Harry Howell vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Harry Howell
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Howell 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. Harry Howell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.212 compared to 3.93 and 1.442 for Gary Wayne. 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 Gary Wayne

Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340
1.19
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
0.99
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
0.46
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
0.51
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.29
47.29
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.94
82.94
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
0.86
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.07
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
781
2.74
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
3.93
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7703
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2567.2
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2435
8.53
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.54
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
2.37
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
3.75
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
986
3.46
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.648
0.648
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.18
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.34
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10442
36.6
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
39.36
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.19
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1158
4.06
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
4.51
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.366
1.366
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9668
33.89
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
34.03
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.6
36.6
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Harry Howell and Gary Wayne

Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
1.18
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.48
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10410
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3470
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
1.12
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1159
3.01
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.48
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.23
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
4.36
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.77
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1591
4.13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.69
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.65
94.65
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.489
3.489
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Howell and Gary Wayne

Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
458
181.99
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1510
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1394
553.91
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.607
0.607
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
302
120
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
81.85
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
23.84
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
9.93
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
4.37
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
38.15
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122.55
48.7
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
445
176.82
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
378
150.2
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.576
0.576
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
56.82
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
52.05
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
263
104.5
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126.25
50.17
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
4.77
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
25.43
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
322
127.95
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
4.69
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
15.89
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
7.55
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
7.55
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA