Casey Cox vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Casey Cox
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Casey Cox as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Casey Cox posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.7 and WHIP 1.385 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Casey Cox had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Casey Cox and Otis Starks

Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
3.64
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.46
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.15
48.15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.16
19.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
3.7
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2286
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
762
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
772
9.12
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.78
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.76
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.58
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
3.51
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.697
0.697
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.17
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3238
38.24
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
4.45
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.3
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.24
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2934
34.65
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Casey Cox and Otis Starks

Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
3.64
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.7
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2285
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
761.2
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.48
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
1.36
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.89
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
1.84
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.5
97.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.507
0.507
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.16
19.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Casey Cox and Otis Starks

Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
308
1062.07
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
174
600
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
162
600
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
520.69
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
144
533.33
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
15
51.72
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
15
51.72
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
2.05
7.07
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
15
51.72
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
22
75.86
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.34
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.24
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
8
27.59
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.08
-10.62
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
7
24.14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
94
324.14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
1.85
1.85
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Casey Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
55.17
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
7
25.93
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Casey Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100