Jim Constable vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Jim Constable
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Constable as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Constable posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.87 and WHIP 1.531 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Jim Constable had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Constable and Otis Starks

Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
5.14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.37
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
4.87
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
10.01
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.01
10.01
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.73
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
3.77
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
5.42
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.42
5.42
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.64
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
39.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.92
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
5.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.531
1.531
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
384
35.27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.319
0.319
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.67
39.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Jim Constable and Otis Starks

Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
5.14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.73
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.92
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.74
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.65
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Constable and Otis Starks

Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
1600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
17
485.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
533.33
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.691
0.691
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
58.62
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
200
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.644
0.644
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Jim Constable
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.24
63.95
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
37.04
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
5
142.86
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
4.2
4.2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
25.93
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Jim Constable
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100