Ken Howell vs. Alex Wood — Career Comparison

Ken Howell
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Alex Wood
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Alex Wood built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Howell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Wood led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 120 vs 83), home run suppression (HR9+ 122 vs 99), and run prevention (ERA+ 106 vs 90). Ken Howell held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 133 vs 106). Role difference aside, Alex Wood holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ken Howell and Alex Wood

Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
3.6
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
1.99
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.79
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.51
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.56
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.55
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.7
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.49
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.19
44.19
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.1
53.1
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.04
22.04
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.9
75.9
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.45
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
3.95
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
3.78
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1840
27
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3774
27
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
613.1
9
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
9
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
7.84
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1211
8.66
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.84
7.84
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.66
8.66
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.68
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.91
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
4.04
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
2.68
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.45
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
549
8.06
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
8.39
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.06
8.06
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.62
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.27
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.52
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2588
37.98
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5301
37.92
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.54
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
4.34
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
4.14
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.51
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.31
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.25
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.24
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.59
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.86
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.319
1.319
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2252
33.05
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4778
34.18
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.98
37.98
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Ken Howell and Alex Wood

Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
3.6
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
1.99
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.79
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.51
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1840
27
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3774
27
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
613.1
9
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
9
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.62
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.88
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
1.1
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.09
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.56
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
1.47
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.5
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
1.37
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.23
96.23
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.66
93.66
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.416
0.416
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.691
0.691
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.04
22.04
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.9
75.9
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Howell and Alex Wood

Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
245
1065.22
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
518.27
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
138
600
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
114
495.65
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
276
512.69
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
9
39.13
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
42.72
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
6
26.09
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
39.01
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.04
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.04
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.99
4.28
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
5.39
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
52.17
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
46.44
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
56.52
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
68.73
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.04
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.86
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.04
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
22.29
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
6
26.09
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
37.15
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-5.1
-22.16
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-9.18
-17.06
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.04
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
26.01
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
213.04
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
171
317.65
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
2.82
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
1.89
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
86.96
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
61.3
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
21.74
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.57
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.86
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Ken Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Ken Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50