Nick Carter vs. Howie Reed — Career Comparison

Nick Carter
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Howie Reed
Silent GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Nick Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Howie Reed as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Nick Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.236 compared to 3.72 and 1.463 for Howie Reed. By the career numbers, Nick Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nick Carter and Howie Reed

Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.08
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
4
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.59
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.61
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.45
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.74
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.27
47.27
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.28
15.28
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.97
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
3.72
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
27
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1546
27
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.2
9
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
515.1
9
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
8.6
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
8.91
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.72
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.52
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
3.63
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.63
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.52
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
4.68
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.924
0.924
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.35
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
34.71
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2208
38.56
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.89
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.31
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.86
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
4
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.236
1.236
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.393
1.393
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
31.9
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1982
34.61
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.56
38.56

Fielding Stats for Nick Carter and Howie Reed

Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.07
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
4
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.59
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.61
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
27
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
515.2
9
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.56
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.25
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
1.71
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.43
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.34
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.28
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
2.27
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.67
96.67
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.01
97.01
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.071
2.071
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.568
0.568
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.28
15.28
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nick Carter and Howie Reed

Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
14
420
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229
1249.09
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
600
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
496.36
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Howie Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0.066
0.066
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
32.73
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.82
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
5.34
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.74
14.97
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
54.55
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
109.09
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.91
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.36
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.82
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.69
-20.83
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.51
-2.78
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
76.36
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Howie Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
60
327.27
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Howie Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
1.83
1.83
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.27
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Howie Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.45
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Howie Reed
Career
Per 600 PA