Otis Starks vs. Roy Vaughn — Career Comparison

Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Roy Vaughn
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Vaughn as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Vaughn posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.08 and WHIP 1.385 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Roy Vaughn had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Otis Starks and Roy Vaughn

Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.15
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.177
0.177
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
27
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.23
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
6.23
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.01
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
40.11
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
41.54
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.08
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
35.3
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
35.31
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.133
0.133
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54

Fielding Stats for Otis Starks and Roy Vaughn

Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.49
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1160
27
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386.2
9
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Otis Starks and Roy Vaughn

Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
600
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.48
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.11
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Roy Vaughn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Roy Vaughn
Career
Per 600 PA