Otis Starks vs. Matt Thornton — Career Comparison

Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Thornton
Gen XMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Thornton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Thornton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.41 and WHIP 1.331 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Matt Thornton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Otis Starks and Matt Thornton

Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
748
10.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.49
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.62
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.9
43.9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.31
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
3.41
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1988
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662.2
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
8.07
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
3.41
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
8.72
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.72
8.72
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.38
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2799
38.01
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
2.31
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
3.71
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.26
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.24
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.83
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2491
33.83
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.01
38.01

Fielding Stats for Otis Starks and Matt Thornton

Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
748
10.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1988
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662.2
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.37
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.22
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
1.64
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
1.59
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.69
96.69
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.156
0.156
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Otis Starks and Matt Thornton

Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
748
448800
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA