Chris Howard vs. Stephen Strasburg — Career Comparison

Chris Howard
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Stephen Strasburg
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherSilver SluggerAll-Star

Stephen Strasburg 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 3.24 and 1.110 for Stephen Strasburg. 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 Stephen Strasburg

Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
8.61
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
1.51
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
1.51
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.69
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.38
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.57
64.57
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.13
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
530
3.24
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4410
27
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1470
9
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
7.83
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
7.45
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.98
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
0.91
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
3.13
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
2.41
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.98
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
4.89
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1723
10.55
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.55
10.55
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.98
6.98
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.891
0.891
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.27
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
37.37
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5962
36.5
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.17
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.33
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
582
3.56
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.24
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.17
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.65
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.217
1.217
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
33.26
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5449
33.36
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.37
37.37
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.5
36.5

Fielding Stats for Chris Howard and Stephen Strasburg

Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
8.61
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
1.51
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
1.51
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4410
27
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1470
9
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.59
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.78
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.8
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.17
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.46
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.17
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
1.4
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.4
95.4
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.136
0.136
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Howard and Stephen Strasburg

Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
44
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
285.6
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
521
600
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
440
506.72
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
77.16
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
61.04
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.52
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.61
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.12
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.77
21.62
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
102.5
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
105.95
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
26.49
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
33.4
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
55.28
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.69
14.62
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.15
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
27.64
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
153
176.2
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.41
3.41
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
64.49
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.91
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA