Sugar Cain vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Sugar Cain
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Sugar Cain and Otis Starks are fairly close on the surface numbers. Sugar Cain carried a career ERA of 4.83 against Otis Starks's 4.95. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Sugar Cain and Otis Starks — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sugar Cain and Otis Starks

Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
1.62
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.48
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.9
46.9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.97
76.97
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.25
68.25
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.53
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
530
4.83
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2962
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
987.1
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1119
10.2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.2
10.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.61
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
5.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
2.54
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.859
0.859
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.11
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4556
41.53
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.13
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
5.57
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3972
36.21
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.53
41.53
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Sugar Cain and Otis Starks

Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.49
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1160
27
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386.2
9
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.96
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.039
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sugar Cain and Otis Starks

Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
287.23
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
376
600
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
162
600
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
344
548.94
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
89.36
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
82.98
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
6.38
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
6.38
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.56
18.45
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
95.74
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
111.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
28.72
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
33.51
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
62.23
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.11
14.54
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.6
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
20.74
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
83
132.45
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
4.53
4.53
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
28.72
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
7
25.93
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100