Billy Bryan vs. Ivan Howard — Career Comparison

Billy Bryan
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueCatcher
Ivan Howard
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueFirst Baseman

Looking at the career totals, Billy Bryan and Ivan Howard are closely matched on the surface stats. Billy Bryan posted stronger numbers in OPS (.687 vs .639) and slugging (.395 vs .308). Ivan Howard had the advantage in on-base percentage (.331 vs .292). By the career numbers, Billy Bryan had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Billy Bryan and Ivan Howard

Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
209.72
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
302
187.58
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1070
600
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
966
600
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
968
542.8
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
818
508.07
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.691
0.691
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
117.2
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
191
118.63
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
127
71.21
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
91.93
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
17.94
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
27
16.77
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
5.05
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
8.7
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
22.99
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.24
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
45.98
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
43
26.71
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117.63
65.96
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
99.19
61.61
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
382
214.21
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
252
156.52
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
303
169.91
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
192.55
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.639
0.639
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.615
0.615
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.653
0.653
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
86
48.22
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
56.52
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
70.09
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
86
53.42
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
170
95.33
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
108.7
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110.31
61.86
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
104.35
64.81
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.68
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
9.32
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
91
51.03
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
64.6
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
7.29
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
283
158.69
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
80.12
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.78
3.78
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.49
7.49
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
0.81
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.12
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
18.01
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.36
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
14
7.85
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
32.92
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.56
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
13.66
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.56
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
46.58
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70.67
70.67

Fielding Stats for Billy Bryan and Ivan Howard

Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
1.16
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6512
27
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2170.2
9
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1498
6.21
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
929
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.47
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.11
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1639
6.8
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1363
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
6.68
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1328
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.35
98.35
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.43
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.757
5.757
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.443
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.43
86.43
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.09
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.17
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.41
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Billy Bryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.51
Ivan Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Billy Bryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.19
Ivan Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0