Howard Ross vs. Tim Worrell — Career Comparison

Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Worrell
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Howard Ross built a career as a starting pitcher and Tim Worrell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tim Worrell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.97 and WHIP 1.407 compared to 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. By the career numbers, Tim Worrell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Ross and Tim Worrell

Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
678
6.27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.45
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.44
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.55
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.86
44.86
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.23
7.23
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.66
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
3.97
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2921
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
973.2
9
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
963
8.9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.99
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.86
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
366
3.38
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
7.01
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.25
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4230
39.1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
2.24
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
4.51
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.36
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.51
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.365
1.365
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3756
34.72
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.1
39.1

Fielding Stats for Howard Ross and Tim Worrell

Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
678
6.27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.45
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2921
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
973.2
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.58
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
1.05
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
1.75
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.64
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.65
93.65
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.23
7.23
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Ross and Tim Worrell

Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
678
4282.11
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
600
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
562.5
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
511.58
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
50.53
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
44.21
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.32
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.32
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
21.92
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.32
8.33
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
56.84
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
75.79
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
37.89
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
25.26
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
63.16
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
17.78
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.35
-8.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
25.26
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
43
271.58
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.21
2.21
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tim Worrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
63.16
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Worrell
Career
Per 600 PA