Bruce Howard vs. Jim Rooker — Career Comparison

Bruce Howard
Silent GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Rooker
Silent GenerationOregonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Bruce Howard a clear advantage over Jim Rooker across the core pitching metrics. Bruce Howard led in strikeout rate (K%+ 103 vs 81), home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 90), and run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 104). Jim Rooker held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 95 vs 86). Bruce Howard was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Howard and Jim Rooker

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.04
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
1.59
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.28
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
1.27
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.51
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.54
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.61
45.61
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.58
48.58
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.94
79.94
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.33
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
3.18
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
696
3.46
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1586
27
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5431
27
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
528.2
9
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810.1
9
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
7.64
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1694
8.42
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.64
7.64
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.42
8.42
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.77
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.64
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
4.07
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.49
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.22
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.27
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
5.94
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
976
4.85
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.94
5.94
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.928
0.928
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.41
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.27
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.09
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2229
37.95
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7668
38.12
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.29
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.11
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.73
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
814
4.05
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.44
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.25
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.57
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
1.324
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1982
33.74
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6808
33.85
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Bruce Howard and Jim Rooker

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.04
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
1.59
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.28
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
1.27
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1586
27
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5438
27
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
528.2
9
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1812.2
9
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.4
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.6
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
1.4
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
2.11
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
1.9
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.04
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
1.8
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.77
96.77
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.76
94.76
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.131
1.131
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.69
79.69
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.11
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Howard and Jim Rooker

Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
120
416.18
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
303.15
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
173
600
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
667
600
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
147
509.83
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
606
545.13
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.437
0.437
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.548
0.548
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
17
58.96
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
109.75
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
34.68
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
84.56
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.34
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
15.29
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.47
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.6
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.47
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.3
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
7
24.28
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
25.19
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
5.49
19.05
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.65
34.77
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
27
93.64
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
151.12
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
29
100.58
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
131.33
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
5
17.34
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
48.58
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
7
24.28
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
50.37
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
11
38.15
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
92.65
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1.6
5.54
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.58
32.01
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.7
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.15
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
18.89
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
169.94
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
229
206
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.53
3.53
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.91
2.91
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
45.09
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
28.79
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.47
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.5
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
14
12.59
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.7
Bruce Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.7
Bruce Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100