Garrett Acton vs. Dick Fowler — Career Comparison

Garrett Acton
Gen ZIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Fowler built a career as a starting pitcher and Garrett Acton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Fowler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.11 and WHIP 1.493 compared to 10.8 and 2.700 for Garrett Acton. By the career numbers, Dick Fowler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Garrett Acton and Dick Fowler

Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
9.45
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
1.53
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.17
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.46
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.52
45.52
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
10.8
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
4.11
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.31
12.31
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.95
10.95
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
12.15
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1367
9.44
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.15
12.15
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.05
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.66
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9.45
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
3.99
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.7
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.75
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
2.64
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
49.95
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5680
39.23
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.4
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
10.8
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
685
4.73
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.493
1.493
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
39.15
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5083
35.11
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.95
49.95
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.23
39.23

Fielding Stats for Garrett Acton and Dick Fowler

Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
9.45
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
27
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.143
0.143
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Garrett Acton and Dick Fowler

Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
226
270.12
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
502
600
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
564.14
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
105.18
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
90.84
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.95
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.34
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.52
22.13
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
123.11
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
124.3
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.29
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.25
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
63.35
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.23
18.21
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
17.93
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
69
82.47
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.28
7.28
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.73
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garrett Acton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Garrett Acton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0