Casey Fossum vs. Jay Howell — Career Comparison

Casey Fossum
Gen XNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jay Howell
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Casey Fossum built a career as a starting pitcher and Jay Howell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jay Howell led in home run suppression (HR9+ 119 vs 89), run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 94), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 102 vs 91). Casey Fossum held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 115 vs 103). Role difference aside, Jay Howell holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Casey Fossum and Jay Howell

Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
2.71
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
6.05
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.37
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.22
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.46
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.61
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.56
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.01
43.01
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.25
52.25
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
1.65
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
5.45
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
3.34
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2358
27
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2534
27
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
786
9
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
844.2
9
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
873
10
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
8.33
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
1.31
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.61
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
3.65
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
3.1
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.16
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.4
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
607
6.95
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
666
7.1
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.95
6.95
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.178
1.178
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.133
1.133
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.32
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.33
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.72
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3537
40.5
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3564
37.97
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.4
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
3.84
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
535
6.13
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
3.57
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.21
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.38
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.31
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.36
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.74
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.52
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.517
1.517
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3110
35.61
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3184
33.93
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Casey Fossum and Jay Howell

Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
2.71
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
6.05
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.37
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.22
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2358
27
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2534
27
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
786
9
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
844.2
9
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.44
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.67
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.04
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.19
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
1.5
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
1.95
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.48
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.86
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.47
98.47
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.63
95.63
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.544
0.544
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Casey Fossum and Jay Howell

Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
240
2823.53
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
568
28400
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
600
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
541.18
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
9
450
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
3.4
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.6
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
58.82
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
35.29
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
35.29
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.94
-22.87
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.53
-26.31
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
16
188.24
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
3.19
3.19
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA