Howard Ross vs. Gary Wilson — Career Comparison

Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wilson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Wilson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gary Wilson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.02 and WHIP 1.256 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Gary Wilson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ross and Gary Wilson

Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
6.28
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.63
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.02
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.1
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
8.16
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.26
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.86
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
3.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.02
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.907
0.907
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.63
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.26
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
38.3
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.63
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.02
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
33.91
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.3
38.3

Fielding Stats for Howard Ross and Gary Wilson

Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
6.28
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.1
9
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.26
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.26
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.26
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ross and Gary Wilson

Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
6000
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
562.5
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Gary Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
21.92
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.95
17.78
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
18.72
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA