Otis Starks vs. Jim Tyng — Career Comparison

Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Tyng
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Tyng as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Tyng posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.94 and WHIP 1.645 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Jim Tyng had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Otis Starks and Jim Tyng

Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.49
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.87
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.57
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.58
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.25
68.25
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.62
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.87
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.94
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
10.74
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
12.48
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.74
10.74
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.48
12.48
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
3.37
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.61
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.548
0.548
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.58
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
43.55
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
6.38
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
8.42
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.42
8.42
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.645
1.645
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
40.94
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.326
0.326
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.55
43.55

Fielding Stats for Otis Starks and Jim Tyng

Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.49
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.16
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.58
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
2.12
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
2.51
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
2.3
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Otis Starks and Jim Tyng

Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
248.15
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
600
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.733
0.733
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
200
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
66.67
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.83
17.89
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.86
74.53
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
240
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
114.81
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
200
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.733
0.733
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
59.26
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.59
13.3
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.19
87.45
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Jim Tyng
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
40
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Tyng
Career
Per 600 PA