Jack Howell vs. Eddie Waitkus — Career Comparison

Jack Howell
Baby BoomersArizonaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueThird Baseman
Eddie Waitkus
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueFirst BasemanAll-Star

Jack Howell and Eddie Waitkus are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 98 for Jack Howell, 102 for Eddie Waitkus), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 105 vs 101). By any fair read of the numbers, these two were remarkably similar hitters.

Hitting Stats for Jack Howell and Eddie Waitkus

Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
941
189.34
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1140
146.15
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
2982
600
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4680
600
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
2639
530.99
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4254
545.38
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.754
0.754
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.734
0.734
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
632
127.16
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1214
155.64
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
379
76.26
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
931
119.36
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
129
25.96
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
27.56
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
16
3.22
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
5.64
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
21.73
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
24
3.08
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
253
50.91
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
283
36.28
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
374.32
75.32
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
547.28
70.16
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1117
224.75
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1589
203.72
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
944
189.94
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1597
204.74
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.742
0.742
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.718
0.718
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.64
0.64
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
345
69.42
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
528
67.69
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
337
67.81
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
373
47.82
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
574
115.49
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
877
112.44
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
364.71
73.38
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
607.45
77.88
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
2.41
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
11
1.41
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
300
60.36
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
372
47.69
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
6.24
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
4
0.51
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
626
125.96
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
26.15
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
4.76
4.76
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.94
22.94
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.48
0.48
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.82
1.82
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
18
3.62
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
5.13
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
2.62
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
3
0.38
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
7.85
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
75
9.62
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
14
2.82
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
3.59
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
3.02
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
8
1.03
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.84
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
4.62
Jack Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
48.28
48.28
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77.78
77.78

Fielding Stats for Jack Howell and Eddie Waitkus

Jack Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jack Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
827
1.21
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1069
8.84
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
673
0.98
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.02
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18503
27
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3264
27
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6167.2
9
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1088
9
Jack Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
772
1.13
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9193
76.05
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1240
1.81
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
716
5.92
Jack Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.12
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.6
Jack Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2091
3.05
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9982
82.57
Jack Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2012
2.94
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9909
81.97
Jack Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.22
96.22
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.27
99.27
Jack Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.433
2.433
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.269
9.269
Jack Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.38
81.38
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.51
11.51
Jack Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.19
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
7.33
Jack Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0