Rex Barney vs. Chris Howard — Career Comparison

Rex Barney
Greatest GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chris Howard
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rex Barney built a career as a starting pitcher and Chris Howard as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chris Howard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.326 compared to 4.31 and 1.479 for Rex Barney. By the career numbers, Chris Howard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rex Barney and Chris Howard

Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
2.33
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
8.61
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.22
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.53
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.47
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.03
53.03
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.26
52.26
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.3
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
4.31
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.13
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1793
27
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
597.2
9
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
7.14
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
7.83
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.72
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.98
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
410
6.17
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.13
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.98
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
5.06
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
4.89
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.891
0.891
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.32
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.23
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2593
39.05
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
37.37
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.45
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.17
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
328
4.94
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.33
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.479
1.479
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2168
32.65
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
33.26
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.05
39.05
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37

Fielding Stats for Rex Barney and Chris Howard

Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
8.61
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
27
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
9
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.78
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.17
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.17
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.4
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.548
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.136
0.136
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rex Barney and Chris Howard

Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
432.56
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
44
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
600
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
560.93
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.402
0.402
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
92.09
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
83.72
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.37
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.37
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.24
14.61
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
100.47
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
111.63
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
33.49
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.53
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
53.02
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
5.27
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.53
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
78
217.67
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.76
2.76
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.53
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
8
22.33
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA