Otis Starks vs. Ron Villone — Career Comparison

Otis Starks
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Villone
Gen XNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Otis Starks built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Villone as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Villone posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.73 and WHIP 1.533 compared to 4.95 and 1.567 for Otis Starks. By the career numbers, Ron Villone had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Otis Starks and Ron Villone

Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.49
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
717
5.52
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.72
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.47
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.57
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.41
48.41
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.25
68.25
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.97
12.97
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
4.95
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
614
4.73
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3504
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1168
9
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
10.74
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
8.59
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
1.05
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.37
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
637
4.91
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
4.01
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
925
7.13
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.13
7.13
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.37
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.52
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
40.11
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5193
40.01
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
1.29
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
6.38
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
5.12
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.12
5.12
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.26
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.42
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.32
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.79
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1489
35.3
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4392
33.84
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.01
40.01

Fielding Stats for Otis Starks and Ron Villone

Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.49
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
717
5.52
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.02
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.72
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1160
27
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3504
27
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
386.2
9
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1168
9
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.5
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.12
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1.42
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.18
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.51
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
2.1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.3
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
1.92
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.21
91.21
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.347
0.347
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.97
12.97
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Villone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Otis Starks and Ron Villone

Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
67
248.15
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
717
2338.04
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
162
600
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
184
600
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
144
533.33
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
554.35
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
71.74
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
66.67
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
17
55.43
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.78
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.26
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.26
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.3
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
17.89
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
4.6
14.99
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
22
81.48
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
97.83
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
114.81
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
24
78.26
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
59.26
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.83
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.11
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.83
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
13
42.39
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
13.3
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-0.68
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.26
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.26
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
51
166.3
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.5
40.5
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
3.61
3.61
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
7
25.93
Ron Villone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
39.13
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.26
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otis Starks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ron Villone
Career
Per 600 PA