Joey Devine vs. Howard Ross — Career Comparison

Joey Devine
MillenialKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Joey Devine as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joey Devine posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.75 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Joey Devine had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joey Devine and Howard Ross

Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
9.48
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.75
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.198
0.198
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
6.32
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.32
6.32
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
4.89
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.86
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
9.07
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.07
9.07
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.551
1.551
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
37.8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.04
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.16
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
31.89
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.8
37.8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66

Fielding Stats for Joey Devine and Howard Ross

Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
9.48
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.043
0.043
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joey Devine and Howard Ross

Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
55800
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
562.5
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
21.92
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
17.78
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joey Devine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joey Devine
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA