Bruce Howard vs. Preacher Roe — Career Comparison

Bruce Howard
Silent GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Preacher Roe
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Bruce Howard and Preacher Roe are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bruce Howard carried a career ERA of 3.18 against Preacher Roe's 3.43. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Bruce Howard and Preacher Roe — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Howard and Preacher Roe

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.04
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
1.57
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.28
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.23
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.6
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.39
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.61
45.61
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.19
60.19
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.38
78.38
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.47
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
3.18
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
730
3.43
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1586
27
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5743
27
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
528.2
9
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1914.1
9
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
7.64
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1907
8.97
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.64
7.64
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.77
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
0.94
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
4.07
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
2.37
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.22
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
5.94
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
956
4.49
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.94
5.94
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.41
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2229
37.95
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7904
37.16
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.29
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.2
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.73
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
799
3.76
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.301
1.301
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1982
33.74
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7383
34.71
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Bruce Howard and Preacher Roe

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
2.04
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
47.57
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.28
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.43
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1586
27
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528.2
9
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
12.86
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.6
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
42.14
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.43
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
2.11
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
56.43
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
2.04
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
55
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.77
96.77
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.156
1.156
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.71
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Howard and Preacher Roe

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
120
416.18
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
333
277.12
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
173
600
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
721
600
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
147
509.83
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
620
515.95
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.437
0.437
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
56.59
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
34.68
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
53.26
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.34
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.5
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.83
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
24.28
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.33
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.49
19.05
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.64
9.69
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
93.64
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
61.58
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
100.58
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
88.21
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
5
17.34
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
30.79
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
24.28
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
23.3
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
11
38.15
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
53.26
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.6
5.54
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.64
-3.87
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.15
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
31.62
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
169.94
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
215
178.92
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.53
3.53
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.35
3.35
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
13
45.09
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
52.43
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.94
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.83
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA