Chris Howard vs. Johnny Sain — Career Comparison

Chris Howard
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Johnny Sain
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Johnny Sain 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 3.49 and 1.302 for Johnny Sain. 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 Johnny Sain

Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
8.61
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
412
1.74
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.04
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.59
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.49
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.51
54.51
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.47
59.47
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.59
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.13
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
824
3.49
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6377
27
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2125.2
9
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
7.83
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2145
9.08
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.08
9.08
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.98
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.76
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
3.13
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
2.62
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.98
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.89
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
910
3.85
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.891
0.891
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.719
0.719
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.13
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
37.37
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8998
38.1
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.17
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.53
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.33
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
947
4.01
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
33.26
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8349
35.35
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.1
38.1

Fielding Stats for Chris Howard and Johnny Sain

Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
8.61
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
29.2
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
27
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
9
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
9
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.78
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
26.29
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.35
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.17
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.64
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.17
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
35.29
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.32
96.32
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.136
0.136
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.209
1.209
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.28
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Howard and Johnny Sain

Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
44
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
433
303.5
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
856
600
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
774
542.52
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
133.18
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
108.64
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
19.63
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.8
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.1
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
24.53
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.59
39.66
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
235
164.72
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
151.4
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
48.36
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
70.79
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
117.06
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65.11
45.63
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.4
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.82
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
20
14.02
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.8
42.8
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
1.2
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
39.25
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
25
17.52
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA