Jim Ellis vs. Howard Ross — Career Comparison

Jim Ellis
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats 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 Jim Ellis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Ellis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.864 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Jim Ellis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Ellis and Howard Ross

Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.09
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.86
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.53
5.53
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
11.05
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.05
11.05
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.91
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.86
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
40.91
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.05
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.773
1.773
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.587
1.587
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
36
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.329
0.329
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66

Fielding Stats for Jim Ellis and Howard Ross

Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.09
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Ellis and Howard Ross

Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
857.14
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
562.5
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
32.31
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.17
21.92
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
30.42
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.95
17.78
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
2.33
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA