Mike Capel vs. Howard Ross — Career Comparison

Mike Capel
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Capel as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Capel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.62 and WHIP 1.684 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Mike Capel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Capel and Howard Ross

Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
7.07
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.43
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.58
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.43
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.62
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.75
5.75
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
10.54
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.54
10.54
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.16
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
4.19
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.86
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
6.21
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.21
6.21
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.72
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.58
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
41.29
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.47
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
5.63
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.72
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.16
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.636
1.636
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.587
1.587
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
35.66
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.332
0.332
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.29
41.29
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66

Fielding Stats for Mike Capel and Howard Ross

Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
7.07
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.01
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.01
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.17
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.02
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Capel and Howard Ross

Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
14700
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
562.5
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
21.92
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
17.78
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Capel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Capel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA