Dixie Howell vs. Jason Simontacchi — Career Comparison

Dixie Howell
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jason Simontacchi
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jason Simontacchi built a career as a starting pitcher and Dixie Howell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dixie Howell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.78 and WHIP 1.582 compared to 5.09 and 1.496 for Jason Simontacchi. By the career numbers, Dixie Howell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dixie Howell and Jason Simontacchi

Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
4.57
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
2.43
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.34
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.76
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.66
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.6
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.43
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.88
55.88
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.47
60.47
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.21
55.21
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.76
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
3.78
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
5.09
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
679
27
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1067
27
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
226.1
9
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355.2
9
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
9.38
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
10.1
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.52
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.44
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
4.1
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.16
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.76
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
3.94
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.83
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.893
0.893
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.4
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
986
39.21
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1552
39.27
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.7
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
4.14
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
5.39
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.35
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.94
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.498
1.498
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.473
1.473
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
881
35.03
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1385
35.05
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.21
39.21
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.27
39.27

Fielding Stats for Dixie Howell and Jason Simontacchi

Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
4.98
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
2.45
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.34
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
27
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1070
27
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
9
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356.2
9
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.43
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.78
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.25
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
1.39
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.22
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
2.9
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
2.22
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
2.68
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
2.17
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.54
92.54
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
0.539
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.64
54.64
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dixie Howell and Jason Simontacchi

Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
941.77
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
101
522.41
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
79
600
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
600
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
74
562.03
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
563.79
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.785
0.785
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
136.71
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
98.28
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
10
75.95
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
93.1
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.19
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.17
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.59
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.97
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
60.76
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.17
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.61
80.56
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
18.5
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
281.01
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
20
103.45
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
167.09
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
21
108.62
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.782
0.782
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.719
0.719
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
60.76
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
51.72
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
68.35
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.34
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
91.14
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
12
62.07
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.46
79.47
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
14.58
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.38
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.34
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
159.49
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
34
175.86
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.76
3.76
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
3.41
3.41
Dixie Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.59
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
25.86
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.59
Jason Simontacchi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Simontacchi
Career
Per 600 PA