Howard Ross vs. Gus Varland — Career Comparison

Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gus Varland
MillenialMinnesotaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Gus Varland as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gus Varland posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.82 and WHIP 1.779 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Gus Varland had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ross and Gus Varland

Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
8.1
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.82
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.2
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
10.99
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.99
10.99
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.96
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.86
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
4.63
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
9.06
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.06
9.06
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.521
1.521
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.77
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
42.04
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.31
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
5.79
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.96
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.587
1.587
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.736
1.736
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
36.84
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.374
0.374
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.04
42.04

Fielding Stats for Howard Ross and Gus Varland

Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
8.1
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.2
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.77
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.54
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.16
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ross and Gus Varland

Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
318.75
Gus Varland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
600
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
562.5
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
21.92
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
17.78
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus Varland
Career
Per 600 PA