Walter Anderson vs. Howard Ross — Career Comparison

Walter Anderson
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Walter Anderson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Walter Anderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.405 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Walter Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walter Anderson and Howard Ross

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.91
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.25
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.203
0.203
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.2
9
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
7.69
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
4.96
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.86
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.42
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
43.23
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.05
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
4.44
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.405
1.405
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
37.94
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.23
43.23
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66

Fielding Stats for Walter Anderson and Howard Ross

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.36
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
27
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
9
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.44
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Anderson and Howard Ross

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
784.62
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
507.69
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
562.5
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
93.75
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
75
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
47.23
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.17
21.92
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.32
61.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.95
17.78
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
276.92
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.17
2.17
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA