Bruce Howard vs. Mike Paul — Career Comparison

Bruce Howard
Silent GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Paul
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Mike Paul a clear advantage over Bruce Howard across the core pitching metrics. Mike Paul led in home run suppression (HR9+ 156 vs 106), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 106 vs 98), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 93 vs 86). Bruce Howard held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 107). Mike Paul was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Howard and Mike Paul

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
2.04
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
3.27
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.28
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.1
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.39
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.69
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.61
45.61
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.77
33.77
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
3.18
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
3.91
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1586
27
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1883
27
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
528.2
9
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627.2
9
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
7.64
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
619
8.88
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.64
7.64
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.77
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.86
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
4.07
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
3.53
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.22
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.52
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
5.94
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
6.48
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.48
6.48
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.112
1.112
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.112
1.112
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.41
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.27
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2229
37.95
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2701
38.73
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.29
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.85
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.73
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
4.29
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.32
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.24
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.16
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1982
33.74
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2397
34.37
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.73
38.73

Fielding Stats for Bruce Howard and Mike Paul

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
2.04
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
3.28
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.28
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.1
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1586
27
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1884
27
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
528.2
9
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
628
9
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.27
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.6
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.09
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
2.11
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
1.42
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.04
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.36
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.77
96.77
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.96
95.96
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.415
0.415
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.62
33.62
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Howard and Mike Paul

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
120
416.18
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229
858.75
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
160
600
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
147
509.83
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
555
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.437
0.437
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
17
58.96
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
63.75
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
34.68
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
52.5
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.34
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.25
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
24.28
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.25
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.49
19.05
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
2.79
10.45
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
93.64
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
20
75
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
100.58
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
22
82.5
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
5
17.34
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
30
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
24.28
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.75
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.15
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
9
33.75
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.6
5.54
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.91
-7.15
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.15
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
5
18.75
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
169.94
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
56
210
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.53
3.53
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
2.86
2.86
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
45.09
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
7
26.25
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.94
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.75
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA