Bill Cox vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Bill Cox
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Cox 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 6.56 and 1.817 for Bill Cox. By the career numbers, Otis Starks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Cox and Otis Starks

Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.86
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.93
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
24
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
6.56
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.95
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.56
6.56
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
10.65
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.65
10.65
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.85
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.71
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.47
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
550
42.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.77
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
7.71
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
6.38
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.817
1.817
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
36.72
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Bill Cox and Otis Starks

Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.49
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1160
27
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386.2
9
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.94
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Cox and Otis Starks

Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
1177.78
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
555.56
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
11.8
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.47
-10.49
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.7
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
9
200
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100