Ed Pierce vs. Gary Ross — Career Comparison

Ed Pierce
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Ross
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ed Pierce built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Ross as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Pierce posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 2.438 compared to 3.92 and 1.548 for Gary Ross. By the career numbers, Ed Pierce had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Pierce and Gary Ross

Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
3.57
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.74
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.32
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.59
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.72
34.72
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.85
20.85
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
3.92
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.87
11.87
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.56
6.56
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2141
27
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713.2
9
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
15.19
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
764
9.63
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.19
15.19
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.63
9.63
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.61
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
3.63
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.67
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
4.77
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.933
0.933
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.33
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.3
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
43.88
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3132
39.5
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.06
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
4.53
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.49
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.24
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.37
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.438
2.438
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.474
1.474
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
35.44
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2762
34.83
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.471
0.471
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.88
43.88
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5

Fielding Stats for Ed Pierce and Gary Ross

Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
3.57
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.74
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2140
27
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713.1
9
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.82
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.82
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
2.71
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.64
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.21
97.21
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.739
0.739
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.85
20.85
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Pierce and Gary Ross

Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
283
2358.33
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
600
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
508.33
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
58.33
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
7.35
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
66.67
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
66.67
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.67
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.33
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.12
-9.29
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
22
183.33
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.27
3.27
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA