Nelson Chittum vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Nelson Chittum
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Nelson Chittum as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Nelson Chittum posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.397 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Nelson Chittum had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nelson Chittum and Otis Starks

Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
5.29
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
3.84
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.66
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
3.97
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.794
0.794
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
38.51
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
35.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.51
38.51
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Nelson Chittum and Otis Starks

Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
5.29
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.79
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.85
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.65
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
2.51
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.65
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
2.3
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nelson Chittum and Otis Starks

Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
2181.82
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
31.86
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Nelson Chittum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
27.56
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
4
218.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
2.75
2.75
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
25.93
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Nelson Chittum
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100