Howard Ross vs. Brian Wolfe — Career Comparison

Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian Wolfe
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Wolfe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Wolfe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.81 and WHIP 1.270 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Brian Wolfe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ross and Brian Wolfe

Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
7.84
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.54
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.54
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
3.81
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82.2
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
8.6
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.31
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.86
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.4
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
5.12
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.12
5.12
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
36.69
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.61
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
4.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.54
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.31
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
33.1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.69
36.69

Fielding Stats for Howard Ross and Brian Wolfe

Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
7.84
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82.2
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.98
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.65
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.74
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.63
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.208
0.208
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ross and Brian Wolfe

Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
318.75
Brian Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
600
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
562.5
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
21.92
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
17.78
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA