Mal Moss vs. Russ Ortiz — Career Comparison

Mal Moss
Greatest GenerationIndianaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Russ Ortiz
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Russ Ortiz built a career as a starting pitcher and Mal Moss as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Russ Ortiz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.51 and WHIP 1.514 compared to 6.27 and 1.714 for Mal Moss. By the career numbers, Russ Ortiz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mal Moss and Russ Ortiz

Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
5.79
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
1.68
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.48
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.44
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.61
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.48
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.94
55.94
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.33
8.33
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.53
85.53
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.48
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.27
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
4.51
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
27
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4984
27
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.2
9
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1661.1
9
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
8.68
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1618
8.77
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.77
8.77
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
0.97
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
6.75
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
860
4.66
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.93
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1192
6.46
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.46
6.46
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.964
0.964
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.235
1.235
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.31
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.24
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
41.95
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7316
39.63
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.96
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.27
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
903
4.89
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.42
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.3
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.75
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.714
1.714
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.492
1.492
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
35.2
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6278
34.01
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.95
41.95
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.63
39.63

Fielding Stats for Mal Moss and Russ Ortiz

Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
311
1.68
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.44
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4984
27
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1661.1
9
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.57
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
1.45
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
2.05
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
2.02
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.68
98.68
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.583
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.199
1.199
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.53
85.53
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.16
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Moss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mal Moss and Russ Ortiz

Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
654.55
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
316
311.84
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
608
600
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
600
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
507
500.33
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0.546
0.546
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
102.63
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
73.03
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
22.7
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.91
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
29.61
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
40.6
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39.39
38.87
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
148
146.05
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
139.14
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0.545
0.545
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.549
0.549
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
44.41
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
48.36
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
85.86
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.98
53.35
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39.7
39.18
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.97
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
34.54
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
163.64
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
135
133.22
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
59.21
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.95
Mal Moss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 600 PA
9
8.88
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Moss
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Ortiz
Career
Per 600 PA