Otey Clark vs. Jim Todd — Career Comparison

Otey Clark
Greatest GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Todd
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Otey Clark built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Todd as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Otey Clark posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.07 and WHIP 1.280 compared to 4.23 and 1.587 for Jim Todd. By the career numbers, Otey Clark had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Otey Clark and Jim Todd

Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.32
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.76
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.99
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.44
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.41
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.08
52.08
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3.07
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
4.23
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
27
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
27
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
9
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
9.44
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
541
9.53
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.6
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.09
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
4.21
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.55
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.2
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.42
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.476
0.476
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.847
0.847
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.3
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
37.87
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2249
39.61
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
2.1
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.62
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
4.98
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.37
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.3
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.23
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.281
1.281
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.526
1.526
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
35.67
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1956
34.45
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61

Fielding Stats for Otey Clark and Jim Todd

Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.76
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1533
27
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
9
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.72
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.94
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.77
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.66
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.18
96.18
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.917
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.559
0.559
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Otey Clark and Jim Todd

Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
12
248.28
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
8526.32
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
496.55
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
536.84
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.552
0.552
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.08
22.25
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.21
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.478
0.478
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
30.2
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.38
-43.55
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
7
221.05
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.25
7.25
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
2.71
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA