Howard Ross vs. Mike Williams — Career Comparison

Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Williams
Gen XVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Williams as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.45 and WHIP 1.493 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Mike Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ross and Mike Williams

Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
5.48
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.37
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.63
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.21
37.21
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.69
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
4.45
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2305
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768.1
9
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
764
8.95
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.04
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.86
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
4.02
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.47
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
6.84
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.84
6.84
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.46
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.23
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3355
39.3
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
3.42
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.87
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.39
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.68
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.441
1.441
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2936
34.39
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.3
39.3

Fielding Stats for Howard Ross and Mike Williams

Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
5.48
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2305
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768.1
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.68
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
1.63
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.13
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
2.44
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
2.31
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.71
94.71
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.421
0.421
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ross and Mike Williams

Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
2069.12
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
600
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
562.5
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
476.47
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.491
0.491
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
75
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
66.18
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.82
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.82
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
21.92
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.51
15.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
83.82
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
92.65
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.88
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.88
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
61.76
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
17.78
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.77
12.2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.41
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.24
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
33
145.59
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.12
4.12
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
105.88
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.41
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.41
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.41
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100