Bruce Howard vs. Pat Perry — Career Comparison

Bruce Howard
Silent GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Pat Perry
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bruce Howard built a career as a starting pitcher and Pat Perry as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bruce Howard led in strikeout rate (K%+ 103 vs 76), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 90), and home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 101). Pat Perry held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 104 vs 86). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bruce Howard.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Howard and Pat Perry

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
2.04
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
6.23
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.28
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.34
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.61
45.61
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
3.18
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
3.46
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.227
0.227
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.224
0.224
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1586
27
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
789
27
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528.2
9
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
9
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
449
7.64
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
7.36
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.64
7.64
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.36
7.36
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.77
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.79
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
4.07
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
3.39
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.22
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.75
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
5.94
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
4.48
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.94
5.94
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.875
0.875
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.41
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.51
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2229
37.95
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1082
37.03
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.29
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.16
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.73
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
3.83
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.51
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.72
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.301
1.301
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.194
1.194
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1982
33.74
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
958
32.78
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.03
37.03

Fielding Stats for Bruce Howard and Pat Perry

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
2.04
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
6.23
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.28
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1586
27
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
789
27
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528.2
9
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
9
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.96
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.6
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.2
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
2.11
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.33
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
2.04
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.16
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.77
96.77
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.65
92.65
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Howard and Pat Perry

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
120
416.18
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
4044.44
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
509.83
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
600
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.437
0.437
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.407
0.407
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
58.96
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
34.68
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.34
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.47
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
24.28
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.49
19.05
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.41
31.44
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
93.64
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
155.56
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
100.58
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
17.34
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
24.28
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
38.15
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.6
5.54
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
6.86
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.15
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
49
169.94
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
155.56
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
3.53
3.53
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.86
3.86
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
45.09
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA