Jess Dobernic vs. Howard Ross — Career Comparison

Jess Dobernic
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Jess Dobernic as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jess Dobernic posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.21 and WHIP 1.540 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Jess Dobernic had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jess Dobernic and Howard Ross

Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
6.09
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.56
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
5.21
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.1
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
8.57
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.36
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
5.29
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.86
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
4.41
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.077
1.077
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
41.02
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5.61
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
35.57
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.02
41.02
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66

Fielding Stats for Jess Dobernic and Howard Ross

Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.36
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
27
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
9
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jess Dobernic and Howard Ross

Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
3257.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
13
557.14
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
562.5
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
75
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
18.68
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
21.92
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
17.09
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
17.78
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Jess Dobernic
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Dobernic
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA