Bruce Howard vs. Mariano Rivera — Career Comparison

Bruce Howard
Silent GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mariano Rivera
Gen XPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bruce Howard built a career as a starting pitcher and Mariano Rivera as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mariano Rivera led in home run suppression (HR9+ 195 vs 106), walk avoidance (BB%+ 165 vs 86), and run prevention (ERA+ 177 vs 116). Bruce Howard held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 103 vs 99). Role difference aside, Mariano Rivera holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Howard and Mariano Rivera

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
2.04
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.28
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.57
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.42
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.61
45.61
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4.57
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
3.18
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.21
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.227
0.227
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1586
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
528.2
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
7.64
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
998
7
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.64
7.64
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.77
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
4.07
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.01
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.22
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.29
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
5.94
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
8.22
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.112
1.112
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.41
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.32
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2229
37.95
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
35.78
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.29
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
6.67
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
3.73
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.38
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.18
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.62
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.301
1.301
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1982
33.74
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4720
33.09
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.78
35.78

Fielding Stats for Bruce Howard and Mariano Rivera

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
2.04
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.28
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1586
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
528.2
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.77
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.6
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.81
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
2.11
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
2.62
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
2.04
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.58
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.77
96.77
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.4
98.4
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Howard and Mariano Rivera

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
120
416.18
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1115
167250
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
509.83
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.437
0.437
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.68
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.34
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
24.28
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.49
19.05
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
93.64
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
100.58
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.34
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
24.28
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
38.15
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.6
5.54
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
1.04
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
38.15
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
49
169.94
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
3.53
3.53
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
45.09
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.94
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA