Gerrit Cole vs. Howard Ross — Career Comparison

Gerrit Cole
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Gerrit Cole posted a stronger line than Howard Ross. Gerrit Cole posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.18 vs 5.84) and WHIP (1.092 vs 1.587). By the career numbers, Gerrit Cole had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Gerrit Cole and Howard Ross

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.95
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.7
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.37
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
3.18
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627
7.49
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
1
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
2.86
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2251
10.37
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.28
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7861
36.21
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
3.41
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.17
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.14
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.64
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7233
33.31
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.21
36.21
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66

Fielding Stats for Gerrit Cole and Howard Ross

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.36
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.03
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.53
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.96
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
1.54
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.01
97.01
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gerrit Cole and Howard Ross

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
320
671.33
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
286
600
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
526.57
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
562.5
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
86.01
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
75.52
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
75
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.29
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
10.49
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.08
21.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
21.92
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
109.09
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
100.7
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
35.66
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
31.47
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60.84
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.18
12.97
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
17.78
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
12.59
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
112
234.97
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.55
2.55
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
58.74
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.39
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA