Howard Ross vs. Brad Thompson — Career Comparison

Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Thompson
MillenialNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Thompson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Thompson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.46 and WHIP 1.419 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Brad Thompson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ross and Brad Thompson

Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.47
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.47
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
9.84
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.84
9.84
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.09
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
2.86
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.69
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
4.22
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.767
0.767
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.73
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1757
39.01
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.42
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
4.88
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.33
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.29
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1580
35.08
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.01
39.01

Fielding Stats for Howard Ross and Brad Thompson

Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.73
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.18
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.93
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
1.91
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.85
98.85
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ross and Brad Thompson

Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
1715.49
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
562.5
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
473.24
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
75
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
21.92
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.14
18.12
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
101.41
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.95
17.78
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.29
19.36
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
228.17
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.63
2.63
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
109.86
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100