Leon Carlson vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Leon Carlson
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Carlson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Leon Carlson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.65 and WHIP 1.297 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Leon Carlson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Leon Carlson and Otis Starks

Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.65
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
10.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.22
10.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.405
0.405
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
36.49
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.297
1.297
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
35.03
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.49
36.49
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Leon Carlson and Otis Starks

Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.49
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1160
27
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386.2
9
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Leon Carlson and Otis Starks

Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
5.56
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Leon Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100