Howard Ross vs. Tom Thomas — Career Comparison

Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Thomas
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Thomas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Thomas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.355 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Tom Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ross and Tom Thomas

Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.95
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.31
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
10.45
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.45
10.45
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.86
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.61
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.591
0.591
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
37.97
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.22
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
6.45
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.45
6.45
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
36.06
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Howard Ross and Tom Thomas

Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.36
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.76
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.76
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.44
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.47
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.94
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.57
78.57
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ross and Tom Thomas

Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
318.75
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
230.77
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
562.5
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
23
530.77
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
21.92
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.3
30.11
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.95
17.78
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
29.81
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA