Dewey Adkins vs. Jim Owens — Career Comparison

Dewey Adkins
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Owens
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Owens built a career as a starting pitcher and Dewey Adkins as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Owens posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.31 and WHIP 1.489 compared to 5.64 and 1.657 for Dewey Adkins. By the career numbers, Jim Owens had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dewey Adkins and Jim Owens

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.45
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
2.91
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.55
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.05
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.43
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.69
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.18
38.18
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.79
15.79
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.01
36.01
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
5.64
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
4.31
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
27
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2656
27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
9
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
885.1
9
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
10.36
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
9.47
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.47
9.47
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.91
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.85
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
4.55
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
3.46
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.47
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
4.27
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
5.25
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.967
0.967
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.45
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
41
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3854
39.18
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.73
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
0.98
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
6.27
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
4.91
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.657
1.657
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.437
1.437
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
36.45
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3506
35.64
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
41
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.18
39.18

Fielding Stats for Dewey Adkins and Jim Owens

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
2.92
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.06
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2656
27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
885.1
9
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.34
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.34
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.76
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.68
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.38
95.38
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.711
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.575
0.575
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.24
36.24
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dewey Adkins and Jim Owens

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
991.3
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
287
686.06
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
600
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
218
521.12
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.652
0.652
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.351
0.351
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
52.59
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
43.03
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
9.56
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
9.56
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.2
57.31
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.68
8.8
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
62.15
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
88.45
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
9.56
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
26.29
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
35.86
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
53.75
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.65
-8.73
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.39
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
33.47
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
260.87
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
102
243.82
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
2.46
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
43.03
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.56
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.39
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.39
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0