Bill Hogg vs. Ken Howell — Career Comparison

Bill Hogg
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Howell
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Hogg 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. Bill Hogg posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.06 and WHIP 1.364 compared to 3.95 and 1.370 for Ken Howell. By the career numbers, Bill Hogg had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hogg and Ken Howell

Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.43
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
3.6
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.1
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.79
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.46
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.56
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.62
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.7
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.53
42.53
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.19
44.19
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.72
76.72
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.04
22.04
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.53
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.45
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
3.06
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
3.95
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2190
27
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1840
27
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
9
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
613.1
9
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
8.35
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
7.84
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.35
8.35
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.84
7.84
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.68
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
3.93
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
4.04
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.45
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
4.54
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
8.06
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.06
8.06
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.941
0.941
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.41
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.62
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.43
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3088
38.07
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2588
37.98
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.26
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.54
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
4.36
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
4.34
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.51
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.25
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.59
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.364
1.364
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2734
33.71
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2252
33.05
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.07
38.07
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Bill Hogg and Ken Howell

Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.43
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
3.6
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.1
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.79
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2190
27
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1840
27
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
9
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
613.1
9
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.27
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.62
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.84
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.88
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.18
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.56
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
2.11
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.5
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.61
96.61
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
96.23
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.474
1.474
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.416
0.416
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.72
76.72
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.04
22.04
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hogg and Ken Howell

Bill Hogg
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 600 PA
117
265.91
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
1065.22
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
264
600
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
138
600
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
242
550
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
114
495.65
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
63.64
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
9
39.13
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
56.82
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
6
26.09
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.55
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.04
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.27
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.82
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.04
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.7
12.95
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.99
4.28
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
75
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
12
52.17
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
86.36
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
56.52
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.102
0.102
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
38.64
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.04
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
25
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.04
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
61.36
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
6
26.09
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.11
-2.52
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.1
-22.16
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
22.73
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.04
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 600 PAverified
75
170.45
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
213.04
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.52
3.52
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
2.82
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 600 PA
12
27.27
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
86.96
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hogg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
21.74
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.27
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.27
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Bill Hogg
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100