Bill Rotes vs. Joe Ross — Career Comparison

Bill Rotes
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Ross
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Rotes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Ross posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.28 and WHIP 1.369 compared to 7.6 and 2.044 for Bill Rotes. By the career numbers, Joe Ross had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Rotes and Joe Ross

Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.19
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
2.53
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.13
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.38
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.49
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.71
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.55
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.97
46.97
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.38
54.38
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.01
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
7.6
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.28
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.6
7.6
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.82
7.82
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
27
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1705
27
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
151.2
9
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568.1
9
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
14.48
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
9.15
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.15
9.15
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.17
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
3.92
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
2.98
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.31
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
508
8.04
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.43
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
769
45.63
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2456
38.89
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.33
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
10.27
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
4.64
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.27
10.27
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.22
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.62
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.044
2.044
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
693
41.12
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2205
34.92
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.65
8.65
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.311
0.311
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.63
45.63
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89

Fielding Stats for Bill Rotes and Joe Ross

Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.18
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
2.53
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.38
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
27
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1705
27
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
9
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568.1
9
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.46
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.54
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.08
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.01
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.58
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.72
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
1.54
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.29
85.29
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
97
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.606
0.606
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.38
54.38
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Rotes and Joe Ross

Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
153.85
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
600
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
78
600
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
600
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
538.46
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
538.29
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
9
69.23
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
99.43
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
46.15
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
85.71
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.69
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.71
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.38
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.08
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
13.71
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
27.84
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.59
22.59
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
14
107.69
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
113.14
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
130.77
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
126.86
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.418
0.418
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.434
0.434
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.15
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
24
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
53.85
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
5
17.14
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
100
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
12
41.14
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
20.53
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.72
19.61
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.86
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
61.54
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
6
20.57
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
200
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
69
236.57
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
2.54
2.54
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.29
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
13.71
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Ross
Career
Per 600 PA