Ben Howard vs. Bob James — Career Comparison

Ben Howard
Gen XIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Bob James posted a stronger line than Ben Howard. Bob James posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.8 vs 5.2) and WHIP (1.371 vs 1.639). By the career numbers, Bob James had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ben Howard and Bob James

Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
4.34
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.87
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.54
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
5.2
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.8
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.36
6.36
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
8.78
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
2.17
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.86
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.42
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.47
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.54
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
7.27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.221
1.221
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.43
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
40.45
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1755
38.81
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.76
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
5.53
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.54
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.578
1.578
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
34.37
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.45
40.45
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Ben Howard and Bob James

Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
4.34
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.87
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.54
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.87
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.04
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.41
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.95
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.41
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.66
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.325
0.325
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ben Howard and Bob James

Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
40
1263.16
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
18
568.42
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
1.55
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
19.6
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.17
-36.89
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
14.28
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
221.05
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
2.71
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA