Chris Howard vs. Dick Kelley — Career Comparison

Chris Howard
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Kelley
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Kelley built a career as a starting pitcher and Chris Howard as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chris Howard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.326 compared to 3.39 and 1.335 for Dick Kelley. By the career numbers, Chris Howard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chris Howard and Dick Kelley

Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
8.61
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
3.26
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.06
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.52
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.45
32.45
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.13
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
3.39
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1559
27
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519.2
9
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
7.83
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
7.85
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.85
7.85
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.98
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.68
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.13
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
3.72
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.98
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.45
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
4.89
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
6.39
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.891
0.891
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.124
1.124
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.29
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.24
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
37.37
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2191
37.95
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.17
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.81
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.33
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
3.9
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.285
1.285
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
33.26
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1957
33.89
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Chris Howard and Dick Kelley

Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
8.61
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
3.25
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.06
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1561
27
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
520.1
9
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.47
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.78
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.57
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.17
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.11
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.17
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.04
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.72
96.72
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.136
0.136
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.628
0.628
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.45
32.45
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Howard and Dick Kelley

Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
44
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
846.27
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
600
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
559.7
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
53.73
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
44.78
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.96
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.96
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
7.38
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
62.69
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
71.64
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.43
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.43
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
26.87
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-3.74
-16.74
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.91
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
70
313.43
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.91
1.91
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.39
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.48
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA