Howard Ross vs. Grant Taylor — Career Comparison

Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Grant Taylor
Gen ZAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Grant Taylor as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Grant Taylor posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.91 and WHIP 1.445 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Grant Taylor had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ross and Grant Taylor

Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
8.84
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.49
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.98
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.47
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.91
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.2
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
9.08
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.08
9.08
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.86
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.68
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
13.25
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.25
13.25
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.882
1.882
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.23
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
38.54
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.45
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.91
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.49
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.98
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.418
1.418
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
33.87
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.382
0.382
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.441
0.441
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Howard Ross and Grant Taylor

Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
8.84
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.2
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.49
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.74
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.056
0.056
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ross and Grant Taylor

Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
318.75
Grant Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
600
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
562.5
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
21.92
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
17.78
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA