Nestor Chavez vs. Howard Ross — Career Comparison

Nestor Chavez
Baby BoomersVenezuelaThrows RightBats RightSouth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Nestor Chavez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Nestor Chavez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 1.600 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Nestor Chavez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nestor Chavez and Howard Ross

Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.86
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
39.6
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
34.2
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.6
39.6
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66

Fielding Stats for Nestor Chavez and Howard Ross

Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
2.51
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.44
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
3.1
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.66
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Nestor Chavez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.125
1.125
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nestor Chavez and Howard Ross

Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
562.5
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
21.92
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
17.78
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nestor Chavez
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA