Oscar Childs vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Oscar Childs
UnknownMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Oscar Childs as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Otis Starks posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.567 compared to 9.64 and 2.893 for Oscar Childs. By the career numbers, Otis Starks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Oscar Childs and Otis Starks

Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.93
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
9.64
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.95
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.95
14.95
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.523
0.523
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
22.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
10.74
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.18
22.18
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.74
10.74
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.96
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
3.86
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.89
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
49.18
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.93
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
14.46
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
6.38
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.46
14.46
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.89
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.26
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.96
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.893
2.893
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
42.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.18
49.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Oscar Childs and Otis Starks

Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.93
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.86
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
2.12
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.86
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
2.51
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.86
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
2.3
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Oscar Childs and Otis Starks

Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-60
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.81
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Oscar Childs
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100