Brad Hand vs. Harry Howell — Career Comparison

Brad Hand
MillenialMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Harry Howell
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Howell built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Hand as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Howell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.212 compared to 3.75 and 1.290 for Brad Hand. By the career numbers, Harry Howell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Hand and Harry Howell

Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
1.19
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
0.99
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.47
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
0.46
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.51
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.29
47.29
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.94
82.94
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
0.86
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.07
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.54
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
3.75
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
781
2.74
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7703
27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2567.2
9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
7.85
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2435
8.53
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.93
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
3.46
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
2.37
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
9.12
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
986
3.46
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.648
0.648
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.34
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.18
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.34
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3266
38.08
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10442
36.6
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.96
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.19
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
4.15
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1158
4.06
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.35
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.64
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.257
1.257
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2871
33.47
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9668
33.89
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.6
36.6

Fielding Stats for Brad Hand and Harry Howell

Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
1.18
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.5
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
0.48
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10410
27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3470
9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
1.12
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.12
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1159
3.01
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.23
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.43
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
4.36
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.38
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1591
4.13
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.93
95.93
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.65
94.65
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.489
3.489
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Hand and Harry Howell

Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
579
3993.1
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
458
181.99
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
87
600
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1510
600
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
72
496.55
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1394
553.91
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.607
0.607
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
302
120
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
81.85
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
23.84
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
9.93
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
4.37
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
38.15
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
1.17
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122.55
48.7
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
445
176.82
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
378
150.2
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
56.82
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
52.05
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
6
41.38
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
104.5
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.25
-29.32
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126.25
50.17
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
4.77
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
25.43
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
151.72
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
322
127.95
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
3.95
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
4.69
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
103.45
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
15.89
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
7.55
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
7.55
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100