Red Howard vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Red Howard
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Red Howard built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Wayne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gary Wayne posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.442 compared to 4.97 and 1.468 for Red Howard. By the career numbers, Gary Wayne had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Red Howard and Gary Wayne

Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
2.22
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.22
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.53
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.04
37.04
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.76
54.76
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.53
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
4.97
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
3.93
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
170.1
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
9.67
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.54
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.67
9.67
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.58
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
3.54
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
3.75
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
4.65
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.48
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
769
40.63
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
39.36
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.79
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
6.02
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.51
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.63
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.79
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
686
36.25
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
944
34.03
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.63
40.63
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Red Howard and Gary Wayne

Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
2.08
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.06
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
220.2
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.55
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
1.48
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
2.08
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.77
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.96
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.69
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.941
0.941
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.98
50.98
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Red Howard and Gary Wayne

Red Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Red Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
56
323.08
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
507.69
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Red Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Red Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.764
0.764
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
138.46
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
109.62
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.77
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
28.85
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.61
72.78
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
190.38
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
196.15
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Red Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Red Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Red Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.722
0.722
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.102
0.102
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Red Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.703
0.703
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Red Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
69.23
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
92.31
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
155.77
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.12
81.49
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.77
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
51.92
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
5
28.85
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.8
20.8
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.8
1.8
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
34.62
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA