Mike Couchee vs. Howard Ross — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Couchee as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Couchee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.14 and WHIP 1.357 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Mike Couchee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Howard Ross

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.86
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.21
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Howard Ross

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Howard Ross

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
562.5
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
93.75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.17
21.92
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.95
17.78
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA