Sam Demel vs. Howard Ross — Career Comparison

Sam Demel
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam Demel as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sam Demel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.649 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Sam Demel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Demel and Howard Ross

Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
10.18
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.57
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.28
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
4.95
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.2
9
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
10.6
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.6
10.6
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
3.68
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.86
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
6.79
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.162
1.162
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.71
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
40.71
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.54
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
5.8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.8
5.8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.586
1.586
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
36.33
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.71
40.71
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66

Fielding Stats for Sam Demel and Howard Ross

Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
10.18
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63.2
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.71
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.99
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.7
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.7
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Demel and Howard Ross

Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Sam Demel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
318.75
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
600
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
562.5
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
21.92
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
17.78
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Demel
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA