Carter Capps vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Carter Capps
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Carter Capps as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Carter Capps posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.21 and WHIP 1.348 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Carter Capps had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carter Capps and Otis Starks

Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
7.86
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
4.21
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
8.96
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.96
8.96
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.04
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.93
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
11.21
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.21
11.21
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.571
1.571
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
632
38.52
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.95
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
34.68
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.52
38.52
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Carter Capps and Otis Starks

Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
7.86
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.91
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.147
0.147
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carter Capps and Otis Starks

Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
38700
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100