How Bruce Howard's Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Bruce Howard posted a career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings of 3.73, below the starting pitcher average of 4.45 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1964, posting .810, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.03 that year. The highest point came in 1968 at 5.2, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.35 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.9 in 1966 to 4.39 in 1967 and 5.2 in 1968. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from .810 to 5.2 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Bruce Howard Lifetime Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings

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Bruce Howard Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

Bruce Howard's Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bruce Howard Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Bruce Howard Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

Bruce Howard's career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bruce Howard career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Bruce Howard Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bruce Howard's career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Bruce Howard Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Bruce Howard Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bruce Howard's seasonal Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Bruce Howard Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bruce Howard Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bruce Howard's MLB career with Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Bruce Howard Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table