Tom Butters had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Butters and Otis Starks

Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.05
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.63
11.63
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.224
0.224
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
7.62
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.56
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
8
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.474
1.474
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.85
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
420
39.51
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.57
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.432
1.432
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
361
33.96
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.51
39.51
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Tom Butters and Otis Starks

Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.05
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.38
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.6
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.51
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.63
11.63
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Butters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Butters and Otis Starks

Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
1517.65
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
15
529.41
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
533.33
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
19.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
3
105.88
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Tom Butters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
20.3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
2.43
2.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
25.93
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Tom Butters
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100