Harry Howell vs. Jerrod Riggan — Career Comparison

Harry Howell
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jerrod Riggan
Gen XWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Howell built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerrod Riggan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Howell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.212 compared to 5.19 and 1.835 for Jerrod Riggan. By the career numbers, Harry Howell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Howell and Jerrod Riggan

Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340
1.19
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.96
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
0.99
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
0.46
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.52
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
0.51
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.29
47.29
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.94
82.94
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
0.86
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.07
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
781
2.74
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.19
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7703
27
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
27
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2567.2
9
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.2
9
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2435
8.53
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
10.9
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.9
10.9
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.83
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
2.37
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.47
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.14
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
986
3.46
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
6.85
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.648
0.648
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.258
1.258
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.18
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.83
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.34
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10442
36.6
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
41.12
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.19
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.28
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1158
4.06
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
5.5
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.83
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.62
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.708
1.708
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9668
33.89
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
35.52
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.362
0.362
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.6
36.6
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.12
41.12

Fielding Stats for Harry Howell and Jerrod Riggan

Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
1.18
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.96
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.48
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10410
27
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
27
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3470
9
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.2
9
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
1.12
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.52
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1159
3.01
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.04
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.23
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
4.36
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.56
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1591
4.13
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.56
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.65
94.65
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.489
3.489
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.224
0.224
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Howell and Jerrod Riggan

Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
458
181.99
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
20100
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1510
600
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1394
553.91
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.607
0.607
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
302
120
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
81.85
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
23.84
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
9.93
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
4.37
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
38.15
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122.55
48.7
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
445
176.82
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
378
150.2
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
56.82
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
52.05
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
104.5
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126.25
50.17
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
4.77
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
25.43
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
322
127.95
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
4.69
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
15.89
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
7.55
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
7.55
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA