Otis Starks vs. Grant Thatcher — Career Comparison

Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Grant Thatcher as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Grant Thatcher posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.16 and WHIP 1.378 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Otis Starks and Grant Thatcher

Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.49
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.25
68.25
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.62
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
10.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.22
10.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.38
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
35.27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46

Fielding Stats for Otis Starks and Grant Thatcher

Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.49
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
2.12
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.43
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Otis Starks and Grant Thatcher

Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
248.15
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
38.14
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
37.04
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5.33
5.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA