Babe Adams vs. Ken Rowe — Career Comparison

Babe Adams
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Rowe
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Babe Adams built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Rowe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Babe Adams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.76 and WHIP 1.092 compared to 3.57 and 1.610 for Ken Rowe. By the career numbers, Babe Adams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Babe Adams and Ken Rowe

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.45
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.07
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.58
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.42
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.08
58.08
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.65
73.65
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
0.62
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.13
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
917
2.76
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.57
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8986
27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2995.1
9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2841
8.54
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
10.92
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.2
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
1.29
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
2.78
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1036
3.11
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.77
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.489
0.489
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.728
0.728
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.08
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.14
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11947
35.9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
41.1
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
0.27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.79
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1129
3.39
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.15
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.092
1.092
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11470
34.46
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
38.12
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.9
35.9
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.1
41.1

Fielding Stats for Babe Adams and Ken Rowe

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
10.82
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
5.16
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.03
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1203
27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
401
9
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.3
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
14.54
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.59
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.38
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.99
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
16.23
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.78
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
706
15.85
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.79
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.65
97.65
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.465
1.465
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.38
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Adams and Ken Rowe

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
482
261.01
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
2600
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1108
600
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1019
551.81
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
116.97
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
90.43
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.79
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.12
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.62
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
26.53
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74.48
40.33
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
286
154.87
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
146.21
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
42.78
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
40.61
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
81.77
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79.66
43.14
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
5.56
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
28.7
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
194
105.05
Ken Rowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.71
5.71
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
18.95
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.08
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Ken Rowe
Career
Per 600 PA