Howie Nunn vs. Roy Oswalt — Career Comparison

Howie Nunn
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Oswalt
Gen XMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Roy Oswalt built a career as a starting pitcher and Howie Nunn as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Oswalt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.226 compared to 5.11 and 1.820 for Howie Nunn. By the career numbers, Roy Oswalt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howie Nunn and Roy Oswalt

Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
6.03
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
1.46
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
1.37
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
0.65
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.39
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.41
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.51
61.51
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.42
93.42
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
5.11
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.36
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
27
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6736
27
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.2
9
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245.1
9
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
9.57
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2199
8.81
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.39
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
0.79
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
5.5
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
520
2.08
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.31
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.14
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
6.55
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1852
7.42
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.55
6.55
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.056
1.056
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.12
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.32
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
40.89
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9301
37.28
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.62
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
5.37
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
897
3.6
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.42
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.23
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
0.81
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.675
1.675
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.211
1.211
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
35.26
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8539
34.23
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.89
40.89
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28

Fielding Stats for Howie Nunn and Roy Oswalt

Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
6.03
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
366
1.47
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
1.37
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
27
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6742
27
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.2
9
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2247.1
9
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.68
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.83
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
310
1.24
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.23
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
488
1.95
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.23
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
479
1.92
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.16
98.16
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.44
93.44
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.12
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howie Nunn and Roy Oswalt

Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
2509.09
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
370
278.89
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
600
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
657
495.23
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.455
0.455
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
76.13
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
70.1
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.28
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.03
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
19.67
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.7
15.6
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
83.67
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
100.25
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.362
0.362
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
22.61
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
27.14
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
48.99
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
21.93
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.77
11.89
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.77
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
20.35
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
181
136.43
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
4.4
4.4
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
79.9
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Howie Nunn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
4.52
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Nunn
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA