Tom Cantwell vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Tom Cantwell
Lost GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Cantwell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Cantwell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.35 and WHIP 1.217 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Tom Cantwell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Cantwell and Otis Starks

Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.35
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
7.04
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.04
7.04
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
3.91
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.74
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.739
0.739
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
36.78
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
4.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
32.48
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.78
36.78
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Tom Cantwell and Otis Starks

Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.35
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.35
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
2.3
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Cantwell and Otis Starks

Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
960
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
1.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.03
243.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
480
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
1.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
59.26
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.86
222.8
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cantwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Tom Cantwell
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100