Dale Alderson vs. Dick Fowler — Career Comparison

Dale Alderson
Greatest GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Fowler built a career as a starting pitcher and Dale Alderson 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 6.56 and 1.794 for Dale Alderson. By the career numbers, Dick Fowler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dale Alderson and Dick Fowler

Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.04
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
1.53
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.17
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.46
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.52
45.52
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.56
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
4.11
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.56
6.56
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.61
6.61
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.2
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
13.12
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1367
9.44
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.12
13.12
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.01
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.66
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.03
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
3.99
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.78
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
2.64
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.645
0.645
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.737
0.737
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.13
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
42.39
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5680
39.23
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
7.57
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
685
4.73
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.57
7.57
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.794
1.794
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.493
1.493
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
39.36
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5083
35.11
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.39
42.39
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.23
39.23

Fielding Stats for Dale Alderson and Dick Fowler

Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.813
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dale Alderson and Dick Fowler

Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
1371.43
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
270.12
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
472
564.14
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
105.18
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
90.84
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.95
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.34
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.52
22.13
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
123.11
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
124.3
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.29
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.25
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
63.35
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.72
-61.83
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.23
18.21
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
17.93
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
82.47
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.28
7.28
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.73
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0