Mike Davison vs. Howard Ross — Career Comparison

Mike Davison
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth 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 Mike Davison as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Howard Ross posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.84 and WHIP 1.587 compared to 6.39 and 1.947 for Mike Davison. By the career numbers, Howard Ross had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Davison and Howard Ross

Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
7.58
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.71
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.18
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.39
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
5.84
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.84
5.84
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.24
6.24
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
9
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
11.37
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.37
11.37
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.95
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
5.21
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.86
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.95
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.45
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.184
1.184
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
42.39
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.03
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
7.11
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
6.49
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.11
7.11
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.49
6.49
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.18
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.842
1.842
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.587
1.587
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
35.53
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.358
0.358
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.39
42.39
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66

Fielding Stats for Mike Davison and Howard Ross

Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
7.58
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
9
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.95
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.13
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.08
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.08
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.66
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.406
0.406
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Davison and Howard Ross

Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
9600
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
562.5
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
29.73
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.17
21.92
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
64.17
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.95
17.78
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA