Bruce Howard vs. Nels Potter — Career Comparison

Bruce Howard
Silent GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Nels Potter
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Bruce Howard and Nels Potter are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bruce Howard had the edge in ERA (3.18 vs 3.99). By the career numbers, Bruce Howard 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 Bruce Howard and Nels Potter

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.04
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.86
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.28
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
0.94
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.49
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.52
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.61
45.61
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.68
48.68
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.72
50.72
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.48
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.12
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
3.18
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
748
3.99
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1586
27
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5058
27
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
528.2
9
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1686
9
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
7.64
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1721
9.19
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.64
7.64
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.77
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.66
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
4.07
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
3.11
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.22
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
5.94
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
747
3.99
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.94
5.94
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.788
0.788
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.41
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.21
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.11
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2229
37.95
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7248
38.69
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.29
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.67
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.73
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
843
4.5
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.366
1.366
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1982
33.74
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6645
35.47
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Bruce Howard and Nels Potter

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.04
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.28
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1586
27
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528.2
9
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.6
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
2.11
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.04
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
405
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.77
96.77
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.74
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.161
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Howard and Nels Potter

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
120
416.18
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
352
337.38
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
173
600
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
626
600
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
147
509.83
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
562
538.66
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.437
0.437
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
17
58.96
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
122.68
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
34.68
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
108.31
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.34
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
14.38
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
24.28
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
14.38
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
5.49
19.05
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.96
34.47
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
27
93.64
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
137.06
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
29
100.58
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
157.19
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
5
17.34
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
23.96
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
7
24.28
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
35.46
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
11
38.15
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
59.42
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1.6
5.54
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.78
41
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.96
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.15
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
33.55
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
169.94
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
47.92
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
3.53
3.53
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.52
12.52
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
45.09
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
26.84
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
14
13.42
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA