Matt Capps vs. Howard Ross — Career Comparison

Matt Capps
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Capps as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Capps posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.52 and WHIP 1.244 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Matt Capps had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Capps and Howard Ross

Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
9.09
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.59
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.68
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.77
46.77
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.82
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.52
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1319
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439.2
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
8.99
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.99
8.99
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.08
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.72
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
2.86
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.49
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
6.53
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.53
6.53
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.2
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.33
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1821
37.28
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
5.75
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.85
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.45
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.23
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1688
34.55
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.28
37.28
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66

Fielding Stats for Matt Capps and Howard Ross

Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
9.09
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1319
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439.2
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.37
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
1.43
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.37
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.71
95.71
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.151
0.151
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Capps and Howard Ross

Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
444
44400
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
562.5
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
93.75
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
75
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
39.68
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.17
21.92
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
49.79
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.95
17.78
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA