Mike Balas vs. Harry Howell — Career Comparison

Mike Balas
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Howell
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Howell built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Balas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Howell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.212 compared to 6.75 and 2.250 for Mike Balas. By the career numbers, Harry Howell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Balas and Harry Howell

Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340
1.19
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
0.99
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.46
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
0.51
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.29
47.29
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.94
82.94
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
0.86
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.07
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
781
2.74
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.92
7.92
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7703
27
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2567.2
9
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2435
8.53
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.09
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
2.37
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
986
3.46
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.648
0.648
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.18
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.34
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
54
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10442
36.6
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.19
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1158
4.06
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
54
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9668
33.89
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.6
36.6

Fielding Stats for Mike Balas and Harry Howell

Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
1.18
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.48
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10410
27
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3470
9
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
1.12
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1159
3.01
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.23
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
4.36
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1591
4.13
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.65
94.65
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.489
3.489
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Balas and Harry Howell

Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
458
181.99
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1510
600
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1394
553.91
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.607
0.607
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
302
120
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
81.85
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
23.84
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
9.93
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
4.37
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
38.15
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122.55
48.7
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
445
176.82
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
378
150.2
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
56.82
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
52.05
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
104.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126.25
50.17
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
4.77
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
25.43
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
322
127.95
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
4.69
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
15.89
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
7.55
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
7.55
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100