Tony Fossas vs. Jay Howell — Career Comparison

Tony Fossas
Baby BoomersCubaThrows LeftBats LeftCaribbeanBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jay Howell
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Tony Fossas and Jay Howell are about as close as two relievers get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 114 for Tony Fossas and 117 for Jay Howell, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 101 and 102 respectively. If forced to pick, Jay Howell gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Tony Fossas and Jay Howell

Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
12.28
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
6.05
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.22
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.52
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.56
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.46
41.46
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.25
52.25
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
1.65
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
3.9
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
3.34
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1247
27
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2534
27
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
415.2
9
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
844.2
9
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
9.4
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
8.33
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.84
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.61
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
3.9
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
3.1
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.78
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.4
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
7.02
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
666
7.1
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.213
1.213
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.133
1.133
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.33
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.22
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1842
39.88
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3564
37.97
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
3.23
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
3.84
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
4.57
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
3.57
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.38
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.19
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.36
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.91
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.52
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.477
1.477
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1616
34.99
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3184
33.93
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.88
39.88
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Tony Fossas and Jay Howell

Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
12.28
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
6.05
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.22
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1247
27
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2534
27
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
415.2
9
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
844.2
9
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.43
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.67
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.65
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
1.19
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.32
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
1.95
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.08
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
1.86
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.72
89.72
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.63
95.63
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.169
0.169
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Fossas and Jay Howell

Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
567
340200
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
568
28400
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
450
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.6
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.43
-260
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.53
-26.31
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jay Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Howell
Career
Per 600 PA