Rhiner Cruz vs. Howard Ross — Career Comparison

Rhiner Cruz
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Rhiner Cruz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rhiner Cruz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.2 and WHIP 1.695 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Rhiner Cruz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rhiner Cruz and Howard Ross

Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
8.36
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
5.2
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.2
5.2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.05
6.05
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
10.51
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.51
10.51
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
4.74
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.86
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
6.78
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.78
6.78
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
366
41.35
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
4.29
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
5.42
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.42
5.42
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.695
1.695
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.587
1.587
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
35.59
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.339
0.339
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.35
41.35
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66

Fielding Stats for Rhiner Cruz and Howard Ross

Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
8.36
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.79
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.58
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.176
0.176
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rhiner Cruz and Howard Ross

Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
44400
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
562.5
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
21.92
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
17.78
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rhiner Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA