Jack Flaherty vs. Ken Howell — Career Comparison

Jack Flaherty
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Howell
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Flaherty built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Howell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Flaherty led in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 90), walk avoidance (BB%+ 100 vs 83), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 114 vs 104). Ken Howell held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 133 vs 127). Role difference aside, Jack Flaherty holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jack Flaherty and Ken Howell

Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
1.73
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
3.6
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.67
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.79
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.57
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.56
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.51
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.7
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.19
44.19
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.84
96.84
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.04
22.04
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.45
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
3.8
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
3.95
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2972
27
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1840
27
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
990.2
9
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
613.1
9
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
7.59
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534
7.84
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.84
7.84
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
1.23
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.68
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
3.19
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
4.04
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.45
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1130
10.27
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
549
8.06
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.27
10.27
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.06
8.06
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.95
5.95
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.495
1.495
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.344
1.344
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.32
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.62
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.49
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4120
37.43
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2588
37.98
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.54
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
4
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
4.34
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.51
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.15
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.25
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.71
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.59
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.198
1.198
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.319
1.319
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3686
33.49
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2252
33.05
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Jack Flaherty and Ken Howell

Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
1.73
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
3.6
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.67
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.79
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2972
27
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1840
27
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
990.2
9
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
613.1
9
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.73
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.62
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.79
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.88
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
1.56
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.56
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.52
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.5
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.09
97.09
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
96.23
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.879
0.879
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.416
0.416
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.84
96.84
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.04
22.04
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Flaherty and Ken Howell

Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
198
792
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
1065.22
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
600
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
138
600
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
492
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
495.65
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
76
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
9
39.13
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
60
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
6
26.09
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.04
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
16
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.04
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.96
23.85
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.99
4.28
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
100
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
12
52.17
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
112
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
56.52
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
32
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.04
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.04
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
56
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
6
26.09
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.8
19.19
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.1
-22.16
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.04
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
184
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
49
213.04
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.26
3.26
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
2.82
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
16
64
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
86.96
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
21.74
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100