Harry Eccles vs. Bruce Howard — Career Comparison

Harry Eccles
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Howard
Silent GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bruce Howard built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Eccles as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bruce Howard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.18 and WHIP 1.326 compared to 4.71 and 1.143 for Harry Eccles. By the career numbers, Bruce Howard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Eccles and Bruce Howard

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
2.04
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.28
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.61
45.61
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.71
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
3.18
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1586
27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528.2
9
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.71
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
7.64
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.64
7.64
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.77
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
4.07
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.22
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
5.94
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.94
5.94
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.905
0.905
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.41
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
34.71
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2229
37.95
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.71
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.29
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.86
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.73
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.301
1.301
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
32.14
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1982
33.74
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Harry Eccles and Bruce Howard

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.04
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.28
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1586
27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528.2
9
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.6
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
2.11
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.04
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.77
96.77
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Eccles and Bruce Howard

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
120
416.18
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
509.83
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.437
0.437
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
58.96
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
34.68
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.34
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
24.28
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.49
19.05
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
93.64
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
100.58
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
17.34
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
24.28
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
38.15
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
7.84
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.6
5.54
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.15
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
49
169.94
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
3.53
3.53
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
45.09
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.94
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0