Howard Ross vs. Gabe White — Career Comparison

Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gabe White
Gen XFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Gabe White as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gabe White posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.51 and WHIP 1.267 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Gabe White had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ross and Gabe White

Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
7.44
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.41
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.67
56.67
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
4.51
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1712
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570.2
9
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
8.77
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.51
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
2.86
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.22
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
7.16
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.16
7.16
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.043
1.043
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.25
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2385
37.61
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.92
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
4.62
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.32
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.36
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.46
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2185
34.46
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Howard Ross and Gabe White

Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
7.44
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1712
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570.2
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.25
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.77
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.04
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.03
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.48
98.48
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.138
0.138
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ross and Gabe White

Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
5779.59
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
562.5
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
465.31
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48.98
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
21.92
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.51
18.47
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
85.71
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
5
61.22
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.312
0.312
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
17.78
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.07
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
26
318.37
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
1.88
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Gabe White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Gabe White
Career
Per 600 PA