Bud Davis vs. Otis Starks — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Bud Davis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bud Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.860 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Bud Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Otis Starks

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
6.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Otis Starks

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1160
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Otis Starks

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
59.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
8.67
8.67
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100