Howard Mills vs. Billy O'Dell — Career Comparison

Howard Mills
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Billy O'Dell
Silent GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Billy O'Dell posted a stronger line than Howard Mills. Billy O'Dell posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.29 vs 6.06) and WHIP (1.276 vs 1.736). By the career numbers, Billy O'Dell had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Howard Mills and Billy O'Dell

Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.99
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
2.37
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.99
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
0.99
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.52
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.62
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.5
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.22
51.22
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.54
41.54
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.43
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.31
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.24
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
293
6.06
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
3.29
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1305
27
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5451
27
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
9
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1817
9
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
9.37
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1697
8.41
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.37
9.37
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.83
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.68
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
6.25
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
2.75
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.33
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
5.52
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
5.61
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.41
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.15
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.21
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2058
42.58
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7643
37.86
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.56
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.68
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
6.72
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
3.75
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.72
6.72
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.736
1.736
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1737
35.94
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7045
34.9
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.58
1.58
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.58
42.58
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Howard Mills and Billy O'Dell

Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
2.38
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.99
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5451
27
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1817
9
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.44
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
1.25
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
1.75
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
1.68
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.1
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.32
96.32
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.771
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.708
0.708
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.46
41.46
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Mills and Billy O'Dell

Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
96
371.61
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
530
527.36
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
155
600
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
603
600
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
134
518.71
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
528
525.37
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
77.42
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
65.67
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
65.81
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
57.71
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.74
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
5.97
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.99
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.61
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.96
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.41
24.81
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.04
14.97
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
96.77
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
77.61
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
131.61
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
103.48
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
54.19
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
42.79
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
19.35
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
18.91
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
69.68
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
59.7
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.32
20.59
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
3.68
3.66
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
54.19
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
37.81
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
197.42
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
171
170.15
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
3.04
3.04
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.53
3.53
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
7
27.1
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
35.82
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Billy O'Dell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
4.98
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.98
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.98
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
9.95
Howard Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy O'Dell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50